About this work
Nirit Takele, born in Ethiopia in 1985, immigrated to Israel in 1991 in “Operation Solomon” an Israeli military operation that transported more than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in 36 hours. Although she grew up with very few memories of her childhood in Ethiopia, Nirit has been painting from a very young age practicing her skills by studying the works of artists like Peter Paul Rubens, Diego Riviera, and David Hockney. In 2015, Takele graduated with honors from Shenkar College, receiving The Talia Sidi Prize.
Publications
May 4, 2019
| "I paint in a big way because I also see the Ethiopian community as full of power"
| Haaretz
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May 15, 2019
| Kalman and Segel: Following a conflict with the Islamic Jihad, the Qatari envoy left the Gaza Strip
| Kan News
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September 8, 2020
| Black Jewish Women Artists You Should Know… Nirit Takele
| Lilith Magazine
September 20, 2023
| Nirit Takele: Chromatic
| The Negev Museum of Art
