Noel Murphy

1970 Born in London
1989-94 BA Hons Fine Art, University of Ulster at Belfast
2003-05 Artist In Residence, Stranmillis University, Belfast

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 1990 Emer Gallery, Belfast
  • 1993 Emer Gallery, Belfast
  • 1995 One Oxford Street Gallery, Belfast
  • 1996 Gorry Gallery, Dublin
  • 2000 Gorry Gallery, Dublin
  • 2002 Gorry Gallery, Dublin
  • 2004 Emer Gallery, Belfast
  • 2005 Emer Gallery, Belfast
  • 2006 Emer Gallery, Belfast
  • 2008 Emer Gallery, Belfast
  • 2010 Emer Gallery, Belfast
  • 2011 ‘Paintings 1994-2011’, Emer Gallery, Belfast
  • 2012 ‘Drawings 1994-2012’, Emer Gallery, Belfast
  • 2013 ‘Fiction Adrift’, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 1992-96 ‘Belfast Young Contemporaries’ One Oxford Street Gallery, Belfast
  • 1993 Boyle Arts Festival
  • 1997 ‘Belfast Young Contemporaries’ One Oxford Street Gallery at The Academy of Art, San Francisco
  • 1990-99 RUA Annual Exhibition, Belfast
  • 2003 Boyle Arts Festival
  • 2003 West Belfast Festival
  • 2004 Boyle Arts Festival
  • 2005 Boyle Arts Festival
  • 2013 ‘London Art Fair’ Lemon Street Gallery
  • 2014 ’17th-21st Century Irish Art’ Gorry Gallery, Dublin
  • 2014 ‘London Art Fair’ Lemon Street Gallery

AWARDS

  • 1994 Bass Ireland Prize, ‘Belfast Young Contemporaries’ One Oxford Street Gallery, Belfast
  • 1997 The Ireland Fund of Great Britain Annual Art Award

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

  • Ulster Museum
  • Arts Council of Northern Ireland
  • The Burns Library, Boston College
  • The National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland
  • Bass Ireland Ltd
  • Kelly’s Collection, Rosslare
  • Parliament Buildings, Stormont
  • UTV
  • Boyle Arts Civic Collection
  • AIB
  • Glasnevin Museum, Dublin

COMMISSIONS

‘The Northern Ireland Assembly In Session’, Senate Chamber Parliament Buildings, Stormont, 2003

FILMS

John T Davies, ‘A House Divided’, RTE, 2003


The Celtic Twilight
Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
£2500

The New Distance
Acrylic on Canvas
12 x 10 inches
£1500

Remain
Acrylic on Canvas
20 x 24 inches
£3500