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Inspired by accidental art

27 Monday Jun 2011

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Well they said you can be inspired by pretty much anything depending on your passion. I am artist so I look for things to see how their existence adds to the ever evolving world of today. One find the collection of pieces of paper annoying or even child like where the other admire it as collage art. the thing is both of them are correct in their own right because the translation is what we brought to the piece.

This morning, I was passing by a construction site fence and there was a green flannel type fabric that wrapped around the fence. In the fabric, there is a dirt mark (it seems to me a fabric was rolled when the dirt come in contact). I stopped in front of the fence with awe and enjoyed  the aesthetics. ( it has Marcel Duchamp
“Nude descending down the staircase” quality) I loved the continuation of same figure and the change in detail gradually. See if you feel like I did.

So…I am inspired by accidental art.

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Meeting African Union Commission Chairman, Jean Ping at Addis Ababa

17 Friday Jun 2011

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Interview with Voice of America’s Addisu Abebe

17 Friday Jun 2011

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Interview with Tigist of Afro FM, Addis Ababa

17 Friday Jun 2011

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Meeting Tanzania’s President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Addis Ababa

16 Thursday Jun 2011

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“Andenet TV’ Interview, Seattle WA

16 Thursday Jun 2011

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Ethiopian TV “120” Interview

16 Thursday Jun 2011

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A Book in their Hands

16 Thursday Jun 2011

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A Book in their Hands.

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AU’s Assembly of Heads of States official Decision

16 Thursday Jun 2011

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Yadesa’s File at the Smithsonian Libraries’ Collection

16 Thursday Jun 2011

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Yadesa: Ethiopian TV interview

11 Saturday Jun 2011

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United States Mission to African Union: Press Release

08 Wednesday Jun 2011

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Ethiopian-American Yadesa Bojia Wins AU Competition for New Flag Design The recent 2010 African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa …

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Creating a Tapestry of His Cultural Heritage

08 Wednesday Jun 2011

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Yaddi Bojia and wife Hewan Gebremichael

The rich, bold colors of a painting byYADESA “YADDI” BOJIA ’05hangs in the Washington State Supreme Court judges’ chamber. But none of his paintings have been called upon to tell the story of a people as vividly as those commissioned for the recent west coast premiere of “Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia.”
The exhibit this winter at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle allowed visitors to come face to face with Lucy, one of the oldest, most complete, and best preserved adult fossils of a human ancestor. Since Lucy comes from Ethiopia, Bojia’s ancestral land, the organizers invited him and others from the city’s thriving Ethiopian community to see what was planned for the exhibit.
“I met with the curator,” Bojia says. “We discussed the importance of Ethiopian art for the show, and she decided to involve me.”
The artist, a former graphic design intern in Seattle Pacific University’s Office of University Communications and now a graphic designer for Housing and Food Services at the University of Washington, provided three paintings for the exhibit. One was of an Ethiopian shepherd. “March to Adwa” depicted Ethiopian King Minilik marching to the battlefield. The third provided an apocalyptic vision of Lucy witnessing the destruction of the world by modern humans.
Bojia was pleased that tens of thousands of people learned more about human existence — and his cultural heritage. “I was able to capture what most history books don’t. While they focus on the Ethiopian dynasties, they neglect the majority of Ethiopian people. I drew on every ethnic group.”
To do so, he created 10 motifs from traditional ethnic dress that were utilized throughout the exhibit as back-drops or to accent display designs. He also illustrated a keepsake receipt book to give visitors “a taste of Ethiopia.”

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UW Staffer Creates New African Union Flag

08 Wednesday Jun 2011

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When African leaders launched a competition for the creation of a new African Union flag in 2007, they had no idea how far-flung the results would be. In fact, 106 designs were entered from 19 African countries and two from Diaspora communities—including Seattle. Which is where the winning design came from. 

Earlier this year the AU chose the flag designed by UW staffer Yadesa Bojia (right), a Housing & Food Services graphic designer, to represent the AU and its 53 member countries.

Bojia says he was compelled to enter the competition in response to the admiration he has for the AU for its struggle to eradicate Apartheid and for its ability to get African leaders to engage in discussion on the vast issues affecting the continent. His flag represents the continent’s future more than its past, he says.

An artist before he even left Africa, Bojia came to the U.S. from Ethiopia in 1995 to pursue his education, earning degrees in graphic design and illustration, and in visual communications. Now, his flag flies in front of the United Nations.

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What’s it like to… – etc – Seattle Pacific University

08 Wednesday Jun 2011

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Watch flag raised

. . . watch the African Union raise the flag that you designed?

My wife and children beside me, I stood directly behind Libyan President Moammar el-Qaddafi. He hoisted the new flag that took me four months to create. To watch it wave, I felt vindication, reconciliation, and pride.

When I was 2, my father and older brother were killed in our Ethiopian home by a brutal socialist government. Throughout childhood, I witnessed my mother’s grief. It eventually killed her. Now the African nations flew my flag, symbolizing a new day for more than 1 billion of my fellow Africans. It flew for unity, hope, and human rights. I knew then my family died for something meaningful. Though they were not there to celebrate with me, I felt their satisfaction.

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Response: The Seattle Pacific Magazine

08 Wednesday Jun 2011

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A Flag to Represent a “New Day for Africa”

Yadesa “Yaddi” Bojia, 2005 SPU alum, designs the official flag of the African Union

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Yaddi Bojia, 2005 SPU alum, stands with members of the marching band that mobbed him for autographs.

By Clint Kelly [ckelly@spu.edu]

Photos courtesy of Yaddi Boji

A new flag now waves over the 53 states of the African Union (AU) — and it was designed by a Seattle Pacific University graduate.

The flag’s creator , Yadesa “Yaddi” Bojia, was first featured in Summer 2009 Response “Footnotes” for his artistic contributions to last year’s “Lucy” exhibit at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. Then came a double dose of fireworks when he learned on July Fourth 2009 that he was the winner of the unique flag-design competition.

Seven months later, Ethiopian-born Bojia, with his wife and two children beside him, proudly watched his flag raised for the first time at the African Union Summit.

Their vantage point couldn’t have been better. They stood directly behind Libyan President Moammar el-Qaddafi as he hoisted the new flag. For Bojia, the AU represents “a voice of reason” on the African continent, witness to some of the most daunting struggles in human history.

For Bojia, it was surreal to be seated later at the summit with the African heads of state. And it stayed surreal. The day after the flag was first raised, as walked to a meeting, a marching band commissioned to play for the presidents broke ranks to clamor for his photo and autograph.

Learning what it takes

The accomplished artist was 25 years old when he came to the United States in 1995 in search of a chance to prove himself. He was welcomed “with open hands” to a land where he firmly believed dreams still came true. “I worked so hard to get an education, sometimes day and night,” he says.

The dream began at Seattle Central Community College, and culminated at his graduation with a degree in visual communications from Seattle Pacific in 2005. He now works as the graphic designer for Housing and Food Services at the University of Washington.

“SPU taught me the importance of the role of a designer,” says Bojia. “It taught me to ask the important questions such as why is my help needed? The answers to these questions help a designer to find solutions to the creative challenge.” When he learned of the international flag competition, Bojia researched the Organization of African Unity, the forerunner of the AU, and studied its successes and shortcomings. What message did he want this flag to convey? How well would his design endure after a generation and beyond? He took note of the diverse cultures of 53 countries and their flags, and those things that have separated and united them.

“I had to stay away from any design resemblance to any of those other flags,” he says. Any political or religious meanings were also taboo.

His winning design, chosen from 116 submissions, is the continent of Africa against a field of lush green, surrounded by beams of light and a ring of stars.

Bojia first laid eyes on his winning flag in a Larry King television interview with Gadhafi, then president of the AU. There in the upper-left portion of the screen was his design, the symbol of “a new day for Africa.”

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Seattle designer creates a new symbol of hope for Africa

08 Wednesday Jun 2011

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From Addis to Seattle: Paintings of Yadessa Boja

08 Wednesday Jun 2011

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From Addis to Seattle: Paintings of Yadessa Boja.

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Hello world!

07 Tuesday Jun 2011

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Hello and Thank you for visiting my website. In this website, you will learn about me and my artistic journey. I planned to update this website whenever I have something worthy to say or have something worthy to show. Please feel free to leave me your comments at Yadesa@yadesabojia.com or simply comment in any post you see in this website.I hope you will come back to check my work in the future and I like to thank you one more time for your support.

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Yadesa: International news coverage

07 Tuesday Jun 2011

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