Education
2020 Master of Science, City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2017 Postbaccalaureate, City & Regional Planning, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Individualized Studies, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Teaching Experience
2025 Teaching Artist, ArtWorks Now, Hyattsville, MD
2020-2019 Graduate Instructor, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2019-2015 Teaching Artist, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2017-2016 Academic Advisor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2014-2012 ESL Tutor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Professional Experience
2022-2024 Alt-Text Consultant, Self-Employed, Washington, DC
2023-2020 Creative Consultant, Indira Allegra Studio, Remote
2021 Art Consultant, Bridge Housing, Berkeley, CA
2020-2019 Researcher & Curator, UC Berkeley, Lagos Nigeria and Berkeley, CA
2019-2018 Community Engagement Coordinator, David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA
2018-2015 Operations Assistant, 12 Small Things, San Francisco, CA
2017-2016 Archiving Assistant, Eric Powell Studio, Berkeley, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2018 I Told You Who Am I, Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
2015 Halo Hafte, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 Come Sit With Me, Recology Student AIR Program, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Infrastructure Imaginaries, UCB College of Environmental Design, Lagos Nigeria x Berkeley, CA
2019 Black History Month*, IDEO, San Francisco, CA
2017 Open Studio, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
2017 “Can We Design Freedom?” Public Square, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2017 Call for Beauty, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2016 The 3D Additivist Cookbook Launch Party, Printed Matter, New York, NY
2016 Show # 1, Nook Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016 Family Portrait, Richmond Art Center, Community Gallery, Richmond, CA
2015 Trashed and Treasured, Napa Valley Museum, Napa, CA
2015 School to Market, American Craft Council Show, San Francisco, CA
2014 Black November, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 The Cradle Project, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA
Awards, Grants, and Residencies
2021 Artist As First Responder, Reflection Fund for Artists, Oakland, CA
2021 Abyssurdia Residency, Abyssurdia, Joshua Tree, CA
2017 Little Paper Planes Residency, Little Paper Planes, San Francisco, CA
2016 Freedom Fellow, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2015 Excellence in Student Leadership for Sustainability, CCA, San Francisco, CA
2014 Student Artist in Residence, Recology San Francisco AIR Program, San Francisco, CA
Publications
2019 Quality of Life Plan, Healthy Richmond, Richmond, CA
2017 Women of Medri Bahri, by Shushan Tesfuzigta, Edition of 25
2016 3D Additivist Cookbook, Printed Matter, New York, NY
2014 Materialist Poetry Handbook, CCA, San Francisco, CA
Speaking Engagements
2024 Teatime with Poets, Washington Studio School, Washington, DC
2020 Student Alum Panel, Recology San Francisco AIR Program, San Francisco, CA
2018 I Told You Who Am I, Artist Talk, Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
2017 Eritrean Urbanism, Victoria Wagner Interdisciplinary Studio, Oakland, CA
2017 Coffee and Studio Notes, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
2017 Women of Medri Bahri, Talk Back Talk Out, Nook Gallery, Oakland, CA
Press
2021 Interview with Shushan Tesfuzigta, Red Sea Radio
2018 Escape the Smoke: These San Francisco Museums Are Free This Weekend, KQED
2018 Sights & Sounds: Sephora Woldu, KALW Radio
Commissions / Clients / Consignments
2023 Sick Time, Sleepy Time, Crip Time, Detroit, MI
2023 Zach Ozma, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Leslie Lohman Museum, New York, NY
2022 Queen Museum, New York, NY
2020 Indira Allegra Studio, Oakland, CA
2018 Wolfman Books, Oakland, CA
2017 Ruth Gebreyesus, Bay Area, CA
2016 SobuSobu, Oakland, CA
2014 Recology Artist In Residence Program, San Francisco, CA
Language
English (native) Tigrinya (conversational)