Kellie Murphy: Resume
Education:
1998 M.F.A. in Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1996 B.A. in Arts, State University of New York - Empire State College, NY, NY
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2017 ‘Spin-offs & Pile-ups’ iStore, Union Square, NY, NY
‘Repeat thyself’ Dattner Architects, NY, NY
2012 'At What Price' ChaShaMa, garment district, NY, NY
2004 'Proclivities' Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library, Northampton, MA
2001 'He rode off on a horse.' Installation Space, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2000 'My Observable Universe II' permanent installation, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, NE
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025 'Secrets…' Elusie Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2023 'Art In the Orchard - the 7th Biennial, Park Hill Orchard, Easthampton, MA
'Please Mind the Gap' with Jorge Costa and Matthew Weber, Wm Blizard Gallery, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
'Flower Power' ArtWorks Gallery, Ware, MA
'Sourced: Origins of Inspiration' faculty show, Wm Blizard Gallery, Springfield College, MA
2022 'Gnomevember' New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston, MA
'Herbarium' Gateway City Arts, Holyoke, MA
'Black & White' ArtWorks Gallery, Ware, MA
2021 'The Lotus Effect' The Rubin Museum of Art, NY, NY
'Prayers for the Pandemic Project at Topps for JCAST' Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
'All In' Wm Blizard Gallery, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
'Ransom 2' an Instagram specific collaborative exhibition, Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2020 'Prayers for the Pandemic: Prayers for Progress: Volume 2' Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
'What We Made' Wm Blizard Gallery, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
2018 'Somewhere Over the Interconnected Rainbow' Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
2016 ‘Roots: Revealing Origins, Exploring New Territory’ Art Bridge, Brooklyn, NY
2015. 'Open (c)all: The Artist’s Studio' BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
2014 440 Gallery Group Exhibition juried and curated by Bill Carroll, Brooklyn, NY
2013 'RANSOM: A demanding collaboration' Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
'Summertime' The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
'SALON' Livingston Gallery, ESC, Brooklyn, NY
IIDA NY Sustainable Quilt Auction, Openhouse Gallery, NY, NY
2012. '#artbecause' Tea Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
2011 '13th Annual Art Auction and Exhibition' Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
'Got Art?' The Creative Center, NY, NY
2006 'Six Paintings' Material Art Space, Memphis, TN
2005 'Joan Mitchell Foundation: Group Exhibition' CUE Art Foundation, Chelsea, NY
'Sculptors Drawing' Catskill Mountain Foundation, Hunter, NY
2003 'Witness and Response: September 11, Acquisitions at the Library of Congress' Great Hall,
Thomas Jefferson Bldg, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
2003 'Simulations' Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
'ArtwalkNY' Auction to benefit Coalition for the Homeless, Tribute, NY, NY
2002 'Reactions: 9/11,' Exit Art, NY, NY
2001 'Almost Giddy' Clough-Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis,TN
'Not from Here' Group Exhibition, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
1999 'Ozymandias' Socrates Sculpture Park, L.I.C., N.Y.
'Fresh Meat' Kim Foster Gallery, NY, NY
1998 'Between the Bridges' Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond,VA
1997 'New Artists; New Works' The James Center, Richmond, VA
'The Biggs Collective - Eight Sculptors' Biggs Bldg, Richmond, VA
VCU Student Exhibition/Dean’s Award, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
juried by Neal Benezra/Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
1997 'The Movable Feast' 1708 Gallery, Richmond VA
1996 'The Public in Public Art' - Outdoor sculpture created in collaboration with
inner-city school children - City Hall and VCU Cabell Library, Richmond, VA
1996 'Out of Order,' Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1995 Benefit Exhibition and Sale, Artists Space, NY, NY
‘A Woman’s Place' Women’s Caucus for Art, NY Chapter, Prince Street Gallery, NY, NY
'Global Focus: Women in Art & Culture Exhibition' National Museum of Women in the Arts,
United Nations, Fourth World Conference, Beijing China
'All-Media Summer Exhibition' Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
1993 'The Return of the Cadavre Exquis' Group Show, Joseph Heller Gallery/The Drawing Center, NY, NY
1992 Three Person Show, Skep Gallery, NY, NY
Awards/Fellowships/Grants:
2012 NEA grant for ChaShaMa storefront project, NY, NY
2003 Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation Grant/awarded through Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2001 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Recipient, NY, NY
1999 Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
1998 Joan Mitchell Foundation, MFA Grant Recipient, NY, NY
1997 Scholarship for Women in the Arts; Women’s Caucus for Art; Richmond Chapter, VA
International Sculpture Center: Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award
Virginia Commonwealth University: Academic Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Artist Residencies:
2015 I-Park Foundation Inc., Int’l Artists-in-Residence Program, East Haddam, CT
2003 Sculpture Space Artist Residency Program, Utica, NY
2000-01 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Residency Program, Omaha, NE
1999 Socrates Sculpture Park, L.I.C., NY
1996 Artist Grant/Vermont Studio Center Residency Program, Johnson, VT
Teaching and Curating Experience:
2023 - Present Adjunct Professor of Art, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
2023 - Present Director, William Blizard Gallery, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
Visiting Artist Lectures:
2019 Springfield College, Springfield, MA
2015 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2001 Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
2000 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE also juried student exhibition
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, NE and conducted critiques with graduate students
1999 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1998 International Sculpture Center Conference, Chicago,IL panelist on Graduate School Survey Panel