Adamu Tesfaw (born 1922), also called Qes Adamu Tesfaw is an Ethiopian artist. Raised in Bichena in Gojjam province, Adamu was educated as a priest in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. In the late 1950s Adamu moved to Addis Ababa to pursue painting as a career, ultimately leaving the priesthood. There he had the help of his godfather Yohannes Tessema, a successful commercial artist. Adamu sold paintings through his godfather, and later through several souvenir shops in Addis Ababa.