Discipline: Visual Art

Margaret Murphy

Discipline: Visual Art
Region: Jersey City, NJ
MacDowell Fellowships: 1993
More: www.margaret-murphy.com
Margaret Murphy received her B.S. degree from Towson State University in Maryland and her M.F.A. in painting from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University in New Jersey (1992). Her paintings, collages, and videos have been exhibited in solo and group shows internationally. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at Gallery Aferro in Newark, Real Art Ways in CT, Pentimenti Gallery in Philadelphia, and HPGRP Gallery in NY. Group exhibitions include “The Feminine Mystique” at the Jersey City Museum, “Fancilful: Small Media Moments” at Concoria University in Montreal, HPGRP Gallery in Tokyo, Kenise Barnes Gallery, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, and ArtNews Projects in Berlin to name a few. Murphy is the recipient of many professional awards. These include a Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, a New Jersey State Arts Council Fellowship in painting, a MacDowell residency and travel award, two Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation fellowships, a Puffin Foundation Grant, and a Change Inc. grant. 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.

Studios

Alexander

Margaret Murphy worked in the Alexander studio.

Originally designed to be a visual art gallery, this facility was built in memory of the late John White Alexander (1856-1915) and funded by Elizabeth Alexander and their son James. John White Alexander was highly regarded as a portrait painter and, in the early part of the 20th century, served…

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