Publications

Clarke, Christa. My Ethiopia: Recent Paintings. Newark, NJ: The Newark Museum, 2003.

Color of Words, Inc. WordPlay: The Life of Script in Paintings and Sculptures by Wosene Worke Kosrof. Berkeley, CA: Color of Words, Inc., 2010.

 Cowcher, Kate. “A Postcard from Addis: Ethiopian Modernism(s) in the World.” In New Histories of Art in the Global Postwar Era: Multiple Modernisms, edited by Flavia Frigeri, Kristian Handberg, 149-163. New York: Routledge, 2021.

 Dawson, Daniel C. “Wosene Worke Kosrof: Writing God’s Other Names.” Words: From Spoken to Seen. The Art of Wosene Kosrof. San Jose: Mexican Heritage Corporation, 2006.

Dorfman, John. “Word Power: Wosene Worke Kosrof Merges the Ancient Beauty of Ethiopian Writing with Modernist Abstraction.: In Art & Antiques, June 2020, 30-34.

Friedel, Julia. “Exhibition Histories: Seven Stories About Modern Art In Africa, May 3, 2017, Contemporary & online magazine. https://contemporaryand.com/magazines/seven-stories-about-modern-art-in-africa/

 Gahiga, Kami. “An Interview with Ethiopian-Born Contemporary Artist Wosene Worke Kosrof.” https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/an-interview-with-ethiopian-born-contemporary-artist-wosene-worke-kosrof

Harney, Elizabeth (with contributions by Jeff Donaldson, Achamyeleh Debela, Kinsey Katchka. Ethiopian Passages: Contemporary Art from the Diaspora. London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 2003.

 _________. “WordPlay: Text and Image in Contemporary African Arts.” In Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art, Christine Mullen Kreamer, Mary Nooter Roberts, Elizabeth Harney and Allyson Purpura (co-authors). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African Art, Milan: 5 Continents Press, 2007.

 Hunegs, Simon, ed. Vitamin Txt: Words in Contemporary Art. London: Phaidon Press, Ltd., 2024.

 Karmel, Pepe. Abstract Art: A Global History. London: Thames & Hudson, Ltd., 2020.

 Kennedy, Jean. “Wosene Kosrof of Ethiopia.” African Arts 20, no. 3, (1987): 64-67, 89.

______. New Currents, Ancient Rivers: Contemporary African Artists in a generation of Change. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992.

Kosrof, Wosene Worke. “Life as a Canvas.” Essay. In Agni, 89:130–39. Boston, MA: Boston University, 2019.

Kreamer, Christine Mullen. “Graffiti Magic: Wosene Kosrof.” African Arts 21, no. 3 (1988): 73-75.

Kreamer, Christine Mullen, and Allyson Purpura. “Visual Poetry / Performing Script: The Art of Wosene Worke Kosrof.” Essay. In Wordplay: The Life of Script in Paintings and Sculptures, 20–31. Berkeley, CA: Color of Words, 2010.

Ofori Ansah, Kwaku. Graffiti Magic [exhibition brochure: October 22-November 22, 1987]. Washington, D.C: Gallery of Art, Howard University, 1987.

Okeke-Agulu, Chika, et. al.  African Artists from 1882 – Now. London: Phaidon Press, Ltd., 2021.

Purpura, Allyson, and Bárbaro Martinez-Ruiz. Words: From Spoken to Seen. The Art of Wosene Worke Kosrof. San Jose: Mexican Heritage Corporation, 2006.

 Roberts, Mary Nooter, and Allen F. Roberts. “Introduction: Living in the Letters.” In Wordplay: The Life of Script in Paintings and Sculptures, 20–31. Berkeley, CA: Color of Words, 2010.

 Woodward, Richard B, and Ashley Duhrkoop. “Writing Home.” WordPlay | Wosene Worke Kosrof: The World of Wosene’s Art, 6–8. Yamanashi, Japan: Nakamura Keith Haring Collection, 2017.

 Woodward, Richard B. et. al. Wosene: Beyond Words. Santa Barbara: Sullivan Goss Gallery, 2022. Woodward, Richard B. Wosene: Labyrinth of Words. Santa Barbara: Sullivan Goss Gallery, 2024.