Press
Glasstire, December 2020
Artist On Artist: Betelhem Makonnen w/ Christopher Blay, podcast
frieze, December 2020
Lauren Moya Ford Adrian Aguilera and Betelhem Makonnen’s Vision of an America That Is Yet to Be
Sightlines Magazine, November 2020
Lauren Moya Ford Adrian Aguilera and Betelhem Makonnen: ‘people the We’
Glasstire Top Five: March 5, 2020, W/ Mark Bradford
Arts and Culture Magazine, March 2020 Jeanne Claire van Ryzen Rock ResetL with her tito’s prize exhibition, Betelhem Makonnen suggests an alternative to our current climate of temporal anxiety
Hyperallergic, December 2019
Billy Anania Two Transnational Artists Connect Through Shared Experiences of Displacement
Sightlines Magazine, December 2019
Barbara Purcell Retracing the Past Back to the Now
Austin American Statesman, October 2019
Michael Barnes Time collapses for Tito’s Prize winner Betelhem Makonnen
SAIC F Newsmagazine, August 6, 2019
Luis Lopez Levi Low-Residency, High Impact
Austin Chronicle, June 2019
Robert Faires Local Exhibitions Point to Ways People of Color Were Freed but Still Aren't Free.
The Carver Museum asks: Freedom when?
Art in America, May 2019
Sean J Patrick Carney Dark Eco - Comedy: Austin’s Fusebox Festival
Sightlines Magazine, April 2019
Kaila Schedeen Trying to get present: Black Mountain Project’s constant escape
Fusebox Festival Blog April 2019
Phillip Townsend Black Mountain Project: Constant Escape
Interview
Austin Art in Public Places TEMPO Project, October 2018
untitled (these united states)
Arts and Culture Magazine, March 2018
Tarra Gaines The Geology of Art: Fusebox 2018
Revista Lampejo, March 2017
Daniel Corte Daniel Lin(Ha)S Nômades
Conflict of Interest, October, 2017
Jessi DiTillio, Q+A with Adrian Aguilera + Betelhem Makonnen
Revista Caju, April, 2017
Analu Cunha videoarte em transito
Austin Chronicle, December 2016
Caitlin Greenwood Imperialism and identity compete in Betelhem Makonnen’s solo show about a 19th century Ethiopian prince
Arts and Culture Magazine, September 2016
Thao Votang, The Honesty of Rocks: Crit Group at GrayDUCK Gallery