Education:
MFA Sculpture, Boston University College of Fine Arts, Boston, Ma. , May, 1990.
BA, Fine Arts, New College of Florida, Sarasota, Fl., May 1986.
Exhibits:
“Steampunk Providence,” University of Rhode Island, October, 2016
“Fantasy Footwork,” Two-person Exhibit, Harmon Gallery, Wellfleet Mass, August, 2016
“Exquisite Corpse, Surrealist Fun” Gallery Seven, Maynard, ma. May 2015
“If the Shoe Fits,” Strathmore Fine Arts Center, Bethesda, MD., Spring 2015
"Stepping into the Limelight," Grassi Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig, Germany, Mar - Sept, 2013
"Black Forest," Solo Exhibit, Grand Century Place, Hong Kong, Fall 2012
"Sneaker Pimp," Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Wash DC, NY, NY, Fall 2012
“Humor in Craft,” Society of Contemporary Craft, Philadelphia, July – October, 2012, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, Mi., March - April , 2014
“Flora and Fauna, MAD About Nature,” Museum of Arts and Design, NYC, May – Nov., 2011
“The Perfect Fit, Shoes Tell Stories,” Boise Art Museum in Boise, Idaho, Spring, 2011, Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah, Winter/Spring 2011, Albany Institute of History and Art in Albany, New York, Fall, 2010, Nicolaysen Museum in Capser, Wyoming, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Ma., June 2009
Annual Women’s Benefit Show, Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, Vt., March, 2011
Affordable Art Fair, NYC, represented by Will’s Art Warehouse, London, Sept – Oct 2010
“Fresh,” Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa., Fall, 2009
“The Politics of Shoes,” Mobius, Boston, Ma., May, 2009.
Kane Gallery, Fenn School, Concord, Ma., Two-person Show, May – June, 2009
Northeast Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma., May 2009
“Edge,” Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., Spring, 2009
“Surreal Style,” Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, Vt., March & April, 2009
“Blue,” Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma, Dec., ’08 – Jan ‘09
Group Show, Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., October 2008.
“Foot Fetishes,” (One-person exhibit), Dunia, Maynard Ma., Summer 2008
“Cheers, A MAD Collection of Goblets,” Museum of Arts & Design, NYC, ’07 – ‘08
“Meet the Family,” Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., Dec., ’07 – Feb., ’08.
Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts, Faculty Show, Concord, Ma., Jan., 2008.
Group Show, Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., October, 2007
SOFA New York, 2007, represented by Mobilia Gallery.
Danforth Museum Members’ Juried Show (third prize), Framingham, Ma., 2007
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 2006, (represented by Mobilia Gallery).
Group Show, Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., October, 2006.
“Unmentionables,” Dunia, Maynard, Ma., February, 2006.
Faculty Show, DeCordova Museum School Gallery, January, 2004.
Shirley Town Hall, Shirley, Ma., October, 2002.
Gilson’s Herb Lyceum, Groton, Ma., September 2001.
Kathleen Dolan Fine Art, Boston, Ma., 1995.
Kendall Gallery, Wellfleet, Ma. 1992.
Gallery on the Green, Lexington, Ma., 1992.
Orleans Town Hall Gallery, Orleans, Ma., 1991.
Cavalier Galleries, Stamford, Ct., 1991.
Starr Gallery, Newton Centre, Ma., 1990.
Manchester Community Center, Manchester, Ma., 1990.
Boston University Gallery, Boston, Ma., 1990.
Chesterwood Sculpture Museum, Stockbridge, Ma., 1989.
Press:
http://www.virtualshoemuseum.com/gwen-murphy
http://libertin.gr/η-foot-fetish-σειρά-της-gwen-murphy/
http://beautifuldecay.com/2014/05/21/gwen-murphy-creates-fantastical-creatures-shoes/
Image Journal Magazine, Russia, March, 2013
http://www.cuded.com, Dec 22, 2012
http://fashionfetishism.com, Nov. 6, 2012
http://www.stylebistro.com, May 2012
http://trouvaillesdujour.blogspot.com, May 2012
www.waitmag.com. April 3, 2012
http://www.waitmag.com/art-graphic/art-shoe-sculptures-bt-gwen-murphy.html
Huffington Post; Huff Post Arts – Jan 24, 2012
Buzzfeed.com, Jan 22, 2012
http://dingdang.chaoren.com/article_view_6154.html
Burlington Free Press.com, Aug 14, 2011
Nisha Design Magazine, Israel, June Issue, 2011
Beacon Villager, April 2011
OddityCentral.com, December, 2010
Vermont Art Zine – 11/19/2010, http://vermontartzine.blogspot.com
World Wonderland.com
1800recycling.com/2010/11/shoes-reborn-recycling-living-faces/
Boston Globe West, September, 2010
Beacon-Villager, August 2010
Boston Globe Side Kick, July 1, 2008
MetroWest Daily News, February, 2006
Collections:
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY.
Sparta Teapot Museum, Sparta, NC.
St. Marie’s Church, Manchester, NH.
Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, Manchester, NH.
Various Private Collections
Education:
MFA Sculpture, Boston University College of Fine Arts, Boston, Ma. , May, 1990.
BA, Fine Arts, New College of Florida, Sarasota, Fl., May 1986.
Exhibits:
“Steampunk Providence,” University of Rhode Island, October, 2016
“Fantasy Footwork,” Two-person Exhibit, Harmon Gallery, Wellfleet Mass, August, 2016
“Exquisite Corpse, Surrealist Fun” Gallery Seven, Maynard, ma. May 2015
“If the Shoe Fits,” Strathmore Fine Arts Center, Bethesda, MD., Spring 2015
"Stepping into the Limelight," Grassi Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig, Germany, Mar - Sept, 2013
"Black Forest," Solo Exhibit, Grand Century Place, Hong Kong, Fall 2012 "Sneaker Pimp," Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Wash DC, NY, NY, Fall 2012
“Humor in Craft,” Society of Contemporary Craft, Philadelphia, July – October, 2012, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, Mi., March - April 2014
“Flora and Fauna, MAD About Nature,” Museum of Arts and Design, NYC, May – Nov., 2011
“The Perfect Fit, Shoes Tell Stories,” Boise Art Museum in Boise, Idaho, Spring, 2011, Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah, Winter/Spring 2011, Albany Institute of History and Art in Albany, New York, Fall, 2010, Nicolaysen Museum in Capser, Wyoming, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Ma., June 2009
Annual Women’s Benefit Show, Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, Vt., March, 2011
Affordable Art Fair, NYC, represented by Will’s Art Warehouse, London, Sept – Oct 2010
“Fresh,” Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa., Fall, 2009
“The Politics of Shoes,” Mobius, Boston, Ma., May, 2009.
Kane Gallery, Fenn School, Concord, Ma., Two-person Show, May – June, 2009
Northeast Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma., May 2009
“Edge,” Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., Spring, 2009
“Surreal Style,” Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, Vt., March & April, 2009
“Blue,” Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma, Dec., ’08 – Jan ‘09
Group Show, Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., October 2008.
“Foot Fetishes,” (One-person exhibit), Dunia, Maynard Ma., Summer 2008
“Cheers, A MAD Collection of Goblets,” Museum of Arts & Design, NYC, ’07 – ‘08
“Meet the Family,” Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., Dec., ’07 – Feb., ’08.
Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts, Faculty Show, Concord, Ma., Jan., 2008.
Group Show, Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., October, 2007
SOFA New York, 2007, represented by Mobilia Gallery.
Danforth Museum Members’ Juried Show (third prize), Framingham, Ma., 2007
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 2006, (represented by Mobilia Gallery).
Group Show, Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., October, 2006.
“Unmentionables,” Dunia, Maynard, Ma., February, 2006.
Faculty Show, DeCordova Museum School Gallery, January, 2004.
Shirley Town Hall, Shirley, Ma., October, 2002.
Gilson’s Herb Lyceum, Groton, Ma., September 2001.
Kathleen Dolan Fine Art, Boston, Ma., 1995.
Kendall Gallery, Wellfleet, Ma. 1992.
Gallery on the Green, Lexington, Ma., 1992.
Orleans Town Hall Gallery, Orleans, Ma., 1991.
Cavalier Galleries, Stamford, Ct., 1991.
Starr Gallery, Newton Centre, Ma., 1990.
Manchester Community Center, Manchester, Ma., 1990.
Boston University Gallery, Boston, Ma., 1990.
Chesterwood Sculpture Museum, Stockbridge, Ma., 1989.
Press:
http://www.virtualshoemuseum.com/gwen-murphy
http://libertin.gr/η-foot-fetish-σειρά-της-gwen-murphy/
http://beautifuldecay.com/2014/05/21/gwen-murphy-creates-fantastical-creatures-shoes/
Image Journal Magazine, Russia, March, 2013
http://www.cuded.com, Dec 22, 2012
http://fashionfetishism.com, Nov. 6, 2012
http://www.stylebistro.com, May 2012
http://trouvaillesdujour.blogspot.com, May 2012
www.waitmag.com. April 3, 2012
http://www.waitmag.com/art-graphic/art-shoe-sculptures-bt-gwen-murphy.html
Huffington Post; Huff Post Arts – Jan 24, 2012
Buzzfeed.com, Jan 22, 2012
http://dingdang.chaoren.com/article_view_6154.html
Burlington Free Press.com, Aug 14, 2011
Nisha Design Magazine, Israel, June Issue, 2011
Beacon Villager, April 2011
OddityCentral.com, December, 2010
Vermont Art Zine – 11/19/2010, http://vermontartzine.blogspot.com
World Wonderland.com
1800recycling.com/2010/11/shoes-reborn-recycling-living-faces/
Boston Globe West, September, 2010
Education:
MFA Sculpture, Boston University College of Fine Arts, Boston, Ma. , May, 1990.
BA, Fine Arts, New College of Florida, Sarasota, Fl., May 1986.
Exhibits:
“Steampunk Providence,” University of Rhode Island, October, 2016
“Fantasy Footwork,” Two-person Exhibit, Harmon Gallery, Wellfleet Mass, August, 2016
“Exquisite Corpse, Surrealist Fun” Gallery Seven, Maynard, ma. May 2015
“If the Shoe Fits,” Strathmore Fine Arts Center, Bethesda, MD., Spring 2015
"Stepping into the Limelight," Grassi Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig, Germany, Mar - Sept, 2013
"Black Forest," Solo Exhibit, Grand Century Place, Hong Kong, Fall 2012 "Sneaker Pimp," Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Wash DC, NY, NY, Fall 2012
“Humor in Craft,” Society of Contemporary Craft, Philadelphia, July – October, 2012, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, Mi., March - April 2014
“Flora and Fauna, MAD About Nature,” Museum of Arts and Design, NYC, May – Nov., 2011
“The Perfect Fit, Shoes Tell Stories,” Boise Art Museum in Boise, Idaho, Spring, 2011, Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah, Winter/Spring 2011, Albany Institute of History and Art in Albany, New York, Fall, 2010, Nicolaysen Museum in Capser, Wyoming, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Ma., June 2009
Annual Women’s Benefit Show, Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, Vt., March, 2011
Affordable Art Fair, NYC, represented by Will’s Art Warehouse, London, Sept – Oct 2010
“Fresh,” Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa., Fall, 2009
“The Politics of Shoes,” Mobius, Boston, Ma., May, 2009.
Kane Gallery, Fenn School, Concord, Ma., Two-person Show, May – June, 2009
Northeast Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma., May 2009
“Edge,” Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., Spring, 2009
“Surreal Style,” Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, Vt., March & April, 2009
“Blue,” Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma, Dec., ’08 – Jan ‘09
Group Show, Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., October 2008.
“Foot Fetishes,” (One-person exhibit), Dunia, Maynard Ma., Summer 2008
“Cheers, A MAD Collection of Goblets,” Museum of Arts & Design, NYC, ’07 – ‘08
“Meet the Family,” Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., Dec., ’07 – Feb., ’08.
Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts, Faculty Show, Concord, Ma., Jan., 2008.
Group Show, Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., October, 2007
SOFA New York, 2007, represented by Mobilia Gallery.
Danforth Museum Members’ Juried Show (third prize), Framingham, Ma., 2007
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 2006, (represented by Mobilia Gallery).
Group Show, Art Space Gallery, Maynard, Ma., October, 2006.
“Unmentionables,” Dunia, Maynard, Ma., February, 2006.
Faculty Show, DeCordova Museum School Gallery, January, 2004.
Shirley Town Hall, Shirley, Ma., October, 2002.
Gilson’s Herb Lyceum, Groton, Ma., September 2001.
Kathleen Dolan Fine Art, Boston, Ma., 1995.
Kendall Gallery, Wellfleet, Ma. 1992.
Gallery on the Green, Lexington, Ma., 1992.
Orleans Town Hall Gallery, Orleans, Ma., 1991.
Cavalier Galleries, Stamford, Ct., 1991.
Starr Gallery, Newton Centre, Ma., 1990.
Manchester Community Center, Manchester, Ma., 1990.
Boston University Gallery, Boston, Ma., 1990.
Chesterwood Sculpture Museum, Stockbridge, Ma., 1989.
Press:
http://www.virtualshoemuseum.com/gwen-murphy
http://libertin.gr/η-foot-fetish-σειρά-της-gwen-murphy/
http://beautifuldecay.com/2014/05/21/gwen-murphy-creates-fantastical-creatures-shoes/
Image Journal Magazine, Russia, March, 2013
http://www.cuded.com, Dec 22, 2012
http://fashionfetishism.com, Nov. 6, 2012
http://www.stylebistro.com, May 2012
http://trouvaillesdujour.blogspot.com, May 2012
www.waitmag.com. April 3, 2012
http://www.waitmag.com/art-graphic/art-shoe-sculptures-bt-gwen-murphy.html
Huffington Post; Huff Post Arts – Jan 24, 2012
Buzzfeed.com, Jan 22, 2012
http://dingdang.chaoren.com/article_view_6154.html
Burlington Free Press.com, Aug 14, 2011
Nisha Design Magazine, Israel, June Issue, 2011
Beacon Villager, April 2011
OddityCentral.com, December, 2010
Vermont Art Zine – 11/19/2010, http://vermontartzine.blogspot.com
World Wonderland.com
1800recycling.com/2010/11/shoes-reborn-recycling-living-faces/
Boston Globe West, September, 2010
Beacon-Villager, August 2010
Boston Globe Side Kick, July 1, 2008
MetroWest Daily News, February, 2006
Collections:
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY.
Sparta Teapot Museum, Sparta, NC.
St. Marie’s Church, Manchester, NH.
Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, Manchester, NH.
Various Private Collections
Beacon-Villager, August 2010
Boston Globe Side Kick, July 1, 2008
MetroWest Daily News, February, 2006
Collections:
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY.
Sparta Teapot Museum, Sparta, NC.
St. Marie’s Church, Manchester, NH.
Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, Manchester, NH.
Various Private Collections