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b. 1988 -

Awol Erizku (born 1988) is an Ethiopian-American contemporary artist who lives and works in New York City & Los Angeles. His primary media are painting, photography, sculpture and Film. Erizku works with a wide variety of found materials. Erizku was dubbed "The Art World’s New 'It' Boy" by Vulture Magazine.

Erizku was born in Ethiopia and raised in New York City's South Bronx neighborhood, He cultivated an interest in photography at Cooper Union, where he earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in 2010. He received an MFA from Yale's Visual Arts program four years later.

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    • Erizku, Awol; Boy with Red Turban, 2014 - SIGNED 8" X 10" ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT LIMITED EDITION #/70
      May. 04, 2024

      Erizku, Awol; Boy with Red Turban, 2014 - SIGNED 8" X 10" ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT LIMITED EDITION #/70

      Est: $800 - $1,000

      Description. Awol Erizku 8"x 10" limited edition archival pigment print (#/70) SIGNED by Erizku on the verso. Condition: Brand New/Mint (still in the original clear pouch as issued by Aperture). This beautifully printed 8" x 10" archival pigment print was sold by Aperture for only a few days in the Fall of 2022. The prints were issued in a Limited Edition of only 70 individually numbered prints. They sold out almost immediately and were then carefully printed to the highest standards. As such, these are sure to become highly collectible photographs with excellent provenance.

      Bucklin
    • Awol Erizku, Malcolm X Freestyle (Pharaoh's Dance)
      Dec. 07, 2023

      Awol Erizku, Malcolm X Freestyle (Pharaoh's Dance)

      Est: $600 - $800

      Awol Erizku Malcolm X Freestyle (Pharaoh's Dance) 2019-2020 inkjet print image: 8 h x 10 w in (20 x 25 cm) sheet: 11 h x 13.875 w in (28 x 35 cm) Embossed stamp to lower right. This work is from the edition of unknown size. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.

      Wright
    • AWOL ERIZKU (B. 1988) Hammer, Stick, Same thang acrylic on board, in artis
      Jul. 18, 2023

      AWOL ERIZKU (B. 1988) Hammer, Stick, Same thang acrylic on board, in artis

      Est: $10,000 - $15,000

      AWOL ERIZKU (B. 1988) Hammer, Stick, Same thang acrylic on board, in artist appointed frame 44 5/8 x 39 3/4 in. (113 x 99.8 cm.)

      Christie's
    • AWOL ERIZKU (1988 - ) Boy Holding Grapes.
      Mar. 31, 2022

      AWOL ERIZKU (1988 - ) Boy Holding Grapes.

      Est: $15,000 - $25,000

      AWOL ERIZKU (1988 - ) Boy Holding Grapes. Digital C-print, 2012. 1003x749 mm; 40x30 inches. Edition of 10 plus two AP. Boy Holding Grapes is Awol Erizku's clever twist on Caravaggio's Young Sick Bacchus (Bacchino Malato). Dated between 1593 to 1594, Young Sick Bacchus (Bacchino Malato) indicates Caravaggio's physical ailment involving malaria during his first years in Rome but depicts an alluring god of drink and vice. Erizku twists art history to draw attention to the lack of racial diversity represented in the canon and the depiction of the beauty of African Americans. A photographer with a sharp eye and keen wit, Erizku observed that there weren't many museum masterpieces featuring people of color and set to recreate the classics. "The models I choose to work with are not professional models but possess an undeniable, striking beauty," declares Erizku. His practice bridges the gap between African and African American visual culture, referencing art history, hip hop, and universal human culture. Erizku received a BFA from The Cooper Union in 2010 and a MFA from the Yale School of Art in 2014. He exhibited at institutions across the country including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. Recent solo exhibitions include New Visions for Iris, Public Art Fund, New York, NY and Chicago, IL, 2021; Mystic Parallax, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY, 2020; Desire: A Revision from the 20th Century to the Digital Age, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 2019. Erizku lives and works in Los Angeles.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • Awol Erizku (b. 1988) - 'Do This' - HoodRich Pablo Juan -
      May. 27, 2020

      Awol Erizku (b. 1988) - 'Do This' - HoodRich Pablo Juan -

      Est: $12,000 - $18,000

      Awol Erizku (b. 1988) 'Do This' - HoodRich Pablo Juan acrylic and glitter on board, in artist's frame 44 x 40 in. (111.8 x 101.6 cm.) Painted in 2017. Please note this lot is the property of a private individual. Provenance Anti-Defamation League Benefit Auction, Los Angeles; courtesy of the artist and Night Gallery, 26 October 2017, lot 13 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

      Christie's
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