Fanuel Leul is an Ethiopian digital artist

Each month, we introduce the artist whose work is featured on the cover and at the beginning of the focus section of our monthly edition.

Fanuel Leul is a digital artist based in Addis Ababa, ­Ethiopia. His work blends African heritage, storytelling and speculative futures, creating Afrofuturist worlds inspired by history and culture. Working across digital painting, 3D art, comics and AI-assisted workflows, he explores themes of identity, memory and the future of African storytelling.

His work has been exhibited in Ethiopia, Morocco, Sweden and New York, and he was selected to participate in OpenAI’s Sora artist programme. Through his practice, Fanuel seeks to preserve cultural memory ­while imagining futures shaped by African voices.

Instagram: @fanuel_leul

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