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Deirdre Murphy

Lecturer, Painting and Drawing
Fine Arts

Biography

B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute
M.F.A., University of Pennsylvania

Painter. Teaches drawing and painting. Pennsylvania Council for the Arts recipient (2004), Leeway Grant recipient (2003). Solo exhibitions include Bridgette Mayer Gallery (2006, 2003), Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL (2005),Vita Gallery, Portland, Oregon (1995, 1996, 1997). Group exhibitions include Abington Art Center, (2003); Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (2002), Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY (2002); Bowery Gallery, New York (1999); Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (1997); Tacoma Art Museum, Washington (1995). Collections include Gamblin Artists Colors Company, Portland, Oregon; Alpha Med Press Incorporated, Dayton, OH. Represented by the Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

Deirdre Murphy, Enchanted Forest, 2008,
Oil on canvas, 46" x 46"

Deirdre Murphy, Shadow Flight,, 2008,
Oil on canvas, 30" x 30"

Deirdre Murphy, The Trickster, 2007
Oil on canvas, 46" x 46"

Deirdre Murphy, Love Birds, 2007
Oil on canvas, 22" x 20"

Deirdre Murphy, Kachow, 2007
Oil on canvas, 40" x 30"