Tariku Shiferaw

Tariku Shiferaw is a New York-based artist who explores mark-making, addressing the physical and metaphysical spaces of painting and social structures. Recent exhibitions include Men of Change, a four-year nationally traveling exhibition with the Smithsonian Institution (2019-2023), and Unbound at the Zuckerman Museum of Art (2020-2021). Other group shows include the 2017 Whitney Biennial, as part of Occupy Museums; A Poethical Wager* at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (2017); and What’s Love Got to Do With It? at The Drawing Center (2019). Notable solo exhibitions include Erase Me at Addis Fine Art, London (2017); This Ain’t Safe at Cathouse Proper, Brooklyn (2018); and It’s a love thang, it’s a joy thang at Galerie Lelong, NY (2021). Shiferaw participated in the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program (2018-2019) and Open Sessions at The Drawing Center (2018–2020). He is currently an artist-in-residence at the World Trade Center through Silver Art Projects (2020-2022).