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Born 1989 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Known for: Photography, installations, painting, sculpture, filmmaking.
"Beyoncé’s Pregnancy Photographer Is Opening an ‘Anti-Trump’ Art Show". By Jori Finkel, April 10, 2017, The New York Times. By one measure of success, the 28-year-old artist Awol Erizku has possibly... Read full biography
"Beyoncé’s Pregnancy Photographer Is Opening an ‘Anti-Trump’ Art Show". By Jori Finkel, April 10, 2017, The New York Times. By one measure of success, the 28-year-old artist Awol Erizku has possibly already peaked. In February he was revealed to be the photographer behind Beyoncé’s pregnancy... Read full biography
"Beyoncé’s Pregnancy Photographer Is Opening an ‘Anti-Trump’ Art Show". By Jori Finkel, April 10, 2017, The New York Times. By one measure of success, the 28-year-old artist Awol Erizku has possibly already peaked. In February he was revealed to be the photographer behind Beyoncé’s pregnancy announcement, which quickly became the most popular Instagram post ever with over 10 million likes. The image shows her kneeling in front of a floral wreath so large it looks like a throne. But Mr. Erizku,... Read full biography
"Beyoncé’s Pregnancy Photographer Is Opening an ‘Anti-Trump’ Art Show". By Jori Finkel, April 10, 2017, The New York Times. By one measure of success, the 28-year-old artist Awol Erizku has possibly already peaked. In February he was revealed to be the photographer behind Beyoncé’s pregnancy announcement, which quickly became the most popular Instagram post ever with over 10 million likes. The image shows her kneeling in front of a floral wreath so large it looks like a throne. But Mr. Erizku, who landed his first New York gallery show before he earned his M.F.A. from Yale, said that sort of record-breaking is not the attention he craves. “It would have meant so much more if I had gotten recognition from the Whitney this year,” he said,... Read full biography
"Beyoncé’s Pregnancy Photographer Is Opening an ‘Anti-Trump’ Art Show". By Jori Finkel, April 10, 2017, The New York Times. By one measure of success, the 28-year-old artist Awol Erizku has possibly already peaked. In February he was revealed to be the photographer behind Beyoncé’s pregnancy announcement, which quickly became the most popular Instagram post ever with over 10 million likes. The image shows her kneeling in front of a floral wreath so large it looks like a throne. But Mr. Erizku, who landed his first New York gallery show before he earned his M.F.A. from Yale, said that sort of record-breaking is not the attention he craves. “It would have meant so much more if I had gotten recognition from the Whitney this year,” he said, speaking of the Whitney Biennial — “this thing that every great artist I admire has had.”. This is just one sign of ho... Read full biography
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"Beyoncé’s Pregnancy Photographer Is Opening an ‘Anti-Trump’ Art Show"
By Jori Finkel, April 10, 2017, The New York Times
By one measure of success, the 28-year-old artist Awol Erizku has possibly already peaked. In February he was revealed to be the photographer behind Beyoncé’s pregnancy announcement, which quickly became the most popular Instagram post ever with over 10 million likes.
The image shows her kneeling in front of a floral wreath so large it looks like a throne.
But Mr. Erizku, who landed his first New York gallery show before he earned his M.F.A. from Yale, said that sort of record-breaking is not the attention he craves.
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