Christopher Murphy’s paintings exist in a space between real and surreal. Murphy’s paintings are a visual representation of the lived experience of recent history. What appears at first glance to be groups of people, upon closer inspection reveals to be the same person repeated in different positions and at different angles. The paintings then become about an inner conversation - about the experience of being within a many-sided monologue.
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BORN 1977, Irvine, CA
EDUCATION
2002 B.F.A., Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Tangle, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Ebb, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2017 Idle, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2013 Sturm and Drang, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011 Forget That You Were Young, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008 The Dawn of Luxury, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2005 Matter in the Wrong Place, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2003 Only A Reed, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2002 Creative Artist Agency, Beverly Hills, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Modernism Show with Billis Williams Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
2023 Seattle Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 The Cityscape Show XIII, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Figurative Group Show Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2017 Small Works Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2014 Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2012 Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2012 Landscapes Revisited, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2012 Small Paintings, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011 Gallery Artists, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2010 small works, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2010 Faces, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009 The Toy Show II, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009 Draw the Line, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006 Undertow, Metalstone Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Image & Enigma, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2002 Paintings, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2002 Figure This II, Fine Art Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Group Show, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2002 Group Show, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2001 Group Show, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
AWARDS
2012 New American Paintings Reader’s Choice Award
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2023 Tangled, American Art Collector Magazine, Issue 208, February, 2023
2023 Zellen, Jody. Christopher Murphy, Pick of the Week, What’s On LA, Jan. 19, 2023
2011 Zellen, Jody. Christopher Murphy, Art Scene, Vol. 31, No. 1, September 2011
2008 Ollman, Leah. His Paintings Capture Change, Los Angeles Times, September 19
2006 Zellen, Jody. ‘Christopher Murphy’ at Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Art Papers, March/April
2004 Frank, Peter. ‘Image & Enigma’ at Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Artweek, February 2004
2003 Blizzard, Peggy. Artist has successful first solo professional show, Irvine World News, August 21
2003 Knight, Christopher. Emergence from the void, Los Angeles Times, July 25