ARTIST CV

EDUCATION

2010
Masters in Visual Arts Practices (MAVIS)
IADT Dublin

2005-2006
Limerick Institiute Of Technology
(H.Dip in Arts)

2000-2004
N.C.A.D, Dublin
(B.A. Hons. Degree in Fine Art)


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
Score for 51°57'N 08°40'W, at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork (in assoc. with The Black Mariah & Pallas Projects)

2010
Currencies of Exchange curated by Emma Betts | part of Public Gesture: Pirate Capital at the LAB Gallery

2009
Bouvard et Pecuchet (Curated by Carolina Hoffman)
Lighthouse Cinema, Smithfield, Dublin
16.4.1 Plane/ Site Galleries, Dublin
Stargaze Indoor Arts Festival (Curated by Aine Macken) D-Light Studios, Dublin
Affiliations: Murphy & Boese (2 person show) Reunion Gallery, Suffolk, England
Summer Edition: NIVAL exhibit Filmbase, Dublin
This Must be The Place Irish Museum of Contemporary Art (IMOCA) Dublin

2008
Treat ’08 Talbot Gallery and Studios, Dublin
Christmas Art Fair Thisisnotashop, Dublin
Breaking Ground: My Space (Curated by Cecilia Moore) The Helix, Dublin
Dublin Culture Night: Judging a Book The Winding Stair, Dublin
Winter '08 Gallery Link, AIB Bankcentre, Dublin
127th Annual Exhibition The Royal Ulster Academy of Arts, Titanic Drawing Offices, Belfast
Pallasades Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin
Summer '09 Ennis Gallery, Clare
Ladyfest ESB Building, Cork City
Art Ireland Spring Fair RDS, Dublin (solo display)
Green Dot Limerick Ceramic Works, Limerick
Big Foot MTG&S and RHA collaboration Launch, Monster Truck Gallery & Studios, Dublin.

2007
Art Ireland: Winter RDS Dublin: with The Loft Gallery
The Shop Front Project Ferbane Library, Offaly
Christmas Show/ Autumn Group Show/ Spring Show/ The Loft Gallery, Dublin
Elements The Loft Gallery, Dublin



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
The Divided Plane The Crow Gallery, Dublin

2007
Turraun The Mill Theatre, Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin.
Picturebox Phibbs & Flemmings, Ferbane, Offaly
Arrangements Monster Truck Gallery & Studios, Dublin.

CURATED PROJECTS
2009
16.4.1 (Co-curated with Fionnuala Mahon) Plane/ Site Galleries, Dublin
Artists: Mark Beatty, Ella Burke, Claudia Boese, Ruth Doorley, Carol Freeman, Orla Gargan, Nicholas Grey, Elaine Hurley, Ken Lambert, Victoria Macarthur, Conor Mahon, Fionnuala Mahon, Elaine McCague, Elaine McHugh, Sharon Murphy, Nicky Teegan




AWARDS
2007 National Bursary from The Arts Council and Offaly County Council


RESIDENCIES

2007
3 month residency at Belmont Mill Studios, Offaly

2002
5 week studio residency at Cyprus College of Art, Pafos.


COLLECTIONS
A.I.B, Dublin
NIVAL (National Visual Arts Library) Dublin
Codex Ltd, Dublin
John Fleming Architects, Dublin
Smith-King Architects, Dublin
Offaly County Libraries
Belmont Mill Studios & Exhibition Centre, Offaly


REVIEWS / PRESS/ PUBLICATIONS

Score for 51°57'N 08°40'W - booklet and CD which accompanied same-titled exhibition at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork (in association with The Black Mariah and Pallas Projects) Jan 2011
Lucy White Sharon Murphy at The Crow Gallery Metro, October 21, 2008
128th RUA Annual Exhibition Catalogue September 2008
Therese Mckenna Artistic Stake-out Metro, August 29th 2008
A Trick of the Light (Pallasades Art Collective) Essay by Imelda Barnard, August 18, 2008
RHA/ Monster Truck collabortion Spring - Summer Programme 2008, Cover pg
In Coversation: Painters Sharon Murphy and Claudia Bose Midlands Arts & Culture Magazine, issue 6 Spring 2008, Pgs 8,9
Art Ireland '08, Spring Fair Catalogue
Geraldine Woods, Dun Laoghaire Gazette, Dundrum Gazette, Dec 23 & 30, 2007
Visual Artists Ireland, Sept/Oct issue, 2007.
RHA Unselected Show Spotlight, The City Channel May 2007
Aidan Dunne, Young artists who work beyond the Pale, The Irish Times, June 25, 2004