ABOUT NETSANET (NET)

Netsanet (Net) Tesfay is an illustrator and designer who lives and works in Northern California. She is a native of Ethiopia and her award winning colorful art is influenced by her joyful and rich Ethiopian culture.

Net loves working and experimenting with a wide range of mediums and finds endless inspiration in culture, issues of social justice and all things flora & fiona.

On any given day, Net can be found creating and/or designing in her home-studio, goofing around with her two young kids, thrift-hoping at her favorite second hand shops and enjoying the outdoors.

If you have a project idea in mind, reach out!

Let’s create something magical together.

SELECT CLIENTS

Target

Barefoot Books

Little, Brown and Company

Bedford Gallery

City of Walnut Creek

Rise Up Against Racism

“The deYoung Open 2023”, de Young Museum, San Francisco CA 2023

“If A Tree Falls: Art Of The Boundary Oak“, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek CA 2022

California Arts Council *Award: Established Artist Fellow,  2021

“Bird, Nest, Nature”, Bedford Gallery, Wanut Creek CA 2020

“Library Community Art Gallery”, Walut Creek Library, Walnut Creek CA 2019

“The World of Frida”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek  CA 2018 *Award: Gift Certifate & Package/Selected to travel nationally (2019-2021)

“Walnut Creek Turns 100: Celebrating the City Through Art”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek CA 2014 *Award: Honorable Mention

GALLERY SHOWS AND AWARDS

PRESS AND MENTIONINGS

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This is 47!!!! Hoot!!!!! When you begin to outlive some of your younger friends and deal with aging parents, getting older in your 40s hits a little different. So grateful for this day. 🙏🏾❤️ Thank y’all for being on this journey with me.
The lion is a symbol of strength and courage. I know so many wonderful humans who are going through a lot right now, this one is for you. May the Universe continue to give you all the strength to take it one day at a time. 🤗🥰 7.5”x10”
I love that everything is all about the sun/moon today. Weirdly, I’m one of those people who actually keeps an eclipse sunglasses near her kitchen window to witness the sun come up every single day. With so much loss over the years, it made me
When a full circle moment happens at your favorite library. @wclibrary . Thanks for sharing Barefoot Books.🙏🏾🥰 Repost from @barefootbooks • That feeling when you find your favorite book at the library and get to read it to a cute dog! 😃 Ill
The perks of living in a city with a robust Public Art program is that one day any qualified candidate could become an Arts Commissioner to help review and approve proposed concepts, sites and artists chosen for a Public Art project coming into that

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net@kokebstudio.com