Gidey Gezahey studied art at the Minilik School of Fine Art in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and later at the Comboni House in Cairo, Egypt. 

Having lived in Eritrea for many years, he left unrest there, traveling on foot across the Sudan to Egypt where he settled for a time and continued his pursuit of art.  He says that he can only create when his spirit is positive...when that mood changes he rests his brush.  Each of his oil paintings are crafted from a place where the spirit and mind commune peacefully, bringing forth imagery that haunts the soul and delights the imagination.

Take a leisurely moment to surround yourself with the imagery that evolves from the mind of this Ethiopian artist who's been recognized in Egyptian and French art circles.  He was recently discovered in Charlottesville, Virginia where he now makes his home and is building a body of work in anticipation of his first major U.S. exhibition.