Alemayehu Biratu, Born in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, Graduated from Alle Fine Art School (AAUSFAD), in BFA in Sculpture and MFA in Fine Arts..Alemayehu’s work capture and depict the day to day affairs of the city by connecting the monuments, buildings and the facades that are main features of the present day Addis Ababa as well as the historical buildings along with human characters and their emotions. His current project and research focuses on the shift in perspective that came in a moment of clarity one day when marveling the shifting shapes of the clouds. He loves how they are not confined. He decided then and there to adopt the same concepts in his painting he goes with the flow and lets the work lead him His work and how heavily its influenced by clouds, his fascination with them becomes evident. Using different colors and styles, he paints cloudscapes to depict fate, emotions, vulnerability, hope and symbolism.