Steven Murphy

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Sculptor Murphy creates form that originates from pure geometry. His lead-coated, wooden forms recall the essential forms of Ellsworth Kelly, but, of course, Murphy’s uninterrupted forms become object in three-dimensions.

EDUCATION

 1975  B.A. University of Houston, Houston, Texas

 1973  Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005  Steve Murphy, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth , Texas

2004  Steve Murphy, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas Texas

2004  Steve Murphy, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

2003  Steve Murphy, Travis Tower, Houston, Texas

         Reference, American Institute Of Architects, Dallas, Texas

2002  Steve Murphy, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, Texas

2000  In The World, One City Center, Houston, Texas

1998  Steve Murphy, Harris Gallery, Houston, Texas

1997  Steve Murphy, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas

         Sculpture Installation, The Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas

1995  Steve Murphy, Rachael Harris Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas

1994  Steve Murphy, The Art League of Houston, Houston, Texas

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006  Art on the Green, Kemp Art Center, Wichita Falls, Texas

2006  Close Proximity, Wade Wilson Art, Houston, Texas

2006  Sculpture Now, Williams Tower, Houston, Texas

2005  Gallery Artists, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth , Texas

2004  Abstract Concepts, Nacogdoches State University, Nacogdoches Texas

         38 for XXXVIII, Reliant Energy Plaza, Houston, Texas

2003  Advisory Panel Selects, Ft. Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth Texas

2002  Accrochage, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, Texas

2001  Gallery Artists, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery, Ft. Worth Texas

2000  Sculpture 2000 Exhibition, Harris Gallery, Houston, Texas

         The Houston Area Show, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

         Interiors, Exteriors and Somewhere In Between, Handley-Hicks Gallery, Ft Worth, Texas

        1999  There’s No Place Like Home, West End Gallery, Houston, Texas

         It Moves, The Artfull Garden, Houston, Texas

         The Assistance League Winners Barbara Davis Gallery / Pennzoil Place, Houston, Texas

1998  Steve Murphy & Joe Mancuso, Transco Tower Gallery, Houston,

         Ten, Handley Hicks Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas

         Recipients, Diverse Works, Houston, Texas

         The Last Picture Show, Lynn Goode Gallery, Houston, Texas

1997  A Wink and A Nod, Sally Sprout Gallery, Houston Texas

         Texas Wabi-Sabi, Yukiko Lundy Gallery, Houston, Texas

         The Really Red Show, West End Gallery, Houston, Texas

         Sculpture Installation, Shidoni Sculpture Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1996  The Bird Show, West End Gallery, Houston, Texas

         Flip Side, Mode Gallery, Houston, Texas

         Twigs, Sticks, Trees and Wood, The Tom VanDyke Place, Houston Texas

         New Small Works, Harris Gallery, Houston, Texas

         Intimate, Barbara Davis Gallery / Pennzoil Place, Houston, Texas

         Sara Canright, Neil Maurer and Steve Murphy, Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

         The Thrift Store Show, West End Gallery, Houston, Texas

         Sculpture Houston ‘96, Tranquillity Park, Houston, Texas

         Sculpture Vision, North Harris College, Houston, Texas

         Texas Art ‘96, Assistance League, Houston, Texas

         Pam Johnson & Steve Murphy, West End Gallery, Houston, Texas

1995  Vision Through Materials, Transco Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas

         Wood Works, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas

         The Object Show, West End Gallery, Houston, Texas

         Simple Things, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas

1994  Small Works, Lynn Goode Gallery, Houston, Texas

         The Big Show, Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, Texas

         Anonymous, West End Gallery, Houston, Texas

         Sculpture Visions, North Harris College , Houston, Texas

1993  Day of the Dead, Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, Texas

         Introducing Steve Murphy, Scott Carothers & Fannie Tapper, Lynn Goode Gallery, Houston, Texas

         Real Space, Diverse Works, Houston, Texas

1992  The Dishman Competition, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas

         The Big Show, Lawndale Arts & Performance Center, Houston, Texas

1992   Politics As Usual, Lawndale & Performance Center, Houston, Texas

1990  Third Annual Sculpture in the Garden, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC

         Tri-State Sculpture Conference Exhibition, Radford University, Radford, Virginia

         Members Show, Durham Art Center, Durham, North Carolina

1989  Tri-State Sculpture Show, Firehouse Gallery, Graham, North Carolina

         Second Annual Sculpture in the Garden, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC

         New Sculpture, Durham Art Center, Durham, North Carolina

1988  Christmas Show, Durham Art Center, Durham, North Carolina

1983  Alumni Show, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

         The Seen & Unseen, Diverse Works, Houston, Texas

1982  The 37 Hour Show, Glassell School Of Art, Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas

1979  The Miniature Show, Lawndale Annex, University of Houston, Texas

PUBLIC ART

2000  Cotswold 2000 Project, Downtown Urban Revitalization Project, Houston, Texas

         Buffalo Bayou Art Park Installation, Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, Texas

1996  Imprint (Artists ideas for Public Art) Barbara Davis / Pennzoil Place Gallery & The Cultural Council

         of Houston/Harris County, Houston, Texas

         New Ariport Art, (Finalist Exhibition) Dougherty Arts Center Gallery, Austin, Texas

AWARDS

1999  PASTA Grant (Temporary Public Art), Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County, Houston

         Texas

1997  Creative Artist Grants Award, Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County, Houston, Texas

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Anspon,Catherine, Steve Murphy @ Gallery Sonja Roesch, Art Lies, Summer 2002, p. 89

Bortosky, Nancy, Handly-Hicks Gallery: Karen Simpson, Steve Murphy, Ft Worth Star-Telegram,

          Sept. 17, 2000, p. 8d

Johnson, Patricia, Texas Wabi-Sabi Reveals Beauty of Humble Things, Houston Chronicle, March 20,

         1997, p. 1D

Anspon, Catherine, From Feathered Friends To Eastern Block Finds-Group Shows Shine, Public News,

          November 27,1996, Issue #755, p. 12

Fahl, David, Pam Johnson / Steve Murphy, Artlies, June-September 1996, p. 39

Knaak, James, Canright, Murphy, & Maurer at Martin/Rathburn Gallery, Voices of Art, March-April 1996,

          p. 4-6

Goddard, Dan, Martin/Rathburn’s Study in Restraint, San Antonio Express, February 8, 1996, p.4G

Durrenburger, Roy, Gallery Upholds Quirky Reputation, The Houston Chronicle, February 10, 1996

Kalil, Susie, The Object Show, Circa, Fall 1995,p. 39-40

Wilson, Wade, Wood & Barbed Wire Get The Point Across, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, February

          12, 1995, Section F, p. 6

Paris, Wendy, Review, Sculpture Magazine, July-August 1994, p. 51

Chadwick, Susan, Controversy Entangles Barbed Wire Artists, The Houston Post, August 31, 1993,

          Section D, p. 2

Johnson, Patricia, Sculptors Use Materials Symbolically In Three-artist Exhibit, The Houston Chronicle,

           June 11, 1993, Section E, p.4