Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretuis an artist, best known for her densely layered abstract paintings and prints. She lives and works in New York City. Mehretu shares her New York studio with her partner, the artist Jessica Rankin...
NationalityEthiopian
ProfessionArtist
CountryEthiopia
Julie Mehretu quotes about
illustration way events
I don't ever work in a way where something is an illustration of an event, but when something is occurring at the same time I see it as very informed by that.
persons collectives who-you-are
You're not just this person who's from your own specific experiences, but the collective experience of what makes you who you are because of time.
mom morning children
When you're not a mom, you can get up in the middle of the night, paint, sleep all morning... you can't do that when you have two children!