M a r g a r e t   M u r p h y



EDUCATION:
1992 Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. MFA, Painting.
1990 Towson State University, Towson, Md. BS, Art Department Honors, Summa Cum Laude.

UPCOMING
2009
Margaret Murphy, New Work. HPGRP Gallery, NY. June 2009.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2008
The Parlor Paintings, REAL ART WAYS, Hartford, CT.
2007
Good Girls, Bad Girls. Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NY. May 2007
The Ballerina Project, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia. April - May 2007.
2005
Guest Artist to the Permanent Collection: Margaret Murphy, The Jersey City Museum., (Sep - Dec. 2005).
2003
Watercolors, Potter Library Gallery, Ramapo College of New Jersey.
1992
Stations of the Cross, Mason Gross School of the Arts, MFA Thesis exhibition.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION:
2008
Dwell, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NY. May 2008. catalogue
SWEET DREAMS, HPGRP Gallery, 4 person Exhibition, NY.
Gallery Artists at Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia.
Punch Bowl, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn.
Menagerie, Arts Guild of Rahway. NJ.
2007
American Women: new feminism, HPGRP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. Curated by Shuhei Yamatani. 3 person exhibition.
The Feminine Mystique, Jersey City Museum, curated by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, catalogue.
Pierogi Flatfiling, Artnews Projects, Berlin.
Black and White, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery.
Wild Flowers, The Gallery at Buck House, NY.                                                            
The Candy Show, The Pistol Social Club, Kansas City, KS. May 19, video screening.
NOAH'S ARK: LAST EXIT, EAST OF EDEN, The Shore Institute of The Contemporary Arts,  NJ .
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY.
99cent, Victory Hall/Jersey City Museum(joint venture), curated by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado.
You are where you are not? Fresh Produce Invitational Artist, G.A.S.P., Boston. Curated by Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons.
Red Dot Fair, The Park South Hotel, NY.
Homegirls, New Jersey City University. Curated by Margaret Murphy.
Bring Me The Receipts, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ.
2006
Bridge Art Fair, Miami 2006, Pentimenti Gallery.
Holiday Show, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia.
En Route, Twenty-One Gallery, Newark.
Art 212 Art Fair, NY. Pentimenti Gallery.
Palpable Painting, Ramapo College of New Jersey. Curated by Sydney Jenkins.
Perspectives: Then and Now, Jersey City Museum, NJ.
On Sight: 5 Visiting Artists,  Weir Farm Art Center.  Catalogue.
Swimmers, Posers, Bathers. Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NY. 3 person exhibition
Welcome/ Home, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NY.
“(K)nots”, New Jersey City University. NJ. Curated by Michelle Vitale Loughlin.
“Glimpse”, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia.
“Between Body and Object”, Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, NY. Curated by Judith Page.
4 person exhibition.
2005
“day-dreaming”, HPGRP Gallery, NY. Curated by Tomoko Ashikawa. 4 person exhibition.
Girl Talk, The Garage, NJ. Curated by Margaret Murphy
2004
Postcards from the Edge, Brent Sikkema Gallery, NY.
What Have You Got To Say? Grace Church, Jersey City Studio Tour
2003
Cultural Exploration, The Morris Museum. NJ (Catalogue)
2nd Annual Off the Wall, Jersey City Museum.
Art -O- Mat, Jersey City Museum.
Postcards from the Edge, Galerie LeLong, NY.
$99 Bargain Store Show, Cynthia Broan Gallery, NY
Consumer Reports. Tomasulo Gallery of Union County College, NJ. Curated by Margaret Murphy.
Forms of Matter: artists’ views of nature. Victory Hall, Jersey City.
2002
Off The Wall, Jersey City Museum.
The New Jersey City University, Faculty exhibition.
William Paterson University, NJ Faculty Exhibition.
2001
Skin Deep, Islip Art Museum, curated by Catherine Valenza, East Islip, NY.
Not Just an Adjunct, Kresge and Pascal Galleries, Ramapo College of NJ. Curated by Sydney Jenkins.
Aljira Emerge 2000, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ. (catalogue), curated by Richard Klein.
Artist in Residence Open Studio, Newark Museum.
1999 - 1997
Strokes of Genius, Montclair Museum. NJ
25th Anniversary of the New Jersey Printmaking Council, Newark Museum. Curated by Miriam Beerman. Newark, NJ. (Catalogue)
1999 NIGHT OF 1000 DRAWINGS, ARTISTS SPACE. NY.
The Passion, Richard Anderson Gallery, NY.
American Sentences, Sponsored Reality. Union City, NJ.
The Aljira National 4, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ.
Image/Mileage, Sponsored Reality. Union City, NJ.
1996
Pier Show IV, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Biennial, Charas/ El Bohio. New York.
1995
Small Works Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
1994
The Faculty Invites, Raritan Valley Community College. (Catalogue)
Art and Social Justice, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend Indiana.
Home Improvements: Demolishing Domesticity, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago
1992
Right With the World, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago.
Washington Project for the Arts, Artists Book, Washington, D.C
MFA Group Thesis Exhibition, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ 1992

AWARDS AND HONORS:
2008
NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Painting.
New Jersey Print and Paper Fellowship, Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, Rutgers University.
Gallery Aferro Studio Residency.
2006
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Residency Fellowship
Cooper Union Summer Residency, 2006
Puffin Foundation, Ltd., Visual Artist Grant
Weir Farm Trust, Visiting Artist. Exhibition and catalogue 2006.
2005
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellowship.
Liquitex Artist of the Month, December 2005.
Pro Arts, Individual Project Grant to install Girl Talk exhibition.
2004
Vermont Studio Center Residency, Individual Artist Grant.
2003
Finalist- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Woolworth Studio Residency.
2001
Artist-in-Residence, Newark Museum.
1999
Aljira Emerge 2000 Participant, Aljira A Center for Contemporary Art.
1994
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago. project grant.
1993
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago. project grant.
Change Inc., Emergency assistance grant. Robert Rauschenburg Director.
MacDowell Colony Residency, Peterborough, New Hampshire. Travel Award funded by the MacArthur Foundation and the David and Rosamond Putnam Transportation Fund.

CATALOGUES:
2008
DWELL: exhibition catalogue, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery. Jonathan Goodman essay.
2007
The Feminine Mystique, Jersey City Museum. Essay by Dr. Rocio Aranda-Alvarado
Homegirls, New Jersey City University, statement by Margaret Murphy.
On Sight, Weir Farm Art Center, CT. statement by Daphne A. Deeds, Director.
2006
Bridge Art Fair, Miami 2006.
New American Painting, The Open Studios Press, Mid-Atlantic Region. April 2006.
(k)nots, New Jersey City University. statement by Brian Loughlin.
99cent, Jersey City Museum and Victory Hall
2003
Cultural Exploration, Morris Museum, 2003.
2000
Aljira Emerge 2000. Newark, NJ. Essay by Richard Klein.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Elle Décor, December 2008, illustration.
D’Andrea, Nicole. Creative Cocktail Hour at Real Art Ways. Play Magazine. July 16, 2008.
Goodman, Jonathan. Dwell catalogue essay, 2008.
Art In America, illustration. May, 2007, p 157.
Bischoff, Dan. Jersey City exhibit showcases 'thoughtful' reaction to feminism. The Star Ledger, Sept. 29, 2007.
Birmingham, Mary. Unreal Familiar Babes, Icons Populate Painted Universe. Jersey Journal Art Reviews. May 25, 2007. p.3, ill (Cheryl McGinnis Gallery)
Newhall, Edith. Tutu/ Truetrue. The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 18, 2007. p. W18.
Hill, Lori. Lori Hill's First Friday hit list. Philadelphia City Paper. Arts, May 2, 2007.
Strauss, R.B., A First Friday beyond May Flowers, Press/ Review, The Weekly Press, Philadelphia’s Community Newspaper. May 2, 2007. p.14.
Birmingham, Mary. Women’s Work at NJCU. The Jersey Journal, March 2, 2007.
New American Painting, The Open Studios Press, Mid-Atlantic Region. April 2006.
Loughlin, Brian. Knots catalogue essay, 2007.
Strauss, R.B. First Friday and An Artful, Art-Filled March. Press/Review, The Weekly Press. March 1, 2006, p.10.
Genocchio, Benjamin. Knots, in Practice and Theory. New York Times, March 19, 2006
Harrison, Helen. ART REVIEW; With Luck, Iconoclasts Find Their Mediums. New York Times, Arts and Entertainment, February 19, 2006.
Seligman, Tina. Cheryl McGinnis Fine Art, A Contemporary Salon. Art of the Times, Oct. 2005, pp. 28-29.
Genocchio, Benjamin. The Oil Stain Is Not Part Of the Exhibit. The New York Times, Arts and Entertainment, March 6, 2005.
De Villava, Roxanne. Girl power unveiled in Jersey City Heights. The Jersey Journal. Feb. 25, 2005. ill.
Granieri, Laurie. Bigger, Better, More. Home News Tribune, January 17, 2003.
Harrison, Helen. Taking a Post-Modern Look at Tattoos as Art. Arts and Entertainment, Art Reviews. The New York Times. Sunday January 20, 2002.
Nancy Keating. Art Review: “Skin Deep” at Islip Art Museum. Islip Bulletin, Dec. 13, 2001.
Klein, Richard. “Aljira Emerge 2000 Exhibition,” (exhibition catalogue) Aljira, Newark, NJ; March - April 2000.
Bischoff, Dan. Farewell heralds new beginnings. The Star Ledger, March 24-30, 2000. ill.
Zimmer, William. Looking for Art in Unexpected (but welcome) Places.  The New York Times, Sunday October 11, 1998. 


ON LINE REVIEWS/ POSTS
Brooklyn Museum feminist.blogger, picks of the week, DWELL at Cheryl McGinnis Gallery.
PAPERMAG: Word Up!, Women, Women and More Women: Lisa Dahl, Susan Hamburger, Margaret Murphy, "Dwell" at Cheryl McGinnis Gallery. www.papermag.com
Fresh Links, TXT MSG at The Garage, Art Fag City blog.
Ayers, Robert. AI Reviews: "Homegirls" at Jersey City University. ARTINFO News and Features. March 21, 2007. ill.
The AI Eye: Editors' Picks of Art for Sale, Artinfo.com, July 2006, ill.
Haber, John. Desperate Artists - review of The Feminine Mystique. 10-20-07. www.haberarts.com
Haber, John. Rather be With Me <http://www.margaret-murphy.com/haberreview.html>. New York Art Crit: Gallery Reviews from John Haber. June 26, 2007, ill. www.haberarts.com
Fallon and Rosof Artblog, Surviving First Friday, Saturday May 5,. <http://fallonandrosof.blogspot.com/>
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Feminist Timeline: United States. Homegirls curated by Margaret Murphy.

TVLee Little: Producer. State of the Arts - Margaret Murphy, New Jersey Network. WNJN Air Date March 24 & 25, 2001.

CURATORIAL:
2008
TXT MSG. The Garage. Spring 2008.
2007
SPRAWL, Jersey City Museum. Juror.
OASIS, Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY. Sept. 2007
knot constructs, The Garage. Solo exhibition by Michelle Vitale Loughlin, May 2007.
Homegirls, New Jersey City University, March 2007
2006
Introducing: Christina Mancuso and Rae Staseson,  Presentation and discussion of feminist video and performance art. Jersey City Museum.
Keeping It Real, The Garage, October 2006.
April is the Cruelist Month, The Garage, NJ.
2005
inside/out, The Garage, N.J.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow, The Garage, N.J.
Girl Talk: The Garage, N.J.
2003
Consumer Reports - Tomasulo Gallery, Union County College. N.J. Group exhibition.

Professional Services:
2007 Brodsky Center Gala Honorary Committee
Board of Directors, ProArts Jersey City Arts Organization, January 2002 - January 2003.
Steering Committee, Jersey City Museum, OFF THE WALL benefit art auction.
Lecture Organizer, Jersey City Museum “Getting the Word Out” by Judith Page, 2002
Juror - Somerset County Teen Arts Program 2001 - 2002.
Mold Maker - New Arts Foundry, Baltimore, Md. 1984-1986.

Professional Affiliations:
CAA

PRESENTATIONS/ LECTURES:
2008
Artist Talk, Real Art Ways. In conjunction with the exhibition The Parlor Paintings/ Margaret Murphy.
2007
Dialogues in the Visual Arts, "Social Sculpture: Being Part of the Cultural Conversation Beyond the Studio Walls". Artists: Richard Klein, Margaret Murphy, Florence Neal. Moderated by Rene Lynch.
2006
Introducing: Christina Mancuso and Rae Staseson, Jersey City Museum.
Painter, curator and professor Margaret Murphy introduces Christina Mancuso and Rae Staseson, performance artists who incorporate video and draw upon feminist and conceptual art traditions in their work.

Suny Rockland College, Conversations with Artists. March 17, 2006.

2005
Host and panelist,  Ladies Night at the Jersey City Museum, slide presentation of Girl Talk artists.
2004
Vermont Studio Center, slide presentation.
2001
Jersey City Museum - Artist Lecture Series, slide presentation.
Newark Museum - Artist in Residence, slide presentation - January 2001.
2000
William Paterson University- Artists Studios series.
St Peters Prep, Jersey City. Visiting Artist Lecture Series.


COLLECTIONS:
Deutsche Bank Collection
Hudson County Community College Foundation
Jersey City Museum
MOMA- Franklin Furnace Artist Book Archive
Maria Magdalena Campos Pons
Deborah Buck, Buck House Antiques, NY.
Numerous private collections

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