Julie Mehretu
Keynote Speaker: Contemporary Visual Artist & Abstract Painter; MacArthur Fellow; TIME 100 Most Influential People
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Julie Mehretu Biography
Julie Mehretu is an Ethiopian American contemporary visual artist recognized for her large-scale, multi-layered paintings that explore abstracted landscapes. Her paintings, drawings, and prints examine the cumulative effects of urban sociopolitical changes. Mehretu’s work frequently incorporates elements of mapping and architecture, creating a calligraphic complexity that evokes turbulent atmospheres and dense social networks. Architectural renderings and aerial views of urban grids appear as fragments, challenging narrow geographic and cultural interpretations.
Drawing from the histories of art and human civilization, including Babylonian stelae, architectural sketches, European history painting, and the symbols of African liberation movements, Mehretu creates new forms and visual resonances. Her approach to abstract painting engages with themes of spatial complexity, historical memory, and global systems.
Mehretu earned a Master of Fine Arts degree with honors from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her career gained international momentum through residencies at the CORE Program at the Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Artist-in-Residence Program at the Studio Museum in Harlem. A significant commission from Goldman Sachs resulted in "Mural," a large-scale work featuring overlaid financial maps, architectural drawings, and references to other artists. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art commissioned Mehretu to create the diptych "HOWL, eon (I, II)," which flanks the staircase in the museum’s atrium. The Obama Foundation features her commissioned work, "Uprising of the Sun," on the north facade of the Obama Presidential Center’s Museum Building.
A comprehensive retrospective of Mehretu’s career spans more than two decades, examining history, colonialism, capitalism, geopolitics, war, global uprising, diaspora, and displacement through abstraction, architecture, landscape, movement, and figuration. Her work has been exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The High Museum in Atlanta, The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, The Walker Museum of Art in Minneapolis, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, dOCUMENTA (13), the International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, Palazzo Grassi-Pinault Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, and K21 in Düsseldorf.
Mehretu has received numerous awards, including the Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, the MacArthur Fellowship, the U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts Award, and membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has also been honored with the Barnett and Annalee Newman Award and was included in Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people. Mehretu is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and The National Academy of Design.
Beyond her studio practice, Mehretu advocates for social justice and access to the arts. She has supported the movement to end mass incarceration by donating a painting to Rockefeller Philanthropies for the Art For Justice Fund, raising $6.5 million. Mehretu also contributed to the Whitney's Free 25 and Under program, promoting greater access to art for young people and emerging artists. Her innovative approach to abstract painting has influenced a generation of artists, expanding the field to include socio-political discourse through the layering of architectural plans, meteorological data, and protest imagery.
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What topics does Julie Mehretu speak about?
Julie Mehretu is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Art & Design, Futurism, Immigration, Government, Social Sciences, Architecture and Influential Women. -
Where does Julie Mehretu travel from?
Julie Mehretu generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. -
Who is the agent for Julie Mehretu?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Julie Mehretu for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805, and one of our agents will assist you to book Julie Mehretu for your next private or corporate function. -
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Julie Mehretu or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us. -
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