Marilyn Murphy
(BFA Oklahoma State University, MFA University of Oklahoma)
Marilyn Murphy's oil paintings, drawings, and prints create curious situations
from what appears to be everyday life often with a surprising twist. A
Professor of Art at Vanderbilt University,
her work has been shown in more than 270 exhibitions nationally and abroad
in such places as the National Academy of Design, The Drawing Center in
New York, and the Perc Tucker Gallery in Australia. A recipient of numerous
awards, she has curated more than 30 exhibitions and her work is in many
public and private collections including the Kemper Collection, Huntsville
Museum of Art, the Boston Museum School, and the Prudential and Bridgestone
Collections. In 2004, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts presented a retrospective of the last
25 years of her work entitled “Suspended Animation.” Her work
was also included in New American Paintings #64. Professor Murphy's
work can be seen at the Carl Hammer Gallery in Chicago and Cumberland Gallery
in Nashville.
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