b. 1979

Lives and works in Philadelphia, PA

murrayerin@gmail.com

 

EXHIBITION

SOLO AND TWO-PERSON

2022 Breather, with Austin Ballard, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2020 What We See and What We Know, with Leslie Hickey, HOLDING Contemporary, Portland, OR

2019 To Let, with James Johnson, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2018 Erin Murray and Andrew Luck, Harpy Gallery, Rutherford, NJ

2017  Threshold, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2015  Space to Fill, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2014  Dream House, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

          Order of Operations, with Tristram Landsdowne, Breeze Block Gallery, Portland, OR

2013 Recent Work, Brodsky Gallery at the Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia, PA

          Settling, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY

2012 Wind Challenge I, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

         Municipalia, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2011 Solo Series: Erin Murray, Abington Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

         Strata, with Mashiul Chowdhury, Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

         Erin Murray and Mark Masyga, Mount Airy Contemporary Artist’s Space, Phila, PA

         Architecture Parlante, Slingluff Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2007 (un)Built, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

GROUP

2023 Interface, Hexum Gallery, Montpelier, VT

Night After Night, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT

2022 Reveries, Peep Projects, Philadelphia, PA

2020 Flat File, Camayuhs, Atlanta, GA

Two by Two, Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2019 Got it For Cheap, HE.RO Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands (traveling show)

Your Plus-One, Mount Airy Contemporary Artist’s Space, Philadelphia, PA

Skill Tree, Honey Ramka, New York, NY

Sentinels (III), curated by The Neon Heater as part of The Temperature, The Provincial, Kaleva, MI.

2018 Greenpoint Group Show, curated by Harpy Gallery, pop-up at Dusty Rose vintage, New York, NY

Double Take, curated by Monica Ramirez Montagut, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA

2017  The Flat File: Year Five, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York, NY

           Cerulean Arts Invitational, Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

           Jump Cut, Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

          Of That Time, Of That Place, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

          Tone of Intention, Lacey & Phillips Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2016  Personal Space, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

          Waning Worlds, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia PA

          Indwelling: Meditations on Built Environments as Cultural Narrative, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ

2015  The Woodmere Annual, juried by the Dufala brothers, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2014  Vox Populi at EXPO Chicago, Chicago, IL

          Drawing Now Philadelphia, curated by Sabina Tichindeleanu, ArtSpace Liberti, Philadelphia, PA 

          Space//Squared, curated by Sven Davis, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013  (In)finite Gardens, Delicious Spectacle, Washington, DC

         Fort Thunder Attaks!, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA

         Made in Philly, work featured at Berks El Station, in conjunction with Phila. Open Studio Tours

         Buddy System Invitational, Breeze Block Gallery, Portland OR

         Benefit show for BalletX, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

         Philadelphia, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA

         Spark Gap, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

         Salon Zurcher, Zurcher Studio, New York, NY

2012 THIS END UP, The West Collection at PULSE, Miami, FL

         Earth and Artifice, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

         West Collects, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

         Artists We Admire, Abington Art Center at the William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

         Landscape, University of Delaware @ Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA

         Permanent Collection, curated by Edward Rosario and Jordin Isip, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York

         High-Low Density, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ

2011  Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY

         LOOK! On Lancaster Ave, public art project, Philadelphia, PA

2010 VOX VI, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia PA

         I Can’t Get You Out of My Mind, Seraphin Gallery, curated by Hiro Sakaguchi

         Drawings, The Art Trust, West Chester, PA

2008 Underground, Center For Emerging Visual Artists, curated by Lee Stoetzel

         Fall Collection, F.U.E.L. Collection, Philadelphia, PA

         Landscapes on the Edge, The Art Trust, West Chester, PA

2007 New American Paintings Show, Lancaster Arts and Culture Center, Lancaster, PA

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES

2021 The Drawing Center 20/21 Viewing Program

2018 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

Soaring Garden Artist Retreat, Laceyville, PA

2012 West Collects, acquisition prize

2012-2017 Membership, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2002-2004 Center for Emerging Visual Arts Fellowship

EDUCATION

2001 BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

PRESS

Todd Stong, “Reveries at Peep Projects: Wordless Symmetries,” Title Magazine, November 8, 2022

Meredith Sellers, "On the Threshold of the Psyche: Erin Murray at Vox Populi," Title Magazine, June 23, 2017

Christopher Gianunzio, "Erin Murray's 'Space to Fill,'" The St. Claire, April 29, 2016

Shannon Eblen, "Rowan exhibit draws on memories of home," New Jersey Courier Post, February 23, 2016

Edith Newhall, " Spring shows at local galleries: Under-recognized artists come to the fore," Philadelphia Inquirer, February 12, 2016

Sabina Tichindeleanu, "Dream House at Vox Populi," Title Magazine, October 31, 2014

Chip Schwartz, "Drawn Together in Philadelphia," Knight Arts, September 9, 2014 

Larissa Erin Greer, “Erin Murray’s Sinister, Surreal Paintings and Drawings of Suburbia,” Beautiful/Decay blog feature, July 13, 2013 

“Must See Painting Shows in June”, New American Paintings Blog, June 10, 2013

Ellen Caldwell, “In the Studio: Process of a Painting with Erin Murray,” New American Paintings Blog, April 30, 2013

Ben Meyer, "Fleisher Wind Challenge will blow you away--," The Artblog, October 1, 2012

Victoria Donohoe, “Delaware Center Builds Worthy Show,” Philadelphia Inquirer, May 4, 2012

“Erin Murray” Booooooom.com blog feature April 19, 2012

“Buildings and Contraptions R Us--DCCAs 2012 Gretchen Hupfel Symposium,” The Artblog, April 1, 2012

Maureen Milford, “Influence of buildings, objects on art explored at symposium,” The News Journal, March 25, 2012

Victoria Donohoe, “‘Solo Series 2011’ explores art’s middle ground,” Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept 16, 2011

Edith Newhall, “Planes, panes, pallets,” Philadelphia Inquirer, May 29, 2011

Daniel Forrest Hoffman, “Erin Murray’s haunted architecture at Slingluff Gallery,” The Artblog, Feb 24, 2011

Holly Otterbein, “First Friday Focus,” Philadelphia City Paper, February 2, 2011

Edith Newhall, “Low-key Vox Pop,” Philadelphia Inquirer, July 25, 2010

Roberta Fallon, “VOX VI,” Philadelphia Weekly, July 20, 2010

Montana Torrey, “Curating the personal – I Just Can’t Get You Out of My Mind at Seraphin Gallery," The Artblog, June 11, 2010

“Green Tease,” Philadelphia Magazine, April 2010, page 99

Victoria Donohoe, “Range of Styles, Jewish Theme,” Philadelphia Inquirer, Galleries and Museums, February 17, 2008

Laurence Liss, “Artist’s House,” Art Matters, June 2005, page 15

PUBLICATION

The Drawing Stall Vol. 1, March 2022

Dovetail Magazine, Issue 01, Summer 2020

Dirty Laundry Magazine, Issue 2, June 2013

Tabletop Zine, Issue 004, July-August 2012

New American Paintings, #98 January-February 2012

New American Paintings, #69 April- May 2007

REGISTRIES / FLATFILES

Collarworks, Troy, NY

Camayuhs, Atlanta, GA

Mother Gallery, Beacon, NY

White Columns, New York, NY

Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York 2018 Flatfile 

Irving Sandler Artist's File, Artist's Space, New York, NY

The Drawing Center, New York, NY