Susie MacMurray

http://danesecorey.com/artists/susie-macmurray/ 1-14-2014Susie MacMurray is a British artist whose work includes drawing, sculpture and site-generated installations. Formerly a professional musician, MacMurray returned to school to study art at Manchester Metropolitan University and graduated with a Masters degree in Fine Art in 2001. Since then, she has achieved international status and has been exhibited widely in galleries and museums. She lives in Manchester, England. An engagement with materials and with the human body is fundamental to MacMurray’s work. Her role is one of an alchemist: combining material, form and context in deceptively simple ways to stimulate both physical and cultural associations. She has gained a reputation for poetic site-specific interventions in architecturally significant spaces, typically referencing the historic identities of these environments. Drawing is an important aspect of MacMurray's work. In addition to her large-scale pen and ink images of gauze and hairnets, she extends the normal definition of "drawing," though the use of unconventional materials – rubber tubing, hair, wire and wax. http://www.susie-macmurray.co.uk/cv.php 1-14-2014Art Education2000-2001 MA Fine Art. Manchester Metropolitan University1997-2000 BA Sculpture. Manchester Metropolitan University1996-1997 Foundation in Art and Design. Manchester College of Arts & Technology Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions2013Walking on the Rim of Night (solo show) - Danese/Corey, New York, USASummer Exhibition - Royal Academy of Arts, LondonResonance - site specific commission - Fabrica, Brighton, UKSiren (solo show) - Thomas Williams Gallery, LondonBeastly Hall - Hall Place, Bexley, Kent - Artwise Curators for Bexley Heritage Trust2012Sculptors Drawings - Pangolin, London Unnatural ‘Natural History’ - Coates & Scarry/RWA, BristolResonance (solo show) - Rochester Art Gallery, RochesterPandamonium - Hyde Park, London - Artwise Curators for WWFStratum - site-specific commission - Islington Mill, Salford House of Beasts - Meadow Arts - Attingham Park, Shropshire 2011The Eyes of the Skin (solo show) - Agnew's Gallery, London The Power of Making - Victoria & Albert Museum, London Compulsive Obsessive Repetitive - Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UKWedded Perfection - Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute, Utica NY, USAStratum - site specific commission - Islington Mill, Salford, UKPlatform - Agnew's Gallery, London Aware: Art Fashion Identity - GSK Contemporary, Royal Academy, London 2010Wedded Perfection - Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, USA Promenade - site-specific commission - Keddleston Hall, Derbyshire, UKFrangetta - site-specific commission (permanent) - Warehouse 112, Venetian Arsenale (Spazio Thetis) ItalyRepurpose, Reuse, Recycle - City of Brea Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USADead or Alive - Museum of Art and Design, New York, USAWidow - Platt Hall, Manchester Art Gallery, Gallery of Costume, UK 2009Here Come the Girls - site-specific commission - Manchester Art GalleryWidow (solo show) - Queens Hall, Hexham, Northumberland UKSalon09 - Matt Roberts Arts, Vyner St, LondonRe-Addressing Identities - Katonah Museum of Art, NY, USALost & Found (solo show) - Islington Mill, SalfordUpcycling - Museum of Architecture & Design, Los Angeles, USATime/change - site-specific commission - Nottingham Castle 2008Second Lives - Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA, September 2008/April 09The Baltic frame - Arena Gallery, LiverpoolDrawn - (solo show) -UH Galleries, University of Hertfordshire, UKMiasma -site-specific commission- Florence Nightingale Museum, LondonObject as Muse - Crafts Council, Touring Exhibition 2008/09Body Space - Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle 2007Unbound - Turnpike Gallery, LeighDrop - commission for collection - Wolverhampton Art Gallery 2006Shell - site-specific commission - Pallant House Gallery, Chichester - July 2006/July 2007Echo - site-specific commission - York St Mary's, York Museums Trust, UK2005Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition - Jerwood Space, London (touring exhibition)Susie MacMurray, Garment Sculptures - Castle Gallery, NottinghamConversations on the Subject of Feminism - Cornerhouse, ManchesterArt Frankfurt – with Philips Contemporary Art Gallery Flock - York Art Gallery, March 2005/Oct 2006The Nestingbox Project - Borgloon, Belgium Knit 2 Together - Crafts Council Galleries, London (touring exhibition) International Open Exhibition - Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, NI2004Air - Vespolate and Novara, Italy (touring exhibition)Fili Spezzati - Como, ItalyArgus - Firstsite@the minories art gallery, Colchester, UKRobe / Rêve : Rêve de Robe - Musee des Beaux-Arts, Calais, FranceCaryatids - Whitworth Art Gallery, ManchesterPlastica d’Artista - Palazzo Mantica, Pordenone, ItalyFlock - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester 2003Bagutta Life - Manhattan, New YorkThermo 03 - The Lowry, SalfordArt 2003 - With Philips Gallery, LondonDesignersblock - Milan, Italy3 English Women in Paris - Maxalto, Paris 2002Art Take Away - Cornerhouse, ManchesterLadies Only - Liverpool Biennial, Collect Gallery, Brundel St Warehouse, Liverpool 2001All Colours Will Agree In the Dark - Cornerhouse, Manchester AwardsShortlisted, NMWA – Women to Watch 2012, Washington DCNominated, Northern Art Prize 2011British Council travel grant 2010Professional Development Award, The Arts Council England, 2008Nominated, Northern Art Prize, 2007Abbey Harris Mural Fund Award, 2006Shortlisted, Jerwood Drawing Prize. 2005Research and Development Award, The Arts Council Eng land. 2004Shortlisted, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Textiles on Site Commission 2004Shortlisted, Crosby Homes Art Prize, Manchester Art Gallery August 2003