PIA MURPHY

BIOGRAPHY

Pia Murphy is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (2004) and has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne and Sydney since 2010. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at significant Australian galleries including CAVES, C3 Contemporary Art Space, Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre Brighton, Arts Project Australia, Chapterhouse Lane Gallery, St Helliers St. Gallery, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Geelong Regional Gallery, Hobson’s Bay City Council Gallery and internationally in Spain. Murphy was awarded the National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association Encouragement Award (2004). She has been featured in Art Guide Australia, the Age, the Journal of Australian Ceramics and Broadsheet. Murphy’s work is held in private collections in Australia, USA, Italy, Switzerland and Germany.

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Pia Murphy 'Stacked windows' 2024 oil on linen 106.5 x 101.7 cm
Pia Murphy 'Interior view' 2024 oil on linen 106.5 x 81.3 cm
Pia Murphy 'Scarecrow harvest' 2024 oil on linen 106.5 x 81.3 cm
Pia Murphy 'Carried by the wind ' 2023 oil on board 50 x 105 cm
Pia Murphy 'Moon bird' 2023 oil on board 70 x 50 cm
Pia Murphy 'Blue' 2023 oil on board 60 x 40 cm
Pia Murphy 'On the steps (Ekeley)' 2023 oil on board 60 x 40 cm
Pia Murphy 'Pennyroyal irises' 2023 oil on board 40 x 60 cm
Pia Murphy 'Kneeling, holding' 2023 oil on board 30 x 20 cm
Pia Murphy 'Sitting, curled' 2023 oil on board 30 x 20 cm

PAST EXHIBITIONS

GARDEN GRAVITY (2024)

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PIA MURPHY EXHIBITION FEATURED IN ‘THE DESIGN FILES’

By Nicholas Thompson

See Pia Murphy’s ‘Garden Gravity’ Opening At Nicholas Thompson Gallery The artist’s indefinable oil paintings are on show at the Collingwood gallery until March 16. The oil paintings of Pia Murphy seamlessly combine abstract forms and recognisable figures across a vivid colour palette found in nature. Her latest body of work, Garden Gravity, is particularly inspired by…