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Artist Statement:
I have been producing art
in
photography,painting,sculpture,
and recently on a
computer-which I excitedly
found can include all the
first three. I find that the
best of my creations are the
ones which show emotion.
Otherwise the work is just
another picture. So, many of
the pictures...
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Artist Galleries:
Galleries in which I have
exhibited (Contact me at
donruth@acsalaska.net for
present status)
Fairbanks, Alaska
"A Lifetime of Art" 2004 (my
gallery) 150 works from 50
years.
Bear Gallery
Well Street Art Company
Gullivers
University Of Alaska
Student Art Gallery
Main Gallery
William Ransom Wood
Student Center
Tanana ...
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Exhibitions for Don W. Murphy:
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2004 January. Fractal print ( in four parts) at Bi-Polar Art Exhibit in Ester, Alaska. Movie of fantasies and fractals shown for Camera Arts Club meeting.
2003 Spring: One picture by invitation in the Gallery Artists show at Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska "Four Portraits of a Young Boy" in Camera Arts Club annual art show in Wood Center, UAF.
2002, One picture in juried art show "Patterns of Influence", Bear Gallery, Fairbanks.Alaska
Large show of 45 or more pictures called "Celebrating Boyhood" Show filled Enid Cutler's gracious home. Pictures and paintings remained for over a year. Several pictures in group shows at Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks. Alaska. One man show Gulliver' s Book Store August, 2002. 25 pictures. One picture in 64th Parellel annual juried art show.
2000 and 2001
Two pictures accepted for 64th Parallel Annual Art Competition regional juried show: "Golden Girl" and "Frost Dragon".
Three flower pictures at The ArtWorks gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska One picture. "Minoan Goddess" acccepted for juried art show "Patterns of Light" Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Continuous showing of several pictures at The Marlin, Fairbanks, Alaska ( A hangout for intellectuals and artists).
One man show, 10 digital photos, sculpture, light box, celebrating the opening of the Galaxy Club in Fairbanks. "The Dolls Series ( computer constructions) added later.
"Blank Slate", a spontaneous showing of local artwork at The Marlin, fall of 2000 and spring of 2001.
1999 Four pictures displayed at the Art/Not Terminal Gallery, Seattle. Also drawings for RANT, monthly publication of ANT Gallery.
Two pictures in MindPower Gallery, Reedsport, OR, by invitation for their 10th anniversary.
1998 Became one of founders of Dolce Vita, an alternative art gallery in Fairbanks, Alaska. Show in spring 1998, and works of computer art, computer movies, and sculptures shown until spring 1999.'
Computer pictures in Camera Arts Club annual exhibit fall 1998.
Two pictures in annual "64th Parallel" juried art competition fall of 1998 (Pictures were accepted 5 out of last 6 annual shows).
1997 One picture: "Statue of a Great Warrior" in "Alien Art Ransom" art exhibit, Seattle .
1996 Four Quick Time movies with music at FOUNDRY ARTS third annual art exhibition, COLLECTIVE, in Studio 211 Denver
Article in KALEIDOSCOPE, sunday magazine of Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Feb. 22,1996 concerning my work and the Foundry Arts Show, COLLECTIVE in Denver.
1995 Several pictures in Corner Graphics Forum of Compuserve. One: "Nude Stretch," had 2470 accesses as of 2/23/96.
Short Quick-Time movies morphed from still pictures on computer: "St. Joan's Meditation", and "Paulette and Child,"
l994 Joined Compuserve, and became a Forum Artist, with 17 pictures permanently in the Modern Art Library of the Fine Arts forum. Eleven computer art pictures and one sculpture displayed at the "First National Cyberspace Show of Online Artists" at the "Mindpower Gallery" in Reedsport, OR, with artists from all over the U.S.
Three computer pictures in Camera Arts Club invitational show at University of Alaska Fairbanks.
1993 February: show "The Faces of Eve," 22 computer art pictures, Wood Center, UAF . "Melting Girl", Class Champion, Computer Art, Tanana Valley State Fair, Fairbanks.
Five pictures in group show anniversary of founding of Plate and Palette Gallery Restaurant,
“Number Eleven, Bo Derek Meets Fractal" computer photo print in Mixed Media, 64th Parallel Juried Show, Fairbanks.
"Catching the Sun", and "Rising Sun Mountain" shown by invitation atSite 250 Gallery of Fine Art in Fairbanks.
l992 Six prizes from six entries Tanana Valley State Fair, Fairbanks. Three computer pictures, one frost picture, Photography: Blue Ribbon, Color Prints, Special effects, "Ecstasy "; Blue Ribbon, Color Prints, Nature. "Family of Fire and Ice ."; Red Ribbon, Color Prints, Portrait: "Rainbow Dancer". Grand Champion, Computer Division, computer graphic:"Faces of Eve No 1". Class Champion, Creative Writing, Original Anecdotes: "The Man Who Fell Apart". Blue Ribbon Creative Writing,"Her Own Private World".
l99l Five computer fractal pictures hung in UAF Downtown Center. Cibachrome photographic prints.
One man show of l6 computer art pictures at Hot Licks restaurant, Fairbanks, Alaska. One picture, computer art, "Girl Melting".accepted for Student Art Show (best of UAF student art for semester)
First and Second place prizes for art work at Tanana Valley State Fair, Fairbanks. Blue ribbon in Special Effects, Photography. Red Ribbon in Computer Graphics.
PREVIOUS SHOWS AND AWARDS:
1955: Two photographs in News Pictures of Year Exhibition, national contest sponsored by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
l958 One photograph in News Pictures of Year Exhibition.
l960-61 Several pictures in finals of America's Many Faces, New York.
l968 Award for cover picture on DeKalb County Journal from national retirement home association.
Feb 24, l968: Article in "Editor and Publisher" magazine.: “Traveling Journalist Mixes Humor, Realism”
Letter from National Geographic Editor Thomas R Smith with congratulations
l970 Two Best in Show 35mm slides in state sponsored Alaska Positive exhibition.
One-man show of 20 oil paintings, Squire's Rest, Auke Bay, Alaska. Also several paintings displayed at restaurants and a gallery in Juneau.
"God in Nature." A series of four oil paintings commissioned by Rev. Kenneth Smith of Chapel By The Lake, Auke Bay. Hung in Chapel By The Lake, Smith Hall.
l973 Oil painting in University of Alaska best of student show spring semester, also one painting in fall student show.
l974 One-man show of abstract photographs and welded sculptures, Old Store Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska.
Background slides for Hocus Pokum, multimedia theater presentation, University of Alaska.
Several salon prints and paintings in private collections.
One man show in Student Gallery, Art Department, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
l976 Fifth place winner, Nikon Response and Recognition competition, Glamour category, (national contest) Titled: "Alaska Range, 45 below".
One man show. Old Store Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska.
l977 One man show, William Ransom Wood Campus Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, abstracts.
1980 Salon print: "Raggedy Ann's Halloween" purchased by the Alaska State Museum for the multimedia program and as a permanent part of their collection.
1982 Per Cent for Art Contract from State of Alaska, Levelock School, Levelock, Alaska.
Per Cent for Art Contract, Two Rivers School, Fairbanks, print "Frost Fantasy'.
l984 Show, Levelock: Then and Now, Wood Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, in July. Pictures from Per Cent for Art Contract of Eskimo village, Levelock, in southwest Alaska.
1988 The Art of Bus 207. Computer generated children's picture book, designed by the handicapped students of Special Education School Bus 207. 22 pages, 50+ copies printed.
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