On August 22nd, 2026, go behind-the-scenes with a conversation discussing art and music, featuring a live beat breakdown with Kendrick Lamar’s hit collaborator Tane Runo and world-renowned painter Tariku Shiferaw. The two will analyze Shiferaw’s abstract painting, Element (Kendrick Lamar). The painting—on view in the High’s galleries—is directly inspired by Lamar’s discography, and Shiferaw’s practice connects abstract geometry with popular music culture.
On September 30th, 2026, Tariku Shiferaw, Joyner/Giuffrida Artist in Residence and Erin Christovale, Hammer Museum Curator, will have a conversation at the Nevada Museum of Art, where they will explore the concept of mark making and its power to question, trouble, and assert physical, social, and political spaces.
A conversation at Lafayette College between Tariku Shiferaw and Pedro Barbeito, the Assistant Professor and Director of the Experimental Printmaking Institute. Shiferaw and Barbeito give us a glimpse into their process and discuss their recent collaboration on Shiferaw’s new mutli-plate lithography edition.
In this talk, Shiferaw discusses his installation, A Strange Place to Cast Our Dreams, which combines painting, sound, and sculpture, fusing abstraction that re-engages ancient African diasporic knowledge with sound and image making practices from history through the present.
An overview of Sugar Hill Museum's exhibition, GEOMETRIES and some insights on the work from the show's curator, Damien Davis, as well as exhibiting artists Chris Bogia, Tariku Shiferaw and Marisol Martinez.
Director of Margaret Lawrence Gallery and programmer of Art Forum, David Sequeira, welcomes guest speaker, Tariku Shiferaw, to discuss his artistic practice.
It’s a love thang draws inspiration from the ongoing movement of Black joy that has increasingly gained momentum among creatives as a source of community-building and healing.
An exclusive look into Tariku Shiferaw's studio and in conversation about his practise and the inspirations behind his work.
Courtesy of Forward James Filmmakers and Addis Fine Art.
The sixth conversation in the series “Galerie Lelong: Dialogues” held on occasion of Tariku Shiferaw’s solo exhibition, It’s a love thang, it’s a joy thang.