hpgrp gallery New York - Margaret Murphy

Margaret Murphy

Celebration May 29 - June 27, 2009
Scope Art Fair March 2009
Meatpacking Art June 11 - August 17, 2008
Sweet Dreams March 5 - 30, 2008
Daydreaming September 10 - October 9, 2005

From an early age, Margaret Murphy was surrounded by elements of kitsch, religious icons and an appreciation for the peculiar.

Margaret grew up in a Baltmore, Maryland row house where everyone in her working-class neighborhood had a collection. Religious figurines, paintings on flocked velvet and artificial flower arrangements graced the walls and tables of her family and neighbors.

It is no surprise then that Margaret's paintings are informed by material culture and its ability to reflect, influence and misrepresent views of gender, culture, class and history.

Rendered in a realistic style, Margaret's paintings of figurines and flowers address these personal and societal concerns in a provocative way.

Margaret's paintings, collages and videos have been exhibited in solo and group shows internationally, and she is the recipient of many professional awards.

Bio

Murphy received her BS degree with Honors in Art from Towson University in Maryland, summa cum laude in 1990 and her MFA in Painting from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University in New Jersey (1992). She also studied at The Schuler School of Fine Arts in Baltimore from 1980 -1984. Here she drew from plaster casts, studied anatomy, sculpture, mold making and life drawing. Upon graduation she took a job as a mold maker at New Arts Foundry (1984-1986) in Baltimore as the first female employee of this lost wax bronze foundry.

Murphy is the recipient of many professional awards. These include a New Jersey State Arts Council Fellowship in Painting (2008), a Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions Print and Paper Fellowship (2008) a Gallery Aferro Studio Residency(2008) a MacDowell Colony residency and travel award (1993), two Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation fellowships to attend Virginia Center for Creative Arts and the Vermont Studio Center residencies (2004-2005), a Puffin Foundation Grant (2006), a Change Inc. grant (1993) and two projects grants from Cook County in Chicago (1993-1994). She was one of the first artists in the Aljira Emerge program (1999 - 2000) and has held residencies at Weir Farm in Connecticut (2006) a summer residency at Cooper Union in NY, and was an Artist-in-Residence at the Newark Museum (2001).

Her paintings, collages and videos have been exhibited in solo and group shows internationally. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT., Pentimenti Gallery in Philadelphia, and Cheryl McGinnis Gallery in NY. Group exhibitions include The Feminine Mystique at the Jersey City Museum, HPGRP GALLERY in Tokyo and NY, ArtNews Projects in Berlin and Pierogi 2000 flatfiles in Leipzig to name a few.

Publications and literature include five reviews in The New York Times, New American Painting #63, The Star Ledger, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Jersey Journal, and State of the Art - a half-hour PBS program featuring prominent New Jersey artists. Online reviews include ArtInfo.com, Fallon and Rosof Artblog, Art Fag City and others.

In addition to making and exhibiting work, Murphy is a curator in her exhibition space The Garage in Jersey City. She curates exhibitions twice a year in this raw, street level venue. The first exhibition there -GIRL TALK- was reviewed in The New York Times art and leisure section March 6, 2005. Housed in a garage this exhibition space is directed, funded, curated, and administered by Ms. Murphy. Exhibitions bring together mid-career artists with emerging artists from the tri-state area. A special emphasis is placed on site specific projects that utilize the garage door.

She has been invited to curate exhibitions at New Jersey City University (Home Girls) which was reviewed on ArtInfo.com (2007) and Flushing Town Hall, a Smithsonian affiliate (OASIS, 2007). Other curatorial projects include Consumer Reports at Tomasulo Gallery of Union County College (2004), and Introducing: Christina Mancuso and Rae Staseson, a presentation and discussion of feminist video and performance art at the Jersey City Museum (2006). She participated in Curating as Social Sculpture; being a part of the cultural conversation beyond the studio walls at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. This was a four artist’s panel on artists as curators.

Murphy’s work is in the collection of Deutsche Bank, Jersey City Museum, Hudson County Community College Foundation, Hunterdon Museum of Art, The Brodsky Center at Rutgers University, and numerous private collections.

She now resides in Jersey City, NJ. For fun she trains in Naginata with her nine-year-old daughter.

C.V.

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.

AWARDS AND HONORS:
2009
Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL.
2008
2008 Fellowship in Painting, NJ State Council on the Arts.
New Jersey Print and Paper Fellowship, Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, Rutgers University.
Gallery Aferro Studio Residency, Newark, NJ.
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.
2003Finalist- 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.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009 Margaret Murphy New Work, HPGRP Gallery, NY.
2008 Margaret Murphy: The Parlor Paintings, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT.
2007 Good Girls, Bad Girls. Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NY. May - June, 2007
The Ballerina Project, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia. May - June, 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 EXHIBITIONS/ ART FAIRS/ AUCTIONS:
2009 Thinking Small, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia.
2008 NJ Fellowship Recipients, Visual Art Center of NJ, Spring.
2008 Gifts from the Studio, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, NY.
E/AB Fair 08, Brodsky Center.
Dwell, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, May. 3 person exhibition, catalogue.
Handle With Care, Pelham Art Center, NY.
Aqua Art Miami, Pentimenti Gallery.
Dieu Donne, Annual benefit auction.
Meatpacking Art Volume II. HPGRP Gallery, NY.
Group Show: Gallery Artists. Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia. Feb. 2008
Sweet Dreams, HPGRP Gallery, New York. four person exhibition. (February 2008)
Cuchifritos Art Gallery, Works on Paper - an Exhibition Benefit for AAI.
Punch Bowl, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY.
2007 American Woman: new feminism, HPGRP GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan. 3 person exhibition. Curated by Shuhei Yamatani
The Feminine Mystique, Jersey City Museum, Sept. 2007, catalogue. Curated by Rocio Aranda Alvarado.
Pierogi Flatfiling. Artnews Projects, Berlin. June 2007. Curated by Joe Amrhein and Leif Magne Tangen.
Invitational Artist, Fresh Produce, G.A.S.P. Gallery, Boston. Curated by M.M. CamposPons.
Open Stables III, Spur Projects Gallery, CA.
Aqua Art Fair, Miami. Pentimenti Gallery.
The Big Show. Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY.
Black and White, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery.
Wild Flowers, Deborah Buck Gallery, NY.
Dieu Donne, Per Square Foot. Benefit Auction.
Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Portland, Pentimenti Gallery.
Noah’s Ark, The Shore Institute of The Contemporary Arts, NJ . Sept. 2007.
The Candy Show, The Pistol Social Club, Kansas City, KS. May 19, video screening.
Midnight Blooming, GASP Gallery, Boston.
99cent, Victory Hall/ Jersey City Museum joint venture, NJ. Curated by Rocio Aranda Alvarado
Home Girls, New Jersey City University. Curated by Margaret Murphy. Catalogue.
Red Dot Fair, The Park South Hotel, NY.
Bring Me The Receipts, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ.
2006 Bridge Art Fair, Miami 2006, Pentimenti Gallery. Catalogue, ill.
En Route, Gallery Twenty-One, Newark.
Art 212 Art Fair, NY.
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. Catalogue.
“Glimpse”, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia.
“Between Body and Object”, Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, NY. 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.
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

CATALOGUES:
2008 DWELL, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery. Essay by Jonathan Goodman.
2007 The Feminine Mystique, Jersey City Museum. Essay by Dr. Rocio Aranda-Alvarado
Homegirls, New Jersey City University, Essay by Margaret Murphy.
On Sight, Weir Farm Art Center, CT. Essay by Daphne A. Deeds, Director.
2006 New American Painting, The Open Studios Press, Mid-Atlantic Region. April 2006.
Bridge Art Fair, Miami 2006. ill.
(k)nots, New Jersey City University. Essay by Brian Loughlin.
99cent, Jersey City Museum and Victory Hall, Essay by Rocio Aranda Alvarado.
2003 Cultural Exploration, Morris Museum, Statement by Willie Cole and Laura Galvenek.
2000 Aljira Emerge 2000. Newark, NJ. Essay by Richard Klein.
1999 The Printmaking Council of NJ Silver Anniversary, Newark Museum. Statement by Miriam Beerman.

COLLECTIONS:
Deutsche Bank Collection
Melissa Kepke Grobmyer, MKG Art Management
Hudson County Community College Foundation
Jersey City Museum
Hunterdon Museum of Art, NJ.
Brodsky Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Rutgers University.
MOMA- Franklin Furnace Artist Book Archive
Deborah Buck, Buck House Antiques, NY.
Magdalena Campos Pons
Numerous private collections.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Elle Décor, December 2008, illustration. P. 128.
D’Andrea, Nicole. Creative Cocktail Hour at Real Art Ways. Play Magazine. July 16, 2008.
Goodman, Jonathan. Dwell catalogue essay, 2008.
Westchester Cottage and Garden Magazine, ill. Nov. 2008.
Urken, Ross Kenneth. The Paper Chase, Wall Street Journal. Oct. 3, 2008.
Art In America, illustration. May, 2007, p 157.
Alvarado, Rocio Aranda. The Feminine Mystique catalogue essay, 2007.
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.
Genocchio, Benjamin. The Oil Stain Is Not Part Of the Exhibit. The New York Times, Arts and Entertainment, March 6, 2005.
Seligman, Tina. Cheryl McGinnis Fine Art, A Contemporary Salon. Art of the Times, Oct. 2005, pp. 28-29.
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
Figurine Art at Pelham Art Center, August 24, 2008. www.westchester.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.
Home Girls in Jersey City, NEWSgrist, February 25, 2007. www.newsgrist.typepad.com
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.

PRESENTATIONS/ LECTURES/ WRITTEN MATERIAL:
2009 Artist in NY Lecture Series, SUNY Rockland Community College.
2008 Artist Talk, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT.
2007 Curators Talk, OASIS. Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, Queens.
Curators Statement, Oasis. Flushing Town Hall, Smithsonian, Queens, NY.
Curating as Social Sculpture; being a part of the cultural conversation beyond the studio walls. Tribeca Performing Arts Center. 4 artists panel on artists as curators. Richard Klein; Aldrich Museum, Margaret Murphy; The Garage, Florence Neal; Kentler International Drawing Space, Rene Lynch; Metaphor Contemporary Art.
Homegirls, catalogue essay, NJCU.
2006 Introducing: Christina Mancuso and Rae Staseson, Jersey City Museum.
Margaret Murphy introduces Christina Mancuso and Rae Staseson, performance artists who incorporate video and draw upon feminist and conceptual art traditions in their work.
2006 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.
2001 Newark Museum - Artist in Residence, slide presentation - January 2001.
2000 William Paterson University- Artists Studios series.
2000 St Peters Prep, Jersey City.Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

CURATORIAL:
2008 Park Place, The Garage
Sweet Dreams, HPGRP Gallery, co-curated by Margaret Murphy.
TXT MSG, The Garage, NJ. spring 2008.
2007 Oasis, Flushing Town Hall, Smithsonian, Flushing, NY. September 2007.
Knot constructs, The Garage, NJ. May 2007 Solo show of Michelle Loughlin.
Home Girls, New Jersey City University, March 2007, catalogue
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:
97th Annual CAA Conference: Mentor Program; Artist Portfolio Review.
Juror: New Jersey Arts Annual, 2008. (state wide exhibition in a NJ Museum)
2007 Brodsky Center Gala Honorary Committee.
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, 2007.
Mold Maker - New Arts Foundry, Baltimore, Md. 1984-1986.

Professional Affiliations:
CAA , Feminist Art Project.