Clive Murphy
Clive Murphy was born in Ireland and relocated to New York in 2005. Previous exhibitions include Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (2008); West Germany Gallery, Berlin (2007); Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2007); Fieldgate Gallery, London (2007); Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto (2006); Soap Factory, Minneapolis (2006); Drawing Center, New York (2006); Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork (2005); Bloomberg New Contemporaries, London (2005); British Council commission, Brussels (2005); Alma Enterprises Gallery, London (2005); Gallery 411, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China (2004). Residencies include Mercer Union Arts Centre, Toronto; Arts Council N.Ireland-Drawing Center, New York (2006); International Residency Programme, Eastlink, Shanghai, China, (2004); CityMine(d) Brussels, Belgium (2005); Zedebois Centre, Lisbon, Portugal (2003); CCFA, Prague, Czech Republic (2001).
What About Me?, 2004
Public Intervention
6,000 1” diameter aluminum discs, hand punched from used beer cans
Inflatable Cardboard Box (Born to Make you Happy), 2004
73 x 31 x 22 cm
Wall hanging sculpture, cardboard, pvc, rubber, valve, air
Fake Fake Mountain, 2007
19 x 14 x 22 inches
Used matchsticks and cardboards
Disembodied Beardscape — Abraham Lincoln (some real, some fake), 2007
18 x 16 inches
Ink on paper
OK-Cluster (detail), 2007
Dimensions Variable
Ink on found image