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= Laureate Artist Desta Hagos = Desta Hagos is the first Ethiopian female painter in modern time and a mother of one child. She is a full time artist dedicated to her profession. She has known working in the public relations field serving the Ethiopian Tourist trading enterprise as the head of the department. She is the first person to do solo painting for every event of Hilton Hotel Exhibition.

Desta was born and raised in Tigray region, Ethiopia. When she was a little girl, she loved playing outside and drawing flower with real flower in the stone. As she said, her dad was her first supporter. He gave her a drawing book with pencil and color as gift in her fifth birthday celebration day. She was very happy and wanted to draw a flower in the new book. Since she got the book, she never quit drawing. She was enjoying the art class when she was at the middle school in Atege Menen. After she grown up, she decided to Major Art in university. In 1996, at the king of Hilesele’s time, she went to University of Addis Abeba in the Fine art department and she got her first Diploma. She also got an art scholarship to learn furthermore in America and she got her Bachelor Degree in fine arts from California Lutheran University. Since she got back from California, She started to exhibit her work. Desta is very talented and strong female artist. At that time when she starts working as professional artist, it was a difficult time. It wasn’t normal for female being painter. Many talented women’s were insulted and not encouraged by the majority of people. She has had more than 50 solo and group exhibitions. She receives many certificates from Emperor Haileselase. The most recent of which was the lifetime achievement in the art is in 2014. In her painting, she used oil, water color and known for use of vivid colors painting beautiful scenes of everyday life. Her painting style is described as realistic to the semi-abstract and abstract.

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Art discovery:- www.afroiche.com

Tadias Magazine:- www.TadiasMagazine.com

Aribu TV interview:-www.Youtube/Aribu TV.com

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