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 Gallery #667B    

         May 17, 2018

Twelve Pieces by Contemporary Artist

                Orlagh M. Murphy (Born 1964)

- Image of the Day -

 

"A Little Bit of Sunshine Through the Hedge"

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  Feature Artist Bio

By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the second of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by Irish painter 

Orlagh M. Murphy (born 1964 in County Cavan, Ireland).
 

Orlagh M Murphy studied Visual Communication Design in DIT, Dublin, Ireland and went on to work as a decorative artist for architects and interior designers creating one-off murals and decorative works for just over twenty years. During these years she received and completed commissions for projects in the US, Japan, the UK, Italy and Ireland.

In 2010 Orlagh decided to concentrate on her own studio-based practise concentrating on landscape painting and drawing her subject matter from her immediate surroundings and from holiday locations, especially in the west of Ireland. In 2015 Orlagh took part in Art in the Open, the largest en plein air festival in Europe and was hooked from then on to working in this tradition. She also picked up a silver award at this festival and a bronze two years later.

Living in a very rural area allows for immediate access to her subject matter and much of her work comes from within a 4-to-6 kilometre area surrounding her home and studio following her walks with her dog, Coco. Her favourite time of the day is the very early morning when the light is at its best for adding atmosphere and depth  to some of the simplest subjects.

Orlagh’s work is found in
private collections in the USA, Canada, Singapore, Australia, UK, France and Ireland.

Selected Exhibitions

2017

Greenacres Gallery - Open submission

Art in the Open Festival, Wexford

Solas Summer Exhibition

Boyle Arts Festival

2016
 

Greenacres Gallery - Open submission

Art in the Open Festival, Wexford

Solas Summer Exhibition

Boyle Arts Festival

2015

 

Art In The Open - Wexford En Plein Air Festival

Eigse Arts Festival:' From Where We Once Lived & Learned'

Solo Exhibition

'Still Lives' Solas Gallery Joint Solo

2014

Boyle Art Festival - Group exhibition.

Eigse Arts Festival - Group exhibition - Co Carlow

Solas Gallery Ballinamore - Co Leitrim. Group exhibitions Spring & Summer

2013

 

Different Perspectives - Rianta Art Group exhibition, Co Cavan

'Fragments From Home' - Solo exhibition in the Birr Arts & Theatre Co Offally

‘Forgotten Homes and Hinterlands' - Joint solo at Solas Gallery, Ballinamore

2012

 

Rianta Art Exhibition - Cavan Fleadh

 'Bah Humbug' Charles Dickens Bicentenary - Cavan County

Museum

  Solas Gallery Christmas Exhibition

2011

Royal Hibernian Academy Summer Show - Dublin

2011-12 '1f Offally. t Sq' The Clinton Centre - Co Fermanagh

2011-12 'Common Ground' 'Teatime' and 'Collage - Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

Awards

Bronze award -  Art in the Open - Wexford 2017

Silver Award - Art in the OpenWexford 2015

Susan Hill Perpetual Trophy - Boyle Arts Festival 2014

Professional Development award - Cavan Arts Office 2013

 

                                                     

                                                                ARTIST'S OFFICIAL BIO                                                                     

(see above)

 

 

  Orlagh Murphy's

  OFFICIAL WEBSITE

                                                        http://www.ommurphy.com/                                 

                     ARTIST'S STATEMENT

 

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