Aïda Muluneh

**Aïda Muluneh** (born 1974, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) be Ethiopian photographer, educator, den entrepreneur dem know for ein Afrofuturist photography wey dey incorporate vibrant colours den body painting make she create surreal scenes.

Muluneh win de European Union Prize for African Photography Encounters den de CRAF International Award of Photography. Insyd 2020, na dem give am de Award for Photographic Curatorship of de Royal Photographic Society.

Insyd 2019, Aïda cam turn de first black woman make she co-curate de Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition, den insyd 2020, na dem award de Nobel Peace Prize to de World Food Program. To mark dis momentous occasion, Muluneh create a collection wey embodiy ein profound artistic vision. Specifically, she dey focus on displaying how dem dey use hunger as a weapon of war thru out history.

## Biography
Na dem born Muluneh insyd Addis Ababa, Ethiopia insyd 1974. She spend ein kiddie time insyd Cyprus, Greece, de UK, den Yemen before she settle insyd Canada insyd 1985. As a teenager, Muluneh attend Western Canada High School insyd Alberta, Canada. While der, na she dey for de school ein basketball team wey na she get aspirations of make she turn a basketball star. 

She receive ein BA insyd film, radio, den television from Howard University insyd 2000. After ein studies, she work as a photojournalist for de *Washington Post*, den since then, na dem show ein work insyd chaw publications. She since return to Ethiopia wey she dey base insyd Addis Ababa.

## Publications
### Publications by Muluneh
**Ethiopia: Past, Forward.* Brussels: Africalia Editions and Roularta, 2009. . With an introduction and text by Eddy Boutmans and Simon Njami. Text in English, Dutch and French.
**The World is 9.* Johannesburg: David Krut, 2016. . Includes "A stronger light" by Lemn Sissay. In English with subtitles also in Amharic.

### Publications plus contributions by Muluneh
*Fiona Rogers and Max Houghton, *Firecrackers: Female Photographers Now.* London: Thames & Hudson, 2017. .

## Awards

* 2007: European Union Prize, African Photography Encounters, Bamako, Mali.
* 2010: Winner, International Award of Photography, Centro di Ricerca e Archiviazione della Fotografia (CRAF), Spilimbergo Fotografia, Italy.

## Exhibitions
### Solo exhibitions
* *Ethiopia Past/forward,* Christiansand Kunstforening, Christianssand, 2011
* *The World is 9,* David Krut Projects, New York City, 2016
* Work from *The World is Nine* and *99 Series,* VivaneArt, Calgary, part of Alberta's Exposure Photography Festival, 2017
**Reflections of Hope: Aida Muluneh in the Aga Khan Park,* Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, 2018

### Group exhibitions
* *Ethiopian Passages - Dialogues in the Diaspora,* National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 2003
*Imágenes Havana, Havana, Cuba, 2003
* 8th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2005
* *Body of Evidence (Selections from the Contemporary African Art Collection),* National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 2006
* *Spot on...,* ifa-Galerie Berlin, 2008
* *Spot On… Bamako,* Vii. African Photography Encounters, ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, 2009
* *Always Moving Forward,* Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, ON, 2010
* *The Divine Comedy - Heaven, Purgatory And Hell Revisited By Contemporary African Artists,* Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main, 2014; SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
* 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, David Krut Projects Booth, Brooklyn, New York, 2016
* *I love Africa,* Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo, Austria, 2018
* *Being: New Photography,* MoMA, New York City, 2018
* *A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography*, Tate Modern, London, 2023

## References


## External links

* Official website
* Biographical sketch, National Museum of African Art