Julie Mehretu belongs to the record of art as a figure whose work outlasted the taste that first received it.
The record lists Julie Mehretu as Ethiopian American painter (born 1970).
Julie Mehretu was born at Addis Ababa in 1970. Her recorded nationality is United States. She trained at Kalamazoo College and Rhode Island School of Design.
Contemporary practice spans painting, photography, installation and digital media, with biennials and galleries setting reputations.
She worked as visual artist, painter and printmaker.
Her recorded movement is contemporary art.
Art history is a record of what got kept, which is not the same as what was best.
Recognition followed: Berlin Prize (2007).
That the work was made in United States shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Julie Mehretu is still working, and the shape of the body of work is not yet settled.
Achievements
- Berlin Prize — 2007
- Movement: contemporary art
