Yegizaw Michael

Yegizaw Michael, also known as Yeggy, is an Eritrean artist based in the United States. He was raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and fled to Kenya due to a fear of persecution. Michael has since exhibited his work in Kenya, Uganda, Austria, Eritrea, and the United States.

In 1995 he was the Best Artist of the Year in Kenya. He is also a two-time winner of Eritrea's Raimok National Art Award for 1996 and 1997. In 1997 Yegizaw was the initiator, organizer and artist director of the historic Artists Against AIDS national awareness campaign in Eritrea. It involved over 30 Eritrean artists, musicians, poets who collaborated in a nationwide campaign to educate and sensitize people about AIDS.

Michael is based in Seattle and has produced several works of public art in the region, including mosaics for the Seattle Children's Museum and Seattle Housing Authority's Yesler Terrace project. His mural "Point of Connection" was installed by Sound Transit at Marymoor Village station in 2024.

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