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Aaron Murphy EDUCATION 2011-2015 Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, United Kingdom PhD 2008-2010 Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, United Kingdom MFA 2001-2004 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada BFA 1997-2000 Sheridan College, Canada Media Arts EXHIBITIONS 2020 July Protective Relays (Solo Show) you me gallery, Hamilton, Canada 2017 November Independent Residency (Declined) Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada 2017 June Tara Bursey and Aaron Murphy (Two-person Show) you me gallery, Hamilton, Canada 2017 April Worked Over: Natasja Bischoff, Gord Bond, Nathan Eugene Carson, Stev'nn Hall, Adam Matak, David Mousley, Aaron H Murphy, Colin Edward Murray, Alex Taves (Group Show) Oswald Art Collective, Hamilton, Canada 2015 September There is no water in the lake (Solo Show and PhD Viva) Slade Research Centre, London, United Kingdom 2015 June Slade Shows 2015 (Group Show and PhD Degree Show) Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, London, United Kingdom 2015 March Material Matters (Group Show) Goodenough College, London, United Kingdom 2014 November Subterraneans (Group Show) Leeds College of Art, Blenheim Walk, Leeds, United Kingdom 2013 August The Laying on of Hands: Holly Birtles, Tim Burrough, Liza Cucco, Nicolas Feldmeyer, Aaron Murphy, Jessica Stockdale, Bindi Vora (Group Show) 5th Base Gallery, London, United Kingdom 2012 February Free Frame: Guy Gormley, Tom Lovelace, Aaron Murphy and Andrzej Welminski (Group Show) Son Gallery, London, United Kingdom 2012 February Making Space (Group Show and Symposium) Slade Research Centre, London, United Kingdom 2011 March Surplus to Requirements (Group Show and Symposium) Slade Research Centre, London, United Kingdom 2011 January Exercises in Failure (Group Show) Son Gallery, London, United Kingdom 2010 September Photograms and Photomontages: Aaron Murphy and Alex Shepard (Two-person Show) Son Gallery, London, United Kingdom 2010 August The Search for a Quiet Place: Aaron Murphy (Solo Show) Goodenough College, London, United Kingdom 2010 June Slade Shows 2010 (Group Show and MFA Degree Show) Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, London, United Kingdom 2010 May Aaron Murphy: Polaroid Projections (Solo Show) Leeds College of Art, Leeds, United Kingdom 2010 March Off the Shelf (Group Show) University College London, London, United Kingdom 2010 January Goodenough Art (Group Show) Goodenough College, London, United Kingdom 2009 May Standards of Reality and Standards of Art (Workshop and Symposium) Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Skoki, Poland 2008 October Institutionalized (Group Show) Goodenough College, London, United Kingdom 2008 May Being There (Group Show) The Burlington Art Centre, Canada 2008 April TH&B (Group Show) 270 Sherman, Hamilton, Canada 2007 May I Can't Even Remember: Aaron Murphy and Jeffrey Paull (Two-person Show) Contact Photography Festival, Annex Art Centre, Toronto, Canada 2007 January Mass Culture and Society (Group Show) Mcintosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada 2006 September Nuit Blanche, and Art in the Halls (Solo Show and Festivals) 401 Richmond, Toronto, Canada 2006 April Liminal: Aaron Murphy (Solo Show) Lynnwood Gallery, Lynnwood National Historic Site, Simcoe, Canada 2006 January Works Around Paper (Group Show) Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, Canada 2005 September In the Shadows (Group Show) Artcite, Windsor and Hamilton Artists' Incorporated, Canada PRIZES AND AWARDS 2017 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant 2014 Goodenough College Artists Scholarship 2011 Goodenough College Scholarship 2010 Goodenough College Scholarship 2008 London Goodenough Association of Canada Scholarship 2004-08 Ontario Arts Council Assistance Grants PUBLICATIONS 2015 February. Cuckovich, Boris, and Yuan, Kathryn. Material Matters (Exhibition Catalogue). Goodenough College, London, United Kingdom. 2014 November. Jones, Terrance. Subterraneans (Exhibition Catalogue). The Gallery at Blenheim Walk, Leeds College of Art, Leeds, United Kingdom. 2008 May. Wlusek, Ola and Isaacs, Brad. Being There (Exhibition Catalogue). Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Canada. 2008 May. Vegh, Stephanie (With Photography by Aaron Murphy). TH&B (Exhibition Catalogue: 58 Pages: Col. Ill.: 24 cm.). 270 Sherman Avenue North, Hamilton, Canada. 2007 January. Mullen, Michael L. Mass Culture and Society (Exhibition Catalogue). Mcintosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. 2005 September. Frank, Simon. In the Shadows: Artcite Incorporated and Hamilton Artists' Incorporated (Exhibition Catalogue). Artcite, Windsor and Hamilton Artists' Incorporated, Canada.

Biography 2020 AARON MURPHY is a lens-based artist working with montage and landscape. His artistic practice involves remediation and word-image experiments with original and found photographs, texts, and audio recordings, as well as research focusing on numinosity, poetry, and materiality. In 2015, he completed his PhD at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London.