Julie Murray (artist)

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Julie Murray is an Irish-born artist and filmmaker.

Background[edit]

Murray received a bachelor's degree in Fine Art from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.[1] She then moved to the United States in 1985.

Career[edit]

Her films have been included in The Times London Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, Images Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, the Dublin Film Festival and others.[2][3]

Her art was exhibited in the Whitney Biennial in 2004.[2][4][5] Her piece entitled "America is Hard to See" was also on display at the Whitney in 2015.[6] She was one of three artists to create an embroidery design for Birdies shoes in 2020.[7]

Filmography[8][edit]

Elements (2008)

Detroit Park (2006)

Orchard (2004)

Deliqium (2003)

I Began to Wish (2003)

Micromoth (2000)

If You Stand With Your Back to the Slowing of the Speed of Light in Water (1999)

Anathema (1995)

A Legend of Parts (1990)

Tr’Cheot’My P’y (1988)

FF (1986)

Recognition[edit]

Her film Element won Best Cinematography award at the 2008 Ann Arbor Film Festival.[9][10] Her early super-8 films were given a National Film Preservation Foundation Award in 2014.[11][12] Her films are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nightingale Cinema » JULIE MURRAY". Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  2. ^ a b "I Began to Wish…: Films by Julie Murray – Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto". Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  3. ^ "JULIE MURRAY: Mysteries of the Visible World". US News Express. 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  4. ^ "Whitney Biennial 2004". whitney.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  5. ^ Baker, Kenneth (2004-03-29). "At the Whitney Biennial, the art is overthought and much of it is heavy with conceptual freight". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  6. ^ "America Is Hard to See". whitney.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  7. ^ "Meet the Artists Behind Our Birdies x Minted Collection". Birdies. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  8. ^ "Julie Murray". Underground Film Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  9. ^ "Canyon Cinema : Filmmaker". Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  10. ^ "49th Ann Arbor Film Festival Program | Ann Arbor District Library". aadl.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  11. ^ "Julie Murray - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  12. ^ "National Film Preservation Foundation: 2014 Avant-Garde Masters Grant Winners". www.filmpreservation.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  13. ^ "Light Cone - Julie MURRAY". lightcone.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.