aThe Twoandthreezeros Portfolio: Untitled, 2000

Ethiopian-born artist Julie Mehretu is well-known for her wall-size paintings and intensely detailed drawings and prints. To escape political upheaval in Ethiopia, Mehretu’s family moved to the United States in 1977. Raised in East Lansing, MI, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kalamazoo College. In 1997, she received her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Among her many accomplishments are having works in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and receiving a 2005 MacArthur fellowship, commonly referred to as the “Genius Grant.” Currently, Mehretu lives and works in Harlem, New York, and Berlin, Germany.