Eliza Myrie Explained

eliza myrie
Training:	Williams College - BA Northwestern University - MFA The Skowhegan School The Whitney Independent Study Program
Field:	Social practice
Birth Place:	New York, U.S.
Birth Date:	1981

eliza myrie (born 1981) is a visual artist who lives and works in Chicago, IL.^[1] Myrie works in a variety of media including sculpture, participatory installation art, public art, and printmaking.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Early life and education

myrie's father is a stonemason.^[5] Myrie received her MFA from Northwestern University and her BA from Williams College.^[6] 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, underwritten by the Rebuild Foundation, that gathered an intergenerational group of black visual artists outside of traditional art institutions.^[7] In winter 2016, Myrie was awarded a MacDowell fellowship.^[8] In 2017/2018, Myrie held the Equal Justice Residency/Fellowship at the Santa Fe Art Institute.^[6] Myrie is the Wiki Project Manager at Black Lunch Table.^[9]

Teaching

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

Selected exhibitions

• Davidson Contemporary, New York (2010)^[10]
• Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago (2010)^[11]
• New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2011)^[12]
• Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago (2012)^{[13] [14]}
• Roots and Culture, Chicago (2014)^[15]
• Shane Campbell, Chicago (2016)^[16]
• Vox Populi, Philadelphia (2016)^[17]

Awards

• LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman ARTADIA Awardee - Chicago, 2020^{[2] [18]}

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: eliza myrie. 2020-07-12. Chicago Artists Coalition. en-US.
2. Web site: Eliza Myrie . 2020-07-12 . Artadia. 9 July 2020 .
3. Web site: Tie Up: Eliza Myrie & Yasmin Spiro in Conversation . 2020-07-12.
4. Web site: Eliza Myrie . 2020-07-12 . ArtSlant . 2019-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190712150144/https://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/138978-eliza-myrie . dead .
5. Web site: Myrie . Eliza . Building a Wall Through My Father . 2020-07-12 . 3Arts: 3AP – MAKE ART WORK . en.
6. Web site: Eliza Myrie . 2020-07-12 . Santa Fe Art Institute . en-US.
7. Web site: Simchak . Courtney . Myrie . Eliza . Visual Arts: Eliza Myrie Newfound . 25 September 2019 . 2020-07-12 . en-US.
8. Web site: eliza myrie - Artist . MacDowell . en.
9. Valentine . Jina . Myrie . Eliza . The myth of the comprehensive historical archive . en . Wikipedia @ 20. 19 September 2019 .
10. Web site: Reichert . Elliot . 2016-09-15 . Art 50 2016 Newcity Art - Part 5 . 2020-07-13 . art.newcity.com . en-US.
11. Web site: Eliza Myrie Artist Profile with Bio . 2020-07-12 . www.mutualart.com . en.
12. Web site: Exhibitions . 2020-07-13 . New Museum Digital Archive . en.
13. Web site: 2012-01-01 . Skyscraper . 2020-07-12 . MCA . en.
14. Web site: Darby. Angela. 2012-06-01. Aesthetica Magazine - Humanising A Modernist Icon. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130508130443/http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/humanising-a-modernist-icon . 2013-05-08 . 2020-07-14. Aesthetica Magazine. en-GB.
15. Web site: Morris . Matt . 2014-09-29 . Review: Daniel Giles and Eliza Myrie/Roots & Culture Newcity Art . 2020-07-13 . art.newcity.com . en-US.
16. Web site: SHANE CAMPBELL GALLERY — Chicago and Vicinity - 2016 . 2020-07-13 . SHANE CAMPBELL GALLERY . en-US.
17. Web site: Populi . Vox . Vox Populi > Eliza Myrie . 2020-07-12 . Vox Populi . en.
18. Web site: Rockett . Darcel . Uptown, Garfield Park artists Eliza Myrie and Caroline Kent win $10K from national arts nonprofit Artadia . 2020-07-12 . chicagotribune.com.