Robel Temesgen (b. 1987) is a Ph.D. fellow in Artistic Practice at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.

He received an MFA from Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art, University of Tromsø, Norway in 2015 and a BFA in Fine Art (Painting) from Alle School of Fine Arts and Design, Addis Ababa University in 2010.

Robel’s work focuses on symbiotic relations and the languages around places, people, and spirits through painting, publication, and installation. His lengthy projects include Adbar, Addis Newspaper, and Practicing Water.

Robel’s work has been widely exhibited on international platforms in solo and group shows, including Kunsthall Oslo (2023), Lingen Konsthalle, Lingen (2022), ARoS Museum, Aarhus (2021), Para Site, Hong Kong (2021), Kunsthall Oslo, Olso (2019), Circle Art Agency, Nairobi (2019), Addis Foto Fest, Addis Ababa (2018), Modern Art Museum, Addis Ababa (2018), Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2017), Akademie der Künste, Berlin (2016), and Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2014).

He received several awards and fellowships, Lingen Art Prize (2022), Junge Akademie, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (2018), and IASPIS, Stockholm (2017).

Robel is a Lecturer at Alle School of Fine Arts and Design, Addis Ababa University, and lives between Addis Ababa and Oslo.