INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ERITREAN ARTIST MICHAEL ADONAI HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE AFRICAN-AUSTRALIAN EXCELLENCE OF THE YEAR AWARD.
Press Release INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ERITREAN ARTIST MICHAEL ADONAI HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE AFRICAN-AUSTRALIAN EXCELLENCE OF THE YEAR AWARD. The award is aimed to honour, recognize and celebrate the contributions of Africans to all
Press Release
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ERITREAN ARTIST MICHAEL ADONAI HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE AFRICAN-AUSTRALIAN EXCELLENCE OF THE YEAR AWARD.
The award is aimed to honour, recognize and celebrate the contributions of Africans to all spheres of the Australian society. It’s also to establish honorarium and present Awards to distinguished, highly influential and outstanding African Australians.
The competitive nomination/application process focuses solely on evidence and merit of past outstanding achievement and advancement. It is an open panel review conducted by nationally recognized professionals in each discipline ensuring that only the most exceptional individuals such as Artist Michael Adonai receive the CAAI award.
Michael, a former Eritrean refugee, who has only lived in Australia for nearly two years, has had four successful exhibitions since 2012.
Among his most famous works is his solo exhibition entitled “I did not choose to be a refugee”. His original, creative painting style and the force of his humanistic ideas has wowed both his critics and viewers.
In addition, Michael generously shares his vast, unique knowledge of the ancient Coptic Art painting style with fellow Australians by giving lectures, seminars and Master Classes.
The CAAI organizers believe that “artists like Michael Adonai provide the creative foundation for the cultural vitality of the greater Multicultural Australian society”.
In the past, Artist Adonai has won several awards and prizes including the “Raimok award” one of the highest national prizes given to an artist. He was also nominated by an international art’s jury to represent Eritrea in the United Nations sponsored Global Art Exhibition, 2001. In addition, he was the participant of the 3rd International Arts Camp – ANDORRA.
Michael was selected to be featured in Dictionary of African Biography, 2012. [DAB is “a major biographical dictionary covering the lives and legacies of notable African men and women from all walks of life.” (Published by OXFORD press in, 2012).
For more information: http://www.celebrateafricanaustraliansvic.org/home
Photo by: Osman Shihaby
mulugeta gourmu November 11, 2014
I am proud of you, keep it up.
Aron Embaye November 11, 2014
Dear Michael,
Congratulations a million times!!!
We are very proud of you. You are a true son of Eritrea and and acclaimed global citize. In this tribulant times full of tumultuous evens we alsways ask..whom can we turn to? well the answer is…to people like Michael Adonay.
Aron Embaye
Daniel November 11, 2014
Congra!!!you are à true messager of all eritrans .proud to have you.
Simerrr2012 November 11, 2014
The man cloud have done so much to Eritrea ands Eritreans if we had a government with brain and vision. The mafia higdef used to sell his work internationally and locally to make money for greedy individuals. One day he will go back to his country and people one we get rid of terrorist higdef regime. An artist out if his origin is like fish out of water. May God bless you and your fantastic work. You are a good news for allEritreans who are paralyzed with fear and bad news everyday we hear on the mass media.
Simerrr2012 November 11, 2014
The man cloud have done so much to Eritrea ands Eritreans if we had a government with brain and vision. The mafia higdef used to sell his work internationally and locally to make money for greedy individuals. One day he will go back to his country and people one we get rid of terrorist higdef regime. An artist out if his origin is like fish out of water. May God bless you and your fantastic work. You are a good news for allEritreans who are paralyzed with fear and bad news everydady we hear on the mass media.
Michael November 11, 2014
proud of you michael you can not get chance your mother land this opportunity you leave two year australia long live democracy
Tsegu F Bahta November 11, 2014
I am proud to hear about the well known Eritrean talented artist Michael Adonai to be the recipient of the African Australian exelence of the year award.
Congratulations Mike! Keep it up & wish you all the best.
ሃገር ባሕሪ November 11, 2014
እንቋዕ ሓጐሰካ!! ዝረኸብካዮ ዓወት፡ ከም ደቂ ዜጋኻ ተኻፈልቱ ኢና’ሞ እንቋዕ ደስ በለና። እዚ ዓወት እዚ ዝነግረና እንተልዩ ብተናጸል ኤርትራውያን ንኽንበሖ ንውጥኖ ወይ ንእንወቕዖ ሸቶ ዘለና ተወፋይነት ዩ። ብስምረት እንተሰሪሕና ድማ ዝተዓጻጸፈ ከም እንዓዪ ርዱእ ዩ። ኣምላኽ ዚ መንገዲ ኣትሒዝና ሎ ሞ ንከተሎ። ኣሜን!!
Stefanos Temolso November 11, 2014
እንቋዕ ሓጐሰካ፡ እንቋዕ ሓጐሰና ሚካኤል ሃብሮም። ብሰንኪ ህግደፍ ተዓጺኻ ኔርካ ሕጂ እንሆ እቲ ዕድል ምስ ተኸፍተልካ ዓቕምኻ ክተርኢ በቒዕካ። ካልእ ክትገብር ኢኻ ኣጆኻ።
Tesfay November 11, 2014
ነዚ ረኺብካዮ ዘለኻ ዓወት ዮሃና እንዳበልኩ ነቲ ስነ ጽሑፍ ስራሕካውን ማዕረ ማዕረ ክረኢ ይጽበ።ቀጺለ ክብለካ ዝደሊ ብዛዕባ ዓሊ ዓብዱ እዩ።መቸም እቲ ዝነበረ ኣብነታዊ ዕርክነትኩም ጨራሩ ኣስመራ ዝምስክረኦ እየን።ኣብቲ ብሓው ኣማኑኤል አብ አሰና ቅድሚ ገለ አዋርሕ ዝቀረበ ሰነድ ሕቶ ዑቅባ ኣብ ኣውስትራልያ ንሱ ከምዝገለጾ ናይ ቀረባ ዓርኩ ከምዝነበርካ አብ ምውጻእውን ከምዝተሓባበረካ ይነግር።ስጋብ ክንደይ እዩ ሓቅነቱ?ከምኡውን ስራሕካ ኣብ ምልላይ ይኹን ተፈላጥነት ኣብ ዓለም ክህልወካ ግደ ዓሊ ዓብዱ ዓቢ ከምዝነበረ አብ ባህላዊ ጉዳያት ዝዕለል እዩ።እቲ ቀንዲ ክትምልሰለይ ደልየ ዘለኹ ኩነታት ዓሊ እንታይ አሎ ከም ዓርክኻን ከም ኣብ ሓደ ሀገር ምህላውኩምን።