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John Murray is a contemporary artist who works primarily in oil. His
subject matter includes figure, landscape, still-life and portraiture.
Inspired by the classical masters as a boy, his traditional training and
artistic development has lead to work of quality. His paintings carry an
appealing sense of clarity and color. Murray was educated at the Maryland
Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore and the Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. In 1991 he studied at the John
Michael Angel Studio in Florence, Italy. Upon graduation, he became one of
four banknote designers at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, where he
drew presidential portraits and worked on currency designs for 16 years.
In 2005, he decided to leave the Bureau to pursue his art career full
time. The same year, as a faculty member at the Corcoran School of Art, he
won a grant from the Corcoran to do post-graduate work at the Repin
Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In 2001, his wife Lena, a
Russian artist, founded the Bridgeview School of Fine Art in New York.
John Murray is a co-founder and guest teacher at the Bridgeview School.
Since 2005, John and Lena have been organizing summer master classes for
American students in St. Petersburg, Russia at the famous Repin Academy of
Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
John has exhibited in many
venues including the International Art Expo in New York City, the
Strathmore Museum in Bethesda, Maryland, and the Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts, where he won Best of Show Alumni Award in 2002. He lives in
Silver Spring, Maryland and teaches drawing, painting and sculpture at the
Corcoran School of Art while continuing to paint. He is represented by
Nichols Gallery in Charlottesville, Virginia and Newman Gallery in
Philadelphia.
Major commissions include portrait of Supreme Court
clerk Suiter, religious mural for the Jesuit Chapel at the Georgetown
University and historic restoration of the dome of the Hispanic Gala
Theater in Washington DC.
- EXHIBITS:
- 2010
Three Realists Show, Nichols Gallery, Charlottesville,
Virginia
2009
From Intimate to Monumental
Two-men show at
the Strathmore Museum in Bethesda, Maryland
2008
Three
Realists Show, Nichols Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
Avant Garde
Gallery, Washington DC
2006
Fall Group Show, Nichols
Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
Academic Tradition III. Asian
Cultural Center, New York City.
Still Life Show, Newman Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
2005
Small Paintings, Gardner Colby
Gallery, Naples, Florida
Regional Realists. Century Gallery,
Alexandria, VA
Group Show, Newman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Landscape Exhibit, Century Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Gallery
Selections, Anniversary Show, Century Gallery, Alexandria, Va.
2004
John Murray. Recent Paintings. Vernacular Press, New York
City
Faculty Exhibit. Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC.
Academic Tradition. Exhibit by faculty and students of the Bridgeview
School of Fine Arts
Chelsea Art Museum, New York
Solo Show,
Bridgeview School of Fine Arts, New York
Spring Invitational, Neptune
Gallery, New York.
2003
Solo Show, Newman Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA.
Bridgeview School Faculty and Student Show, Chelsea
Art Museum, New York.
Trompe L’Oeil Show. Century Gallery,
Alexandria,VA.
May Group Show, Frasier Gallery, Bethesda, MD.
2002
American Classicism. Two-man show. Century Gallery,
Alexandria, VA.
International Artexpo 2002, New York.
Pennsylvania
Academy Alumni Regional Juried Show. First Place Award.
Coleman
Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina.
Newman Gallery, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
2001
Washington Realists, curated by Lenny
Compello, the Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA.
Faculty Show. Art Students
League, Alexandria, VA.
2000
Two-Man Show. Century
Gallery, Alexandria, VA.
1998
Solo Show, Studio Gallery,
Alexandria, VA.
Group Show, Quent Cordair Fine Art, Burlingame, CA
Publications
Variations on Impressionism by Steve Doherty.
American Artist Workshop Magazine. Summer 2010.
A Classic State
of Mine by John Edwards, Maryland Gazette, September 2009
The Art
of Self Expression by Tabatha Yates. Elan Magazine, 2004
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