Megan Murphy

Education
1995 Claremont Graduate School
1992-95 Master of Art in Theology. Mt. Angel Abbey, Saint Benedict, Oregon. Thesis: “The Burning Bush: An Aesthetics of Form, Morality, and Light.”
1988-92 Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting. Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon.

Solo Exhibitions
2008
“Paintings and Object”, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho
“The Things of Light”, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
2007
“Inheritance”, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho.
2006
“Paintings and Drawings”, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon.
2005
“Illuminations”. Ochi, Ketchum, Idaho.
2004
“Shock and Awe”, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon.
“Paintings and Drawings”, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, Connecticut.
2003
“Crossing”, Judith Wall Fine Art, New York, New York.
“Night”, PDX, Portland, Oregon.
2002
“Between”, Michelle Moore Projects, Seattle, Washington.
2001
“Flesh”, Eyre / Moore Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
2000
“Wilderness”, Ochi Fine Art, Ketchum, Idaho.
1999
“Lineage”, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
“Presence, Absence, Reflection”, Ester Claypool Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1998
“Meditative Acts”, The Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, Idaho.
“Time and Perspective”, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
1997
“Dante’s Tears”, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon.

Group Exhibitions
2007
“true bearing”, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Group Exhibition, Agazzi Art, Lakeville, CT
“Contextual”, Form and Function, Chicago IL
2006
“Sustaining Change on the American Farm”. Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA, Curated by Lee Musgrave.
2004
“Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Place, Race, and Memory” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA. Curated by Rock Huska, Tacoma Art Museum.
2003
“Crossroads: New Art From the Northwest”, Curated by Michael Klein, Curator,
Microsoft Collection. CoCA, Seattle, Washington.
2001
Urban Glass Biennial, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, New York.
Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho.
Group Exhibition, PDX, Portland, Oregon.
“Grace”, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon.
“The Glass Canvas”, The Heller Gallery, New York, New York.
2000
Idaho Fellowship Exhibition, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.
1999
The Conscious Line, Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho.
1998
“Works on Paper” Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1998
“A Common Denominator, Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho.
1998
Idaho Triennial, The Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho.

Bibliography
2008
Gallivan, Joseph, Megan Murphy PDX Contemporary Art, ARTnews, September 2008
Row, D.K.,Murphy’s Artocracy goes “Webby”. The Oregonian, April 18,2008
2006
Blake, Victoria Digital Art for the Masses. The Oregonian, June 2nd
Ruiz, Rebecca Art Informer, Good Magazine, December 2006
2005
New American Paintings Pacific Coast Edition
Hackett, Regina Art Appreciation Log On and Print Out Art that’s Good. Seattle Post Intelligencer, January 12
Allan, Lois Catalog Text for Illuminations, Ochi, Ketchum, Idaho
2004
Schnoor, Chris Nine Notables, Idaho Arts Quarterly, Summer
2003
Henderson, Harvest Taking a Mirror to the Practice of Negation. The Oregonian, April 4
2002
Frank, Peter Between Heaven and a Hard Place. Catalog Text for Between at Michelle Moore Projects, Seattle, WA. September
1999
Raymond, Camela “Lines of Descent: An Exploration of Female Images in the Bible.” The Oregonian, December 15th
1998
Bauer, Marilyn “Contemplating the Divine” Mountain Express, December 16th
Gragg, Randy “The Incredible Lightness of Meaning: Artists Mary Henry and Megan Murphy manipulate simplicity to convey complex messages.” The Oregonian, Feb 13
Row, DK “Odes and Meditations.” The Willamette Week, February 11,
1995
Francis, Kevin “State of the Art”, Willamette Week, August 18,
1992
Gragg, Randy “Artist Knocks on Heavens Door,” The Oregonian, January 14
Hutton, Jean “Mortal Conflicts,” Reflex, Vol. 6, No. 5, September/October,
Gragg, Randy “Interpretations Intersect in Signs of the Cross,” The Oregonian, July 10

Public Collections
Grace Family Vineyards, Napa Valley, California.
Lemelson Foundation, Incline Village, Nevada.
Microsoft Collection, Seattle, Washington.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon.
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma Washington.
Wood River Medical Center, Ketchum, Idaho.
Yale Art Museum Collection, New Haven, Connecticut.