EDUCATION
MAT magna cum laude, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
BA cum laude, Studio Art, Connecticut College, New London, CT
· Mentored by Barkley Hendricks
Member, The Art Students League, New York, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Maureen Murray: Virtual Solo Exhibition, Teravarna Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
New Works, Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation, Wakefield, RI
(Sponsored by Rhode Island State Council on the Arts)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
color(less), Ely Center of Contemporary Art (Virtual Exhibition), New Haven, CT
Wish You Were Here: The Second Best Time Is Now, Annual Postcard Show on Climate Crisis,
A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Big Show, Imago Foundation for the Arts, Warren, RI
2023
Weather Patterns, Ely Center of Contemporary Art (Virtual Exhibition), New Haven, CT
Small Works 2023, James May Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
60th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA (juror Jovanna Venegas,
Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)
2022
Extinction, Biafarin (Virtual Exhibition), Toronto, Canada
2021
Postcards Become Art, Imago Foundation for the Arts, Warren, RI (Work subsequently acquired
by Warren Preservation Society, permanent collection, Warren, RI)
Members Past and Present Virtual Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
2018
Salon des Refusés, Blink Gallery, Newport, RI
Memory, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT (curated by George G. King, Director, Mystic Museum of Art)
2009
Plum TV, New York, NY. Regular broadcasts of "On the Moon" (Animated short film)
· Drawings, character creation, storyboards
2007
Melbourne International Children’s Film Festival: Little Big Shots
· "On the Moon" screened in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, and Singapore
At One Capitol Hill, Atrium Gallery, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Providence, RI
2006
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, Chicago, IL
· Screening of "On the Moon" (Animated short film)
Hera Goes to Court, Courthouse Center for the Arts, West Kingston, RI
2005
BAMkids Film Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
· Screening of "On the Moon" (Animated film short)
· Participated in filmmaker Q&A session
SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
2021
Warren Preservation Society, Warren, RI
· Artwork from "Postcards Become Art" selected for permanent collection
· Preserved as cultural documentation of local artistic response to covid-19 pandemic lockdown
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2024
Artist of the Day Feature, BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
· Featured on BBA’s Instagram platform
2004
Animation Festival Award for Sound Design, ASIFA-EAST (East Coast Chapter,
International Animated Film Association), New York, NY
· Created characters, drawings, storyboards, and sequences synced to pre-existing audio
· "On the Moon," produced in collaboration with a major children's television network
· International Awards Tour
2000
American Drawing Biennial Juror’s Award, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA
· Juror: May Stevens
· National biennial exhibition of contemporary drawing
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
· “James May Gallery,” Artsy, April 14, 2023. www.artsy.net/search?term=Maureen%20Murray
· The Book of Art: Extinction 2022, exhibition catalogue. Toronto: “Discover the Artist”
Media Holding and Art Publications Network, April 22, 2022.
· The Providence Journal, exhibition announcement and photograph, Providence, RI, March 1, 2007. E9.
· “New Works Exhibition,” South County Independent, exhibition review, Newport, RI, June 2, 2007.
· “New Works,” Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (blog). May 29, 2007. 3:10 pm.
www.arts.ri.gov/blogs/?p=2134#more-2134
· “Annual Guide to Museums, Galleries, Artists.” Art in America 95, no. 7 (August 2007):49-33.
· Baranik, Rudolf. Letter of recommendation for Maureen Murray. n.d. “Maureen Murray demonstrates
exceptional talent and a unique artistic vision. Her work reflects both technical mastery and profound
conceptual depth, marking her as an artist of significant promise.”
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
2022
“Studio Tour with Maureen Murray,” Virtual presentation for RISD Alumni in Painting,
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, July 19.
2005
BAMkids Film Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, March 12.
· Co-presenter in "Meet the Filmmakers" Q&A session for animated short