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EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS

2017
Research Grant,
Vanderbilt University

2011
Research Grant,
Vanderbilt University

2004
Chancellor’s Award for Research,
Vanderbilt University

Award for Outstanding Artwork, Tulane Review of Art and Literature,
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Research Scholar Grant, Toward Mid Career Survey,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN ($4300)

2003
Research Scholar Grant, Toward Catalog Publication, Vanderbilt University ($25,000)
Distinguished Faculty Award, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

2001
Honorable Mention, Puna Art Contemporary Art Center, Pahoa, Hawaii

2000
University Research Council Grant, Vanderbilt University

1996 National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship Archive,
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.
Tri Kappa Award, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, Indiana, Juror: Nancy Hoffman

1995
Merit Award Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, Kentucky
Top Purchase Award National Painting Competition, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
Jurors Robert Ryman, Painter/Inge-Lise Eckmann,
San Francisco MoMA ($10,000)
2 Purchase Awards Parkside National Print Exhibition, University of WI, Kenosha, WI
Juror: Terry Terry Allen, Artist
Venture Fund Grant Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN ($10,000)

1991
First Place in 2-Dimensional category, "Patchwork of Many Lives," Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Juror: Connie Butler, Curator, Artists Space, New York
Purchase Award, Evansville Museum of Arts And Science, Evansville, IN

1990
Fellowship, Southern Arts Federation ($5,000)

1988
Fellowship, TN Arts Commission,
Juror: Lowery Sims, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY ($5000)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

(Work in over four hundred exhibitions since 1980 and curated over 35 exhibitions)

2018    
Some Familiar Faces, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Marilyn Murphy/Barry Buxkamper, 21c Museum Hotel, Nashville, TN  
Wish You Were Here, A. I. R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Marilyn Murphy: Atmospheric Perspective, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN

2017
Marilyn Murphy: Realism Subverted, Solo exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Vanderbilt University
Marilyn Murphy: Short Stories, Solo exhibition, The Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN
Marilyn Murphy: Magic Realism, Solo exhibition, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Mind the Gap: Works in Black and White, Invitational, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
Cars in Art Invitational, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
Marilyn Murphy: Wind Mischief, Solo exhibition, Moreman Maloney Contemporary, Louisville, KY
Small Packages, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN

2016
Women’s Caucus for Art Exhibition, Arc Project Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Women’s History Month Exhibition”, Florissant Valley College, St. Louis, MO
Adler & Co Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Storytellers”, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN Panel discussion and exhibition.

2015
“Black and White Invitational”, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
2015    
International Painting Annual 4, an exhibition in print, Manifest Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
“Art on Paper,” Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD 
“Women Do It!” Women’s Caucus for Art traveling exhibition including the College Art Association,  NY, UN Commission on the  Status of Women, Target Gallery Washington DC, ARC Gallery, Chicago.
“On the Edges,” Curb Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

2014     
“Los Angeles Art Show,” Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
“Wish You Were Here,” AIR Gallery, New York, NY
“Correspondence,” Q Gallery, Franklin Art Center, Brainerd, MN
“Fashion Dictates: Who Make and Breaks the Rules,” Drawing as backdrop for a panel discussion
with Ann Simonton at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
“Winter Exhibition,” The Montgomery, Adler and Co Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013      
New American Paintings, No. 106, Southern Issue, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
18th Annual LA Art Show, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
“Winter Show,” Adler and Co., San Francisco, CA            
“Air and Dreams,” Solo show, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
“Contemporary and Modern Art Fair,” Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
“Currency,” Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI
“Memory,” Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC, Canada
“Dream State,” Linus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2012
"The Secret Exchange," National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Adler and Company Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"49th Annual Exhibition," Curator, Liza Simone, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
"Without Borders," Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
"Surreal Visions," Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
"Work," Nainaimo Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC, Canada.

2011
"Connections: Marilyn Murphy and Bob Trotman," Huntsville Museum of Art Huntsville, AL (November 2011 to March 2012)
"International Drawing Annual 6: an Exhibition in Print," Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
"The Secret Exchange," Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
"Drawing Connections," Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
"Los Angeles Art Show," Fine Arts Dealers Assoc., L. A. Convention Center, Los Angelas, CA
"Hand Drawn Map Association," #309,www.handmaps.org Philadelphia, PA
"12th Annual Realism International Art Exhibition," Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
"Art Chicago," Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
"Papier Invitational" Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
"National Contemporary Realism," Invitational, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
"80 Square," Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN

2010
Ninth Annual National Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Juror: Lowery Sims
"Food Show," Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
"30 Small Works," Gallery Up, Gettys Art Center, Old Town, Rock Hill, SC
"Art Chicago," Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL

2009
Primal: Drawing as Mirror of Self, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Invitational group show, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY
"In Your Dreams," Pen & Brush Gallery, New York, NY
"Accessing the Artist’s Brain: Drawing as Metaphor," Association of Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN
"From Washington to Warhol: Americana Redefined," Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
"The Road Not Taken: 30th Anniversary Exhibition," Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL

2008
"Wind Mischief," Solo Show, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Slippery Ideas," Solo Show, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN

2007
"Red Clay Survey Alumni Reunion: From the Collection," Huntsville Museum of Art, AL
"Firescape," Northcutt Steele Gallery, Montana State University, Billings, MT
"Coffee," Future Studio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"And Now A Word from Our Sponsors: Acquired Taste, Recent Art Acquisitions at the
Tennessee State Museum (2006-2007)", Nashville
"Music City Picks: Choices from Cheekwood’s Collection," Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
"Male Art Show," Regis Center for Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
"5x5," Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA

2006
"All About Women," Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Strange Figurations," Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY

2005
"Work of Art, Art of Work," Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Hindsight: Inspired by the Past," Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2004
"Suspended Animation," Mid-Career Survey, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
"Georgetown International Exhibition," Fraser Gallery, Washington, D. C.
Solo show Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN, 1999, 1997, 1994, 1991, 1988, 1985, 1983
"The Contemporary Art Fair," Pier 92, New York, New York
"31st Annual Exhibition," Masur Art Museum, Twin City Art Foundation, Monroe, Louisiana

2003
"National Drawing Exhibition," Fred R. Kline Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
"Art on Paper," Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
"Works on Paper," Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA, Award

2003
"Views of the Collection: Recent Acquisitions," Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
"A Century of Progress: 20th Century Painting in TN," Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA

2002
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 106th Annual Exhibition, New York, New York
"What’s My Line?" The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN

2001
"A Catalog of Winds," Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Solo show.
"The Best of Tennessee, Millennium Collection," Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
International Exhibition, Puna Contemporary Art Center, Pahoa, Hawaii, Award, CD-rom
Two-person Exhibition, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga
"Firsts: the Personal & the Historical," Bare Hands Gallery/Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington D. C. (since 1998)

2000
"A Catalog of Winds," Solo Show, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
"Figurative Works 2000," Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana

1999 "Figuratively Speaking," Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC

1998
Solo Show, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC
Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana

1997
The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida

1996 The National Academy of Design, New York, New York. INDEX \c "2" No index entries found

1996
Seattle Artfair, Seattle, Washington
The Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, Indiana

1995
"Americas 2000," Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, North Dakota
New Regional Printmaking Invitational, Sarah Moody Gallery, University of AL, Tuscaloosa
"Dark Humor," Plan B Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee

1994
San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California
University of Alabama, Solo Show, Huntsville, Alabama

1993
Amos Eno Gallery, New York, New York
"Drawing into the 90’s," Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, Juror: Neal Benezra,
Chief Curator for the Hirshhorn Museum, Award
"From the Mountains to the Mississippi," Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Nashville, Tennessee

1992
"Realism Today," Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, Indiana
Brooks Biennial Invitational Exhibition, Brooks Museum, Memphis Tennessee
"From Dixie to Down Under," Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Qld, Australia

EDUCATION:

1978 Master of Fine Arts, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

PROFESSIONAL:

Professor of Art Emerita, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

SELECTED GUEST ARTIST LECTURES:

Morris Museum, Augusta, GA 2017
Moreman Moloney Contemporary, Louisville, KY 2017
Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN 2017
Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, Auckland, New Zealand, 2009, 2010
College of Fine Arts, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2006
Fisk University, Nashville, TN, 2005
National Art School, Sydney, Australia, 2004
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2001
Huntsville Museum of Art, 2007 and 2001
James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, 2001, 1998, 97, 95, Drawing Seminar in Brisbane, 1994
University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 2000
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, 2000
University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC, 1998
James Cook University of North Queensland-Cairns Campus, Cairns, Australia, 1996
Far North Queensland, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander College of Art, Cairns, Australia, 1996
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1996
Elam School of Art, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 1995
The University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, 1994
University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama 1993
Seven Hills College of Art, Brisbane, Australia, 1993
Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia. 1992
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1992
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 1991

SELECTED CITATIONS:

2017-18

Four artworks used on the Nashville television production (in Jesse’s house).

2017
Realism Subverted: Marilyn Murphy, Peter Frank essay, Exhibition catalogue.
“Murphy’s Law: Realism Subverted and Short Stories” Nashville Arts Magazine,Article by John Pitcher.

2015 
Who’s Who in American Art, 34th ed., Marquis, since 1989

Who’s Who in American Education, Marquis

The Dust Devil is in the Details, review by Peter Frank, ArtVoices, Spring, 2015, 

Calyx Journal, Volume 28, Issue 1, Corvallis, OR

2013    
Artistaday.com, invitational on line exhibition

“WorkSpaces: Artists’ Studios II,” Exhibition of photographs by Jerry Park, The Arts Company,

Nashville, TN, a photograph of my art studio and artwork                                                                         
http://jerryparkphotography.com/marilyn-murphy/

2012
Who's Who in American Art since 1989

Connections: Murphy/Trotman, Exhibition Catalog, Huntsville Museum of Art, Curator, David Reyes,
Essay by Director of Curatorial Affairs, Peter Baldaia.

Connections: Murphy/Trotman, review, Dorothy Joiner, Art Papers.

The International Drawing Annual 6, Manifest Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH

2011
Alimentum: The Literature of Food, Issue 12, Summer, Cover.

2010
Who's Who in American Art since 1989
Who's Who in American Women, 28th Edition, since 1999
Alimentum: the Art of Literature and Food, Literary Journal, NY, Cover of Winter

2009
Alimentum, Literary Journal, NY, Cover of Winter, 2009/2010

2007
The Individual Artist Fellowship Catalogue, Tennessee Arts Commission,
"The Getaway," The Oxford American, 2007 Music Issue, full page image of artwork

2006
New American Painting, Southern Edition, Vol. 64, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA,

2005
Art Papers, review and image, Julie Roberts, Jan/Feb

2004
Suspended Animation: the Work of Marilyn Murphy, Lucy Lippard & Mark Scala,
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, catalog
Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who of American Women, Marquis

2003
The N. E. A. Tapes, Documentary Film, Directed by Paul Lamarre & Melissa Wolf, NY,
Interview (Premier-Capitol Building, Washington, D. C., September 1999)
Real Illusions, Exhibition Catalog, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN

2000
Zhuang Shi, Arts magazine, The People’s Republic of China, illustrated article on my work
The Distillery: Artistic Spirits of the South, Literary Journal, Motlow State College

1997
Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, Marquis, 25th Edition, 1995
The Democratic Print, CD-ROM Catalog, University Art Galleries, Wright State U,Dayton, OH

1996
"Honing the Cutting Edge of Conservative Styles," Holland Cotter, New York Times, 7/26/96

1996 International Who’s Who of Intellectuals, 12th Ed. Melrose Press, Ltd, Cambridgeshire, England
"Cheekwood National Painting Competition," review by Susan Knowles,
Number: An Independent Quarterly of the Visual Arts, Memphis, TN, Winter, 1996

1994
Calyx: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, Winter 1994, Vol. 15, No.3, Portfolio