Tariku Shiferaw (b. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) is a New York-based artist who explores the concept of ‘mark-making’ to address the physical, social, and political spaces of art and societal constructs. A select list of institutions where Shiferaw has exhibited includes the Whitney Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, The Drawing Center (NY), Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (Germany), Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, California African American Museum, Zuckerman Museum of Art (GA), Museum of the African Diaspora (CA), Smack Mellon (NY), and Modern Art Museum: Gebre Kristos Desta Center (Ethiopia).​

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Shiferaw has participated in the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art and in Open Sessions at The Drawing Center. He has also been an artist-in residence at the LES Studio Program, Silver Art Projects, ARCAthens (Greece), Experimental Print Institute at Lafayette College, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Hermitage Artist Fellowship, Fountainhead Miami, and Alle School of Fine Arts artist residency at Addis Ababa University. ​​

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Public and Notable Collections:

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Studio Museum of Harlem, The High Museum of Art, The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery, York University Toronto, Pizzuti Collection, Columbus Museum of Art, Blackstone Art Collection (NY), Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami, FL,

The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection