IDRIS
MURPHY
Born 1949 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Studies & Travel
1988-pres Lecturer, College of Fine Art, University of New South Wales,
Sydney
1997 Head of Drawing, National Art School, Sydney
1994 Doctorate of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, NSW
Travel/study- England, Wales and Ireland
1989 Graduate Diploma (Education), SCAE, Sydney
1987 Lecturer, TAFE School of Art and Design, Sydney
1984-86 Part time lecturer, Alexander Mackie College of Fine Art &
City Art Institute (now COFA)
1982 Lecturer, University of Wollongong, NSW (instrumental in establishing
printmaking department of newly founded School of Creative Arts)
1976-77 Post Graduate (painting & printmaking), Winchester College
of Art, UK
1966-71 Diploma (painting), National Art School, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
2007
New Paintings, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
2005
Equilibrium of Contradictions, King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney
Axia Gallery, Melbourne
2004
Desert Paintings, King Street Gallery on Burton
Contemporary Australian Prints: from the collection, Art Gallery of
New South Wales
John Gordon Gallery (in association with King Street Gallery on Burton),
NSW
2003
Flags of Convienience, King Street Gallery on Burton
2002
Desert Country, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2001
Petrichor, King Street Gallery on Burton
Recent Work, Bonython Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide
1999
Works on Paper, King Street Gallery, Sydney
Landskips, King Street Gallery on Burton
Recent Work, Axia Modern Art
1997
Real Presence, King Street Gallery on Burton
1995
Constant Revision, King Street Gallery on Burton
1993
Other Roads, King Street Gallery on Burton
1990
New Work, Editions Southbank Galleries, Melbourne
1989
Recent Work, Macquarie Galleries
New Work, Editions Southbank Galleries
1987
Selected Prints, Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf Theatre, Sydney
1986
Recent Work, Macquarie Galleries
1984
Recent Work, Macquarie Galleries
1983
Recent Work, Macquarie Galleries
Orange Festival, Orange, NSW
1982
Recent Work, Macquarie Galleries
1978
Upstream Galleries, London
1974
Recent Work, Macquarie Galleries
1972
Recent Work, Macquarie Galleries
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
Five x Five, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA , UNSW, Sydney
2006
Going out there, Alliance Francaise, Paris France
King Street Gallery at Doggett St Studios, (Cummings, Elliott, Murphy,
Penrose Hart, Sages), Brisbane, Qld
Painting 2006, John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Kedumba Drawing Prize, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2005
Kings School Art Prize, Parramatta
Kedumba Drawing Award, Kedumba Gallery, Blue Mountains Grammar, Wentworth
Falls
Going Out There - Responses to the Remote lands around Fowlers Gap Arid
Zone Research Station North of Broken Hill, Ivan Dougherty Gallery,
Sydney NSW
2004
Spectrum 2004, [FONAS], Parliament House, Sydney
Fleurieur Prize for Landscape, South Australia
2003
64 Years, King Street Gallery on Burton
An Approachable Landscape, Axia Modern Art
2002
Two Thirds Sky- artists in desert country, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
& Arts Centre, Sydney
A Silver Lining & A New Beginning, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA,
UNSW
Common Ground, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre
2001
Floating, King Street Gallery on Burton
Our Place: Images of Coffs Harbour & Region, Coffs Harbour Regional
Gallery, NSW
Views, King Street Gallery, Sydney
Landscapes, Artists Ties Gallery, Canberra
Last Show of the Year, King Street Gallery on Burton
2000
Last Show of the Year, King Street Gallery on Burton
Southern Sydney Artists, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre
Melbourne Art Fair 2000, King Street Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building,
Melbourne
1999
Schools & Universities Millenium Art Prize, Schools & Universities
Club, Sydney
Last Show of the Year, King Street Gallery on Burton
1998
Last Show of the Year, King Street Gallery on Burton
Staff Exhibition, Ivan Dougherty Gallery
1996
Gallery Artists, King Street Gallery
In Process, Ivan Dougherty Gallery
The Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill City Art Gallery, NSW
First Night, King Street Gallery
1995
Ironsides, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
The French Embrace, Alliance Francaise, Sydney
1993/94
Common Ground, University of New South Wales; Broken Hill City Art Gallery,
NSW
1994
Gallery Artists, King Street Gallery on Burton
Australian Contemporary Art Fair 4, Royal Exhibition Building
1993
Editions Southbank Galleries
Virtu, Ivan Dougherty Gallery
1992
The Book and Print Show, University of Wollongong
Manu et Mente, Ivan Dougherty Gallery
Australian Exhibition- Contemporary Binding, National Library of Australia,
Canberra
Critic's Choice, Macquarie Galleries
Blake Prize for Religious Art, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney & touring
Australia
1991
The Artist, The Printmaker, Editions Southbank Galleries
The Book and Print Show, University of Wollongong; Goulburn Regional
Art Gallery, NSW;
Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, NSW
1990
Editions Southbank Galleries
1988
Art Collegium, University of Technology, Sydney
Heretic, National Library of Australia, Canberra
1987
Bushweek, Queensland Arts Council, Brisbane and Queensland Regional
Art Centre
Tribute to Lloyd Rees, Macquarie Galleries
Rainforest Show, Macquarie Galleries
1986
Wynne Prize exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1984
Orange Festival, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1983
Bushweek, Macquarie Galleries
1982
Wynne Prize exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1981
Sulman Prize exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1980
Sulman Prize exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1978
Red Show, Thumb Gallery, London
Residencies & Awards
2002
Launch screening of Two Thirds Sky- artists in desert country Art Gallery
of New South Wales
(with Gloria Petyarre, Jenny Sages, Peter Sharpe, Judy
Watson); additional screenings on SBS
2001-02
Filming of Two Thirds Sky- artists in desert country produced by Sophie
Jackson, directed by Sean O'Brien
1994
Irish Arts Council Studio, Tyron Guthrie Centre, Ireland
1987
French Government Studio, Paris
Moya Doring Memorial Residence, Paris
1983
Lithographer in Residence, Art Gallery of New South Wales
French Government Studio
1978
Moya Doring Memorial Residence
1977-79
Dyason Bequests Fund for Australian Artist's Overseas
1976
Australian Arts Council Special travel scholarship: Europe and America
Rockhampton Art Prize, Rockhampton Regional Art Gallery, Qld
Studio residency, London
Moya Doring Memorial Residence
1975
Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travel Fellowship
1974
Artist in Residence, Prahran College of Art, Melbourne
1972
Hunters Hill Art Award, Hunters Hill Municipal Council, Sydney
Commissions
1987 The Heretic, limited edition book in collaboration with author
Morris West
1983 Print Series, Art Gallery Society, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Collections
Allen Allen Hemsley
Artbank, Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Australian Graduate School of Management
Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Biblioteque National de Paris
Brisbane Grammar School, Qld
Clot/Bramsen et Georges Studio, Paris
Kedumba Drawing Collection, NSW
Macquarie Bank, Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education, NSW
National Library of Australia, Canberra
Parliament House, Canberra
Rockhampton Regional Art Gallery
State Library of New South Wales
Telecom Collection, Melbourne
Tyrone Guthery Centre, Ireland
University of New South Wales
UBS Warburg, Sydney
Westpac Collection, Australia National Library of Australia, Canberra
Wollongong University, NSW
Selected Bibliography
2007 Waterlow, Nick: Curator’s Notes-Five x Five,
Exhibition Catalogue, 19 Apr - 19 May, pgs.7, 18
2006 Ducos, Solenne: Idris Muprhy, COFA-UNSW, Summer Issue 15, pg19
Lander, Janis: A Public of Individuals – Interview
with Idris Murphy, The College Volce, COFA online Arts Magazine, Nov
p1-6
2005 Li, Jingzhe: Australian Contemporary Painting, Shanghai Peoples
Fine Arts Publishing House pg70-72
Johnston, Jay: The Wild Red Yonder, COFA/UNSW, Spring, Issue 14, Dec-Feb,
pg.2
McDonald, John: The Australian Landscape Revisited, Spectrum-Sydney
Morning Herald, 10-11 Sept, pgs.28-29
2003 McCulloch, Susan: Paths Across the Great Divide, The Weekend Australian,
27-28 September
2002 Two Thirds Sky- A Must See Documentary, COFA/UNSW, Winter, Issue
5, August-November pg.6
Masterpiece, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 September pg.7
M.K.: Journey into the artist's interior, The View-The Australian, 19
September pg.11
Frost, Andrew: Two Thirds Sky: Artists in Desert Country, Australian
Art Collector, July- September, Issue 21, pg.48
Hallett, Bryce: The truth is out there, all right-in the Aboriginal
landscape, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 September pg.13
Anderson, Doug: Two Thirds Sky, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 September
McDonald, John: Two Thirds Sky, The Australian Financial Review, 13
June
2001 Grishin, S.: Little Gems within a Diverse Group, Canberra Times,
9 May
2000 Reid, Michael: Treasure on boardroom walls, The Australian, 2-3
September
1999 James, Bruce: Thoroughly Modern Clarice, Spectrum-The Sydney Morning
Herald, 1 May pg.12
James, Bruce: Making an Exhibition of Themselves, Spectrum-The Sydney
Morning Herald, 17 April 17 pg.10
1998 Images 3 (in contemporary Australian painting) Craftsman House
Press, pg.154
1997 McDonald, John: The Best Game in Town, Spectrum-The Sydney Morning
Herald 12 April
Taylor, James (editor): Box kite- A Journal of Poetry & Poetics,
pg.157-166
1994 EREMOS Magazine, Eremos Institute, Volume No. 46
1993 Mendelssohn, Joanna: Country Visions Need The City, The Bulletin,
26 January - 2 February pg.74-77
Connor, Kevin: Common Ground, catalogue introduction, COFA, UNSW
Watson, Bronwyn: No mere window dressing, Arts- The Sydney Morning Herald,
10 September pg.17
Delaruelle, Jacques: In the game, The Sydney Review, September
1992 Germaine, Max: 'The Encyclopaedia of Australian Art,' Craftsman
House Press Drury, Nevill:
'Images in Contemporary Australian Painting,' Craftsman
House Press
1990 Drury, Nevill: Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House
Press
1988 West, Morris: The Heretic, Isotome Press
Drury, Nevill: New Art Two, Craftsman House Press
1982 Capon, Edmond & Meek, Jan: Portrait of a Gallery, Art Gallery
of NSW, Chapel Court, pg.58
Illustration - Exhibition Commentary, Art and Australia, Summer, Vol
20(2), pg.88
1978 Mendham, Dawn: The Refining Fire, Albatross Books, pg.98-105
1971 Illustration - Exhibition Commentary, Art and Australia, Summer,
Vol 9
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