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Elizabeth Wold

Elizabeth H. Wold, Ethiopian painter who works in the medium of collage.   

The medium, collage, became a central instrument to Elizabeth H. Wold’s visual vocabulary in the mid-90s.  As a graduate student at Howard University she became fascinated with the works of Romare Bearden.  The cutouts in her collages have similar effects as the brush strokes in her paintings.  Her conceptualization is most benefited by the medium of collage.

Elizabeth has been teaching collage as an art form for a few years, progressively moving into the field of computer graphics and digital art.  Currently, she works as a freelancer in multimedia, print and web design.  For the last three years, Elizabeth has been living in her native Ethiopia and her recent work reflects her experience there. 

Socially, Elizabeth was raised in a culture that focused on the community and it’s collective activities.  Her works, in effect are reflective of these traditions, values and beliefs, perhaps that is why the human figure is a recurring theme in her work.

Elizabeth graduated in 1985 from the Fine Arts School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  In 1993, she earned a Master of Fine Arts from Howard University, specializing in painting. She has exhibited her works in the metropolitan Washington, DC area including the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.  Ms. Wold has been in numerous selected group exhibitions.

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