Julie Mehretu inspired me with her work. She absolutely creates amazing abstractions.
One thing i like about Mehretu's work is she uses combinations of architectural, city like, graffiti,
geometrical graphics to her paintings. She uses pencil, pen, ink, and thick paint.
Julie Mehretu was born 1970 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She earned her BA from Kalamazoo College
in Michigan(1992). Five years later she earned her Master of Fine Arts Degree from Rhode Island
School of Design. She's been award for her work and her talent of creating her "style" of abstraction.
In 2000, she was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant Artist Award. In
2005, she was named one of the 2005 recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship, known as the genius
grant. She also was awarded from The American Award from the Whitney Museum of American
Award. She has sold one of her painting for $1,022,500, and also have hold several exhibitions.
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