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Poetics of Relation: BLACK IN BERLIN

Exhibition | Texas Premiere of Berlin-based Ethiopian Artist Yero Adugna Eticha

  • The Silos at Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX

  • Free of charge

Black in Berlin: NOELLA by Yero Adugna Eticha NOELLA © Yero Adugna Eticha

APRAKU / Yero Adugna Eticha APRAKU / Yero Adugna Eticha

This exhibition celebrates the Texas premiere of “Black in Berlin,” a portrait project by Ethiopian-born, Berlin-based photographer Yero Adugna Eticha, presented by the Goethe-Institut Houston at Sawyer Yards.

The gallery is open Mon-Sat, 9 am - 5 pm. Vernissage will take place Saturday, Nov. 14 from 6-8 pm with the artist.

About BLACK IN BERLIN
It began with a deceptively simple idea: to render Black life visible in Germany. The initially local project has since grown far beyond the German capital: Black in Berlin was followed by Black in Thüringen, Black in THE LÄND (Baden-Württemberg), and Black in Dortmund, before the archive was recently expanded to include European perspectives with Black in Suomi (Finland). Now, the Ethiopian-born, Berlin-based photographer and artist Yero Adugna Eticha brings a portion of this ongoing large-scale project—which now encompasses 1,200 black-and-white portraits, text installations, and audio interviews—to Houston, Texas. Presented by the Goethe-Institut, the exhibition offers US audiences a vibrant and nuanced counter-archive to the visual representation of the African diaspora in Germany and Europe.

 

About the Artist

Yero Adugna Eticha

Yero Adugna Eticha (born in Oromia/Ethiopia) lives and works as a portrait photographer and visual artist in Berlin and Addis Ababa. After graduating from the Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie (2011), he deepened his practice in the M.A. program "Art in Context" at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin, 2026). His work has been presented at venues including Fhochdrei – Freiraum für Fotografie, Fotografiska Berlin, Museum für Fotografie Berlin, the Goethe-Institut San Francisco, HfS Ernst Busch (EMOP Berlin), and Berghain (Studio Berlin / Boros Foundation), among others. His work has been exhibited internationally and acquired by the Stadtmuseum Berlin collection.