Patrick Murphy (artist)

Patrick Murphy (born 1969, South Yorkshire) is a British artist. designer and curator. Murphy works across disciplines creating art, installations, events, exhibitions, branding and objects.

Biography

Murphy's work is exhibited internationally and held in public and private collections. His work has been featured in Creative Review,[1] It's Nice That,[2] Dezeen,[3] The Guardian,[4] BBC Radio 4,[5] Monocle - Section D,[6] The Telegraph.[7]

He is the founder and director of MADE NORTH & 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 over 50 leading artists and designers[8] to create their own signs which were displayed at the Design Museum and along the Thames.

He works across a wide range of projects from art commissions for large scale installations such as ‘Belonging’[9] at Walker Gallery for Liverpool Biennial, 'In pursuit of Happiness' at the Kunstenfestival in Watou, Belgium.[10] 'Flock'[11] installation in Soho Square and the House of St Barnabas, London. 'Strata'[12] a large scale building art intervention. To curating leading design exhibitions and projects for others including curating the MADE NORTH Gallery[13] programme and annual conference. Major projects have included ‘Revolutions; from Gatefold to Download[14]', an history of the album cover’ to this year’s celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the British Road Sign Project[15] at the Design Museum, London.

References

  1. ↑ "Creative Review". Yellow Jersey Project. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "It's Nice That". British Road Sign Project. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Dezeen". Revolutions from Gatefold to Download. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Guardian". British Road Sign Project. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "BBC Radio 4, World at One". British Road Sign Project. BBC. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Monocle - Section D". Sheffield Design Week. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "The Telegraph". Modernist Guide to Sheffield. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "It's Nice That". British Road Sign Project. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "BBC". Belonging. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Kunstenfestival Watou mocht tijdens de zomer van 2014". In Pursuit of Happiness. kunsten festival. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "The pigeons have landed". Flock. The Telegraph. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Strata project". Strata. Architects Journal. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "MADE NORTH Gallery".
  14. ↑ "The art of the album cover". Revolutions from Gatefold to Download. Paste Magazine. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  15. ↑ "Kinneir and Calvert: Graphic designers behind Britain's road signs to be celebrated 50 years after revolutionising our highways". British Road Sign Project. The Independent. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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