eliza myrie (born 1981) is a visual artist who lives and works in

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

. Myrie works in a variety of media, including sculpture, participatory

installation art Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific art, site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior intervent ...

, public art, and printmaking.

Early life and education

myrie's father is a

stonemason Stonemasonry or stonecraft is the creation of buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone as the primary material. Stonemasonry is the craft of shaping and arranging stones, often together with mortar and even the ancient lime mortar ...

. Myrie received her MFA from

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

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

myrie co-founded the Black Artists Retreat (2013–2016) with

Theaster Gates Theaster Gates (born August 28, 1973) is an American social practice installation artist and a professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, where he still lives and works. Gates' work ...

, underwritten by the

Rebuild Foundation Rebuild Foundation is a non-profit art organization focused on buildings and neighborhoods in South Side, Chicago, South Side Chicago, sustaining cultural development and celebrating art. The Rebuild Foundation was founded in 2009 by Theaster ...

, 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.

Teaching

myrie has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and

Williams College Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim ...

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)

Awards

* LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman

ARTADIA Artadia is an American arts non-profit organization founded in 1999. It is headquartered in New York City, and support visual artists with unrestricted, merit-based financial awards as well as other opportunities. History Artadia was founded in ...

Awardee - Chicago, 2020

References

External links

"Labrish, and other words"
- interview with Eliza Myrie (interviewer Courtney Simchak), Newfound publisher - Austin, TX. {{DEFAULTSORT:Myrie, Eliza 1981 births 20th-century African-American artists 20th-century African-American women 21st-century African-American artists 21st-century African-American women African-American women artists American women artists Living people Northwestern University alumni Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture alumni Wikipedia people Williams College alumni