Artists Registry

Bill Murphy

28 Park Place Staten Island, New York, 10301

917 678 2542

Permanent Collections

The Library of Congress

The British Museum

The Brooklyn Museum

New York Historical Society

The National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, New York

New York Transit Museum, New York City

Denver Art Museum Denver, Colorado

New York Public Library

Newark Public Library

Nassau Community College, New York

Westinghouse Corporation

Parkersburgh Art Center, West Virginia

Staten Island Institute of Art and Science

Hofstra University

Syracuse University

Select One Person and Group Exhibition

 Salmagundi Club ‘Prints and Monoprints” Exhibit, March, 2019; Awarded the Second Place Award. Salmagundi Club, 5th Ave., NYC, NY

 Life on the Canal Then by Artists Now ; Erie Canal Museum, Syracuse NY; May 29 – July 31 2018

 The Poetry of Content ; Syracuse University Gallery, Syracuse, NY;; The work of five living artists, currated by Jerome Witkin; March 2016  also exhibited at the Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Feb 2017

  The New York Society of Etchers; Portraits in Prints; Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, Conn.

 Sept/ Oct. 2015

  The Ballad of Staten Island; (One person show) Wagner College Gallery, Wagner College, Staten

 Island, New York; December, 2013

  Bill Murphy; Prints 1987-2013, April 2013 Bearsville Graphics Fine Art Gallery, Woodstock,

 New York (One Person)

  The Bridges of The Big Apple, August, 2012; Bearsville Graphics Fine Art Gallery, Woodstock,

 New York (Group Exhibition)

  The Staten Island Museum Annual Juried Exhibition, Staten Island, New York, June/July 2012

  National Academy Museum, NYC, The Annual Exhibition, (Exhibition via invitation)  Jan. 23 –

 April 28, 2012

  Bill Murphy; Works on Paper Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York

 Nov. 5 – 29 2011 (One man Exhibition)

  Visions in Print Alegra La Viola Gallery, NYC June 29 – Aug 6, 2011 (Group exhibition)

  International Exhibition of Contemporary Works on Paper; Coo Gallery, NYC,

 June 9 – June 25 2011 (Group exhibition)

  Four Etchers National Arts Club Gramercy Park, NYC March 20 – 27, 2011 (Four person exhibit)

  The North American Print Biennial (Juried by Jim Dine) Danforth Museum, Boston Mass.  Feb 27  

 May 1, 2011

  Lifespan; The Bayonne Bridge in Transition, The John Noble Maritime Collection, 1000 Richmond

 Terrace, S.I., N.Y. (Group exhibition)

  Different at Every Turn; Contemporary painters of the Hudson River

  2009- 2010, 7 locations in Upstate New York including the Erie Canal Museum, West                        

  Point Military Academy, Albany Museum of History and Art

  The New York Society of Etchers

Allied Artists Annual Exhibit, November, 2006, National Arts Club, New York

  Awarded the National Arts Club Award for a Graphic

The New York Etchers’ Press “A Day At Coney Island”  Portfolio; Horrmann Library,                                                                      

  Wagner College, Staten Island, New York, September, 2006 purchased by the Brooklyn 

  Museum for its Permanent Collection

The Winter Print Salon, The Garage, Park Slope, Brooklyn, Dec- Jan 2006

The Old Print Shop, New York City (Two Person exhibit, spring, 2004)

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Science, Works on Paper, 1980 – 2002 (One Person   

  Retrospective) March -June 2002

Wagner College Gallery, One Person Exhibition, 2007, 2005, 2001, 1997

The Newark Public Library, New Visual Treasures, October, 2005

Society of American Graphic Artists 90th Anniversary Exhibit, July, 2005,

   Awarded the A.I.Freidman Award

About Faces; Portraits Past and Present; Staten Island Museum, June November, 2005

New York Historical Society, Impressions of New York, Prints from the Collection of the 

  New York Historical Society; Nov. 2004 – March 2005

Black Church Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, March – April, 2004 Print Exchange Exhibition 

  sponsored by New York Society of Etchers

New York Transit Museum, Transit Views: Selected Prints by the New York Society of

  Etchers; August - November 2003

Society of American Graphic Artists, Annual Juried Exhibit, Art Students League Gallery, August, 2002

Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Newhouse Gallery “The Fresh Kills” October, 2001

The Old Print Shop, New York City  “Contemporary Realists”,  September,  2001

  "Bridges of New York"    Jan., 2002

Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Newhouse Gallery  “Anniversary Exhibition; The Past Is

  Still Here”June, 2001

The British Museum, London, U.K. Recent Acquisitions, Spring, 2000

Audubon Artists Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York City, 1992-2000, 2004

   John Taylor Arms Award, 1992, 2004

   Art Students League Award, 1997

   Atlantic Papers Award, 2000

Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York, March, 1999

Nicolet College, National Juried Exhibition, Nicolet, Wisconsin, 1997

   Awarded the Rodney Harrell Award

The Old Print Shop, New York City, “New York City Centennial Exhibition,” 1998 

  (Commissioned to create an original etching representing Staten Island in a portfolio of  New York themed  prints)

National Academy Of Design, Annual Exhibition, 1984, 1990, 1994

Susan Teller Gallery, New York City, 1988-present

Soho 20 Gallery, New York City, 1998

Grants

Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island

Junefest Grant, June, 2003  

Original Work Grant, 1999, 2007, 2013

Staten Island Council on the Arts, 1986, 1990, 1991

Grants Panels

Junefest Grants, COAHSI, spring, 2004

Original Work Grants, Staten Island Council on the Arts and Humanities, 2000, 2002, 2013

Frommer Award, Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York, 1997

Greater New York Development Fund, New York Foundation on the Arts, 1992

Teaching

Wagner College, Professor , 1984 - present

  Art Dept. Chairperson 1998-2003, 2005

Art Students League, New York, 2020, guest instructor, 1999

Education,

School of Visual Arts, B.F.A., 1975

Vermont College, M.F.A., 1996

The Pratt Graphics Center