Jennifer Murphy
jenn.r.murphy@gmail.com
Education
1997 Queen’s University Bachelor of Fine Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Elegy for the Golden Toad, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
2019 The Shadow of Sirius, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
2017 Familiar Familiar, Gallery 44, Toronto
2015 Caravansary of Joy, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
2015 Sharing a Zombie, Howard Park Institute, Toronto (with Lisa DiQuinzio)
2012 Daisies, The Philosopher’s Waltz at the Banff Centre, Banff
2012 Monkey’s Recovery, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
2011 Pink Moon, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2010 Twenty Pearls, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
2008 Rose Weight and Other Works, Paul Petro, Toronto
2007 The Mirrored Heart with the Sun in its Mouth, Paul Petro, Toronto
2005 The Night has a Thousand Eyes, Solo Exhibition, Toronto
2003 Forest Floors, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto
2001 The Great Syntax Monument, Mercer Union, Toronto (with Chris Rogers)
2000 Dirty Headlines, Studio Space, Toronto (with Chris Rogers)
1999 Exhumed and Perfumed, Studio Space, Toronto (with Chris Rogers)
1999 Juicy, Juicy, Juice, Sis Boom Bah, Toronto
Group Exhibitions
2023 To Piece Together, Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Brantford, ON
2022 Insect as Idea, McIntosh Gallery, London, ON
2021 A Temple Most August, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
2020 Mystic Toolkit, Stewart Hall Gallery, Pointe-Claire, Quebec
2019 “crust, case, thing a)”, Support, London, ON
2018 Lojong, Kiko Space, Toronto
2018 Message in a Bottle, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto
2018 A Place in the Country, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
2017 The More I Look at These Images, 8eleven Gallery, Toronto
2017 Nasty, Daniel Faria, Toronto
2016 Woman’s Work, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg
2014 Moon Room, Narwhal Contemporary, Toronto
2014 Integral Man, Integral House, Toronto
2013 One, and Two, and More Than Two, The Power Plant, Toronto
2013 Pleinairism, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff
2013 Full Circle, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
2012 The Willows, The Willows, New York
2012 Freedom of Assembly, Oakville Galleries, Oakville
2011 Wild Life, StolenSpace Gallery, London, UK
2011 Good to See You, The Drake Hotel, Toronto
2011 Sails, Cubes and Folds, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
2010 The Dazzle, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto
2010 Hot Spot, Paul Petro, Toronto
2010 In the Basement, Basement of Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto
2010 Bitch Slap, Thrush Holmes (Curated by Derek Mainella), Toronto
2008 Amber One Foot Below, Paul Petro Projects, Toronto
2008 Drawings, Moti Hassan Gallery, New York
2008 North, South, East, West, Paul Petro, Toronto
2006 Bit by Bit, The Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga
2005 Bit by Bit, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
2005 Toronto Berlin Exchange, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin
2005 If only for today, perhaps tomorrow…, State Projects, New York
2004 Collage Party, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2004 Young Contemporaries, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
2004 The Cave and the Island, Galerie Kunstbuero, Vienna
2004 The Cave and the Island, White Columns, New York
2003 Made For, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin
2003 Group of Five, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto
2002 The Jennifer Show, Oakville Galleries, Oakville
2001 R’N’R, The Round House, Toronto
2001 Grand Expectorant, West Wing Art Space, Toronto
2000 Urban Disco Trailer + Everyone, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
2000 Pretty, Please, The Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga
2000 Whorehouse, workplace, Toronto
Articles, Publications and Lectures
2022 Alcock, Hugh. “Jennifer Murphy at Clint Roenisch”, ARTORONTO.ca
2022 Both, Michelle. “The Beauty of Bugs and Biodiversity”, CBC News
2020 Smart, Penelope. “The Shadow of Sirius”, Peripheral View
2019 Artist Talk, University of Toronto
2017 Dick, Terence. “The More I look at These Images” Akimbo Blog, December, 6th
2017 Whyte, Murray. “A Chicago- style Feast for the Senses” Toronto Star
2017 Reid, Deborah. “A Table Set for Judy Chicago” The Globe and Mail
2017 Artist Talk, University of Toronto
2017 Whyte, Murray. “Of Tanks, Transparency and Nasty Women” Toronto Star
2017 Hutchingame, Laura. “Nasty at Daniel Faria” ARTORONTO.ca
2016 Artist Talk, OCAD University
2016 Artist Talk, University of Toronto
2016 N+1, Slow Burn, Number 25
2015 Whyte, Murray. “Jennifer Murphy and Valerie Blass: Deluxe Reduxe" Toronto Star
2015 Herych, Tetyana. "Jennifer Murphy and Eli Langer at Clint Roenisch" ARTORONTO.ca
2015 Dick, Terence. Akimbo Blog, March 31
2014 Cooley, Allison. "Moon Room: Mysteries, Elucidated" Canadian Art Online, November 19
2014 Dick, Terence. "Moon Room" Akimbo Blog, November 4
2014 Horne-Gaul, Laura. "Lunar Magic" Tussle Magazine, October 27
2014 Whyte, Murray. “Moon Room at Narwhal Contemporary" Toronto Star
2013 Interview, Millions Magazine, Issue 4, Fall
2013 The Child Alberta, The Banff Centre, The Walter Phillips Gallery and Set Up
2013 More Than Two (Let It Make Itself), Micah Lexier, The Power Plant
2013 Sobey Art Award 10th Anniversary, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and The Sobey Foundation
2013 Artists in Residence, Flare Magazine, June
2012 Brown, Kyla. “Jennifer Murphy.” Canadian Art Magazine (Winter): Volume29, No.4
2012 Schechter, Fran. “Collage Persists in the Digital Age.” Now Magazine, August 23
2012 Krishtalka, Sholem. “Ruminating with Scissors.” Toronto Standard, July 16
2012 Whyte, Murray. “Freedom of Assembly.” Toronto Star, July, 7
2012 Schechter, Fran. “Murphy Gets Real.” Now Magazine, June 14, Vol. 31 No. 42
2012 Dick, Terence. Akimbo Blog, June 14
2012 Interview, Mercer Union Blog, March 04
2012 Studio Tour for Mercer Union, Toronto
2012 Dick, Terence. Akimbo Blog, January 03
2011 Artist Talk at Georgian College
2011 Artist Profile, Juxtapoze Magazine (March): 30
2011 Clarke, Bill. “Jennifer Murphy.” Canadian Art Magazine (Spring): 124
2011 Artist Talk at the University of Guelph
2011 Astrauskas, Romas. Magenta Magazine Online, Winter 2011, Volume 2,
2010 Vaughan, R.M. “Jennifer Murphy’s Sculptural Collages Weave a Hypnotic Web.” The Globe and Mail,
2010 Dick, Terence. Akimbo Blog, September 28
2010 Dick, Terence, Akimbo Blog, Critics Picks 2010, December 14,
2009 Interview, Bad Day Magazine, Issue 6
2009 Artist Project, Hunter and Cook Magazine, Fall Issu
2008 Dick, Terence. Akimbo Blog, December
2008 Sandals, Leah. “Cut and Paste.” Canadian Art Online.
2008 Landry, Mike. Things of Desire. Volume 1 #14.
2008 Studio Blog. Collaboration with Lise Hosein. Art Gallery of York University.
2007 Diack, Heather. “Of Constellations and Incantations.” Ducts.Org, Issue 20
2007 Artist Talk at the University of Toronto
2006 Artist Project Centrefold, C International Contemporary Art, Fall
2006 Artist Talk at Sheridan College
2005 Papararo, Jenifer. “Bit by Bit.” The Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
2004 Wlasenko, Olexander. “2nd Site.” The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
2004 Dick, Terence. “Jennifer Murphy.” Canadian Art Magazine (Spring): 96
2004 Scheyerer, Nicole. “Kunst Kurtz.” Kultur 51
2003 Richard Rhodes Lecture on Exhibition Forest Floor at Greener Pastures
2003 Hirschmann, Thomas. “2003 Top Ten Art Shows.” Now Magazine
2003 Milroy, Sarah. “Generation Nex.t” The Globe and Mail, May 10
2002 Artists’ Project. C International Contemporary Art, Issue 74, Summer
2002 Dick, Terence. “Three Short essays on Growing Up.” Fuse Magazine, May
2002 Artist Run Culture. Mix Magazine (Spring) 9 and 16
2001 Artists’ Project. YYZ Artists’ Outlet
2001 The Great Syntax Monument. Mercer Union Publication
2001 Artist Talk, Mercer Union, Toronto
Awards
2022 Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grant
2022 Toronto Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career
2021 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career
2020 Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grant
2019 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career
2017 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career
2017 Toronto Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career
2015 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career
2013 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career
2013 Toronto Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career
2011 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career
2011 Toronto Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career
2006 Toronto Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Emerging
2006 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2006 Semi-Finalist Nomination for The Sobey Art Award
2005 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant, Emerging
2004 Semi-Finalist Nomination for The Sobey Art Award
2004 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2003 Toronto Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant, Emerging
2003 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2002 Semi-Finalist Nomination for The Sobey Art Award
2002 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Emerging
2002 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
Residencies
2021 Culture of Nature- Animals in Art, The Alternative Art School, Led by Mark Dion
2012 A Paper, A Drawing, A Mountain, The Banff Centre, Led by Silke Otto-Knapp and Jan Verwoert
Collections
McCarthy Tetrault
Medcan
The Drake Devonshire
T.D. Bank
Royal Bank of Canada
Scotia Bank
Bank of Montreal
CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
McIntosh Gallery Western University
Sheraton Hotel