Biography
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Gelila reda is a self-taught fine artist based out of Stockholm, Sweden. She is best known for her colorful acrylic paintings and even more for her coffee art, in which she has held live paint sessions and solo exhibitions across the globe. Her distinctive style emanates strength, resilience, pain, balance, and culture.
Reda's artwork has been seen in Oslo and the U.S., including Belgium, at the Campus Croep T Leuven. Her collaborations include Gruten Oslo at Mitt grønn Oslo festival and Sagene bydelsdag. In addition, she participated in an International Coffee Day collaboration with Norsk Kaffeinformasjon, where she has performed a live coffee art show.
With over a decade of showcasing her work in exhibitions and live art shows, Reda knows the power of her art in bringing people together by expressing her reality and making change. Thus, she is taking her art to greater heights as she orients advocacy and preserving her community in paintings and coffee art. Some of her most recent paintings include "Malcolm X," "Generational Trauma," "Emperor Yohannes IV," and "Abuna Yemata Guh."
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Solo painting exhibitions and live coffee art
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Jul 2013 Solo painting exhibition at Sagene samfunshus Oslo
Feb 2017 Solo painting exhibition at Sagene samfunshus Oslo
May 2017 Live coffee art show at Sagene bydelsdag collabration with Gruten Oslo.
May 2017 Live painting at Fendisha art show Oslo
June 2017 live coffee art show at Mitt grønn Oslo festival collabration with Gruten Oslo.
June 2017 Live painting at Fendisha art evening Oslo
Aug 2017 Painting exhibition and live coffee art show at Oslo Afro Arts Festival.
Feb 2018 Solo painting exhibition and live coffee art show In Silver Spring USA.
March 2018 Live coffee art show in Belguim Campus Croep T Leuven.
April 2018 Live coffee art show at Nordic Black Theater Oslo
Oct 2018 Live coffee art show at international coffee day collabration with Norsk Kaffeinformasjon.
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