Linocuts at Manchester Art Fair

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Printmaker Carolyn Murphy has five linocuts on the Hot Bed Press stand at Manchester Art Fair this weekend, 12 – 14 October 2018.

Hot Bed Press is exhibiting and selling a selection of members’ work, framed and unframed, on Stand 270, at the Fair taking place at Manchester Central (Formerly GMEX) Windmill Street, Manchester. Nearest tram stop is Deansgate Castlefield.

You can pick up tickets and plan your visit via their website. The exhibition opening times are:

VIP Preview : Friday 12th October 17.00 – 21.00

Saturday 13th October 10.00 – 18.00

Sunday 14th October 10.00 – 17.00

Hot Bed Press members will also be running some exciting Printmaking Demonstrations at Manchester Art Fair during the weekend. Hot Bed Press is based in Salford and the print workshop offers open access to printmaking spaces and equipment, as well as specialist courses.

Everyone is very welcome to Stand 270 to check out the work, talk to the artists and learn more about printmaking techniques.

Carolyn has been a member of Hot Bed Press since 2011. 

Exhibition in Keswick

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Carolyn Murphy will be exhibiting at the Theatre by the Lake in Keswick as part of the Northern Collective show from 10 October to 11 November 2018. This dynamic group of artists regularly come together in and out of the studio to be inspired by and learn from each other.

Sixteen artists will be exhibiting together for the first time in what promises to be a fantastic display of creative talent from Cumbria and beyond. The disciplines of printmaking, sculpture, assemblage, textiles and painting are represented, often blurred and realigned to create surprising, exciting work.

Admission to galleries is free from 9.30am most days. Please check in advance with Box Office on 017687 74411 if you are making a trip specifically to see the exhibition at the Theatre by the Lakes, Lakeside, Keswick CA12 5DJ www.theatrebythelake.com

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New ‘Spectrum’ Exhibition in Didsbury

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The new ‘Spectrum’ art exhibition opens on Sunday 7 October at Didsbury’s Old Parsonage on Stenner Lane, close to the Didsbury pub and Fletcher Moss Gardens. Over 3 years on from the original exhibition, the artists return to this much-loved venue, bringing a range of new printmaking and watercolour work by Cate Gibson, Anne Mackinnon and Carolyn Murphy.

There’s a Preview on Sunday 7 October from 1pm – 3pm in Gallery 1, with refreshments. Everyone is very welcome to come along!

The exhibition runs until 11 November. If you are making a special journey, please contact the Old Parsonage on 0161-445-7661 to check that the Gallery is accessible, as there are meetings and classes in the galleries at various times.

Image of 'Halo' linocut by Carolyn Murphy

New ‘The Pennines’ printmaking exhibition

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A new exhibition of Pennines-inspired work from Alan Birch’s Prospect Printmakers opened on Saturday 21 April in Rawtenstall’s Whitaker Art Gallery and Museum. This group exhibition includes Carolyn Murphy’s latest linocut ‘ Halo’.

Image of 'Halo' linocut by Carolyn Murphy
‘Halo’ linocut by Carolyn Murphy

The Pennines exhibition runs from 21 April until 17 June 2018. It includes new work by 20 artists in a wide range of printmaking media. All work is for sale. For further details see information on the Whitaker’s website

The Opening on Saturday 21 April was well attended, on a glorious sunny day.

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Visitors to the exhibition

The show runs alongside artist Liam Spencer’s new exhibition ‘Home and Away’ in the main gallery.

Come along to our Chorlton Exhibition event

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On Sunday 18 February you are invited along to Chorlton’s Printmaking Exhibition at the World Peace Café from 5-7pm. Carolyn Murphy and Cate Gibson’s work is on show at the café until 28 February and this is a chance to meet the artists, see a wide range of their work and join them for refreshments and a chat.

All the work is for sale and there will be new cards available and new original work especially for the event.

You can see original linocuts, etchings and collagraphs by both artists, who are based in South Manchester.

World Peace Café is at 76 High Lane, Chorlton in Manchester, part of the Buddhist Centre, opposite St John’s Church. Everyone is very welcome.

New Chorlton printmaking exhibition

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On Friday 1 December printmakers Carolyn Murphy and Cate Gibson opened their new printmaking exhibition at the World Peace Café on Chorlton’s High Lane in Manchester. The exhibition goes on until February 2018, in line with the café opening times.

Framed artwork and cards are for sale and can be taken away, ready for Christmas gifts. Unframed work by both artists was also available at the opening. Unframed work is now available at the new online Shop on this website. Cards can be purchased online from the website of ‘Love From The Artist’, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting artists.

Full details of the exhibition are below. The World Peace Café is inside the Buddhist Centre, opposite St John’s Church.

Image of a woman viewing artist Carolyn Murphy's monoprint 'Hidden Depths' at Warrington Contemporary Open 2017

Warrington Contemporary now Open

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Carolyn Murphy’s monoprint ‘Hidden Depths’ is on display at the Warrington Contemporary Open Exhibition at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, as part of the Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival 2017.  The exhibition runs until 28 October and all work is for sale.

The photograph below was taken at the Exhibition Opening on 29 September, by photographer Phil Portus who is exhibiting in The Photography Open at The Gallery at Bank Quay House.

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Carolyn Murphy’s monoprint ‘Hidden Depths’ on display at Warrington Contemporary Open

This is the 7th Warrington Contemporary Open Exhibition. A selection of around 40 works by local and regional artists is on show. Works were selected by a panel of judges, including Paulette Terry Brien, director of The International 3, an exhibition and project space in Salford, and artist Louise Giovanelli.

Unframed work is for sale on-line via the new Shop on this website.

Image of the selected semi-abstract monoprint by Carolyn Murphy

A contemporary monoprint

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One of Carolyn Murphy’s new monoprints has been selected for this year’s Warrington Contemporary Open art exhibition.  The original monoprint, entitled ‘Hidden Depths’ will be on display and for sale in the exhibition in Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, alongside a wide selection of contemporary art, all from artists based in Warrington and the surrounding areas.

The exhibition is part of Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival 2017 and opens on Friday 29 September, until Saturday 28 October.

Currently available unframed work is on sale in the new on-line Shop.

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‘Hidden Depths’ original monoprint by Carolyn Murphy

Image of a black and white collagraph 'Windswept' by printmaker Carolyn Murphy

Printmaker Carolyn Murphy in Stockport Open Art Exhibition 2017

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Printmaker Carolyn Murphy has 2 original prints in the Stockport Open Exhibition this year, a collagraph called ‘Windswept’ (below) and ‘Blue Tit’, a multi-plate linocut. The Stockport Open opens on 23 July and runs until 2 September.

Image of a black and white collagraph 'Windswept' by printmaker Carolyn Murphy
Collagraph ‘Windswept’ by printmaker Carolyn Murphy

“It’s always a lovely space to show work and a great exhibition, free to visitors. I hope you can get along” said Carolyn Murphy, who has exhibited regularly in Stockport since 2011.

Carolyn’s unframed work is now available in her new on-line Shop and cards of some of her linocuts are available to buy on the website ‘Love From The Artist.’

Image of gecko linocut 'Sticky Feet' by Carolyn Murphy in the Twitter Art Exhibition 2017

Gecko linocut in charity sale

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Carolyn Murphy’s gecko linocut is now in Stratford-on-Avon at the Twitter Art Exhibition 2017, to help raise money for children’s charity Molly Olly’s Wishes. This year’s charity art sale on Saturday 1 April sees artwork from over 1000 artists from all over the world go on sale. Each artist contributed a one-off original postcard-sized piece of artwork to the exhibition and sale.

This is the first time that Carolyn has taken part in the Twitter Art Exhibition. Her two-plate reduction linocut of a gecko and butterflies, called ‘Sticky Feet’ sold on the opening night. For more ‘behind the scenes’ images and information on the complex process with stage images, see Carolyn’s blog

For unframed prints, please check out the website Shop.

Image of gecko linocut 'Sticky Feet' by Carolyn Murphy in the Twitter Art Exhibition 2017
Gecko linocut ‘Sticky Feet’ by Carolyn Murphy #TAE17