Aida Muluneh (Ethiopian, b.1974) is a photographer and Contemporary artist. Born in Ethiopia, Muluneh left the country at a young age and spent her childhood between Yemen and England. After several years in a boarding school in Cyprus, she finally settled in Canada in 1985. In 2000, she graduated with a degree in film from Howard University in Washington, D.C.

After graduation, she worked as a photojournalist at The Washington Post, and her work can be found in several publications. Her images can also be found in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art and the Museum of Biblical Art in the United States. She is the 2007 recipient of the European Union Prize in the Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie, in Bamako, Mali, as well as the 2010 winner of the CRAF International Award of Photography in Spilimbergo, Italy. She also published the book Ethiopia: Past/Forward, which reflects her vision on reconnecting to Ethiopia through memory and nostalgia. She is the founder and director of the first international photography festival, the Addis Foto Fest, as well as Fana Wogi, a yearly open call supporting Contemporary artists in Ethiopia.

Muluneh continues to curate and develop cultural projects with local and international institutions through her company DESTA (Developing and Educating Society Through Art) for Africa Creative Consulting PLC (DFA) in Addis Ababa.