Zerihun Seyoum is a contemporary Ethiopian painter whose work usually depicts daily life in Ethiopia, from street scenes to airports. One of the major themes that runs throughout his body of work is the hybrid nature of life, with the traditional meeting the modern, and the mixing of different local and international cultural elements. His style also takes a hybrid form. For example, The Chain Seller shows a clear early 20th-century modernist influence, whilst Ethiopian Wedding blends modernism with elements typical of medieval Ethiopian church art - crowds of faces with large white oval eyes. Seyoum has a website with a great selection of his paintings here.
The Chain Seller, 2009
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Checkpoint, 2007
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Ethiopian Wedding, 2006
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Ketta, 2003
