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Born 1970 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Known for: Large-scale abstract gestural painting, architectural themes.
Born in Ethiopia, Julie Mehretu is an artist who creates abstractions with layer after layer of markings that appear to be fragments of architectural plans. Her work is related to the Russian movment... Read full biography
Born in Ethiopia, Julie Mehretu is an artist who creates abstractions with layer after layer of markings that appear to be fragments of architectural plans. Her work is related to the Russian movment of Constructivism and suggests the life of a city---cars, people, and buildings. It reflects much... Read full biography
Born in Ethiopia, Julie Mehretu is an artist who creates abstractions with layer after layer of markings that appear to be fragments of architectural plans. Her work is related to the Russian movment of Constructivism and suggests the life of a city---cars, people, and buildings. It reflects much of what she observes from her Harlem studio and home ---"the velocity and fragmentation of modern life." (Sheets) . To create her pieces she has studio assistants and works with masking tape, light... Read full biography
Born in Ethiopia, Julie Mehretu is an artist who creates abstractions with layer after layer of markings that appear to be fragments of architectural plans. Her work is related to the Russian movment of Constructivism and suggests the life of a city---cars, people, and buildings. It reflects much of what she observes from her Harlem studio and home ---"the velocity and fragmentation of modern life." (Sheets) . To create her pieces she has studio assistants and works with masking tape, light projectors, and architectural plans. In the winter of 2006-2007, an exhibition of 20 of her works was at the Museo de Art Contemporáneo de Castilly y León in León, Spain, and from October 26 through January 15 of that same time period, she had a solo... Read full biography
Born in Ethiopia, Julie Mehretu is an artist who creates abstractions with layer after layer of markings that appear to be fragments of architectural plans. Her work is related to the Russian movment of Constructivism and suggests the life of a city---cars, people, and buildings. It reflects much of what she observes from her Harlem studio and home ---"the velocity and fragmentation of modern life." (Sheets) . To create her pieces she has studio assistants and works with masking tape, light projectors, and architectural plans. In the winter of 2006-2007, an exhibition of 20 of her works was at the Museo de Art Contemporáneo de Castilly y León in León, Spain, and from October 26 through January 15 of that same time period, she had a solo exhibition at the Seville Biennial. When she was seven years old, Mehretu moved to East Lansing,... Read full biography
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Keywords (22)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Africa
Art School
- •Rhode Island School of Design, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Sao Paulo Bienniale
- •Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Museum
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art