Ryan Murray
Born 1983, Pittsburgh, PA
Lives and Works in Baltimore, MD
EDUCATION
2009 MFA in Studio Arts, University of
Illinois at Chicago
Thesis:
ÒOther Worlds in Our OwnÓ, Portals, potions, fantasy, and virtual worlds in
video, painting, sculpture, and pop-culture
2005 BFA in
Art, with University and College Honors, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA
ONE-
AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009 Medicine Cabinet Portal and Potions and
Galactic Portal Refrigerator Magnets, In and Out, Second Bedroom
Project Space, Chicago, IL
2008 Panacea: a shoppe of potions, elixirs,
reagents, and cure-alls, Eastern Expansion, Chicago, IL
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford
and Ryan Murray, Elegant Mr., Chicago, IL
2007 Questy Quest, with students Ben Pyles and Andrew Soffietti, collaborative
project show, post-performance exhibit, MCG @ 800 Penn Avenue Gallery,
Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Ryan Murray and Kelly Schmal, the
Frame, Pittsburgh, PA
SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Videopolis,
Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2010 Music
and Art Extravaganza, with Tav, the Senator Theatre, Baltimore, MD
2009 MFA Thesis Screening, The
Nightingale, Chicago, IL
Artists
Run Chicago,
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Formfit, Great Space,
University of Illinois at Chicago
MFA
Thesis Exhibition, with Jesse McLean and Jeremiah Spofford,
Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
2008 Collection Collection, Mess Hall, Chicago, IL
Bridgeport
All Stars, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
Somber and Bright,
The Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, IL
Formfit, Great Space,
University of Illinois at Chicago
2007 FLUX
15, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Encyclopedia Destructica
Volume: Bumba Issue the Fourth Release Party,
the Brillobox, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Tomb
of the Spy Magicians, Spinning Plate Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Staff and Student
Exhibition, Manchester CraftsmenÕs Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
100%
Centennial, in collaboration with Tricycle Bicycle Cycle,
Regina Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 Spectacular,
Spectacular!, Regina Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Educated
Guess?, Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, PA
Transmissions from the
Stupid, with Luke Meeken and Andrew Negrey, the Frame,
Pittsburgh, PA
softWORKS,
Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, PA
Residue,
Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, PA
SELECTED
SCREENINGS, PERFORMANCES, CONCERTS, AND EVENTS
2011 Videopolis,
A Broadcast Called Life, Metro
Gallery, Baltimore, MD, May 7
Terminal
Short Video Festival, Vanish,
Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN, April 7
2010 Simple
Gifts, with Towson University Electronic Media and Film department and
Music department faculty and students, Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall, Center
for the Arts, Towson
University, April 6
2009 Action Steps, with Harold Arts
musicians and video artists, Magical Musical Showcase, Museum of Contemporary
Art, Chicago, IL, March 24
2007 Questy
Quest, with students Ben
Pyles and Andrew Soffietti, collaborative, publicly interactive performance and
video, MCG @ 800 Penn Avenue Gallery,
Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Spy
Magician Invocation, with Chris Kardambikis (Encyclopedia Destructica)
and Curt Gettman (Unicorn Mountain), Spinning Plate Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA,
October 22
Tricycle Bicycle Cycle,
10th Anniversary Celebration, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh,
PA, March 31, 2006
Tricycle
Bicycle Cycle, Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA, March 18
2005 Art
Parade, assisted Kelly Schmal in organization, Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, PA, April 29
2004 Chupacabra
Pep Rally, Video Mystery Theatre, the Eye, Pittsburgh, PA, December 11
The AstroWerewolves and the
Quest for the Moon,
An Evening of Live Video Performances, Skibo Gymnasium, Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, PA,
October
22
Redeeming Blue Boy: the
Despair and the Ascension, with Jacob Ciocci (Paper Rad), Transmissions From the Stupid, the Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA,
May
14
Redeeming
Blue Boy: the Discovery of Alternative Methods of Inquiry,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, March 19
SICBO, Residue, Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, PA, February 29
2003 The
33-Petaled Rose: The Pilgrimage, throughout
downtown Pittsburgh, PA, November 20
The
33-Petaled Rose: Trinary Vibrational Channeling Ritual, Ellis Gallery, Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, PA, September 22
PRESS
2009 ÒArtists
and scientists act in the intersection between the natural and the
constructed,Ó The Artsighter, July 25.
http://theartsighter.typepad.com/blog/2009/07/ryan-murray.html
ÒCritics
ChoiceÓ, short write-up and photograph. TimeOut Chicago, February.
ÒGalleries and MuseumsÓ, photograph. Chicago Reader, February 19.
2008 ÒInfoporn,
Eastern Expansion, and the new Bridgeport Art District: What Lumpen has in
store for this yearÕs Select Media FestivalÓ, by Candice Ralph,
Chicago Weekly. November
12.
http://chicagoweekly.net/2008/11/12/infoporn-eastern-expansion-and-the-new-bridgeport-art-district/.
ÒNo
Sleep till BridgeportÓ, by Sara McCool, Eye Exam, Newcity, Chicago,
IL. August 28. p 15. http://www.newcitychicago.com/chicago/8092.html.
2006 ÒArt,
music, comics can be found on Unicorn MountainÓ, by Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh
Post Gazette, Weekend Magazine,
October 19.
Pop Candy, ÒFive Things I
Found This WeekendÓ, by Whitney Matheson, USA Today,
http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/2006/10/five_things_i_f.html.
The
Hedonist Masses, podcast featuring and discussing Tricycle
Bicycle Cycle, the Netherlands, http://www.podfeed.nl/hedonist-masses, January.
The Berry and Uli Show,
video podcast featuring Tricycle Bicycle Cycle, the Netherlands,
www.ans-online.nl, January.
2005 Mammoth
Press, review of the album Tricycle
Bicycle CycleÕs First Manatee Hugging Party, by Ian Signore,
http://mammothpress.com/index.php?area=readreview&pid=647,
December.
majorbounce/minormelancholy,
radio program and streaming mp3, BSR 88.1, Providence, RI,
http://bsrlive.com/archives/playlist.php?p=3378, December
9.
ÒYou see with your eyes, hands, and earsÓ, description of the limited
edition CD ÒTricycle Bicycle CycleÕs First Manatee Hugging PartyÓ, by
Ian Signore,
http://www.lovehasnologic.com/empme/2005/12/13/you-see-with-your-eyes-hands-and-ears/,
December.
75 minutes, podcast featuring and discussing Tricycle
Bicycle Cycle, New York, NY, www.75minutes.com, December.
SELECTED
BIBLIOGRAPHY, SOUND RECORDINGS, AND SELF-PUBLISHED WRITINGS
2009 Tav, Issue 2, interactive CD-ROM
including images, video, animation, music, and writing, Portal series (paintings and video), Vanish (video), songs by Tricycle
Bicycle
Cycle, Tav.
2007 Encyclopedia
Destructica Volume Bumba: Issue the Fourth, DVD/Book collection
of Pittsburgh Video ArtistsÕ work, writings, and drawings, ÒBathrobe Druid
Relearns the Lost Art of
Sanctifying SitesÓ video, Cover Design, 3 color silkscreen on bookcloth, Encyclopedia Destructica.
2006 WolfmanÕs
Got Nards: A Compedium of New American Monsters, ÒGroogleÓ, Encyclopedia Destructica and Unicorn
Mountain.
2005 Sweet
Baby Ray, MLN, limited
edition CDÕs, Self-Published.
Tricycle Bicycle CycleÕs
First Manatee Hugging Party, Tricycle Bicycle Cycle,
limited edition CDÕs in hand-sewn, silkscreened fabrics, packaged with toys and
handwritten
tracklists, Self-Published.
Tricycle Bicycle Cycle, website,
http://www.tricyclebicyclecycle.org, Self-Published.
2003 Trinary
Vibrational Transmission Channeling Music, The 33-Petaled Rose, limited
edition CDÕs, distributed to passers by during a pilgrimage performance
through Pittsburgh, PA,
Self-Published.
Trinary Vibrational
Channeling Ceremony, The 33-Petaled Rose, limited edition
pamphlets, distributed to passers by during a pilgrimage performance
through
Pittsburgh, PA, Self-Published.
MankindÕs
Secret History, The 33-Petaled Rose, limited edition tract,
distributed to passers by during a pilgrimage performance through Pittsburgh,
PA.
Self-Published.
Alien
Races Who Have Impacted Humanity, The 33-Petaled Rose,
limited edition pamphlets, distributed to passers by during a pilgrimage
performance
through
Pittsburgh, PA, Self-Published.
The 33-Petaled Rose,
website, http://www.33petaledflowerofsirius.org, Self-Published.
HONORS
AND AWARDS
2008 Teaching
Appointment, Tuition Waiver and Stipend, University of Illinois at Chicago
2007 Larsen
Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago
2005 University
Honors, Carnegie Mellon University
College Honors, Carnegie
Mellon University, College of Fine Art
Samuel
Rosenberg Senior Art Award, Carnegie Mellon University School of Art
Small
Undergraduate Research Grant, Deviant
Epistemic Methods and Eschatological Concerns, Undergraduate Research
Initiative, Carnegie Mellon
University
2004 Award
for Artistic Excellence, Meeting of the Minds, Undergraduate Research
Symposium, Carnegie Mellon University
Small
Undergraduate Research Grant, Redeeming
Blue Boy, Undergraduate Research Initiative, Carnegie Mellon University
2003 John
L. Porter Sophomore Art Award, Carnegie Mellon University School of Art
2003 Member
of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2001-2005 Andrew
Carnegie Scholarship
School
of Art Honors List, all semesters
College of Fine Arts DeanÕs
List, all semesters
2001 Valedictorian,
South Park High School, South Park, PA
SELECTED
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic Media and Film,
Towson University, Towson, MD
2009-2010 Visiting
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic Media and Film, Towson University,
Towson, MD
2008-2009 Instructor
of Record, Introduction to Time-Based Arts, University of Illinois at
Chicago, School of Art and Design, Chicago, IL
Instructor,
Chicago Filmmakers Advanced Digital Moviemaking Summer Youth Camp, Chicago IL
2008 Instructor,
Chicago Filmmakers Animation Summer Youth Camp, Chicago, IL
2006-2007 Teaching Artist, Digital Arts Studio,
Manchester CraftsmenÕs Guild, Pittsburgh, PA