Education
1999 University of Washington M.F.A. / Seattle, WA.
1995 School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Chicago, IL.
1992 University of Connecticut B.F.A. / Storrs, CT.
Solo Exhibitions
2006 Winston Wächter, Invisible / Seattle, WA
2004 Platform Gallery, New Work / Seattle, WA.
Suyama Space, Suyama Peterson Deguchi Architects, Facing / Seattle, WA.
2002 Esther Claypool Gallery / Seattle, WA.
2001 Esther Claypool Gallery / Seattle, WA.
1999 King County Arts Commission Gallery Self-titled / Seattle, WA.
Group Exhibitions
2008 Wright Exhibition Space, Traces and Accumulations curated by Rock Hushka/ Seattle, WA
2007 Tacoma Art Museum, 8th Northwest Biennial/ Tacoma, WA.
2006 Tacoma Art Museum, The Neddy Artist Fellowship / Tacoma, WA.
2006 Lee Art Center, Painted on / Seattle, WA
2005 Gallery Joe, Water Color: current views / Philadelphia, PA.
Boise Art Museum, Contemporary Northwest Art / Boise ID.
Winston Wächter, Figuration / Seattle, WA.
Henry Art Gallery, Bashville / Seattle, WA.
Seattle Art Museum, Rental Sales Gallery, UW School of Art MFA Alumni Invitational Exhibition / Seattle, WA.
Marylhurst University, The Art Gym, Unexpected Watercolor / Marylhurst, OR.
2004 Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle Perspective:
Selections from the City of Seattle % for Art Portable Works Collection / Seattle, WA.
2003 Arnot Art Museum, Re-presenting representation / Elmira, NY.
2002 Frye Art Museum, The perception of appearance / Seattle, WA.
2001 Bank of America Gallery, Artist Trust Art Benefit Auction / Seattle, WA.
SOIL Artist Cooperative Gallery Invitational / Seattle, WA.
2000 Henry Art Gallery, Splendor in the Bash / Seattle, WA.
1999 Henry Art Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition / Seattle, WA.
Bellevue Art Museum, Pacific Northwest Annual / Bellevue, WA.
1998 Phinney Ridge Center, Works on Paper / Seattle, WA.
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Works in Progress / Seattle, WA.
1992,97 Art Works Gallery / Hartford, CT.
1990 Slater Memorial Museum, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts / Norwich, CT.
Awards
2006 The Neddy Artist Fellowship, Behnke Foundation / Seattle, WA.
2006 Artist Trust Gap Grant / Seattle, WA.
2004 University of Connecticut Alumni Award, New Visions, University of Connecticut / Storrs, CT.
2003 Seattle Collects 2003 Sustaining Award, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs / Seattle, WA.
2001 Betty Bowen Memorial Award, Seattle Art Museum / Seattle, WA.
2000 Artist Trust Fellowship / Seattle, WA.
2000 Itheo.com Grant / San Francisco, CA.
1999 King County Arts Commission Grant / Seattle, WA.
1996 Art Works Award / Hartford, CT.
1995 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, S.A.I.C. Scholarship / Chicago, IL.
1990 Slater Memorial Museum award, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts / Norwich, CT.
1990-92 Charles Pasqua Alaimo Scholarship University of Connecticut / Storrs, CT.
1988 Victor Borge Award University of Connecticut / Storrs, CT.
Publications
Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The artist lineup for Tacoma Art Museum's Northwest Biennial is irresistible, March 15, 2007.
Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Group show 'Painted On' showcases a vibrant local art scene, June 23, 2006.
Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Visual Arts In Brief… Neddy Award, June 13, 2006.
Jen Graves, The Stranger, In Art News, Wallflower, February 2-8, 2006.
Jen Graves, The Stranger, The Stranger Suggests, January 19 -25, 2006.
Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Susan Dory's grids set their own rhythm, while Brian Murphy makes his flesh float, January 27, 2006.
Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, Not so Sketchy, October 19, 2005.
Andrew Engelson, Seattle Weekly, SW pick, 8/31-9/6, 2005.
Janet Koplos, Art in America, Report From Seattle Plugged In and Caffeinated, September 2005.
Suzanne Beal, Art in America, Review of Exhibitions, Brian Murphy at Suyama Space and Platform, April 2005.
Janet Goetze, The Oregonian, Nine artists take the medium into unexpected territory, offering "a renaissance in
watercolors" January 06, 2005.
Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 2004.
Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 01, 2004.
Suzanne Beale, Seattle Weekly, September 29, 2004.
Judy Wagonfeld, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Local Art Shines in “Seattle Perspective”…
January 30, 2004.
Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Best of 2002… December 2002.
Matthew Kangas, The Seattle Times, The pleasures and perils of too much of a good thing,
December 13, 2002.
Norman Lundin, The Perception of Appearance…published by Frye Art Museum, 2002.
Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Frye’s exhibit of Figurative artists… June 28, 2002.
New American Paintings; Open Studio Press, Boston MA. Jan. 2002 cover.
Sheila Farr, Seattle Times; Painter Brian Murphy Wins Bowen Award, October 18, 2001.
Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Artist in the Flesh Brian Murphy… February 27, 2001.
Eugenie Tsai, itheo.com: Review, 2000.
Meg Shiffler, The Stranger, Arts Review, *Recommended show, February 4, 1999.
Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1999 Northwest Annual: A very good year at
Bellevue museum, July 12, 1999.
Eric Fredericksen, The Stranger, Art Look At Me! Young and New In Bellevue, August 14, 1999.
Collections
Tacoma Art Museum / Tacoma, WA.
Portable Works Collection, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs / Seattle, WA.
Boise Art Museum / Boise, ID.
Professional Experience
Southern Methodist University, Visiting Artist Lecturer / Dallas, TX.
University of Washington, Visiting Faculty / Seattle, WA.
Cornish College of the Arts, Visiting Faculty / Seattle, WA.
School of Visual Concepts, Visiting Faculty / Seattle, WA.
Kirkland Arts Center, Visiting Faculty / Kirkland, WA.
University of Washington, Visiting Artist Lecturer, Issues and Influence / Seattle, WA.
Boston University, Visiting Artist Lecturer / Boston, MA.
University of Connecticut, Visiting Artist Lecturer / Storrs, CT.
Deborah Mersky, Artist Assistant / Seattle, WA.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Gallery Assistant / Seattle, WA.
Moss Warner Communications Inc., Design Associate and Project Manager / Hartford, CT.