Ellie Murphy
1733 Menahan Street • Queens, NY 11385
ellie.murphy@me.com • ellie-murphy.com • @artelliemurphy • @egmurphy
EDUCATION
MFA 1992 Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
BFA 1987 Washington University School of Fine Art, St. Louis, Missouri.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Through the Eye of the Needle, Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill, New York, NY.
2023 Dear March Come In, Birdhouse Brooklyn, Curated by Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Brooklyn, NY.
2023 Tenuous Threads, Atlantic Gallery, Curated by Patricia Miranda, New York, NY.
2022 Spectrum, Arts Westchester, Curated by Alexandra Rutsch Brock, White Plains, NY.
2022 Matrixes Small Works, Kate Oh Gallery, Curated by Jaynie Crimmins, New York, NY.
2022 Color Wheels, Upstate Arts Weekend 2022, Mill and Main, Kerhonkson, NY.
2022 Small Wonders, Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS.
2022 Among Friends 3, Equity Gallery, New York, NY.
2022 Mark Art Not War, Pierogi Gallery, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY.
2021 On the Ridge, Garageland Gallery, Curated by Kerry Law, Ridgewood Queens, NY.
2021 Contemporary Textile, Salina Art Center, “To The Choir,” Curated by Jefferson Goddard, 108 East Strand, Salina, KS.
2021 Form or Function, ArtPort Kingston, Curated by Laurie De Chiara, 108 East Strand, Kingston, NY.
2020 Visiting Artist: The Grandfathers, The Red Barn Studio Museum, Lindsborg, Kansas.
2020 AMAG @20: Visionaries, Azarian-McCullough Art Gallery, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY.
2020 Collective Pause, Church of St.Paul the Apostle, NYC.
2020 Farm Project, Collaborative Concepts at Tilly Foster Farm Museum, @collaborativeconceptsart, Brewster, NY.
2020 The USPS Art Show, Pelham Art Center, @uspsartproject,155 Fifth Avenue, Pelham, NY, Curated by Christina Massey.
2020 I5OLATION, A Portfolio of 50 Drawings by 50 Women Sculptors, @foolproofcontemporaryart, Denver, CO.
2020 Deep Blue See, Online exhibition, @groundfloorbk, Curated by Krista Scenna.
2019 Border Line, Green Door Gallery at the Divine Mercy Cultural Center, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Elisa Jensen.
2019 Out There, Supermoon Arts Space, Ridgewood Queens, New York, NY, Curated by Cathy Diamond.
2019 The Lovely Wild, Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York, NY, Curated by Jenn Cacciola and Frank Sabatté.
2019 Collaborative Concepts at Saunders Farm 2019, Site-Specific Project, 825 Old Albany Post Road, Garrison, NY.
2019 Among Friends, The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, 170 Suffolk, New York, NY.
2019 Art14C, Art Fair and an initiative of the Jersey City Arts Council, Jersey City, NJ.
2018 ProjectArt Resident Artist Exhibition, 1st Dibs, The Gallery at 200 Lex, New York, NY.
2018 Among Friends, Curated by Beth Dary, Patty Fabricant and Alexandra Rutsch Brock, 55 Washington, DUMBO Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
2018 Return to Light, Green Door Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2018 The 120th Annual Midwest Art Exhibit, Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS.
2017 Big Sister--For Summit Public Art, Summit Area YMCA, Summit, NJ.
2017 Music To My Eyes, curated for Bushwick Open Studios, Menahan Street, Queens, NY.
2017 Bigger, Bolder, Better, Curated by Jaynie Crimmins, Christina Massey & Etty Yaniv, Chashama Projects, Brooklyn.
2017 Perpetual Award, Azarian-McCullough Art Gallery, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY.
2017 Post-Romance: Artists Valentines, Curated by Larry Walczak, The Renaissance Centre, Erie, PA.
2017 Nasty Women Exhibition, The Knockdown Center, Maspeth Queens, NY.
2016 Connections, Curated by Peter Gynd, Foundation Center, New York, NY.
2016 Bringing Brooklyn To Norfolk, Gallery 21, Norfolk, VA.
2016 Twentieth Anniversary Alumni Show, Franconia Sculpture Park at Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
2015 The BIGsmall Show, Drawing Rooms Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ.
2015 Checkered History: The Grid in Art and Life, Outpost Artist Resources, Queens, NY. (Curated by David Weinstein and Ruth Kahn)
2015 Color Rules, Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, 180 Grand Street, Jersey City, New Jersey
2015 Pleasures of the Flesh, Outpost Artists Resources, 1665 Norman Street, Ridgewood Queens, New York, co-curated with Kelly Parr.
2015 KEEP OUT, Lesley Heller Workspace, 54 Orchard Street, New York, New York, curated by Natalie Moore.
2015 PAPER JAM: Exploring Visual Strategies for Social Concern, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, curated by Larry Walczak @eyewash.
2014 The Big Small Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, New Jersey, curated by Anne Trauben
2014 hair-DO, No Globe Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, New York.
2014 Drawing Off The Wall, Drawing Rooms,, Jersey City, New Jersey, curated by Anne Trauben
2014 Communal Table, curated by Björn Meyer-Ebrecht, Brooklyn Open Studios, Brooklyn.
2014 Curated by Peter Gynd Projects, Contemporary Art Fair,The Tunnel, New York City.
2014 Best Case Scenario, Long Hall Exhibition Space, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, New York.
2014 99Cent Plus Art Shop Inaugural Exhibition, Selected by Rico Gatson, Brooklyn, New York.
2013 United/Divided, Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles, California.
2013 Color Line, Curated by Rico Gatson, The Outpost, Ridgewood, New York.
2013 Rock Street, Curated by Deborah Brown and Leslie Heller, Brooklyn, New York.
2012 To be a Lady: forty-five women in the arts, Curated by Jason Andrew, Organized by Norte Maar, 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, NYC.
2012 Grounded, Airplane Gallery, 70 Jefferson Street, Brooklyn, New York.
2012 Linear Perspective, Mount Airy Contemporary Artists Space, Philadelphia.
2012 Of Mind, Body & Soul: An Exploration of the Personal, Fowler Arts Collective, Brooklyn.
2011 Site-Specific Commission, Norte Maar, Brooklyn.
2011 “Per-son-age” Curated by Rico Gatson, Famous Accountants, Queens, New York.
2011 In Between the Sheets, Workspace Harlem, New York, New York.
2011 Williamsburg2000, Art 101, Brooklyn.
2010 String Theory: Selected Works in Fabric, Storefront, Brooklyn.
2010 Collective Show New York, Participant, Inc., New York.
2010 TRIM: A Work in Progress, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont.
2009 Pac Man, Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles, California.
2009 SQUASHblossom, Privateer Gallery, Brooklyn.
2007 Strand, NYCAMS/New York Center for Art & Media Studies, New York.
2007 The Library Project, Grassmacks Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota.
2007 Intelligent Design, Momenta Art, Brooklyn.
2007 Shared Women, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), Los Angeles.
2005 BIOgraphy, (Site-Specific Project) Brooklyn Public Library Exhibitions Program, Brooklyn.
2005 The Next Generation, Museum of Biblical Art, 1865 Broadway, New York.
2004 Chasing Rainbows, Outdoor Sculpture, Fulton Ferry/Brooklyn Bridge State Park.
2003 Percent for Art in Public Places, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul.
2002 Jerome Fellowship Artist, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota.
2002 The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum, Works on Paper Gallery, Los Angeles.
2001 Window Shopping, sponsored by Eyewash Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
2000 Summer Reading, Eyewash Gallery.
1999 Concurrent Solo Exhibitions, Eyewash Gallery.
1997 Killing Time, White Columns, Christopher Street, New York.
1997 The Art Exchange Show, 67 Broad Street, New York.
1995 Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Mercer Street, New York.
1994 Essential Fluids: Wet and Dry, Sauce Gallery, Brooklyn.
1991 Yale Summer School of Art and Music Sculpture Projects, Norfolk, Connecticut.
AWARDS
2022 Soaring Gardens Artist Retreat Grant, Laceyville, PA
2017 ProjectArt Resident Artist Fellowship NYC
2016 Open Studio Fellowship, Franconia Sculpture Park, Minnesota.
2005 Greenwall Foundation Grant
2003 Percent for Art Award, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, Minnesota.
2002 Jerome Fellowship, Franconia Sculpture Park.
1992 Susan Weadon Award, Yale University School of Art.
1991 Norfolk School of Art and Music, Outdoor Sculpture Grant, Norfolk, Connecticut