Jennifer Murphy

jenn.r.murphy@gmail.com

Solo Exhibitions

2025 To Hope in Ruins, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto (upcoming)

2022 Elegy for the Golden Toad, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON

2019 The Shadow of Sirius, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON

2017 Familiar Familiar, Gallery 44, Toronto, ON

2015 Caravansary of Joy, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON

2015 Sharing a Zombie, Howard Park Institute, Toronto , ON (with Lisa DiQuinzio)

2012 Daisies, The Philosopher’s Waltz at the Banff Centre, Banff, AB

2012 Monkey’s Recovery, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON

2011 Pink Moon, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON

2010 Twenty Pearls, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON

2008 Rose Weight and Other Works, Paul Petro, Toronto, ON

2007 The Mirrored Heart with the Sun in its Mouth, Paul Petro, Toronto, ON

2005 The Night has a Thousand Eyes, Solo Exhibition, Toronto, ON

2003 Forest Floors, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON

2001 The Great Syntax Monument, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON (with Chris Rogers)

2000 Dirty Headlines, Studio Space, Toronto, ON (with Chris Rogers

1999 Exhumed and Perfumed, Studio Space, Toronto, ON (with Chris Rogers)

1999 Juicy, Juicy, Juice, Sis Boom Bah, Toronto, ON

Group Exhibitions

2024 SOS: A Story of Survival, The Planet, KWAG, Kitchener Waterloo, ON

2023 To Piece Together, Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Brant, ON

2022 Insect as Idea, McIntosh Gallery, London, ON

2021 A Temple Most August, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON

2020 Mystic Toolkit, Stewart Hall Gallery, Pointe-Claire, Quebec

2019 Casing, Support, London, ON

2018 Lojong, Kiko Space, Toronto, ON

2018 Message in a Bottle, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto, ON

2018 A Place in the Country, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON

2017 The More I Look at These Images, 8eleven Gallery, Toronto, ON

2017 Nasty, Daniel Faria, Toronto, ON

2016 Woman’s Work, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, ON

2014 Moon Room, Narwhal Contemporary, Toronto, ON

2014 Integral Man, Integral House, Toronto, ON

2013 One, and Two, and More Than Two, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON

2013 Pleinairism, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB

2013 Full Circle, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON

2012 The Willows, The Willows, New York, NY

2012 Freedom of Assembly, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON

2011 Wild Life, StolenSpace Gallery, London, UK

2011 Good to See You, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON

2011 Sails, Cubes and Folds, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON

2010 The Dazzle, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto Hot Spot, Paul Petro, Toronto, ON

2010 In the Basement, Basement of Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto , ON

2010 Bitch Slap, Thrush Holmes (Curated by Derek Mainella), Toronto, ON

2008 Amber One Foot Below, Paul Petro Projects, Toronto, ON

2008 Drawings, Moti Hassan Gallery, New York, NY

2008 North, South, East, West, Paul Petro, Toronto, ON

2006 Bit by Bit, The Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, ON

2005 Bit by Bit, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2005 Toronto Berlin Exchange, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin, DE

2005 If only for today, perhaps tomorrow..., State Projects, New York, NY

2004 Collage Party, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

2004 Young Contemporaries, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON

2004 The Cave and the Island, Galerie Kunstbuero, Vienna, AT

2004 The Cave and the Island, White Columns, New York, NY

2003 Made For, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, DE

2003Group of Five, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON

2002 The Jennifer Show, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON

2001 R’N’R, The Round House, Toronto, ON

2001 Grand Expectorant, West Wing Art Space, Toronto, ON

2000 Urban Disco Trailer + Everyone, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON

2000 Pretty, Please, The Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, ON

Selected Articles and Publications

2022 Alcock, Hugh, “Jennifer Murphy at Clint Roenisch” ARTORONTO

2022 Ferguson, Kerri, “Exhibit Buzzes with Colourful Fusion of Art and Science” Western News

2022 Both, Michelle. “The Beauty of Bugs and Biodiversity” CBC

2020 Smart, Penelope. “The Shadow of Sirius”, Peripheral View

2020 Nusslein-Volhard, Christiane, “L’incanto degli animal – Bellezza ed evoluzione”, Il Saggiatore

2019 Richmond-Abdou, Kelly, “Delicate Nature Collages Held Together by Threads Reflect a Time of “Ecological Mourning”, My Modern Met

2019 LaSane, Andrew, “Nature Collages Shaped Like Birds and Butterflies”, Colossal

2017 Dick, Terence. “The More I look at These Images” Akimbo Blog, December 6th Whyte, Murray. “A Chicago- style Feast for the Senses” Toronto Star

2017 Reid, Deborah. “A Table Set for Judy Chicago” The Globe and Mail

2017 Whyte, Murray. “Of Tanks, Transparency and Nasty Women” Toronto Star Hutchingame, Laura. “Nasty at Daniel Faria” ArtToronto.ca

2016 N+1, Slow Burn, Number 25

2015 Whyte, Murray. “Jennifer Murphy and Valerie Blass: Deluxe Reduxe" Toronto Star

2015 Herych, Tetyana. "Jennifer Murphy and Eli Langer at Clint Roenisch" ArtToronto.ca

2015 Dick, Terence. Akimbo Blog, March 31

2014 Cooley, Allison. "Moon Room: Mysteries, Elucidated" Canadian Art Online

2014 Dick, Terence. "Moon Room" Akimbo Blog, November 4

2014 Horne-Gaul, Laura. "Lunar Magic" Tussle Magazine, October 27

2014 Whyte, Murray. “Moon Room at Narwhal Contemporary" Toronto Star

2013 Interview, Millions Magazine, Issue 4, Fall

2013 The Child Alberta, The Banff Centre, The Walter Phillips Gallery and Set Up

2013 More Than Two (Let It Make Itself), Micah Lexier, The Power Plant

2013 Sobey Art Award 10th Anniversary, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

2012 Brown, Kyla. “Jennifer Murphy.” Canadian Art Magazine (Winter): Volume29, No.4

2012 Schechter, Fran. “Collage Persists in the Digital Age.” Now Magazine, August 23

2012 Krishtalka, Sholem. “Ruminating with Scissors.” Toronto Standard, July 16

2012 Whyte, Murray. “Freedom of Assembly.” Toronto Star, July, 7

2012 Schechter, Fran. “Murphy Gets Real.” Now Magazine, June 14, Vol. 31 No. 42

2012 Dick, Terence. Akimbo Blog, June 1

2011 Artist Profile, Juxtapoze Magazine (March): 30

2011 Clarke, Bill. “Jennifer Murphy.” Canadian Art Magazine (Spring): 124

2011 Astrauskas, Romas. Magenta Magazine Online, Winter 2011, Volume 2,

2010 Vaughan, R.M. “ Sculptural Collages Weave a Hypnotic Web” The Globe and Mail

2010 Dick, Terence, Akimbo Blog, Critics’ Picks 2010, December 14,

2009 Interview, Bad Day Magazine, Issue 6

2009 Artist Project, Hunter and Cook Magazine, Fall Issue

2008 Sandals, Leah. “Cut and Paste.” Canadian Art Online.

2007 Diack, Heather. “Of Constellations and Incantations.” Ducts.Org, Issue 20

2006 Artist Project Centrefold, C International Contemporary Art, Fall

2005 Papararo, Jenifer. “Bit by Bit.” The Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver

2004 Wlasenko, Olexander. “2nd Site.” The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa

2004 Dick, Terence. “Jennifer Murphy.” Canadian Art Magazine (Spring): 96

2004 Scheyerer, Nicole. “Kunst Kurtz.” Kultur 51

2003 Richard Rhodes Lecture on Exhibition Forest Floor at Greener Pastures

2003 Hirschmann, Thomas. “2003 Top Ten Art Shows.” Now Magazine

2003 Milroy, Sarah. “Generation Nex.t” The Globe and Mail, May 10

2002 Artists’ Project. C International Contemporary Art, Issue 74, Summer

2002 Dick, Terence. “Three Short essays on Growing Up.” Fuse Magazine, May

2002 Artist Run Culture. Mix Magazine (Spring) 9 and 16

2001 Artists’ Project. YYZ Artists’ Outlet

Awards

2024 Toronto Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career

2024 Finalist, Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant

2022 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant Visual Artists

2022 Toronto Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career

2022 Finalist, Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant

2021 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career

2020 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant Visual Artists

2019 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career

2017 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career

2017 Toronto Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career

2015 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career

2013 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career

2013 Toronto Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career

2011 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career

2011 Toronto Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Mid-Career

2006 Toronto Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Emerging

2006 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant

2006 Semi-Finalist Nomination for The Sobey Art Award

2005 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant, Emerging

2004 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant

2003 Toronto Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant, Emerging

2003 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant

2002 Semi-Finalist Nomination for The Sobey Art Award

2022 Ontario Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Emerging

2002 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant

Residencies

2021 Culture of Nature- Animals in Art, The Alternative Art School, Led by Mark Dion

2012 A Paper, A Drawing, A Mountain, The Banff Centre, Led by Silke Otto-Knapp and Jan Verwoert

Public Art

2025 Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, California (upcoming)

2020 CAMH Therapeutic Art Project, Stand Alone Project, Toronto, ON

Selected Collections

Massey College Collection

CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) Permanent Collection

McIntosh Gallery at Western University

The Drake Devonshire

Centurion New York

Sheraton Hotel, Toronto

Royal Bank of Canada Corporate Collection

T.D. Bank Corporate Collection

Scotia Bank Corporate Collection

Bank of Montreal Corporate Collection

Education

1997 Queen’s University, Bachelor of Fine Arts