Patrick Murphy is a British artist, designer and curator. His work is exhibited internationally and held in public and private collections. He lives and works in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

Biography

He works across a wide range of media and projects from large scale public art installations and interventions to print and sculptural work.

In 2021 the French city of Le Havre (UNESCO World Heritage Site) became the site of Murphys largest public art commission which saw installation of 200 life-size seagull sculptures on the facade of the cities Town Hall.

Other commissions for large scale public art include "Belonging"[1] at Walker Gallery for Liverpool Biennial, "In pursuit of Happiness" at the Kunstenfestival in Watou, Belgium,[2] "Flock" installation[3] in Soho Square and the House of St Barnabas, London, "Strata",[4] a large scale building art intervention,

His work has appeared in Creative Review,[5] It's Nice That,[6] Dezeen,[7] The Guardian,[8] BBC Radio 4,[9] Monocle - Section D,[10] and The Telegraph.[11]

He is the founder and director of MADE NORTH and Sheffield Design Week and the founder of Modernist Guides. In 2015, he curated the British Road Sign Project, celebrating the road signs designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert in 1965. Murphy invited more than 50 leading artists and designers[6] to create their own signs which were displayed at the Design Museum and along the Thames.

Curating leading design exhibitions and projects for others including curating the MADE NORTH Gallery[12] programme and annual conference. Major projects have included "Revolutions from Gatefold to Download",[13] a history of the album cover to the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the British Road Sign Project in 2016.[14] at the Design Museum, London.

References

  1. ↑ "In pictures: Liverpool Biennial 2012". BBC News. 16 September 2012. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kunstenfestival Watou mocht tijdens de zomer van 2014". Kunstenfestival Watou. Kunstenfestival. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "The pigeons have landed". The Daily Telegraph. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Simon Hogg (23 December 2009). "Strata project lights up Barnsley office block". Architects Journal. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Yellow Jersey Project". Creative Review. 30 June 2014. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  6. 1 2 Rebecca Fulleylove (15 September 2015). "Made North celebrates the 50th anniversary of the British road sign". It's Nice That. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  7. ↑ Rachael Sykes (22 February 2009). "The Art of the Album Cover at The Gallery@". Dezeen. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  8. ↑ Homa Khaleeli (18 September 2015). "Way to go: the woman who invented Britain's road signs". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "'The girl leading the boy by the hand is based on a self portrait". World at One, BBC Radio 4. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Sheffield on Show". Monocle. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  11. ↑ Paul Miles (16 June 2015). "Guide to Sheffield's bus stops and motorway bridges published". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  12. ↑ "MADE NORTH Gallery". Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "The art of the album cover". Paste. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  14. ↑ Adam Lusher (21 August 2015). "Kinneir and Calvert: Graphic designers behind Britain's road signs to be celebrated 50 years after revolutionising our highways". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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