Brenna Murphy
bmruernpnhay@gmail.com
b. 1986, Edmonds, WA , USA
Lives and works in Portland, OR, USA
2012 Rhizome Commission Recipient
Education
2009
BFA, General Fine Arts, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon.
Solo Exhibitions
2014
“Central~Lattice Tool Array,” Upfor, Portland, OR.
“sentient~sequence,” Sorbus, Helsinki.
“skyface~terrace domain,” American Medium, NYC.
2013
“exosenser,” American Medium, NYC.
“Brenna Murphy,” Kunstverein Dusseldorf.
“Liquid Vehicle Transmitter,” Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco.
“Lattice~Face Parameter Chant,” Upfor, Portland, OR.
2012
“SkyFace~TxtrMappr,” screening and performance, Gene Siskel Film Center, SAIC/LAMPO, Chicago.
“inwardconch~upwardspiral”, Klaus von Nichtsaagend Gallery, NYC.
“~hieromesh~trance`scribr~~>”, Gloria Maria Gallery, Milan.
“~self~nesting~sensr~>”, The Future Gallery, Berlin.
2011
“New Fashion Therapy”, in collaboration w/ Morgan Ritter, PNCA, Portland, OR.
2010
“Mindfold”, Red White Yellow Gallery, Houston, Texas.
2009
“Psychometry (III)” Right Window Gallery, ATA, San Fransisco, California. Curated by DL Alvarez.
“Foldy Codes ;-)” BFA Gallery, PNCA. Portland, Oregon.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015
“Les Oracles,” curated by Marisa Olson, XPO Gallery, Paris.
“Witchcrafts,” curated by Nicolas Sassoon, Initial Gallery, Vancouver B.C.
2014
“Like New Landscape,” Pablo’s Birthday, NYC.
“This is What Sculpture Looks Like,” Postmasters, NYC.
“Wallpapers,” New Forms Festival, Vancouver BC.
“The New Romantics,” Eyebeam, NYC.
“Bitrates,” Dar-ol-Hokoomeh Project at Shiraz Artist House, Shiraz, Iran.
“Tonight, You Can Call Me Trish,” RGKSKSRG, Dublin.
2013
Decenter: An Exhibition on the Centenary of the 1913 Armory Show, Henry Street Settlement's Abrons Arts Center, NYc.
“Entering Space,” Kunsthalle m3, Berlin.
“Identitat,” Galerie Thomas Flor, Berlin.
2012
“Surface Tension”, The Future Gallery, Berlin.
“3D Burns”, FE Gallery, Pittsburgh.
“Stereopsis”, Drawing Room, London.
“Currents 2012”, Santa Fe.
"Is This Real?", PICA at Gaite Lyrique, Paris.
"Apocalyptic Shift: Flock House Benefit", Eyebeam, NYC.
"Female in March", Animal Social Club, Rome FesteArte, Rome.
"Big Reality", Curated by Brian Droitcour, 319 Scholes, Brooklyn.
2011
“Face Time Continuum”, The Future Gallery, Berlin.
“Stone Sky Over Thing World”, Curated by Claudia Hart, Bitforms, New York, NY.
“MDW Fair”, American Fantasy Classics, The Green Gallery, Chicago, IL.
“The New Psychedelica”, Curated by Francesca Gavin, MU Eindhoven, Netherlands.
“Video Village”, Index Art Center, Newark, New Jersey.
“Info-Bomb”, Festival Nrmal, Monterrey, Mexico.
2010
“BYOB Portland”, Co-Organizer, New American Art Union, Portland, OR.
“Labyrinths”, LIES/ISLE, http://liesisle.com/issue04/index1.html
Sen-Oren “Trance”, Galleri Box. Gothenburg, Sweden.
“An Immaterial Survey of Our Peers” Sullivan Galleries. Chicago, Illinois.
“Avatar 4D”, Noma gallery, San Francisco, California.
2009
"No Hay Banda" Reference Gallery. Richmond, Virginia.
"Rhizome's The Long Gallery" 7 x 7 Series. Why + Wherefore. whyandwherefore.com.
“Pyschometry (II)” Arratia Beer. Berlin, Germany.
“Pyschometry (I)” Exile, Berlin. Germany.
Press
“High-Tech Mysticism: An Interview with Brenna Murphy,” Time Gentles, Art in America, Nov 2014.
“Brenna Murphy: yoni-shaped synths and tribal treasures,” Kate Neave, Dazed, Aug 2014.
“Hyper Object, Brenna Murphy meditates on digital ruins,” Francesco Spampinato, DAMn°, July 2014.
"Brenna Murphy presents familiar yet strange installation," John Motley, The Oregonian, Oct 2013.
"Brenna Murphy presents familiar yet strange installation," John Motley, The Oregonian, Oct 2013.
"Brenna Murphy at Upfor," Jeff Jahn, PORT, Oct 2013.
"Brenna Murphy: The archaeologist of meditation," Matt Stangel, Oregon Arts Watch, Oct 2013.
"Superare il meccanicismo," Marco Tagliafierro, Flash Art, March 2012.
"Brenna Murphy and The Future," Ali Fitzgerald, Art 21 Blog, March 2012.
"Artist Profile," Ian Glover, Rhizome, Sept 2011.
"Gifs Gone Wild," Francesca Gavin. Oyster Magazine. May, 2011.
“HyperJunk- NetArt out of the Past,” Nicholas Obrien. Bad At Sports. April, 2011.
“The New Stream Culture” Dean Kissick. Dazed and Confused Magazine. April, 2011.
“Scrambled: Brenna Murphy,” Vivian Hua. Redefine Annex Magazine, Seattle. Jan/Feb, 2010.
“Psychometry II,” Daniel Miller. Frieze Magazine. Aug, 2009
“Diskreter Blick in die Kristallkugel,” Dominikus Müller. Artnet.de. April, 2009.
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MSHR CV
Art Collective of Birch Cooper and Brenna Murphy, Portland, OR, 2011-present
Artists in residence at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, NYC, 2014.
MSHR Solo Exhibitions
“Resonant Hyper Symbol Modulator,” Upfor, Portland, 2015.
“Resonant Hyper Symbol Modulator,” Time Based Arts Festival, Portland, 2014.
“Ceremonial Chamber,” Two Queens, Leicester, 2014.
“Ceremonial Chamber,” Cell Projects, London, 2014.
“Liquid Hand,” Upfor, Portland, OR, 2013.
“Ceremonial Chamber,” Kunstverein Dusseldorf, 2013.
“Nightscape Navigator,” Yerba Buena Center, 2013.
“Ocular Array,” Yoga Center, Gothenberg, 2013.
"Earthly Door," Appendix Project Space, June 2012.
"New World", Le Dictateur, Milan, Oct 2011.
MSHR Group Exhibitions
“Megarave,” Kunsthaus Langenthal, 2014.
“EXIT,” Creteil, France, 2014.
“VIA,” Maubeuge, France, 2014.
“Transmediale,” Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin, 2014.
“Binary Lore,” Three Walls, Chicago, 2013.
“Binary Lore”, PNCA, Portland, OR, 2012.
“Qualia Cerasite,” Eyeybeam, NY, 2012.
“Techne Rendered Dawn”, Disjecta, Portland, OR, 2012.
“These Peanuts are Bullets”, Family Business Gallery, NY, 2012.
"baumarktmusik," qujOchÖ, Linz, Austria, 2011.
“Frieze Art Fair”, Lucky PDF booth, London, 2011.
MSHR Press
"Binary Lore," John Motley, Art Forum, Jan 2013.
"MSHR, Earthly Door," Daniel J Glendening, Justice League PDX, Oct 2012.
"MSHR 'bio-tech',” Maurizio Catelan, Muse Magazine, Milan, Dec 2011.
"New World," Paola Manfrin, Vogue Italia, Milan, Oct 2011.
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Oregon Painting Society CV
Art Collective of Matt Carlson, Birch Cooper, Barbara Kinzle, Brenna Murphy, Jason Traeger,
Portland, OR, 2007-2012
Oregon Painting Society Solo Exhibitions
2011
“Angelo’s Game”, bubblebyte.org
“Angelo’s Game”, Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR.
“now you C me, now you don’t/ joker N the deck”, AB Gallery, PSU, Portland, OR.
2010
“OPS” Hedreen Gallery, Seattle University, Seattle, WA.
“Nightwave Catalog” Nationale, Portland, OR.
“Cruis'n” Appendix Project Space, Portland, OR.
“ShadowGut” Manuel Izquierdo Gallery, PNCA, Portland, OR.
2009
“Radiant Dream Face” Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR.
“Ancient Teenager” 48 Hr. Residency, Pancake Clubhouse, Portland, OR.
“Oregon Painting Society Redux” Fontanelle Gallery, Portland, OR.
2008
“Oregon Painting Society” Fontanelle Gallery, Portland, OR.
Oregon Painting Society Group Exhibitions
2012
“Big Reality” 319 Scholes, NY.
2011
“PWR” The Future Gallery, Berlin.
2010
“No Soul For Sale” Tate Modern, London, UK.
“HexenHouse” Portland 2010: Biennial of Contemporary Art, Disjecta, Portland, OR.
“Reed Arts Week” Reed College, Portland, OR.
Oregon Painting Society Press
“Big Reality,” Ceci Moss, Art Forum, March 2012.
“Umbrella Action: Oregon Painting Society,” Seth Nehil, Intransitive Recordings, April 2012.
“Oregon Painting Society,” Cesare Alemanni, L'Uomo Vogue, December 2010.
“Mystical Esoterica: Oregon Painting Society at Nationale,” John Motley, The Oregonian, Aug 2010.
“Oregon Painting Society at Tate Modern,” Ceci Moss, Rhizome, May 2010.
“Portland 2010,” Bob Hicks, The Oregonian, April 2010.
“Oregon Painting Society at PNCA,” John Motley, Artslant Worldwide, Feb 2010.
“Radiant Dream Face,” Lisa Radon, Culturephile, Portland Monthly, Dec 2009.
“Spooky Spirituality of the Oregon Painting Society,” Sarah Mirk, Portland Mercury, Sept 2009.
"Review: Oregon Painting Society," Lisa Radon, Culturephile, Portland Monthly, Sept 2009.