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John Francis Murray John Murray is a contemporary artist who works primarily in oil. His subject matter includes figure, landscape, still-life and portraiture. Inspired by the classical masters as a boy, his traditional training and artistic development has lead to work of quality. His paintings carry an appealing sense of clarity and color. Murray was educated at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. In 1991 he studied at the John Michael Angel Studio in Florence, Italy. Upon graduation, he became one of four banknote designers at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, where he drew presidential portraits and worked on currency designs for 16 years. In 2005, he decided to leave the Bureau to pursue his art career full time. The same year, as a faculty member at the Corcoran School of Art, he won a grant from the Corcoran to do post-graduate work at the Repin Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2001, his wife Lena, a Russian artist, founded the Bridgeview School of Fine Art in New York. John Murray is a co-founder and guest teacher at the Bridgeview School. Since 2005, John and Lena have been organizing summer master classes for American students in St. Petersburg, Russia at the famous Repin Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. John has exhibited in many venues including the International Art Expo in New York City, the Strathmore Museum in Bethesda, Maryland, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he won Best of Show Alumni Award in 2002. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland and teaches drawing, painting and sculpture at the Corcoran School of Art while continuing to paint. He is represented by Nichols Gallery in Charlottesville, Virginia and Newman Gallery in Philadelphia. Major commissions include portrait of Supreme Court clerk Suiter, religious mural for the Jesuit Chapel at the Georgetown University and historic restoration of the dome of the Hispanic Gala Theater in Washington DC. Exhibitions 2010 2009 2008 2006 Fall Group Show, Nichols
Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia 2005 Small Paintings, Gardner Colby
Gallery, Naples, Florida 2004 John Murray. Recent Paintings.
Vernacular Press, New York City 2003 Solo Show, Newman Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA. 2002 American Classicism. Two-man
show. Century Gallery, Alexandria, VA. 2001 Washington Realists, curated by
Lenny Compello, the Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA. 2000 Two-Man Show. Century Gallery, Alexandria, VA. 1998 Solo Show, Studio Gallery,
Alexandria, VA. Publications Variations on Impressionism by
Steve Doherty. A Classic State of Mine by John Edwards, Maryland Gazette, September 2009 The Art of Self Expression by Tabatha Yates. Elan Magazine, 2004 |