Love Is A Practice

The exhibition,  in collaboration with Addis Fine Art, is a tender meditation on the many forms love takes in our daily lives. For Berhanu, love is not just a fleeting emotion but an active, ongoing gesture, something we choose, nurture, and embody through presence, empathy, and quiet devotion. At the heart of the exhibition is the human need for support. Working with transparent layers, Berhanu creates dream-like spaces where unseen emotional currents surface. Hands and faces speak the language of empathy; gestures carry meaning beyond words. In these luminous compositions, the intangible bonds between people take form, revealing connection as something both delicate and resilient.

Berhanu portrays life as inherently interconnected. Her figures appear side by side, their actions and emotions flowing together, revealing our nature as deeply social beings. Yet within this closeness, she gently exposes a subtle truth: living beside one another does not always mean truly connecting. We may carry each other’s weight and still remain strangers to one another’s inner worlds. In moments of collective stillness, bodies gather while consciousness retreats inward, each figure quietly holding private burdens.

(Details and information – source: Tiwani Contemporary)