Part of Derby Print Open 2024

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Carolyn Murphy will be part of Derby Print Open 2024, in June, along with over 70 other printmakers, selected for this year’s exhibition. Her works ‘Fracture’ and ‘Fracture 2’ will feature among over 250 prints for the show, which opens on Saturday 1 June.

‘Fracture’, a collagraph by Carolyn Murphy, will be available framed and unframed.
‘Fracture 2’ by Carolyn Murphy will be available unframed at the Derby Print Open 2024.

The Derby Print Open is an exhibition, organised by Green Door Printmaking Studio, which showcases contemporary printmaking from artists based in the United Kingdom.

Visitors will have the opportunity to peruse and purchase prints throughout the from 1 – 30 June 2024. There will be a wonderfully diverse selection of traditional and contemporary techniques, including screen printing, etching, linocut, monoprint, lithography and more. Works will be on show across four venues as part of a print trail; Banks Mill Studios, Dubrek Studios, Déda and The Smallprint Company.

Additionally, you can find details about the exhibition, including opening times, here. Since opening hours of different venues do vary, please do check carefully. The launch event is on Saturday 1 June, from 11am to 2pm. All venues are within 15 minutes walk from each other.

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Exhibiting as part of the Bloomsbury Festival

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Artist and printmaker Carolyn Murphy will exhibit her work as part of the Bloomsbury Festival 2023. “I am delighted to have been offered the opportunity to exhibit at Holborn Library in October. It’s a wonderful Festival and a great chance to share my work with new audiences, ” she explained.

Carolyn Murphy at the Bloomsbury Festival Programme launch event

The Festival programme is out now and includes ‘Reclaiming’, an installation created by Carolyn using traditional printmaking techniques. It reflects on nature’s power to reclaim. She will show additional artworks that explore habitats and the fragility of the world we share.

Bloomsbury Festival 2023 Programme


Bloomsbury Festival celebrates contemporary Bloomsbury; a hotbed of creativity and
pioneering development which has one of the youngest and most diverse populations
in the country. For hundreds of years, Bloomsbury has been a catalyst for ideas that
have had impact across the world.

The Bloomsbury Festival 2023 theme GROW is inspired by a fantastic range of new
relationships and creativity, all of which celebrate growth and share the life, arts,
culture and learning to be found in Bloomsbury 2023.

‘Reclaiming’ by Carolyn Murphy will be at the Holborn Library from Saturday 14 to Saturday 21 October; open Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm and Saturday 11am to 4pm (closed Sundays). This is a free exhibition, so you can just turn up! For more information on the full festival programme, please check out the Bloomsbury Festival website.

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Linocut commission on Macmillan Centre wall

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Carolyn Murphy delivered ‘Serenity’, her A1 linocut commission, today, on time, to the Macmillan Centre at Wythenshawe Hospital. It didn’t take long for the building contractors to fix it to the wall in the new extension, which will open soon. The official opening will be in a few months’ time.

The original linocut was created by hand using a reduction process from one huge piece of A1 lino. It went through the etching press five times and the full process is captured in Carolyn’s blog

Image of a linocut of a barn owl by artist Carolyn Murphy

Barn Owl in Parliament

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Carolyn Murphy’s linocut ‘Barn Owl’ is in a new book, called ‘The Elegant Fowl’ – a Printmakers’ Parliament of Owls. It’s a collection of original owl prints from 94 artists, published by Mascot Media,

The book retails at at £23.99.

Image of the front cover of a book of printmakers' owls 'The Elegant Fowl' published by Mascot Media and featuring Carolyn Murphy's 'Barn Owl'
‘The Elegant Fowl’ published by Mascot Media

Carolyn’s ‘Barn Owl’, a 2 colour linocut is featured in the book. It is an original print she created for her niece Amelia’s 4th birthday a few years back now. Amelia is very excited too!

Image of Carolyn Murphy's linocut 'Barn Owl'
‘Barn Owl’ linocut by Carolyn Murphy

The linocut comes in two versions, a blue and a reddish brown. The edition size for each one is just seven. Available unframed original ‘Barn Owl’ linocuts can be bought on-line in the Shop.