GLENN MURRAY

 

 

Born 11 October 1957

 

 

Studies

 

1981                Newcastle TAFE Art School

1982-83           East Sydney Technical College (sculpture)

1984                Prahran College BA Fine Art (sculpture)

1994                Tibetan Library of Works and Archives, Dharamsala, India

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

            1991    Sculpture  Legge Gallery

            1992    Sculpture  Legge Gallery

            1993    Glenn Murray, Sculpture; Kerryl Shirley, Paintings  Legge Gallery

            1995    Sculpture  Legge Gallery

            1996    Sculpture  Legge Gallery

                        Sculpture  George Gallery, Melbourne

            1997    Sculpture  Legge Gallery

            1998    Sculpture and Collage  Legge Gallery

            2000    Continuum  Legge Gallery

                        Collages  New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

            2002    Sculpture Legge Gallery

            2004    Sculpture Legge Gallery

            2006    Sculpture Legge Gallery

 

Group Exhibitions

 

1981    Sculpture  Art, Empire and Industry (AEI) Gallery

1990    Legge Gallery Preview  Watters Gallery

            Group Show of Three  Legge Gallery

            The Cow Show  Legge Gallery

1991    Works on Paper & Furniture  Legge Gallery

            When Love Blooms  Legge Gallery

1992    Works from Stock and Studio  Legge Gallery

            Sculpture  Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra

            Thisness  Legge Gallery

1993    Sculpture  Meridian Gallery, Melbourne

1994    Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

            Sculpture  Kyneton Council Acquisitive Exhibition, Victoria

1995    Brian Doar, Deej Fabyc, David Hawkes, Glenn Murray  Legge Gallery

            Sculpture  George Gallery, Melbourne

            Summer Exhibition  Legge Gallery              

1996    Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

            Mellow Down Easy  Legge Gallery

1997    Sanguine Valediction  Legge Gallery

            Meat Market Craft Gallery (furniture)  North Melbourne

1998    New work by: Susan Andrews, Vivienne Ferguson, Julie Harris, Glenn Murray  Legge Gallery

            Christmas Show  Legge Gallery

            Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

1999    Evolution  Legge Gallery

            Sculpture by the Sea  Bondi

            Sculpture  New England Regional Art Museum

2000    Ten Years  Legge Gallery

Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Moreland City Council Sculpture Prize

11th Summer Exhibition  Legge Gallery

            2001    Group Show  Legge Gallery

Yering Station and Yarra Valley Arts Council Sculpture Prize - 1st Prize Winner

2002    Sculpture 2002  Legge Gallery

Yering Station and Yarra Valley Arts Council Sculpture Prize

Melbourne Art Fair 2002  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

                        Summer Show Legge Gallery

            2003    Sculpture Group Show Legge Gallery

                        Sculpture by the Sea Bondi

                        Summer Show Legge Gallery

            2004    Steel Sculpture Legge Gallery

Melbourne Art Fair 2004  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

                        Sculpture by the Sea Bondi

            2005    Sculpture 2005 Legge Gallery

            2006    Works on Paper Legge Gallery

                        Large Sculpture Legge Gallery

Melbourne Art Fair 2006  Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

                        Sculpture by the Sea Bondi

 

 

Bibliography

 

Clement, Tracey:     'Critic's Picks', The Sydney Morning Herald, 4-10/2/2005

France, Christine:     The Australian, 27-28/6/1992            

James, Bruce:           'Galleries', The Sydney Morning Herald, 1/8/1997

Low, Lenny Ann:        'Exhibitions', The Sydney Morning Herald, 9-10/11/2002

McSpedden, Shelley:'Exhibitions', The Sydney Morning Herald, 16-22/7/2004

Penfold, Melissa:      'Source', The Sydney Morning Herald, 30/3/2006

Smee, Sebastian:      'Marco Polo, miaow?  Yes', The Sydney Morning Herald

'Collector',   Wentworth Courier 30/10/2002

 

Collections

 

Artbank

Cadbury Schweppes

Maitland Regional Art Gallery

National Australia Bank

 

Commissions

 

1982                Australia Council Assistance for work at the University of New South Wales

1988                Sculptures for housing development, Bateman's Bay

1994-97           Various commissions for furniture

2000                New England Regional Art Museum

 

Prizes and Competitions

 

1994    Kyneton Council Acquisitive Exhibition, Kyneton, Victoria

2000    Moreland Sculpture Show

2001    Yering Station and Yarra Valley Arts Council Sculpture Prize - 1st Prize

2002    Yering Station and Yarra Valley Arts Council Sculpture Prize