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

2010
"Porcelain," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2009
"The Container Show," Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID
"Idaho," Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2008
“Paintings and Objects," Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID
“The Things of Light," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2007
“Inheritance," Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID

2006
“Paintings and Drawings," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2005
“Illuminations," Ochi Fine Art, Ketchum, ID

2004
"Threshold," Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, In focus Exhibition, Spokane, WA
“Shock and Awe," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
“Paintings and Drawings," Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT

2003
“Crossing," Judith Wall Fine Art, New York, NY
“Night," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2002
“Between," Michelle Moore Projects, Seattle, WA

2001
“Flesh," Eyre / Moore Gallery, Seattle, WA

2000
“Wilderness," Ochi Fine Art, Ketchum, ID

1999
“Lineage," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
“Presence, Absence, Reflection," Ester Claypool Gallery, Seattle, WA

1998
“Meditative Acts," The Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
“Time and Perspective," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

1997
“Dante’s Tears," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
"Wes Mills and Megan Murphy," Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, WA
"The Drawing Collection of Wes Mills," The Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
"Illiterature," A Project of the Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA. Curated by Mark Carter.

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
"Paintings: Megan Murphy," High Desert Journal, Issue 8, Fall 2008
Row, D.K., "Artocracy wins People's Voice Webby," The Oregonian, May 16, 2008
Row, D.K., "Murphy’s Artocracy goes “Webby”. The Oregonian, April 18, 2008

2006
Row, D.K., "Shows of Note," The Oregonian, December 2006.
Blake, Victoria, "Digital Art for the Masses," The Oregonian, June 2nd, 2006.
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.
Row, D.K., "Shows of Note," The Oregonian, August 27.

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 15.

1998
Bauer, Marilyn, “Contemplating the Divine,” Idaho 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.