Julie Mehretu
Ethiopian-American, b. 1970
5.7k Followers
Bio
On her large-scale canvases and murals, Julie Mehretu layers, erases, and relayers ink, pencil, and acrylic paint (sometimes sprayed or screen-printed) in a manner that conjures the dynamism of the Futurists, the scale and physicality of Abstract …
Blue-chip representation
Represented by internationally reputable galleries.
High auction record
$6.5m, Artsy, 2021
Notable works
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Diffraction, 2005Contact for Price
Achille (epoch), 2015Contact for Price
Untitled 1 (Amulets) , 2008$10,000 - 12,000
Six Bardos: Last Breath, 2018Contact for Price
Stadia II, 2004
Easy Dark, 2007Sold
Not Quite Armageddon, 1997Sold
Epigraph, Damascus, 2016
Untitled (Court), 1998Bidding closed
Epigraph, Damascus, 2016
Career highlights
Solo show at a major institution
Guggenheim Museum, and 1 more
Group show at a major institution
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and 12 more
Collected by a major institution
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and 1 more
Reviewed by a major art publication
Artforum, and 1 more
Included in a major biennial
documenta, and 9 more
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Related categories
Studio Museum in Harlem Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program
Maps/Networks
Dynamism
Calligraphic
Work on Paper
Contemporary Gestural Abstraction
Women Artists
New York Artists
United States
Urbanization
Painting
Eastern Africa
Personal Histories
The City
The Fantastic
Contemporary Conceptualism
Contemporary Art
Landscapes
Patterns
Cityscapes
Line, Form, and Color
Cityscapes and City Scenes
Representations of Architecture
Works for sale
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Julie MehretuMyriads, Only By Dark, 2014$300,000 - 400,000
Julie MehretuMyriads, Only By Dark, 2014Contact for Price
Julie MehretuAlgorithms, Apparitions, and Translations, 2013Contact for Price- Julie MehretuSix Bardos: Last Breath, 2018Contact for Price
- Julie MehretuDiffraction, 2005Contact for Price
- Julie MehretuAchille (epoch), 2015Contact for Price
- Julie MehretuUntitled 1 (Amulets) , 2008$10,000 - 12,000
Julie MehretuEasy Dark, 2007$450
Julie MehretuHaka (From artists for Obama), 2012Contact for Price
Julie MehretuLast Breath, 2018Contact for Price
Julie MehretuLooking Back to a Bright New Future, 2003
Julie MehretuLooking Back to a Bright New Future, 2003
Julie MehretuVertiginous Fold, 2014
Julie MehretuUntitled
Julie MehretuCairo, 2013
Julie MehretuSkyroglyphs (early find), 2015
Julie MehretuUntitled (two), 1996
Julie MehretuInvisible Sun (algorithm 7, spell form), 2015
Julie MehretuCampaign (letter form, second), 2014
Julie MehretuBattle Drawing (after C.), 2014
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