TANYA MURPHY 

Charlotte, NC 28215, email: tanyamurphyartist@gmail, web: www.tanyamurphyartist.com

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:  Multidisciplinary Fine Artist working in photography, printmaking and mixed media.  Author, researcher and educator in Southern American, African American memory and history. 
EDUCATION: Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA, BFA - (Photography, 1988) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, (Oil painting, 2002)

SELECT (Solo) EXHIBITIONS

2025 Countryside, The Artisan’s Palette, Art Gallery, Charlotte NC

2023 Black History Annual, Clover Gallery, Clover, NC

2022 Natural Flow, The Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC

2014 Times Past, Yet Present, Hall Of Fame Art Gallery, Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY

2012 Mementoes, Christina Cultural Arts Center, Wilmington, DE

2011 Embracing Light, Mosley Art Gallery, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD

2010 Private Visions, Widener University Art Gallery, Chester, PA

2009 Shadows of A Journey,African American Museum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

2007 Southern Connections, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

SELECT (Group) EXHIBITIONS

2026‍ Transformation,The Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC

2026 Art From All Perspectives, Waterworks Museum, Salisbury, NC

2025‍ A Slice of Life: The Art of Everyday, Novant Medical Ctr., Charlotte, NC

2025 Our Truth > His Story,Nine Eighteen Nine Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2024 Echoes of the Past, The Light Factory Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2024 Are We Free Yet, Kimpton Tron Park Hotel, Charlotte, NC

2024 Revolutions Resolutions, The Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC

2023 Abundance Now, The Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC

2023 The Ties, That Bind, Nine Eighteen Nine Gallery, Charlotte NC

2021 Freedom Seekers, Other Voices of Freedom, Havre de Grace Maritime Museum, Havre de Grace, MD

2020 Making Community, Brodsky Center At Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2020 A Woman's Journey,Falls Church Art Gallery, Falls Church, VA

2015 Giving Voice: Women, Artist, Interpretations, Widener University Art Gallery, Chester, PA

2014 Philadelphia Voices - Northern Liberties: From World’s Workshop to Hipster Mecca and the  People in Between, Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Curated by Jennifer Baker

2012 New Narratives and Reinterpretations. Brandywine Workshop & Archives, Philadelphia, PA, Cornell University Professor Cheryl Finley, Ph.D., Curator  

2011 Surface Politics: Looking Beneath Aesthetics and Formalism, Salon Joose Art Gallery, Philadelphia PA, Curated by Theodore Harris 

2008 Portfolio: Two Photo Lens - Contemporary Photography, NCA Gallery, Detroit, MI

‍ ‍COMMISSIONS

Looming Over Us, 2020, Havre de Grace Maritime Museum and Environmental Center, Havre de Grace, MD, From Africa To The White House, 2010 (24”h x 96”w panel) Aesthetic Solutions, Randolph, NJ, My Beloved Son, 2004 (5’x8’ Painting Installation) Beloved Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA The Upper Room,  2000 (15’ x 21’, Triptych Painting Installation) Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church, Phila., PA, Jacobs Dream, 1998 (6’x8’ Painting Installation) Gospel Temple Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA

AWARDS

ArtPop 2026 Artist Cohort, Charlotte NC, Artist-In-Residence, 2010, Brandywine Print Workshop & Archives, Philadelphia, PA, 2010, produced a Limited Edition of 46, Lithograph artworks (Diptych) Men of Color to Arms, & Men of Color to Passage.  The Beacon Award 2008 (AEP) excellence in education marketing (Andrew Turner, Things Past Yet Present)

PUBLIC / PRIVATE COLLECTIONS 

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard, Cambridge, MA,  Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Havre de Grace Maritime Museum, Havre de Grace, MD,  The Art Museum at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona,  Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, SC,  Scripps College, Claremont, CA,  Camp William Penn Museum, LaMott, PA,  Brandywine Workshop & Archives, Philadelphia, PA

Numerous artworks are privately owned and are not listed here.

CURATORIAL POSITIONS

2015, Giving Voice, Women, Artists, Inspirations, Widener University, Chester, PA 2015, 2008, Photography,The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA (w/Leah Macdonald) 2007, Andrew Turner - Things Past, Yet Present, Widener University, Chester, PA  and 2007, The Family Tiberino - A Legacy of Art, Sandy Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (w/John McDaniel)

PANELIST / LECTURER

2024, Are We Free Yet? A Juneteenth Artist Talk, Kimpton Park Hotel, Charlotte, NC,  2023,The Ladies & Him Author’s Panel, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte NC, 2023, Art & Business, Creative Entrepreneurship Program, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 2014, Times Past, Yet Present, Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY, 2012, Brandywine Workshop & Archives, Philadelphia, PA, 2011, Shadows of A Journey, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD, 2009, African American Museum of Philadelphia, PA

BIBLIOGRAPHY (Reviews/Articles/Interviews)

The Hilltop Glove Podcast  Interview - Episode 69, May 2023,CN2 TV Black History Interview, February 2023,Freedom Seekers: How the little told story in Harford County shaped the nation we live in today, by Mary Carole     McCauley, Baltimore Sun/ Harford Magazine, 2021 In My Lifetime, by Tanya Murphy, Urban Suburban Magazine, pgs. 48-49,  2012 African American Stories Shared, by Ursula Ehrhardt, The Daily Times/Shore Life, 2011 More Than Meets The Eye, by Edward Epstein, The ArtBlog, 2011Surface Politics: Looking Beneath Aesthetics & Formalism, p 58, by Theodore A. Harris, Left Curve No.35, 2011African Heritage, by Victoria Donohoe, The Philadelphia, Inquirer, 2010
Shadows of A Journey Takes Viewers on a Visual Journey, by Bobbi Booker, The Philadelphia Tribune. 2009, Her Paintings in City Churches Bring Bible to Life, by Kristin Holmes, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2004     

PUBLICATIONS

Multidisciplinary, 2023, Collector's Choice, 2011, Southern Connections, 2007, Collecting Black Studies, (Book by Ragbir & Smith)The University of Texas at Austin, 2020, Collecting Black Studies, University Of Texas Press, Ragbir & Smith, plates 48 & 49, 2020, Ten Talents Movie, by John Detita, Independent Film, 2009, The Minority Resource Council, First Take catalog, Philadelphia PA 1992                                                                             

SELECT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE)

2026, Executive Committee Member, Charlotte Studio Artists, Charlotte, NC, 025, Committee Chair,Leadership Team Member, Charlotte Studio Artists Collective, Professional Teaching Artist, 2023, Bradford Prep Academy, Charlotte, NC, 2022, Committee Member, and Workshop Instructor, The Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC, Teaching Artist (per diem) 2009-2017, The African American Museum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2009-2014, Co-Founder, Salon Joose Art Alliance, Gallery & Joose Unleashed Podcast, Philadelphia PA, 2006-2008, Gallery Director, Sande Webster Art Gallery, Phila., PA                                                                                                                             AFFILIATIONS:  Charlotte Studio Artists, Charlotte, NC, Guild of Charlotte Artist, Charlotte, NC, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC, National Conference of Artists,Detroit, MA(Chapter) Brandywine Workshop & Archives, Phila., PA                                                                                                                          

GALLERY REPRESENTATION                                                                             National Conf. of Artists, Detroit MI,  Joose Studios, LLC, Charlotte, NC REFERENCES: Leslie Kaufman, President, Philadelphia Sculptures, Board Member, Havre de Grâce Maritime Museum/ Havre de Grace, MD, emails: lesliekaufman@verizon.net, https://philasculptors.org/, t:215-413-9126

Shirley Woodson, National Conference of Artists, NCA, Gallery, Detroit MI, Chapter, 18100 Meyers Rd., Detroit, MI, email: shirleynca@sbcglobal.net, t:313-342-1786

Richard Watson,Director of Exhibitions, African American Museum in Philadelphia, Phila., PA, 701 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19106, email: watsonart4u@aol.com, t:215-574-0380, www.aampmuseum.org