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Julie Mehretu Biography
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1990 - 1991 |
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University Cheik Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
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1992 |
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BA Kalamazoo College
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1997 |
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MFA, honors, The Rhode Island School of Design
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2001 |
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AIR Program at The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
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2001 |
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The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
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2002 |
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The Penny McCall Foundation Grant
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2003 |
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Mitchell Foundation Grant
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2003 |
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Artist in Residency at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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2005 |
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American Art Award - Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY
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2006 |
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The Rhode Island School of Design Alumni Council Artistic Achievement Award, RI
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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New Drawings, Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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2007
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Julie Mehretu: Black City; Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover, Germany (solo)
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2007
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Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2007
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Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark (solo)
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2007
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Comic Abstraction, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 29 October 06–29 January
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2007
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Julie Mehretu: City Sitings (traveling through 2008), The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit (solo)
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2007
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Reflexive Drawings, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, Canada
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2007
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Williams College of Art, Williamstown, USA
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2007
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North Carolina Museum of Art, USA
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2007
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African Art Today: An Unbounded Vista, Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City
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2007
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New Directions in American Drawing, Columbus and Savannah
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2007
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Collector’s Choice III. Audacity in Art; Selected Works from Central Florida Collections, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando
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2007
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Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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2007
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Lines, Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas
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2006
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The 15th Biennale of Sydney, International Festival of Contemporary Art, Sydney,Australia
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2006
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The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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2006
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MUSAC- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon, Spain (solo)
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2006
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Julie Mehretu – Heavy Weather, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2006
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When Artist’s Say We, Artist’s Space, New York, NY
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2006
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Remote Viewing: Invented Worlds in Recent Painting and Drawing, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 16 June – 27 August
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2006
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ARCO, Madrid, Spain 9 – 13 February
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2006
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SWARM, The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA 3 December 2005 – 18 March 2006
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2006
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Mapping Space: Selections from the Collection, Miami Art Museum, FL, 17 November 2005 – 9 April 2006
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2005
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Remote Viewing: Invented Worlds in Recent Painting and Drawing, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 2 June – 9 October
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2005
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Baroque and Neobaroque, Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain
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2005
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Prints into Drawings, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 14 April – 28 August
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2005
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Mythologies, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 17 April 2005 – 10 February 2008
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2005
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On Line, Louisiana Contemporary, Humelbœk, Denmark, November 2005 – January 2006
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2005
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Julie Mehretu: Drawings, Projectile Gallery, New York, NY May 5 - June 18 (solo)
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2005
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Currents 95: Julie Mehretu, St. Louis Art Museum, MO (solo)
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2005
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Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
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2005
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Logical Conclusions: 40 Years of Rule-Based Art, Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY
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2004
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Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
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2004
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Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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2004
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Back to Paint, C & M Arts, New York, NY
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2004
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Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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2004
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Firewall, Ausstellungshalle Zeitgenössische Kunst, Münster, Germany
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2004
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Africa Remix, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf; Hayward Gallery, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo - through 2006
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2004
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carlier l gebauer, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2004
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Julie Mehretu: MATRIX 211, Manifestation, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, CA (solo)
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2003
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Julie Mehretu: Drawing into Painting, (2003) Walker Art Center, MN; (2004) REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA; (2004) Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (solo)
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2003
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Poetic Justice, 8th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
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2003
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Lazarus Effect, Prague Biennial 1, Prague, Czech Republic
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2003
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The Moderns, Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Turino, Italy
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2003
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GNS, Palais du Tokyo, Paris, France
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2003
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Splat Boom Pow! The Influence of Comics in Contemporary Art, 1970 -2000, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio. (traveling through 2004)
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2003
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Ethiopian Passages: Dialogues in the Diaspora, National Museum for African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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2003
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Metascape, Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH.
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2002
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Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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2002
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Stalder-Mehretu-Solakov, Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland
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2002
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Out of Site, New Museum, New York, NY (traveling)
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2002
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Centre of Attraction, The 8th Baltic Triennal of International Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
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2002
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Busan Biennale 2002, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, Korea
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2002
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White Cube, London, UK (solo)
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2002
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Systems, Contemporary Arts Museum, St. Louis, MO
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2002
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Wallow, The Project, New York, NY
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2002
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Urgent Painting, Musee d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris, France
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2001
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The Americans, Barbican Art Centre, London, United Kingdom
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2001
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Painting at the Edge of the World, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
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2001
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Freestyle, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
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2001
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Artists-in-Residence, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
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2001
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Casino 2001, Stedeiijk Museum Voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium
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2001
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The Project, New York, NY (solo)
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2001
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Art Pace, San Antonio, TX (solo)
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2000
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Selections Fall 2000, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
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2000
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Five Continents and One City, Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexcio City, Mexico
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2000
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Greater New York, P.S. 1 Contemporary Arts Center, New York, NY
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2000
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Glenn Brown, Julie Mehretu, Peter Rostovsky, The Project, New York, NY
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2000
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Architecture and Memory, Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren, New York, NY
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1999
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Material, Process, Memory, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX
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1999
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The Stroke, Exit Art, New York, NY
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1999
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Hot Spots: Houston, Miami and Los Angeles, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
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1999
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Core 1999, The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX.
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1999
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Artistic Centers in Texas: Houston and Galveston, Texas Fine Arts
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1999
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Module, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX (solo)
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