saba tadele comes from a family with deeply creative roots, musicians and poets from her mother's side and visual artists on her father’s. growing up with a father that is an architect and an artist influenced her creativity early on. many of the memories from her childhood home consists of the smells of oil paints, piles of sketches and drawings. as a young boy her father used to sell paintings of the queen of sheba (saba) on the streets of addis abeba to provide for his family. this is how she was namned and maybe the artistic journey really began before she was born.

her creative journey began with music and transitioned into visual art while she was living in prophet’s ﷺ city. saba tadele is a mixed-media painter who also works with sculptural elements and photography. her work investigates and explores themes such as identity, emotional elusivity, order, energy, balance and purpose. through the arrangement of objects, marks, colors and strokes she invites the viewer into her world by capturing experiences from the past, examining the political climate or by expressing the essense of life's miracles through the depth of a scent, the vastness of the cosmos or an enchanting sound.

she is deeply inspired by her cultural heritage and faith. intuition and intention creates a space in saba tadele's work where a spiritual practice evolves and invites a contemplative expression and transcendence of the work. between the layers she opens up the potential for new realities to evolve and come into fruition.