RESUME
Born 1959 in Detroit, MI
Lives and works in Berkeley, California
EDUCATION
1983
BFA Center For Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
The Case for Dream Insurance, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY
2012
Disputed Episodes, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
2011
New Work, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2010
Dystopia - 1010 Years Ago, Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Reenactments, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Vestiges, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, The Netherlands
The Unreliable Narrator, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2007
The Procession, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles, Projects
2005
Bloodshot and Glowing, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
The Unfolding Degenerate, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago IL
2004
The Adversary, Susanne Vielmetter, Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
New Work, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
2003
The Workers Suite, Katharine Mulherin Projects, Toronto, Ontario
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
The Body Metonymic, curated by Dick Goody, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
2013
/len/, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2012
How to Write a Novel, Field Projects, New York, NY
2010
In A Violet Distance, Zürcher Studio, New York, NY
Reader's Delight, McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
Wall-to-Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Homespun, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
2009
The Big Gift: Calgary Celebrates Art from Canadians, Glenbow Museum, Alberta, Canada
Portraits, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Give Them What They Never Knew They Wanted, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2008
These Are the People in Your Neighborhood: 15 Year Anniversary, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Perverted by Theater, Apex Art, New York, NY, curated by Franklin Evans and Paul David Young
The Big Gift: Calgary Celebrates Art from Canadians Glenbow Museum, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
It's Gouache and Gouache Only, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Hard Times, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2006
2006 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
The Armory Show, New York, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
Palette, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
2005
A Group of Mostly Unrelated Things, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Fresh Direct, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
Recent Editions, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Over Across, Katharine Mulherin Projects, Toronto,Ontario
Conversational Lag, Volume, New York, NY
The Armory Show, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Scope New York, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Face Paint, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
Art Basel, Miami Beach, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Art LA, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
AAF New York, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
AAF San Francisco, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Confronting Nature, Jack The Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
Home Fires Burning, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
Beautiful Male Objects, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Walter Mill, NY
The Armory Show, LFL Gallery, New York, NY
Emerging Artist Biennial, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
New, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Tender Landscape, Dalton Gallery/ Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
The Minivan Show, The Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, Alberta
2003
Fear of Flying, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Walter Mill, NY
Three Canadians / One American, TAG, Nashville, TN
AAF, New York, Galerie Bourbon-Lally, Montreal, Canada
Strange Custom, The Jogas Gallery, Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela
COLLECTIONS
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Deutsche Bank Collection, Germany
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2007
Eureka Fellowship, Fleishhacker Foundation
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015
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2013
Morris, Barbara “Martin McMurray, Gallery 16.” Artillery January/February.
2012
Zevitas, Steven “Must See Painting Shows: October.” New American Paintings, October.
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2011
Duncan, Michael. “Soul Searching In The U.S.A.” Art in America, March.
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Münter, Ulrike. Focus Asia: Insights Into The Wemhöner Collection. edited by Philipp Bollmann. Kerber Verlag Bielefeld.
2010
Smith, Roberta. “Reader’s Delight.” The New York Times, July 23.
2009
Harvey, Michael. “Martin McMurray.” Art In America, March.
2008
Bresler, Regina. “Events: Art, Martin McMurray.” Flavorpill, March.
Ewing, John. “New York: Perverted by Theater at Apexart.” Art Lies, Issue 60, Winter.
2007
Brooks, Amra. “Must See Art: Martin McMurray’s ‘The Procession’ at Susanne Vielmetter.” LA Weekly, February 28.
Bell, Kim. “California Biennial at OCMA.” Artweek, April.
2006
Rodriguez, Frank. “Art School Conventional: OC’s tame California Biennial.” artillery, November.
Janku, Laura Richard. “Affair at the Jupiter.” artinfo.com, October 1.
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Kileen, Michael. “Color Focus.” Bloomberg News, September 1.
Kerr, Merrily. “Palette.” Time Out New York, August 17.
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Bors, Chris. “Chroma Trouble.” Artnet, August 4.
Chambers, Kristin. Catalogue Essay. California Biennial 2006. Edited by Elizabeth Armstrong, Rita Gonzalez, and Karen Moss. Orange County Museum of Art.
2005
Smith, Roberta. “Martin McMurray: Bloodshot and Glowing.” The New York Times, September 30.
2004
Gheith, Jenny. “There’s No Place Like Home.” F-News, October.
Whiteside, Amber. “Martin McMurray at Gallery 16.” Artweek, July/August.
2003
Harrison, Helen. “Journeys That Bring Joy and Fear.” The New York Times, November 2.