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Abby Marie Murray

B. Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Lives and works on Guringai & Gadigal Land in Sydney, Australia.

Education 

UNSW Art & Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), 2023

Columbia College Chicago, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2012 

Solo Exhibitions 

2024 Make, Un-make, Repeat, You’re Okay by Brand X, Sydney NSW

2024    How Do Our Ancestors Witness?, Airspace Projects, Sydney NSW

2022 Hate It Here, Scratch Art Space, Sydney NSW

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 (forthcoming) Active-Viewing; Narrating Archives through Queer Textile Practices, Curated by Anousha Sanson, Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney NSW 

2024    History Doesn’t Repeat, It Rhymes, Curated by Tamara Elkins, Sydenham International, Sydney NSW

2024    The Threads That Binds Us, AD Space, UNSW, Sydney NSW

2023 Recompose/ Drawing With Threads, Curated by Lisa Pang and Melinda Ink, DRAW space, Sydney NSW

2023 The Annual, UNSW Galleries, Sydney NSW

2023 Secret Sitter Project, Goodspace Gallery, Sydney NSW

2023 Jenny Birt Award, AD Space, UNSW, Sydney NSW    

2023    10 Year Anniversary Show, Curated by Carmel Byrne, Scratch Gallery, Sydney NSW

2022 Artest Christmas Show, Curated by Sally Mowbray, Artest Gallery, Sydney NSW

2022 Secret Sitter Project, Goodspace Gallery, Sydney NSW

2021 Live/Liv/Art Lab, Live in Art, Sydney NSW

2021 Flow On, Wollongong Art Gallery, NSW

2021 Secret Sitter Project, Goodspace Gallery, Sydney NSW

2021 Palimpsest, Curated by Lily Yuhan Fu, Live in Art, Sydney NSW
2021 Petite Pieces, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2020 Persistence, Live in Art, Sydney NSW

Prizes

2023    Jenny Birt Award, UNSW AD Space, Sydney NSW (Highly Commended) 

2021   Petite Pieces, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane QLD (Finalist) 

2020 Persistence Emerging Art Prize, Live in Art, Sydney NSW (Finalist)

Artist Residencies

2024   City of Sydney Creative Studios, Bathurst St, Studio Tenancy

Commissioned Work

2022   P&V x Chouette Winery Cob and Pen Wine Label, Sydney NSW

Media

Brand X City of Sydney Creative Studios, Brand X, 2024

Make, Unmake, Repeat by Abby Marie Murray, Brand X, 2024

History Doesn't Repeat It Rhymes, Dither, 2024 

How Do Our Ancestors Witness?, Air Space Projects, 2024

AirSpace Projects / May Exhibitions,  Dither, 2024

Threads That Bind Us, Dither, 2024 

Recompose/Drawing With Threads I Artists Talks with Rae Boggs and Abby Murray, DRAWspace, Moderated by Lisa Pang, 2024.

Recompose / DRAWING WITH THREADS, DRAWspace, 2023-2024

Abby Murray | A&D ANNUAL 2023, UNSW Galleries, 2023

Abby Murray | School of Art & Design - UNSW Sydney, Jenny Birt Awards, UNSW, 2023

10 Year Anniversary Show, Scratch Art Space, 2023 

Hate It Here, Scratch Art Space, 2022

Palimpsest, Live In Art Sydney, 2021