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Julie Mehretu

Julie Mehretu

Keynote Speaker: American Contemporary Visual Artist

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Julie Mehretu Biography

Julie Mehretu is an American contemporary visual artist living and working in New York City. She received a B.A. from Kalamazoo College, Michigan, studied at the University Cheik Anta Diop, Dakar Senegal, and received a Master’s of Fine Art with honors from The Rhode Island School of Design in 1997.

In exploring palimpsests of history, from geological time to a modern day phenomenology of the social, Julie Mehretu's works engage us in a dynamic visual articulation of contemporary experience, a depiction of social behavior and the psychogeography of space.

Mehretu’s work is informed by a multitude of sources including politics, literature and music. Most recently her paintings have incorporated photographic images from broadcast media which depict conflict, injustice, and social unrest. These graphic images act as intellectual and compositional points of departure; ultimately occluded on the canvas, they remain as a phantom presence in the highly abstracted gestural completed works. Mehretu’s practice in painting, drawing and printmaking equally assert the role of art to provoke thought and reflection, and express the contemporary condition of the individual and society.

She has received many prestigious awards including the MacArthur Fellowship in 2005, and the U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts Award in 2015 and membership to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2021. Her work has been exhibited extensively in museums and biennials including the Carnegie International (2004–05), Sydney Biennial (2006), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2010), dOCUMENTA (13) (2012), Sharjah Biennial (2015), Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal (2017), Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge, UK (2019); and the 58th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, (2019).

In November 2019 a career survey opened of Mehretu’s work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and will travel to The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The High Museum, Atlanta, and The Walker Museum of Art, Minneapolis.

Mehretu is included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.

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Julie Mehretu Videos

2021 Walter Annenberg Lecture: Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu - Whitney Museum of American Art
Guggenheim Museum Conversation: Julie Mehretu

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Julie Mehretu is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Art, Futurism and Immigration.

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Julie Mehretu is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Art, Futurism and Immigration. Please contact us for live or virtual event fee details. Julie Mehretu generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Bisa Butler, Devon Rodriguez and Mark Bradford. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Julie Mehretu for an upcoming event.

Julie Mehretu Videos

2021 Walter Annenberg Lecture: Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu - Whitney Museum of American Art
Guggenheim Museum Conversation: Julie Mehretu

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