Alitash Kebede — Part II: From non-profit gallery at Stevie Wonder's KJLH To Private Art Dealer
“My thing was to help artists, because they were never selling anything at the workshops, they were always broke.”
We are delighted to present Part II of our video chat with Alitash Kebede.
Part I traced the sparks that lit her interest in art as a young person living in Ethiopia; her arrival in the US, and the growth of her love for art. In Part II, Alitash shares her journey from working in the record industry, to establishing a non-profit gallery at Stevie Wonder's KJLH, to finally striking out on her own as a private art dealer.
“After the job at KJLH, I thought I’m not going to get another job. Forget it. I said to myself I really need to make this happen.”
Kebede was recently referred to in Forbes Magazine as one of the most influential persons in the world of contemporary art: Under The Radar: The Top Five Black Women You Should Know In The Art World
Please follow our blog for Part III, the finale of our chat with Kebede.