Media
Bibliography
- Ballard, Dawna I. Time by Design: How Communicating Slow Allows Us to Go Fast. MIT Press, 2025.
- Beyond Posthumanism, edited by Giovanni Aloi and Betelhem Makonnen, Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture 57 (2022).
- Makonnen, Betelhem. "Interview with Katherine McKittrick." Interview by Betelhem Makonnen. In Posthumanism in Art and Science - A Reader, 43. New York: Columbia University Press, 2021.
- Francis, Anthony. “With and against photography: Voice as love practice.” Organization 32, no. 2 (February 2025): 306–317.
- Amorim, Antônio Carlos. Daniel Lin(ha)s Nômades. Revista Lampejo, March 2017: 325–328.
Press
2025
- Drew, Caroline. "The Museum of Human Achievement Takes Us Back to the Computer Room." The Austin Chronicle, June 2025.
2024
- Blaschke, Jayme. "Texas State University System Public Art Program commissions four new artists." Inside TXST, January 2024.
2023
- Purcell, Barbara. "It’s Now, Now, Now, Now in a Group Exhibition about Time’s Passing." Glasstire, October 2023.
- Glasstire Top Five: October 5, 2023.
- Votang, Thao. Work in Progress with Betelhem Makonnen. Southwest Contemporary, May 2023.
2022
- Girmay, Aracelis. “on Marwa Helal’s Ante body”. ARTFORUM, December 2022.
- Rodriguez, Paulina. Memories are at the Forefront in Artpace’s International Artist-in Residence Exhibitions. San Antonio Magazine, August 2022.
2021
- Schedeen, Kaila. At grayDUCK Gallery, ‘small acts’ makes a big impact. Sightlines Magazine, November 2021.
- Baran, Jessica. “From the Limitations of Now” PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART. ARTFORUM, September 2021.
- Calabrese, Nickolas. Can a Tulsa Art Show Help Remake the Heartless Heartland? The Believer, August 2021.
- Johnson, Michelle. Art as a ‘Catalyst for Conversations’. Los Angeles Weekly Times, July 2021.
- Blay, Christopher. For Independence Day: Six American Flags by Texas Artists. Glasstire, July 2021.
- Watts Jr., James D. Artists create lapel pin of John Lewis flag. TulsaWorld, May 2021.
- Thackara, Tess. It’s About Time.’ Museums Make Bids for Their Communities. The New York Times, May 2021.
- Brinkman, Lillie-Beth. Art helps to illuminate our painful past. The Journal Record, March 2021.
2020
- Artist On Artist: Betelhem Makonnen w/ Christopher Blay, podcast. Glasstire, December 2020.
- Zoetrope: All-Story. "Winter 2020/2021." Guest Designer: Deborah Roberts. Vol. 24, no. 4, 2021, https://www.all-story.com/edition/winter-2020-21/.
- Ford, Lauren Moya. Adrian Aguilera and Betelhem Makonnen’s Vision of an America That Is Yet to Be. frieze, December 2020.
- Ford, Lauren Moya. Adrian Aguilera and Betelhem Makonnen: ‘people the We’. Sightlines Magazine, November 2020.
- Glasstire Top Five: March 5, 2020, W/ Mark Bradford.
- van Ryzen, Jeanne Claire. Rock Reset with her tito’s prize exhibition, Betelhem Makonnen suggests an alternative to our current climate of temporal anxiety. Arts and Culture Magazine, March 2020.
2019
- Anania, Billy. Two Transnational Artists Connect Through Shared Experiences of Displacement. Hyperallergic, December 2019.
- Purcell, Barbara. Retracing the Past Back to the Now. Sightlines Magazine, December 2019.
- Barnes, Michael. Time collapses for Tito’s Prize winner Betelhem Makonnen. Austin American Statesman, October 2019.
- Lopez Levi, Luis. Low-Residency, High Impact. SAIC F Newsmagazine, August 6, 2019.
- Faires, Robert. Local Exhibitions Point to Ways People of Color Were Freed but Still Aren't Free. The Carver Museum asks: Freedom when? Austin Chronicle, June 2019.
- Carney, Sean J Patrick. Dark Eco - Comedy: Austin’s Fusebox Festival. Art in America, May 2019.
- Schedeen, Kaila. Trying to get present: Black Mountain Project’s constant escape. Sightlines Magazine, April 2019.
- Townsend, Phillip. Black Mountain Project: Constant Escap Interview. Fusebox Festival Blog, April 2019.
2018
- Austin Art in Public Places TEMPO Project, October 2018 (untitled (these united states)).
- Gaines, Tarra. The Geology of Art: Fusebox 2018. Arts and Culture Magazine, March 2018.
2017
- DiTillio, Jessi. Q+A with Adrian Aguilera + Betelhem Makonnen. Conflict of Interest, October 2017.
- Cunha, Analu. videoarte em transito. Revista Caju, April 2017.
2016
- Greenwood, Caitlin. Imperialism and identity compete in Betelhem Makonnen’s solo show about a 19th century Ethiopian prince. Austin Chronicle, December 2016.
- Votang, Thao. The Honesty of Rocks: Crit Group at GrayDUCK Gallery. Arts and Culture Magazine, September 2016.