Julie Mehretu | |
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Born | 1970 (age 53–54) |
Education | East Lansing High School |
Alma mater | Kalamazoo College, Rhode Island School of Design |
Occupation | Painter |
Awards | MacArthur Fellow |
Julie Mehretu (born November 28, 1970) is an Ethiopian American contemporary visual artist, known for her multi-layered paintings of abstracted landscapes on a large scale. Her paintings, drawings, and prints depict the cumulative effects of urban sociopolitical changes.
Mehretu is included in Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.[1] The following year, The New York Times described her as a "rare example of a contemporary Black female painter who has already entered the canon."[2]
In October 2023, Mehretu broke the auction record for an African artist at Sotheby's Hong Kong, with her piece Untitled (2001), which sold for $9.32 million.[3]
In 2023, she was one of two women artists whose work was among the top ten in contemporary auction sale price.[4]