Patrick Murphy (artist) explained

Patrick Murphy is a British artist, designer and curator. His work is exhibited internationally and held in public and private collections. He lives and works in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

Biography

He works across a wide range of media and projects from large scale public art installations and interventions to print and sculptural work.

In 2021 the French city of Le Havre (UNESCO World Heritage Site) became the site of Murphys largest public art commission which saw installation of 200 life-size seagull sculptures on the facade of the cities Town Hall. https://www.creativeboom.com/news/the-seagulls/

Other commissions for large scale public art include "Belonging"[1] at Walker Gallery for Liverpool Biennial, "In pursuit of Happiness" at the Kunstenfestival in Watou, Belgium,[2] "Flock" installation[3] in Soho Square and the House of St Barnabas, London, "Strata",[4] a large scale building art intervention,

His work has appeared in Creative Review,[5] It's Nice That,[6] Dezeen,[7] The Guardian,[8] BBC Radio 4,[9] Monocle - Section D,[10] and The Telegraph.[11]

He is the founder and director of MADE NORTH and Sheffield Design Week and the founder of Modernist Guides. In 2015, he curated the British Road Sign Project, celebrating the road signs designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert in 1965. Murphy invited more than 50 leading artists and designers[6] to create their own signs which were displayed at the Design Museum and along the Thames.

Curating leading design exhibitions and projects for others including curating the MADE NORTH Gallery[12] programme and annual conference. Major projects have included "Revolutions from Gatefold to Download",[13] a history of the album cover to the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the British Road Sign Project in 2016.[14] at the Design Museum, London.

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Notes and References

  1. News: In pictures: Liverpool Biennial 2012 . 13 February 2016 . BBC News . 16 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20170812175028/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19612314. 12 August 2017. dead.
  2. News: Kunstenfestival Watou mocht tijdens de zomer van 2014 . 2 January 2019 . Kunstenfestival Watou . Kunstenfestival . 12 July 2013.
  3. News: The pigeons have landed . 2 January 2019 . The Daily Telegraph . 12 October 2014.
  4. News: Strata project lights up Barnsley office block . Simon Hogg . 2 January 2019 . Architects Journal . 23 December 2009.
  5. News: Creative Review . Yellow Jersey Project . 13 February 2016 . 30 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160225125217/https://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2014/june/yorkshire-in-yellow/. 25 February 2016. dead.
  6. News: Made North celebrates the 50th anniversary of the British road sign . Rebecca Fulleylove . 2 January 2019 . It's Nice That . 15 September 2015.
  7. News: The Art of the Album Cover at The Gallery@ . 2 January 2019 . Dezeen . 22 February 2009 . Rachael Sykes.
  8. News: Way to go: the woman who invented Britain's road signs . Homa Khaleeli . The Guardian . 2 January 2019 . 18 September 2015.
  9. News: 'The girl leading the boy by the hand is based on a self portrait . World at One, BBC Radio 4 . 13 February 2016 . 22 September 2015.
  10. News: Sheffield on Show . Monocle . 2 January 2019 . 23 June 2015.
  11. News: Guide to Sheffield's bus stops and motorway bridges published . Paul Miles . The Daily Telegraph . 2 January 2019 . 16 June 2015.
  12. Web site: MADE NORTH Gallery . 11 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160216063350/http://www.madenorthgallery.co.uk/ . 16 February 2016 . dead.
  13. News: The art of the album cover . 2 January 2019 . Paste . 13 February 2009.
  14. News: Kinneir and Calvert: Graphic designers behind Britain's road signs to be celebrated 50 years after revolutionising our highways . Adam Lusher . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/kinneir-and-calvert-graphic-designers-behind-britains-road-signs-to-be-celebrated-50-years-after-10466442.html . 25 May 2022 . subscription . live. 2 January 2019 . The Independent . 21 August 2015.

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