ARTIST RESUME
Solo Exhibitions
2018
- Time Space & Existence, 2018 Venice Architectural Biennale, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy
- Simple Solid & True, Williams Tower, Houston, Texas
2016
- It's Come Down To This, Art Museum of South East Texas, Beaumont, Texas
- Steve Murphy | Sculpture Month Houston, Houston City Hall, Houston, Texas
- All The Words Have Been Spoken, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Forth Worth, Texas
- It's A Conversation, Arts Brookfield, Heritage Plaza, Houston, Texas
2015
- A Walk On Gilded Splinters, Houston Baptist Contemporary Gallery, Houston, Texas
- Steve Murphy, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2014
- Awakened in Mid-Air, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas
2013
- Steve Murphy, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2012
- Steve Murphy, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth , Texas
2011
- Steve Murphy, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2008
- Steve Murphy, Wade Wilson Art, Houston, Texas
- Gensler Exhibition Series, Gensler Architects, Houston, Texas
2005
- Steve Murphy, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth , Texas
2004
- Steve Murphy, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas
- 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
2018
- Dallas Art Fair, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery
- Houston Artists: Gestural and Geometric Abstraction, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
2017
- Dallas Art Fair, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery
2016
- Dallas Art Fair, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery
- Live Anew, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
- Above and Below, Decorative Center of Houston, Houston, Texas
2015
- Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery
- Dallas Art Fair, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery
- Texas Abstract Exhibition, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas
- Rudolph Blume Fine Art Artscan Gallery, Houston, Texas
- WET, Fresh Fiction, Williams Tower, Houston, Texas
- TSG Pop Up Exhibition, Williams Tower, Houston, Texas
- Small Works Show Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2014
- Celebrating 40 Years, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery
- Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery
- Dallas Art Fair, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery
- Another Layover, Alliance Gallery, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, Texas
- Mingle, Art 7 Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
- A Panoramic View, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
- Islander Gallery, A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas
- Texas Contemporary Art Fair - Houston, Texas, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery & Anya Tish Gallery
2013
- Fresh Dozen, Red Arrow Gallery, Dallas Texas
- In - Depth, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
- Under The Rotunda, Texas Capitol Building, Austin Texas
- Dimensions Variable, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas
- Dallas Art Fair – Dallas, Texas, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery
- 15 Artists, Gallery Nord, San Antonio, Texas
- Hot Mix, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
- Texas Contemporary Art Fair – Houston, Texas, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery
2012
- Miami Project Art Fair, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery, Miami, Florida
- Dallas Art Fair, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- God, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
- 20th Small Things Considered, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
- Selections, Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
- Texas Contemporary Art Fair, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery
2011
- Texas Chair Project by Damian Prior, The Ohio Crafts Museum – Columbus, Ohio
- Impulse, Travis Tower, Houston, Texas
- Spectrum, Avis Frank Gallery, Galveston, Texas
- Itchy Acres +1, Gallery Nord, San Antonio, Texas
- Small Things Considered, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
- Gallery Preview, Avis Frank Gallery, Galveston, Texas
2010
- Earthbound, The State of Sculpture, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
2009
- Beneath the Seen, Wade Wilson Art, Houston Texas
- The Great Texas Sculpture Roundup, The Beeville Art Museum Beeville, Texas & Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
2008
- Texas Chair Project, Austin Museum of Art, Austin Texas
2007
- Art on the Green, Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, Texas
2006
- Close Proximity, Wade Wilson Art, Houston, Texas
- 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, Fort Worth, Texas
2002
- Accrochage, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, Texas
2001
- Gallery Artists, William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
2000
- Sculpture 2000 Exhibition, Harris Gallery, Houston, Texas
- The Houston Area Show, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
- Grand Opening Celebration, Able Gallery, Santa Fe Gallery
1998
- Steve Murphy & Joe Mancuso, Transco Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas
- Recipients, Diverse Works, Houston, Texas
- The Last Picture Show, Lynn Goode Gallery, Houston, Texas
1997
- Texas Wabi-Sabi, Yukiko Lundy Gallery, Houston, Texas
- Sculpture Installation, Shidoni Sculpture Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1996
- 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
- Sculpture Houston ‘96, Tranquillity Park, Houston, Texas
- Sculpture Vision, North Harris College, Houston, Texas
- Texas Art ‘96, Assistance League, Houston, Texas
1995
- Vision Through Materials, Transco Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas
- Wood Works, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, 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
- Sculpture Visions, North Harris College , Houston, Texas
1993
- 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
- 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
1989
- Second Annual Sculpture in the Garden, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC
- New Sculpture, 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
2014
- True North, Heights Boulevard Sculpture Installation, Houston, Texas
- Intercontinental Airport - Portable Works Collection City of Houston, Houston, Texas
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 Airport Art, (Finalist Exhibition) Dougherty Arts Center Gallery, Austin, Texas
Institution and Corporate Collections
- Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
- University of Houston, Houston , Texas
- Johnson Supply, Houston, Texas
- State National Company Incorporated, Arlington, Texas
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- Sysco Corporation, Houston, Texas
- Encana Corporation, Plano Texas
- City of Houston Portable Works Collection – Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston Texas
- Noble Energy, Houston 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
- 1975 Flaxman Scholarship Recipient, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Education
- 1973 Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
- 1975 B.F.A. University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Bibliography
- GAA/ECC Foundations, SPACE TIME EXISTANCE, 2018 Venice Architectural Biennial, GAA Foundation Publishing, 2018, p. 456 & 457
- DeMeyer, Stephanie, Steve Murphy’s Sculptures on Exhibit At AMSET, University Press - The News Paper of Lamar University, January 26, 2017
- Coughan, Andy, Balancing Acts, Issue – The Arts Magazine of The Art Studio, Inc. February 2017, p. 11 & 12
- Collins, Tim, Steve Murphy Creates Kinetic Tensions With Sculpture, Beaumont Enterprise-CAT5, December 12, 2016
- Koerble, Barbara, Steve Murphy At William Campbell Contemporary Art, GlassTire – blog, October 18, 2016
- Paglia, Michael & Edwards, Jim, Texas Abstract, Fresco Fine Art Publications, 2014 p.149–153
- Tommaney, Jim J., True North: Take a Stroll Down Heights Boulevard for This Outdoor Exhibition, Houston Press. April 30, 2014
- Rooney, Ashley, Contemporary Art of The Southwest, Schiffer Publications, 2014, p.212 & 213
- Huete, Batsy, Awakened in Mid Air, The Great God Pan is Dead – blog, Feb 22, 2014
- 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
- Durrenburger, Roy, Gallery Upholds Quirky Reputation, The Houston Chronicle, February 10, 1996
- Fahl, David, Pam Johnson / Steve Murphy, Artlies, June-September 1996, p. 39
- Goddard, Dan, Martin/Rathburn’s Study in Restraint, San Antonio Express, February 8, 1996, p.4G
- Knaak, James, Canright, Murphy, & Maurer at Martin/Rathburn Gallery, Voices of Art, March-April 1996, p. 4-6
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