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‘Present Continuous’ exhibition opens

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Printmaker Carolyn Murphy will be part of Middlesex University MA exhibition ‘Present Continuous’ which opens at the Hendon campus on Thursday 7 September.

Artists in this show are:

  • Wallis Asher
  • Julien Ipanga
  • Bibi Masooma
  • Carolyn Murphy
  • Melisa Novotna
  • Iliana Ortega-Alcázar
  • Jostna Reddy
  • Abhishek Shakya

This exhibition allows artists to show their work in larger spaces and explore new opportunities for display, as part of their postgraduate studies in MA Fine Art / MA Fine Art Printmaking.

Carolyn Murphy showed 3 works:

‘A World We Share?’ is an etching with a repeat pattern. It is embossed to create texture and embellished by hand, with watercolour and Indian ink. Over 7 square metres in size, it floats across three walls.

‘A World We Share?’ by Carolyn Murphy

‘No Stone Unturned’ is an installation made of hand-printed, 3D folded structures suggesting stone and lichens. In six designs, this growing collection uses no glue and will morph and balance, presented in tall precarious towers in this exhibition.

Close-up view of ‘No Stone Unturned’

‘Winter Hill’ is a series of one-off prints, creating a disrupted panoramic landscape. It combines oil-based inks and watercolour monotype techniques with added collage, chine collée and burnt sections.

‘Winter Hill’ by Carolyn Murphy

The exhibition runs from 7 to 13 September 2023 in the Grove Building.

Following the show, a few images of the exhibition and opening are added below:

Opening night of Present Continuous
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Fankle 01 exhibition at Coningsby Gallery

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The ‘Fankle 01’ exhibition opens in July at Coningsby Gallery in London. Fankle is a new art collective, of emerging artists from across the UK, who work independently and come together to exhibit. A complex web of ideas and a shared love of creating unites their practices.

As they weave stories from memory, experience and mythology, tangling and untangling, we’re reminded of the idea that a world of life is woven from knots. The name ‘Fankle’ is Scottish in origin and means entanglement, like threads where the beginnings and ends are uncertain.

Fankle 01 is the first exhibition in Central London to bring together these artists as a group. Artists will show recently produced contemporary work, across painting, sculpture, printmaking, video and installation. Fankle 01 reflects the start of a new journey, with themes of identity, fragility and transition.

Carolyn Murphy will be exhibiting new monotypes from the series ‘Revisiting New Quay’ which relate to her memories of a visit to the Welsh fishing village. She created the prints for a recent video essay project.

‘Revisiting New Quay I’ by Carolyn Murphy

Members of the group are connected by their links to Middlesex University, as former or current students on the MA Fine Art and MA Printmaking programmes. Their threads stretch far beyond London – to Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Berlin, Munich, Baghdad, Tehran and Mexico City.

Their first exhibition provides an opportunity for reflection on community, hope and times of change. Fankle 01 opens on Monday 10 July and runs until Saturday 15 July, with the private view, on Monday 10 July at 6pm.  This show includes work by Fankle art collective members: 

  • Maryam Abdollahi 
  • Natalie Dee 
  • Phil Dunn 
  • Angela Forrester 
  • Freddy McBride 
  • Carolyn Murphy
  • Moritz Nicolai 
  • Iliana Ortega-Alcázar  
  • Jan Pimblett 
  • Hanan Tawfiq 
  • Kathy Rooney 
  • Luke Anthony Rooney (guest artist)

Katherine Jones RA commented “I’m delighted that this group of dedicated artists have decided to continue their association with one another beyond their studies by forming Fankle. I have been impressed by their respectful coordination of group exhibitions both onsite and independently while at Middlesex University. Their unique balance of disciplines, materials and outlooks will serve them well. I very much look forward to experiencing Fankle 01 at the Coningsby Gallery.” 

See website for opening times and further information.

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Member of Fankle Art Collective

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Carolyn Murphy is a member of Fankle, a newly formed art collective of emerging artists from across the UK. Members work independently across multiple disciplines and come together to exhibit. A complex web of ideas and a shared love of creating unites their practices. The name ‘Fankle’ is Scottish in origin. It means entanglement, like threads where the beginnings and ends are uncertain.

Fankle logo designed by Moritz Nicolai

Fankle will hold its first exhibition ‘Fankle 01’ at Coningsby Gallery in Central London in July 2023. This marks an exciting step for the new collective. Artists will show recently produced contemporary work, across painting, sculpture, printmaking, video and installation.

All members of the group have connections to Middlesex University, as former or current students on the MA Fine Art and MA Printmaking programmes. Their threads stretch far beyond London – to Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Berlin, Munich, Baghdad, Tehran and Mexico City.

Fankle art collective members are Wallis Asher, Maryam Abdollahi, Natalie Dee, Phil Dunn, Angela Forrester, Freddy McBride, Carolyn Murphy, Moritz Nicolai, Iliana Ortega-Alcázar, Jan Pimblett, Hanan Tawfiq and Kathy Rooney.

Katherine Jones RA commented “I’m delighted that this group of dedicated artists have decided to continue their association with one another beyond their studies by forming Fankle. I very much look forward to experiencing Fankle 01 at the Coningsby Gallery.” 

Full details of the exhibition can be found here. Please follow Fankle via our Instagram page.

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Showing at Bankside Gallery

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Carolyn Murphy is showing work at Bankside Gallery in London as part the Printmakers Council’s exhibition, ‘Thinking for Printing‘. A year earlier, members received an A5 sketchbook and were invited to capture, record and respond to the concept of Thinking for Printing, for a future exhibition. As part of this exciting project, the Printmakers Council selected finished artworks to display alongside the sketchbooks, in order to give a fantastic insight into artists’ ways of working. The sketchbooks were a chance to peek inside each artists’ mind to understand more about their processes and development of ideas.

Detail from ‘Spaces we share’

Carolyn explored dry stone walling primarily in her sketchbook. She recorded experiments to add embossing to etchings and tested colours. She captured examples of rubs, which emphasised depth in the print. Her messy sketchbook sat alongside ‘Spaces we share’, an etching with embellishment, on this prestigious wall.

Works on display in Bankside Gallery
Carolyn’s sketchbook – dry stone wall study

The exhibition opens on Tuesday 31 January 2023 and runs until Sunday 5 February.

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‘Up In The Air’ exhibition at Middlesex University

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At their ‘Up In The Air’ exhibition, Middlesex University MA Fine Art and Fine Art Printmaking students, including Carolyn Murphy, will show exciting new work this December.

For many students this is the culmination of their postgraduate studies. It’s their final show, bringing together work they have developed in 2022 and through the pandemic years. These emerging artists will exhibit together at The Barn, an exhibition space on the Middlesex University campus in Hendon, North London.

Work by Moritz Nicolai

The exhibition draws on themes of transition and new beginnings. At the close of 2022, it provides a collective opportunity to reflect on hopes and change. ‘Up In The Air’ launches ten new emerging artists in midwinter and on the cusp of 2023. The work contemplates identity, fragility and memory. The show includes artworks in diverse media, from painting and sculpture, to printmaking, video and installation.

‘A world we share?’, etching by Carolyn Murphy
Work by Iliana Ortega-Alcazar

‘Up In The Air’ opens on Thursday 8 December and runs until Tuesday 13 December. Everyone is very welcome to this contemporary art showcase, celebrating a point in time and space. At the private view, on 8 December 6pm, you can meet the artists and talk to them about their practice. The show includes work by:

• Maryam Abdollahi 

• Wallis Asher* 

• Natalie Dee 

• Philip Dunn 

• Angela Forrester 

• Freddy McBride 

• Carolyn Murphy* 

• Moritz Nicolai 

• Iliana Ortega-Alcazar* 

• Jan Pimblett 

• Hanan Tawfiq 

• Kathy Rooney 

• Luke Anthony Rooney

*continuing students

Work by Angela Forrester (on walls) and Carolyn Murphy (on floor)

“For Fine Art staff and students at Middlesex University, public exhibition is at the core of art practice. This show provides a snapshot of the diverse and dynamic range of practices currently being explored by the emerging contemporary artists undertaking postgraduate study on Middlesex University Fine Art programmes” said John Timberlake, Programme Leader for MA Fine Art and MA Fine Art Printmaking.

OPEN: 11.00 – 17.00, 8 – 13 December 2022 inclusive

The Barn, Middlesex University, Hendon Campus, London NW4 4BT

Nearest underground station: Hendon Central (15 mins walk).

Parking: Greyhound Hill car park (NW4 4JT). 

Entrance to the Barn: from Greyhound Hill, Hendon

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‘Verdant’ exhibition opens in Mile End

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The Middlesex University MA ‘Verdant’ exhibition opens at Mile End Art Pavilion from Friday 8 July to Wednesday 13 July, from 11am to 6pm. Artist and Printmaker Carolyn Murphy has 5 pieces of work on show, with fellow MA Fine Art and MA Fine Art Printmaking students.

Carolyn Murphy at the private view
‘A shift in the direction of the wind’, monotype by Carolyn Murphy
‘See how easily they fall away’, monotype by Carolyn Murphy

Carolyn created work specifically for the Art Pavilion space, to make the most of the light, the scale and the lakeside setting. Her monotype ‘Reclaiming’ is 2.4m high and has 4 panels. Other work was created for the floor: ‘No stone unturned’, consisting of ‘rocks’, which Carolyn cut and folded from paper she hand-printed, using a monotype technique.

‘No stone unturned’ by Carolyn Murphy

The ‘Verdant’ exhibition also includes work by Middlesex University MA Graphic Design, Photography and Illustration students, as well as postgraduate research students. It’s free and in a lovely spot in the park, just 5 minutes from Mile End underground station.

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(re)FLEX exhibition

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Carolyn Murphy will be part of the (re)FLEX exhibition, with other Middlesex University MA Fine Art and Fine Art Printmaking students, this Easter. It’s the first time this group of emerging artists has exhibited together. The group will show new and experimental work at Filet gallery, in Hoxton, London.

The exhibition opens on Thursday 14 April 2022. Everyone is welcome to come and celebrate this contemporary and playful new show with artists at different stages of their practice.

(re)FLEX exhibition at Filet

“For Fine Art staff and students at Middlesex University, public exhibition is an essential part of art practice, and this exciting show is an engaging snapshot of the diverse and dynamic range of practices currently being explored by the emerging contemporary artists undertaking postgraduate study on the Middlesex Fine Art programmes”, said John Timberlake, Programme Leader for MA Fine Art and MA Fine Art Printmaking.

Carolyn will be showing two new pieces of work – both monotypes, inspired by the poet Imtiaz Dharker’s poem ‘Tissue’.

(re)FLEX is open 11.00 until 17.00 from 14 April to 19 April 2022 (inclusive) at Filet, 103 Murray Grove, Hoxton, London N1 7QP.