Mifta Zeleke Berga

Mifta Zeleke(b. 1984) is a curator based in Addis Ababa. His formal training in literature is only edged by irregular articles on paperbacks and translation of the book The Stranger by Albert Camus to Amharic. Collaborations with artists, sporadic Public Relation works at Netsa Art Village as well as in exhibitions and festivals, organizing talks, working for the establishment of Galleria TO.MO.CA (Addis Ababa, 2012) and founding the Guramayne Art Center (March 2014-) where he mainly practices curating are traces in his ongoing journey and practice as a curator. Mifta avails professional development assistances for young and upcoming artists and curates shows that are the results of the concepts he develops with artists at the Guramayne Art Center and beyond. He also initiates and curates local public art projects related to various disciplines and institutions. Moreover, his participation in international programs like The Berlin Art Week (2015); Àsìkò 2016 Addis Ababa: 6th International Art Program; Residency in AiR Bergen (2016); Tate Curatorial Intensive: Art Matters, Key Questions on the Role of Galleries and Museums in the 21st Century (London 2017); ACCASA 17thTriennial: Symposium on African Art (Accra, Ghana 2017); and curating the two editions of the Addis Contemporary (Nairobi, 2015 and 2022) are helping him to expound the notions of the contemporary art in the local context of Ethiopia and internationally. Mifta lectures at the Alle School of Fine Arts and Design, Addis Ababa University since 2014 teaching courses on Curating; and Writings and Research in Visual Arts.