Julie Mehretu

Contemporary Visual Artist

Artist Background

  • Born in Ethiopia
  • Master of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
  • Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020
  • Has works displayed in the MoMA, the Brooklyn Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art, the Walker Art Center, and more
  • Best known for her large-scale abstract paintings

Most Significant Works

  • Empirical Construction, Istanbul. 2003 | MoMA
  • Stadia II, 2004 | CMOA
  • Retopistics: A Renegade Excavation, 2001 | LACMA

Drawings

  • Julie Mehretu | MoMA
  • Julie Mehretu | MoMA
  • Julie Mehretu | Marian Goodman Gallery
  • Julie Mehretu | Marian Goodman Gallery