Fitsum Shebeshe is a curator and painter based in Washington, DC, and Baltimore, Maryland. He is the curator of States of Becoming, a traveling exhibition produced by Independent Curators International (ICI). Before moving to the United States in 2016, he was Assistant Curator at the National Museum of Ethiopia. In 2012, Shebeshe co-founded the 1957 Initiative to annually celebrate the liberation of African countries from colonialism through the arts. His curatorial projects include the 1957 Art Show at the National Museum of Ethiopia (2013), Depart Africa at the Baltimore School for the Arts (2017), Sculpture Now: Washington Sculptures Group at Harmony Regional Center (2022), More Than One Memory at Unlit London (2024), and As it Unfolds at New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) (2025). Shebeshe holds an MFA in Curatorial Practice and Critical Studies from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).
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