{"id":4800,"date":"2016-09-28T14:26:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T18:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=4800"},"modified":"2018-05-24T11:12:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T15:12:20","slug":"julie-mehretu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/julie-mehretu\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Mehretu"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_133\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4800-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/juliemehretu.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/juliemehretu.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/juliemehretu.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_4805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4805\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4805 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9449_JulieMehretu_300_RGB_AnastasiaMuna_KP160NC.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"img_9449_juliemehretu_300_rgb_anastasiamuna_kp160nc\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9449_JulieMehretu_300_RGB_AnastasiaMuna_KP160NC.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9449_JulieMehretu_300_RGB_AnastasiaMuna_KP160NC.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9449_JulieMehretu_300_RGB_AnastasiaMuna_KP160NC.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9449_JulieMehretu_300_RGB_AnastasiaMuna_KP160NC.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9449_JulieMehretu_300_RGB_AnastasiaMuna_KP160NC.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9449_JulieMehretu_300_RGB_AnastasiaMuna_KP160NC.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie Mehretu, Portrait by Anastasia Muna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mariangoodman.com\/artist\/julie-mehretu\">Julie Mehretu<\/a> is a world renowned painter, born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1970, who now lives and works in New York City and Berlin. She received a Master\u2019s of Fine Art with honors from The Rhode Island School of Design in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Mehretu is a recipient of many awards, including the The MacArthur Award (2005), the Berlin Prize: Guna S. Mundheim Fellowship at The American Academy in Berlin, Germany (2007) and the US Department of State Medal of Arts Award (2015).<\/p>\n<p>She has shown extensively in international and national exhibitions. Recent solo shows include Hoodnyx, Voodoo and Stelae, Marian Goodman Gallery, NYC, Julie Mehretu: The Addis Show, Addis Ababa, Ethiopa, Julie Mehretu: The Mathematics of Droves, White Cube, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Julie Mehretu: Half a Shadow, carlier|gebauer, Berlin, Germany; Liminal Squared, Marian Goodman Gallery, NYC (2013), White Cube, London (2013); Julie Mehretu: Grey Area, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin &amp; Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2009); Mehretu&#8217;s recent group exhibitions include The Forever Now; Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World, MoMA, New York, NY (2015); Sharjah Biennial 12, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (2015); The International Biennial of Contemporary Art Foundation of Cartagena, Cartagena, Columbia (2014); 5th Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia (2013); documenta (13), Kassel, Germany (2012);<\/p>\n<p>Selected public collections include The Broad Art Foundation, Los Angeles; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy; The Brooklyn Museum, New York; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Foundation Sorigu\u00e9, Lleida, Spain; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Kupserstichkabinett, Berlin; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Hummelbaek, Denmark; Museo de Arte Contempor\u00e1neo de Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Spain; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; Studio Museum of Harlem, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4806\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4806\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4806 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18443JM-0390.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"18443jm-0390\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18443JM-0390.jpg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18443JM-0390.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18443JM-0390.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18443JM-0390.jpg?resize=624%2C469&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18443JM-0390.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18443JM-0390.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JULIE MEHRETU Conjured Parts (head), Aleppo, 2016 Ink and acrylic on canvas 72 x 84 in. 182.9 x 213.4 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery Photo credit: Tom Powel Imaging<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4807\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4807\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4807 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18445_JM.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"18445_jm\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18445_JM.jpg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18445_JM.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18445_JM.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18445_JM.jpg?resize=624%2C469&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18445_JM.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18445_JM.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JULIE MEHRETU Conjured Parts, Syria, 2016 Ink and acrylic on canvas 60 x 120-1\/4 in. \/ 152.4 x 305.4 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery Photo credit: Tom Powel Imaging<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4808\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4808 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18448MehretuJM0990.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"18448mehretujm0990\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18448MehretuJM0990.jpg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18448MehretuJM0990.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18448MehretuJM0990.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/18448MehretuJM0990.jpg?resize=624%2C469&amp;ssl=1 624w, 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