Althea Murphy-Price is an American artist who specializes in printmaking, and Professor of Art at University of Tennessee at Knoxville.[1] Her work "contemplates the power of hair as a signifier of cultural self-identity."[2]
Early life
editMurphy-Price was born in California.[3]
Education
editMurphy-Price earned her B.A. in Studio Fine Arts from Spelman College in 2001. In 2003, she earned an M.A. in Painting and Printmaking from Purdue University. Murphy-Price earned an MFA in Printmaking from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in 2005.[4]
Career
editMurphy-Price has served as assistant professor in printmaking at the Hope School of Fine Arts at Indiana University and at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.[4][5]
Technique
editMurphy-Price's signature technique is the creating prints by using synthetic hair extensions as the lines in her work. Her technique is profiled in Beth Grabowski and Bill Fick's Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Process.[6]
Murphy-Price uses both hair and hair accessories to create sculpture and installations, as well.[7] Hair Rug No. 2 involved the artist dusting synthetic hair on the floor over lace overlay to create a striking rug-like pattern.[8]
Exhibitions and collections
editMurphy-Price has participated in solo and small-group exhibitions including:
- "Supplemental Ornament," Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, 2008–2009.[9]
- "Salon Time: Sonya Clark + Althea Murphy-Price + Nontsikelelo Mutiti," at Union for Contemporary Art in Omaha[10][11]
- Minthorne Gallery at George Fox University
- "Unreal Expectation," at E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center, Vanderbilt University
- "Hair on Fire" at Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at The College of Charleston[4]
- "Superficial Details: Althea Murphy Price" at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University[5]
She has been an artist-in-residence at the Frank Lloyd Wright School, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, and The Vermont Studio Center.[12]
Murphy-Price's works can be found in the collections of University of Akron, Gallery Collections in Akron, Ohio; Kohler Library, University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin; Tyler School of Art Archives in Philadelphia, PA; Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center in Atlanta, GA, among others.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Althea Murphy-Price". Tennessee Arts Commission. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
- ^ Stewart-Sanabria, Denise (2017-06-05). "UT printmaking exhibit hints at the department's creative prowess". The Knoxville Mercury. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
- ^ "Althea Murphy-Price - Artist | LOCATE Arts". locatearts.org. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ a b c "HAIR ON FIRE". Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ a b "Superficial Details: Althea Murphy Price". Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. 2015-06-16. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ Fick, Bill; Grabowski, Beth; Laurence King Publishing (2017). Printmaking: a complete guide to materials & processes. London: Laurence King Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78067-194-9.
- ^ Arts, Cincinnati. "Supplemental Ornament | Cincinnati Arts". www.cincinnatiarts.org. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ "Althea Murphy-Price | Woman Made Gallery". womanmade.org. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ "Supplemental Ornament | Cincinnati Arts". www.cincinnatiarts.org. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
- ^ "Art notes: 'Salon Time' celebrates culture of black women's hair". Omaha.com. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
- ^ "Salon Time". The Union for Contemporary Art. Archived from the original on 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
- ^ "Althea Murphy-Price - Associate Professor | School of Art". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
- ^ "On Exhibit: Althea Murphy-Price March 16–May 11, 2018". Tennessee Arts Commission. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
Further reading
edit- Interview, Locate Arts, 2016.
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