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Mequitta Ahuja

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Instead of starting with the plain page, I'm starting it with this layer of culture so that when I'm building my imagery, it's really a wrestle between the figure and the ground. In the end, there's this integrated, stitched together element between them. . . I'm interested in mixing those traditions: flatness of space, but also some perspectival space and depth into the surface. I think that's where we are in painting. I think we, as artists, now have free range to take what we want from history."
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The exhibition is the result of a 2013 road trip the museum's curatorial team took to research American art of the time by visiting over 1000 artists in their studios, conducting interviews and selecting around 100 diverse artists to present their unique American perspectives in the final exhibition.
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to a "space of infinite creative possibilities or generative possibilities." Ahuja believes that African American hair is often weighted down with "personal and cultural history." By exaggerating the image of African American hair, it shows the value that hair has in the lives of black people and how
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in Towson, MD. The Tiwani Contemporary exhibition, titled Mythopoeia, brought together four artists from around the world to explore the theme of myth-making in art as a means of understanding our world and elevating culture. For this exhibition, Ahuja unveiled a new series of self-portraits as 'The
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Ahuja often paints over her own work, regarding failed paintings as an opportunity, which "allows for the sort of things you can't plan for." Ahuja is also interested in the process, building surfaces by painting, stamping to create a complex surface. "I'm thinking of the ground as a cultural space.
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with the Western art canon to explore stories and imagery related to her experience. Western art historical references are also apparent in Ahuja's work, from early Italian Renaissance paintings to impressionism and post-impressionism. Combining those Western art cannons with South Asian art
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in Maryland. While she did not receive the prize, her participation in the exhibition led to new friendships and acted as a catalyst to continue pursuing arts fellowships. She would become a finalist for the Sondheim Prize again in 2017, and receive the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2018.
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dealt with the varying relationships between black women and their hair, through textured and patterned crayon drawings of black women's hair flowing out from their tilted back heads. The show also included a piece titled
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Wright, Cherilyn (2010). "Summer-Fall 2010 Usable Pasts: 2009-10 Artists in Residence: Mequitta Ahuja, Lauren Kelley, Valerie Piraino, The Studio Museum in Harlem, July 15 to October 24, 2010".
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roots in her consideration of identity issues. She states that through her art, "I feel I can have relationships to these groups on my own terms". In 2007, Ahuja was included in the exhibition
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to an Indian father and African-American mother, hailing from New Delhi and Cincinnati respectively. Ahuja grew up in a largely white community in
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in Austin, TX. The show ran from October 24, 2009 through January 2, 2010. Not long after that, Ajuha gained representation in Europe at
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background, the pictures turn marginality into a regal condition". Ahuja's art explores the social construction of issues such as
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Ahuja participated in several more exhibitions through 2015 and 2016, including shows at Tiwani Contemporary in London, England,
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in Washington, DC, including Ahuja as one of the featured artists. In 2013 Ahuja exhibited at Thierry Goldbery, in New York, NY.
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Of primary concern to me is the agency we have to self-invent and self-represent... creative processes that are necessarily
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and lack of cohesiveness beyond having all female artists, though the artwork itself was lauded for its high quality.
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Journeyman', which used her characteristic "automythography" to explore the artist as both archetype and individual.
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In her projects "Auto cartography I" and "Rhyme Sequence: Wiggle Waggle", the pictorial styles of the paintings are
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Feeling isolated and seeking a way to participate and connect in the art world, Ahuja applied for the 2015
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idea of beauty. Her two central concerns during this period were "self-invention and self-representation."
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in the spring of 2007. In 2009 she brought a new body of work to BravinLee Programs, this one titled
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Ahuja's work continued to show in group exhibitions throughout 2011 and 2012, appearing twice with
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traditions, Ahuja is said to "reclaim creative authorship" or agency in her self-portraiture.
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to be one of the emerging artists from across the United States featured in their exhibition
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in Brussels, beginning with the 2011 Armory Show. November 2012 and into the following year
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and ancient works as a way to discuss how they are represented in art. She combines her own
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Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition
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they are constantly evolving the standard of beauty, moving away from a more
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in New York, which explored work by artists of the South Asian diaspora.
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The exhibition was later shared with other arts institutions, such as
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Ahuja was not new to solo exhibitions in 2008. She had a solo show at
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said of Ahuja's work, "Referring to the artist's African-American and
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in Memphis, Tennessee also featured Ahuja's work in 2017, along with
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In 2017 Ahuja's work was part of a number of exhibitions, including
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Ahuja cites her work as "automythography," an expansion of feminist
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Ahuja's work in this exhibition explore themes of grief and care.
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In 2021, Ahuja was one of four featured artists in the exhibition
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that combine themes of myth and legend with personal identity.
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which ran from July to October. Ahuja's mythic self-portrait,
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African-American Women Artists and the Power of their Gaze
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During this time, Ahuja was ranked a finalist in the 2009
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https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/06/11/notations/
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in 2003, where she was mentored by contemporary artist
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Master Drawings from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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in Washington, DC. The portrait she submitted, titled
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War Baby / Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art
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Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art
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Marks of Genius: One Hundred Extraordinary Drawings.
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Sackler Center for Feminist Art 1751:"The Reflection in the Sword of Holofernes" 219:Ahuja has discussed her paintings as being 404:In 2008 Ahuja opened her solo exhibition, 18: 1365:The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 987: 985: 713:"'Dream Region' by Mequitta Ahuja (2009)" 389:Early in her career, Ahuja's exhibition, 379:John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 304: 1395:Villarreal, Ignacio (3 November 2010). 695: 526:included Ahuja's work in another show, 317:, with the aim to convert the image of 1796:from the original on 26 September 2023 1524:Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art 1174:from the original on 30 September 2023 1098:Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art 1096:(Card book box set). Bentonville, AR: 507:Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art 282:. Ahuja was compelled to study myths, 189:, and identity through a technique of 1912:University of Illinois Chicago alumni 1782:"Riffs and Relations: Mequitta Ahuja" 1761:from the original on 13 November 2018 1459: 1457: 1424: 1422: 1226: 1224: 1222: 1052: 1050: 611:Reflection in the Sword of Holofernes 522:Jepson Center. 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