Katie Murray is an American photographer and video artist. She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts and her MFA from Yale University School of Art. Murray’s work concerns itself with the mysterious nature of familiarity and the ambiguous nature of memory. Murray’s work exists somewhere between the mythic and the mundane, reflecting a reality that is both rooted in and removed from our own.. She has exhibited in solo and group shows to include: Fish Island Gallery, (2023) TOPS Gallery, Memphis, TN (2017), The Barbara Walter’s Gallery at Sarah Lawrence College (2014), The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (2014) The Photographers’ Gallery, UK (2013) College of the Canyons Art Gallery (2012), HomeFront Gallery, NY (2011), World Class Boxing, Miami (2010), Kate Werble Gallery, NY (2009), International Center for Photography (2008) White Columns, NY (2004) Jen Bekman Gallery (2004), Queens Museum of Art, NY (2004), and The Yale Art Gallery, CT (2000). She received the New York State Residents Grant for Excellence in Photography, the Robin Forbes Memorial Award in Photography, the Barry Cohen Award for Excellence in Art, and a NYFA grant in 2012. Murray’s work has been published in various magazines, books and catalogues. Murray’s first monograph All The Queens Men published in 2013 by Daylight Books is a decade long investigation into masculinity. In 2019 Murray published an artist book with ASMR4 entitled Ordinary Matter. Murray’s work is held in numerous private and public collections. Murray is an Assistant Professor of Photography in the Art Department at Purchase College.
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