https://billiontekleab.com/site-menu 2026-06-23T23:13:13+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2998922889691486765489763933211/5.-Tekleab_Dance_detail-1.png https://billiontekleab.com/menu-icon 2026-06-23T20:35:01+00:00 always 0.5 https://billiontekleab.com 2026-06-23T20:22:55+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2244031733345877364820426959452/2025-02-25-00325.jpg https://billiontekleab.com/they-want-to-eat-me-(a-o-d-n) 2026-06-23T20:47:38+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2242537114499758362650545564252/Untitled-5-1-dragged.jpg <div>They Want To Eat Me (A.O.D.N) </div>Bronze, MDF, gold leaf Dim: 8.89 cm x 10.16 cm Chicago, Illinois, 2026 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2996379182945652078953014778907/DSC02792.jpg <div>They Want To Eat Me (A.O.D.N) </div>Bronze, MDF, gold leaf Dim: 8.89 cm x 10.16 cm Chicago, Illinois, 2026 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2996632069101904146164184800283/DSC02789-1.jpg <div>They Want To Eat Me (A. 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N.) </div>Bronze, MDF, gold leaf Dim: 8.89 cm x 10.16 cm Chicago, Illinois, 2026 https://billiontekleab.com/trace-bridges 2026-06-23T20:22:55+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2242537114499758362650545564252/Untitled-5-1-dragged.jpg <div>Trace Bridges A project started with Edglands Institute on approaching surveilling the surveilled and anti-surveilled in Houston </div>Video still Dur: 7m:22s Houston, Texas, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2979715384884279396004913503259/IMG_6127-1.jpg <div>Trace Bridges A project started with Edglands Institute on approaching surveilling the surveilled and anti-surveilled in Houston </div>Video still Dur: 7m:22s Houston, Texas, 2025 https://billiontekleab.com/something-in-the-eye-of-the-sahara 2026-06-23T20:22:55+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2242537114555098594871674219100/Untitled-4-1-dragged.jpg <div>Something in the Eye of the Sahara </div>Steel, sand, clay, coffee, acid paint Dim: 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No. 1 Charcoal and acrylic on paper Dim: 45.72 cm x 60.96 cm Houston, Texas, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2979715539707802406649180216347/IMG_6133.JPG Black with Two Shikors Charcoal and acrylic on paper Dim: 45.72 cm x 60.96 cm Houston, Texas, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2996410464104148792293715368987/IMG_6126.JPG Fire Worship Charcoal on paper Dim: 45.72 cm x 60.96 cm Houston, Texas, 2025 https://billiontekleab.com/border-prayer-|-cont- 2026-06-23T23:03:25+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2243999485928479326499703171676/Untitled-1-dragged-3.jpg Border Prayers Project for Glitch Lab Edgelands Institute, Friends Gallery Houston, Texas, 2025 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2996412151612296655243497200667/1781007286271-651d4b8d-9940-4471-bef7-1c9b79c84817_2.jpg Border Prayers Project for Glitch Lab Edgelands Institute, Friends Gallery Houston, Texas, 2025 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