Work
2007-present - Assistant Professor, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
2005-2007 - Visiting Assistant Professor, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2005-2006 - Visiting Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Public Art
2009 - Stephanie Tubbs Jones Memorial. Location: GCRTA’s STJ Transit Station, Cleveland, OH. Artist: Michael Murphy.
2009 - The Red Cross (created for Obama’s inauguration). Manifest Hope DC. Washington DC. Artist: Michael Murphy
2009 - Animated Fences (under construction). Location: GCRTA’s East 55th Street Station, Cleveland, OH. Artist: Michael Murphy.
2006 - Maya. Location: Steelyard Commons, Cleveland, OH. Sponsorship: Cleveland Public Art, First Interstate, Tremont West Development,
2000 - Behind the Brain. Location: Kent State University, Kent, OH. Artist: Brinsley Tyrrell
2000 - Butterfly Gates. Location: The Cleveland Botanical Gardens, Cleveland, OH. Artist: Brinsley Tyrrell
1999 - River of Blood. Location: Lakeland Community College, Cleveland, OH. Artist: Brinsley Tyrrell
1999 - Glass Wall. Location: RTA Station, Cleveland, OH. Sponsorship: Regional Transit Authority. Artist: Brinsley Tyrrell
1998 - Bio Wall. Location: The Ohio Department of Agriculture, Columbus, OH. Artist: Brinsley Tyrrell
Exhibitions
2008 - Manifest Hope DC. Manifest Hope DC Gallery. Event organized in conjunction with Barack Obama’s inauguration. EMG, MoveOn.org
2009 - 44. The 2008 works of Michael Murphy. Georgia College and State University Museum.
2008 - Merge Visual. Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences. Macon, GA. Curator: Craig Coleman.
2008 - Barack Obama. Blackbridge Gallery. Milledgeville, GA.
2008 - Transformative Collection. GCSU Faculty Exhibition. Blackbridge Gallery. Milledgeville GA.
2007 - Choral Impressions. First Methodist Church. Milledgeville, GA. Collaboration with GCSU's Choral Ensemble.
2006 - Current. 19: A collective of nineteen of Cleveland's most promising artists. Asterisk Gallery. Cleveland, OH.
2005 - Water Organ. Field Elementary School, Brimeld, OH.
2005 - Works on Paper. Vox Pop. Brooklyn, NY.
2003 - Dead Horse. Asterisk Gallery. Cleveland, OH.
2003 - Master’s Thesis Exhibition. Gallery 2. Chicago, IL.
2003 - Sway. Gallery X. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. IL
2002 - Reconguring Pop (Juried Exhibition). Gallery 2. Chicago, IL.
2001 - WOW Pure Fever. Galley 1926. Chicago, IL.
2000 - Fold to Make. The Sculpture Center. Cleveland, OH.
2000 - DIE. Studio 425. Kent, OH.
2000 - Videos. Studio 425. Kent, OH.
2000 - Incident. The Icehouse (Millworks Gallery). Akron, OH.
1999 - Recycled Noise (w/ Kristofer Wolfram). Mannequin Odd. Aurora, OH.
1999 - B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition. Gallery 138. .Kent, OH
1999 - Driving, The Sculpture Space. Kent State University. Kent, .OH.
1999 - One Dozen Artists. The Icehouse (Millworks Gallery). Akron, OH.
1998 - Parts to a Whole. Kent State School of Art Gallery. Kent, OH.
1998 - Student Show (Juried Exhibition) Kent State Gallery, Kent, OH.
1998 - Student Show (Juried Exhibition) Kent State Gallery, Kent, OH.
1998 - Kinetics. The Atrium at Kent State University. Kent, OH.
1997 - Benet Show. Spaces Gallery. Cleveland, OH.
Bibliography
"Medium Marriage" The Macon Telegraph, Macon, GA. September 11, 2008. p B1.
"Through the artists Eyes" The Colonnade, Milledgeville, GA September 12, 2008. p 11.
"iReport for CNN" CNN International. October 17, 2008
"Artist Nails Obama Likeness" CNN Headline News. November 12, 2008
"iReport for CNN" CNN Headline News. November 17, 2008
"Artist aids man with facial deformity" The Youngstown Vindicator, Youngstown, OH. November 22, 2008. Front page.
"Someone can aord to help Ed" The Youngstown Vindicator, Youngstown, OH. November 23, 2008. Front page.
"Artist Supports Obama" Channel 13 news with Stephanie Susskind. Macon, GA. November, 2008.
"the art of the matter" The State of the Arts. Brandeis University. December 2008 Volume 5 / Number 2. p. 19
"Barack Obama: The 2008 TIME Person of the Year" TIME Magazine. December 29, 2008. p 38.
"The Obama Artists" NPR WNYC Studio 360. January 13, 2009
"The Parties for Change" Washington Life Special Collector's Edition. February, 2009. p 35 & 35.
"Inspiring a Nation" The Union Recorder, Milledgeville, GA. January 3-5, 2009. Front page.
"Students set scene for '09 inaugural gallery" GCSU News, Milledgeville, GA. January 2009. Front page.
"Ohio Artist takes steely approach to Obama" The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH. January 5, 2009. p
"Inspired by Obama" The Macon Telegraph, Macon, GA. January 10, 2009. Front page.
"Ed Needs a Miracle" CNN Headline News. January 12, 2009
"Obama Art" The Union Recorder, Milledgeville, GA. January 14, 2009. Front page. B1-B2.
"Boardman native elected to create art for Manifest Hope: D.C. Gallery" The Youngstown Vindicator, Youngstown, OH. January 19, 2009. Front page.
"Obama Art Show" The Washington Post, Washington DC. January 19, 2009
"Visible Man" Uptown Magazine Special Collector's Edition. February 2009. p. 65
