Liz Murphy

Working alongside the commonly found opinions that art is a closed topic to those who lack prior training or incite or that the actions of artists have little social worth or function; I endeavour to highlight that when encountering a work of art, the roles of artist and spectator are not mutually exclusive.

My work invites the spectator to create narratives drawn from suggestions laid within the work, involving the audience in the creative process in turn giving a claim to the works authorship.

When choosing mediums and settings for my work I continue to take into consideration how these elements can further dissolve the potential for isolating the viewer. Using objects we are familiar with in the 'everyday' creates an atmosphere of confidence, born from familiarity, when dealing with the work.


CURRENT

Currently resident at Hotspur Press, Manchester

BMCA Artistic Coordinator

Salford Leftfield member



84 Steps

Apartment, Manchester, October 2006

MMU DEGREE SHOW 2006

A Portrait of a Father and Four Daughters



PHONING HOME

Where To?
London, April 2006



Elizabeth Murphy 5.1.84

March 2006



Postcard Bluetack, Grosvenor Building, Part 1

January 2006


Postcard Bluetack, Grosvenor Building, Part 2

January 2006


Postcard Bluetack, Grosvenor Building, Part 3

January 2006


Postcard Bluetack, Grosvenor Building, Part 3

January 2006

detail


Postcard Bluetack, Grosvenor Building, Part 3

January 2006

detail



Everything Left

January 2006



Darren Part 1

November 2005


Darren Part 2

November 2005



15 Brook Road

June 2005

front view


15 Brook Road

June 2005

back view



Origami Bird Made Out Of Wood

June 2005



Installation at Victoria Baths

March 2005




BIOGRAPHY

Exhibitions:

Lumpen Media Kart, Version>08 Festival: Dark Matter, Chicago, April 2008
Commissioned residency with Contents May Vary at MASA, Salford, October 2007
Under Maintenance, Victoria Baths, Manchester, June 2007
Housework|Beckenham, London, May - June 2007
Bring on the Dancing Horses, Manchester, May 2007
Elizabeth Murphy Retrospective, Leeds City Council LandFill, December 2006
Contents May Vary, Apartment, Manchester, October - November 2006
Contents May Vary & Pineapple Folk, Zion Arts Centre, Manchester, September 2006
MMU Fine Art Degree Show 06, Manchester, June 2006
Variables, 224A Burton Road, Manchester, June 2006
Where To? London, April 2006
Ten By Ten, The Reading Rooms, Manchester, June 2005
Dive, Victoria Baths, Manchester, March 2005
Block N Mesh June 2004

Bibliography:

Leftfield August 2008 UK
Contents May Vary Issue 2, July 2008, UK
Contents May Vary Issue I, June 2006, UK

Other:

Interview Radio 4 Art and Letter writing, August 2008
Art & Summet Else quiz: Created and hosted by CMV in a Manchester pub 2008
Contents May Vary Autobiography January 2008 (at Manchester Metropolitan University)


lizzymurp'at'hotmail.com