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Yeroham Ashagre
MFA Fellowship 2026
Yeroham Ashagre (Michigan State University) is the recipient of a 2026 Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting & Sculpture.
Yeroham Ashagre is a visual artist originally from Ethiopia and currently working in the United States. His practice spans the mediums of drawing, sculpture, and ceramics, exploring themes such as religion, myths, sexuality, and violence. In his clay sculptures, Ashagre explores a material transformation of the human figure through primal elements, evoking creation myths across cultures while engaging a formal tension between human and machine that enters the work into a contemporary dialogue.
Ashagre received his BFA from Addis Ababa University in 2022. He has participated in solo and group shows in Ethiopia and the United States. In 2025, Ashagre was awarded the Mud Michigan Student Exhibition Juror’s Award; the Michigan Fine Arts Competition Award; and an honorable mention in the International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture competition. In 2026, he received the Juror’s prize at the Michigan State University MFA show at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, curated by Rachel Winter (PhD), and juried by Donna Honarpisheh (PhD), Associate Curator at Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Florida.
Untitled Head, 2025, high-fired terracotta, 17 x 10 x 8 in.
Head as the Sudarium, 2025, high-fired terracotta, 9 x 11 x 6 in.
Untitled Figure 1, 2025, glazed terracotta, 18 x 4 x 8 in.
Untitled Figure 2, 2025, high-fired terracotta, 16 x 7 x 4 in.
Ode to Solitude (Group 1), 2024, glazed stoneware and terracotta, dimensions variable
Ode to Solitude (Group 2), 2024, glazed stoneware and terracotta, dimensions variable
Womb or Tomb, 2026, glazed terracotta and steel, 12 x 5 x 2 ft.
Womb or Tomb (drawing), 2025, ink on paper, 8 x 18 in.
Untitled Head, 2025, high-fired terracotta, 17 x 10 x 8 in.
Head as the Sudarium, 2025, high-fired terracotta, 9 x 11 x 6 in.
Untitled Figure 1, 2025, glazed terracotta, 18 x 4 x 8 in.
Untitled Figure 2, 2025, high-fired terracotta, 16 x 7 x 4 in.
Ode to Solitude (Group 1), 2024, glazed stoneware and terracotta, dimensions variable
Ode to Solitude (Group 2), 2024, glazed stoneware and terracotta, dimensions variable
Womb or Tomb, 2026, glazed terracotta and steel, 12 x 5 x 2 ft.
Womb or Tomb (drawing), 2025, ink on paper, 8 x 18 in.
