(b.) Ireland, 1971

Based in New York, Irish artist Clive Murphy’s practice draws from the peripheries of visual culture. Mining diverse sources he utilizes the formal properties of the commonplace to produce works that create a junction of societal and cultural phenomenon. He appropriates and reconfigures familiar signifiers in order to explore their wider cultural resonance, uncovering new ground for the proliferation of diverse meanings.

Murphy’s work concerns itself with both site and surface - not only the position of the individual within an increasingly ‘mass’ oriented environment but also the contours, the landscapes through which this environing is revealed. Exploring themes of hierarchy, inter-relationality and meaning formation, he infiltrates sites of visual signification with a combination of pathos and incongruity, reconstituting ideological, cultural and rhetorical systems in an effort to situate a new sense of human space

Education

2004 Master of Fine Arts Degree, University of Ulster, Belfast

1998 B.A. (Hons.) Fine & Applied Art, University of Ulster, Belfast
1996 National Diploma in Art and Design Galway R.T.C.

Solo Exhibitions

2014 POST NEO PROTO DEMO, Magnan Metz Gallery, NY

2013 NEO PROTO DEMO, Kling and Bang Gallery, Reykjavik

2011 DEER HOOF ARCHITECTURE, Art Jail, New York

DÉCOR TOWER, Thomas Hunter Projects, Hunter Collage, NY

2010 EAF10: 2010 EMERGING ARTIST FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION, Socrates Sculpture Park, NY

2009 GHOST MACHINE, Magnan Projects, New York 
ALMOST NOTHING, Soap Factory, Minneapolis 
ALMA ENTERPRISES GALLERY London 

2008 CATALYST ARTS, Belfast 
ALMA ENTERPRISES GALLERY London 
 

2007 SCAPES, Magnan Projects, New York 

2006 PNEUTOPIA, Mercer Gallery, Toronto

2005 I WANT TO BE YOU, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
PUBLIC INTERVENTION, British Council commission in association with CityMine(d), Brussels

2004 CHINA-OK!, Gallery 411, Hangzhou
MADE IN CHINA, Context Gallery, Derry 

2003 DESTRUCTION OR DELIVERANCE, Jenapardes, Gallery Munich
   

2001 AN IKEA OFFICE CHAIR, Foundation and Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague
SOME DAY, Gallery Q.Q., Krakow

Group Exhibitions

2015 NEW AMERICAN SCULPTURE, FiveMyles Gallery, Crown Heights, NY

DISTRUST THAT PARTICULAR FLAVOR, Bitforms Gallery, New York, NY

2012 NEW FORMS FESTIVAL – Invitational, New Forms Festival Vancouver, CAN
JEROME FELLOWSHIP Jurie Exhibtion, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN

2010 EMERGING ARTIST FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION, Socrates Sculptures Park, LIC, NY
NO SOUL FOR SALE, Tate Modern Museum, London
THE SIXTH BOROUGH, Governor’s Island, NY
NO LONGER EMPTY, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY
ANNOUCNING MAGNAN METZ, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY

2009 NO SOUL FOR SALE, A FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENTS, X Gallery, New York, NY
SOMETHING ALWAYS, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada
EXPLORATION OF THE UNCANNY, Synthetic Zero, Bronx, NY
 

2008 NON-OBJECTIF SUD, New York, NY
PHOENIX PARK, Dublin, Ireland
PULSE CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR, New York, NY
LATITUDES, Fieldgate Gallery, Chelsea, NY

2007 8x8x8, Group show touring Minneapolis, London and New York
WEST GERMANY GALLERY  Berlin, Germany
GAGA ARTS & INDUSTRIAL CENTRE Garnersville, New York 
LATITUDES, Fieldgate Gallery, London

2006 8x8x8 Soap Factory Gallery, Minneapolis
ACUTE OCCULT ZONAL OUTER, THE DRAWING CENTRE New York  (co-curated)

2005 BLOOMBERG NEW CONTEMPORARIES Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester / Spike Island Arts, Centre, Bristol / Barbican Centre, London
THE TIME TRAVELER KILLS HIS GRANDMOTHER, Alma Enterprises Gallery, London
OFFSIDE Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
VISONIC (Audio-Visual Festival) Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast

2004 MATCHMAKING Collaborative project, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai 

2003 VENEER/FOLHEADO (cultural exchange) Zedebois Gallery/Catalyst Arts, Lisbon 
FLIX Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
GOLDEN MILE PROJECT c/o Fully Formed Art Projects, Belfast 
ENTRANCE STAGE "DEATH" Dûm Umêní Gallery, Ceskê Budéjovice
FRESH FRUIT c/o Pallas Studios, Dublin
6X6 411 Gallery, Hangzhou    
STARS AT NOON Triskel Art Centre, Cork City

2002 FRESH ART FAIR Islington Business Centre, London
EV+A Limerick City Gallery, Limerick

2001 CRAWFORD OPEN 2 Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork
PERSPECTIVE 2001, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
FOURTH KINGSTON BIENNIAL SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, New York
PERISHABLE TONIC c/o Sculptor's Society of Ireland, Dublin
IT'S LIFE JIM... Engine Room Gallery, Belfast

2000 PRECINCT (Public Art Poster Exhibition) Project Arts Centre/Pallas Studios, Dublin
STRAYLIGHT VISUAL FESTIVAL Temple Bar Galleries, Dublin
Root Gallery London

1999 SALON Pallas Studios, Dublin
FORTUNA Root Gallery, London
PERSPECTIVE 99 Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
DARKLIGHT VISUAL FESTIVAL Arthouse, Dublin 
P.M.T. (Where's My Brief?) Pallas Studios, Dublin

Residencies

2008 LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL, NY

2007 IRISH MUSEUM OF MODERN ART  Dublin (International Residency Programme)

2006 May – Jun  RESIDENCY WORK PROGRAMME, Mercer Union Gallery Toronto
Oct  – Jan CURATORIAL RESIDENCY at the DRAWING CENTRE, Wooster St. SoHo New York

2005 Mar – Apr   CITYMINE(D) RESEARCH PROGRAMME in association with British Council Brussels

2004 Oct - Dec INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMM, Gallery 411 Hangzhou

2001 Sept-Oct   JELENI 9 ARTISTS RESIDENCY, Foundation & Centre for Contemporary Art Prague

2000 Jun-Jul CUSHENDAL CURFEW TOWER RESIDENCY Antrim

Awards

2012 JEROME FELLOWSHIP, Franconia Sculpture Park, MN

2011 PORTRAIT OF AN AVENUE – BEDFORD AVE, Brooklyn Arts Council, NY

2010 EMERGING ARTIST FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT, Socrates Scupture Park, NY

2005 BRITISH COUNCIL COMMISSION In association with Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork

2004 SELF ARRANGED RESIDENCIES AWARD Arts Council of Northern Ireland
BRITISH COUNCIL COMMISSION In association with City Mine(d), Brussels

2003 ARTS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN IRELAND General Arts Award
ARTS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN IRELAND Travel Award
BRITISH COUNCIL N.IRELAND/CZECH REP. Travel/Exhibition Bursary

2002 PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION AWARD NOMINATION Hamlyn Foundation, London
ARTS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN IRELAND General Arts Award

2001 ARTS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN IRELAND Self-Arranged Residency Award.
BRITISH COUNCIL NORTHERN IRELAND Travel Bursary.