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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