Born on 27 January 1984 in Addis Ababa, to parents Asnakech Degefu and Assefa Beyene.
He grew up in an orthodox environment as the youngest child out of the eleven children in his family.
[citation needed] When Assefa was a child and still in Abedissa secondary school he was always fascinated with a Jesus painting which was in his neighbors house, and he always tried to duplicate it.
[2] Followed by study at the Abyssinia Fine Art and Vocational Training Center, where he obtained a certificate in 2003.
[2] Assefa's first solo art exhibition was held in Imperial Hotel in Addis Ababa, under the name of "Colors of the Millennium".