Eliza Myrie
Eliza Myrie (stylized in all lowercase; born 1981) is a visual artist who lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. Myrie works in a variety of media, including sculpture, participatory installation art, public art, and printmaking.
Eliza Myrie
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- Name
- Eliza Myrie
- Training
- Williams College - BA Northwestern University - MFA The Skowhegan School The Whitney Independent Study Program
- Occupation
- Visual artist
- Field
- Social practice
- Birthplace
- New York, U.S.
- Born
- 1981
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- Williams College · Northwestern University · Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
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Eliza Myrie (stylized in all lowercase; born 1981) is a visual artist who lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. Myrie works in a variety of media, including sculpture, participatory installation art, public art, and printmaking.
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Key facts
• Name — Eliza Myrie • Training — Williams College - BA Northwestern University - MFA The Skowhegan School The Whitney Independent Study Program • Occupation — Visual artist • Field — Social practice • Birthplace — New York, U.S. • Born — 1981
Early life and education
Early life and education
myrie's father is a stonemason. Myrie received her MFA from Northwestern University and her BA from Williams College. Myrie was a participant at The Skowhegan School in 2010 and The Whitney Independent Study Program 2019-2020.
Art career
Art career
myrie co-founded the Black Artists Retreat (2013–2016) with Theaster Gates, underwritten by the Rebuild Foundation, that gathered an intergenerational group of black visual artists outside of traditional art institutions. In winter 2016, Myrie was awarded a MacDowell fellowship. In 2017/2018, Myrie held the Equal Justice Residency/Fellowship at the Santa Fe Art Institute. Myrie is the Wiki Project Manager at Black Lunch Table.
Selected exhibitions
Selected exhibitions
• Davidson Contemporary, New York (2010) • Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago (2010) • New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2011) • Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago (2012) • Roots and Culture, Chicago (2014) • Shane Campbell, Chicago (2016) • Vox Populi, Philadelphia (2016)
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- Chicago
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myrie has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Williams College.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q32930417: Eliza Myrie
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- “Eliza Myrie”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards
• LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman ARTADIA Awardee - Chicago, 2020
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