Visual Artist | Born 1996
Nebay Abraha is a self-taught visual artist born in Eritrea in 1996, celebrated for his emotionally resonant portraits and layered mixed-media collages that explore migration, memory, and identity. Utilizing recycled newspapers, found papers, charcoal, and acrylic, Nebay creates figurative works that give voice to the inner lives of displaced individuals and immigrant communities.
“When I create, I think of the silence people carry—the feelings they can't say out loud. I want my art to speak for those emotions hidden in the corners of migration, love, and loss,” Nebay explains.
His current work continues to center on the lived experiences of immigrants, often addressing themes such as loneliness, identity fragmentation, cultural prejudice, and the search for joy and community in unfamiliar places. Through the act of recycling and layering, his artistic process mirrors the emotional reconstruction many immigrants undergo.
