Eliza Myrie (born 1981) is a visual artist who lives and works in Chicago, IL. Myrie works in a variety of media including sculpture, participatory

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, public art, and printmaking.

Early life and education

Myrie's father is a

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. Myrie received her MFA from

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and her BA from Williams College. Myrie was a participant at The Skowhegan School and The Whitney Independent Study Program.

Art career

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

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, underwritten by the

Rebuild Foundation Rebuild Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming buildings and neighborhoods in South Side Chicago, sustaining cultural development as well as celebrating art. The Rebuild Foundation was founded in 2009 by Theaster Gate ...

, 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

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. Myrie is the Wiki Project Manager at

Black Lunch Table The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is a United States-based oral-history archiving project founded in 2005, focused on the lives and work of Black people, Black artists. Its work includes Oral history, oral Archive, archiving, Salon (gathering), salons, p ...

Teaching

Myrie has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Williams College.

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

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Awardee - Chicago, 2020

References

External links

Labrish, and other words - interview with Eliza Myrie - Newfound publisher - Austin, TX
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