Deirdre Murphy is a contemporary painter.

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Deirdre Murphy was born in 1967 in New York City and raised in France, England and Australia as well as Japan. She received her BFA in Painting and Printmaking from the Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Missouri and her MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She has dedicated over 30 years as an art educator and climate action artist.

  • 2000 M.F.A. Painting, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    1991 B.F.A.  Painting and Printmaking, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

  • California Least Tern Migration, The Launch Properties, Alameda, CA

    Birds of Neshaminy Creek Mural, Maureen Welch Elementary School, Horsham, PA

    Charles Library, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

    Dickinson College, Goodyear Mural, Carlisle, PA

    Warbler Migration, Aster Apartments, Dublin, CA

    William Cramp Elementary School, South Kensington, Philadelphia, PA 

    Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA 

  • 2023 CORE Grant for Interdisciplinary Research, Lehigh University

    2020 Humanities Lab Grant, Lehigh University

    2019 Leeway Foundation, Window of Opportunity Grant

    2018 Goodyear Mural Award, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

    2018 Ecotopian Toolkit Award, University of Pennsylvania

    2017 Warbler Migration, Public Art Commission, Dublin, CA

    2017 Grant recipient, Blick Micro Grant Award

    2016 Netflix, Bloodline Season II, Selected Artwork

    2006 Janet & Stan Angelo Award for Excellence, Abington Art Center

    2004 Second Round Finalist, Pew Fellowships in the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

    2004 Grant recipient, Pennsylvania Council for the Arts

    2004 Commission, Abington Art Center Print

    2003 Window of Opportunity Award, Leeway Foundation

    2001 Newman Award, Wayne Art Center, National Spring Exhibition

    2000 Jurors Award, Wayne Art Center, National Spring Exhibition

  • 2024-2025 Foreman Branch Bird Observatory, Washington College, MD

    2024 Lower Merion Conservancy, Artist in Residence, PA

    2022 Shavers Creek Environmental Center, Penn State University

    2021 St. Mary’s College, Artist in Residence, MD

    2020 Artist in Residence, Lacawac Sanctuary and Field Station

    2019 Maker-Creator Fellowship, Winterthur Museum, DE

    2018 Artist in Residence, Lacawac Sanctuary and Field Station

    2018 BioArt Artist in Residence, University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA

    2016 Artist in Residence, Powdermill Nature Reserve, Carnegie Mellon Natural History Museum, Pittsburgh, PA

    2015 Artist in Residence, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, PA

    1998 Artist in Residence, Pouch Cove Foundation, Newfoundland

    1990 Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, VT

    1985 Ambassadorial Scholarship, Rotary Foundation, Kurume, Japan

  • 2024  Nest Alchemy, Muse Museum, Washington College, Chestertown, MD

    2024  Gradients of Growth, Chimaera Gallery, Philadelphia PA

    2023 Nest Alchemy II, Pagus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

    2023 Nest Alchemy, 3 Dots Gallery, State College, PA

    2020 Thresholds, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

    2020 Oculus, Zillman Art Museum, Bangor, ME

    2019 Oculus, Esther Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

    2016 The Archivist of the Sky, Zinc Contemporary Gallery, Edmonds, WA

    2015 Winds of Change, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

    2015 Migratory Paths, Gallery 543, Urban Outfitter Headquarters, Philadelphia, PA

    2015 Sky Mirrors, Speer Gallery, Haverford, PA

    2014 - 2016 Sky Paintings, Philadelphia International Airport, public installation

    2013 Murmurations, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

    2008 Artifice, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

    2006 Urban Camouflage, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, New Hope, PA

    2006 Worlds Within Worlds, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

    2003 The Bliss of Growth, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

  • 2024

    CFEVA, At the Edge of Light and Darkness, Angela McQuillian Juror

    Risky Beauty, University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School of Communications

    2023

    Risky Beauty: Aesthetics & Climate Change, Nurture Nature Center, Easton, PA

    Shifting Climate: Artists Respond to the Earth in Crisis, James Madison University 

    In the Umbra, Chimaera Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

    2022

    Transitions: Contemporary Artists at Winterthur Museum, Kennett Square, DE

    Migration, 80th Juried Invitational Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

    You Are Here, InLiquid, Park Towne Place Galleries, Philadelphia, PA

    Nest + Navigation, Two Person Exhibition, Penn State Abington, Abington, PA

    Risky Beauty: Aesthetics & Climate Change, Curated by Cynthia Haveson Veloric PhD, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

    2021

    Wind Spirits, Three Person Exhibition, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

    Outside Looking In, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

    Unprecedented Times: A Socially Distanced Art Project, Esther Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

    2020

    A Painters Perspective, The Painting Center, NY

    Faculty Exhibition, Lehigh University Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

    2019

    Shaping of America: A Painters Perspective, Ann Marie Sculpture Center, MD

    Straight Out of Ireland, Radnor, PA

    On the Water: Rivers Alive, Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA

    New Year / New Works, NoBA Gallery, Susanna Gold curator, Bala Cynwyd, PA

    2018

    Audubon Then and Now, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE

    Independence Seaport Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

    Almost 17 #were still here, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

    Art in Action, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

    Inside Out, InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA, Susanna Gold Juror

    Time in the Garden, Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA

    Winter Group Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

    Professional Artist Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

    2017

    November Juried Exhibition, Chris White Gallery, Wilmington, DE | Juror: Margaret Winslow, Curator, Delaware Museum of Art

    Design Philadelphia, Industrial Design NOW

    University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

    SCAPES: Placemaking in the 21st Century

    New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA

    Biggs Picture 2017, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE

    Spring Gala Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

    2016

    Emergent Patterns, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

    Gala Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

    Recent Acquisitions, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Museum

    Professional Artists Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

    2015

    Spring Gala Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

    5 B’s, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

    Artrageous, Palm Springs Museum of Art, Palm Springs, CA

    Professional Artists Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center

    2014

    Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE

  • 2023 Many Voices, One Planet: IECA Conference, June 2023, James Madison University

    2021 Juror, Winterthur Museum, Kennet Square, DE

    2019-2020 Visiting Assistant Professor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

    2020 Visiting Critique, Mount Gretna School of Art

    2020 Visiting Artist, University of Maine, Bangor, MA

    2018 Visiting Critic & Lecturer, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

    2000-2018 Adjunct Faculty, University of Pennsylvania

    2006-2018 Adjunct Faculty, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art

    2018 Visiting Critic & Lecturer, Kent State University

    2016 Guest Lecturer, Phipps Conservatory, Center for Sustainability

    2014 Visiting Critic & Lecturer, University of Texas at Tyler, TX

    2013 Visiting Teaching Artist, Philadelphia Museum of Art

    2013 Cheltenham Art Center, Juror

    2011 Visiting Artist, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design

    2008 Visiting Artist, Bradley University, Peoria, IL

  • Avira Apartment Complex / Schuylkill Yards

    Maureen Welch Elementary School Mural, Horsham, PA

    Zillman Art Museum, Bangor, ME

    Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia

    University City Science Center, Philadelphia

    Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Museum, Colorado Springs, CO

    Garces Dental Company, Philadelphia, PA

    Glenmede Trust Wealth Management Firm, Philadelphia, PA

    Bank of Wilmington, Wilmington, DE

    Gamblin Artists Colors Company, Portland, OR

    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    AlphaMed Press, Durham, NC

    Temple University, Fox School of Business, Philadelphia, PA

    Logan Circle Condominiums, Philadelphia, PA

Gallery Representation

Chimaera Gallery
3502 Scotts Lane #2113
Philadelphia, PA 19129
www.chimaeragallery.com

Artspace
Susanna Gold Ph.D.
Online Gallery
www.artspace.com