MEGAN MURPHY

EDUCATION
1995
Claremont Graduate School

1992-95
Master of Art in Theology, Mt. Angel Abbey, Saint Benedict, OR
Thesis: “The Burning Bush: An Aesthetics of Form, Morality, and Light”

1988-92
Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
A Quiet Normal Life, installation at VOLTA NY with PDX Contemporary Art, New York, NY

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
2011
Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
The New American Landscape, Kahnaway Art & Ecology, Washougal, WA

2010
Excessive Obsession, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Water, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
Illiterature, curated by Mark Carter, University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA

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

2003
Crossroads: New Art From the Northwest, Curated by Michael Klein
Microsoft Collection, CoCA, Seattle, WA

2001
Urban Glass Biennial, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Group Exhibition, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Grace, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR
The Glass Canvas, The Heller Gallery, New York, NY

2000
Idaho Fellowship Exhibition, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

1999
The Conscious Line, Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID

1998
Works on Paper, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

1998
A Common Denominator, Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID

1998
Idaho Triennial, The Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

AWARDS
2011 Contemporary Northwest Art Awards Winner, Portland, OR

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Grace Family Vineyards, Napa Valley, CA
Lemelson Foundation, Incline Village, NV
Microsoft Collection, Seattle, WA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA
Wood River Medical Center, Ketchum, ID
Yale Art Museum Collection, New Haven, CT

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
Oland, Dana. “Sun Valley’s Megan Murphy is up for a Northwest Art Prize.” IdahoStatesman.com, March 25

2010
"Art shows and news: megan murphy's porcelain at pdx contemporary art," redefine, January 6
"First Thursday Pick: Megan Murphy," PORT, January 5

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

2006
Row, D.K., "Shows of Note," The Oregonian, December
Blake, Victoria, "Digital Art for the Masses," The Oregonian, June 2
Ruiz, Rebecca, "Art Informer," Good Magazine, December

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, ID

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 16
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