Image of Carolyn Murphy with her etching 'A World We Share?' at the MA degree show

It’s the ‘Borderlines’ MA degree show

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‘Borderlines’ MA degree show includes work by artist printmaker Carolyn Murphy. This small group exhibition showcases two years of exploration and regular public exhibition. It provides a snapshot of three emerging artists from Middlesex University postgraduate programmes and their diverse creative practices.

The exhibition reflects on the creative process itself, with works addressing identity, fragility and ethics. The MA Fine Art Printmaking and MA Photography artists in ‘Borderlines’ draw on themes of protest, loss and reinvention through print, installation and photography.

Artists featured in the show:

  • Wallis Asher (MA Fine Art Printmaking)
  • Jennifer Forward-Hayter (MA Photography)
  • Carolyn Murphy (MA Fine Art Printmaking)

The exhibition private view was on Thursday 7 December – with the show itself running from 8 – 13 December at Middlesex University’s Hendon Campus, Grove Building mezzanine. Opening times 11am to 5pm.

‘No stone unturned V’ by Carolyn Murphy in foreground. Work by Wallis Asher behind.
Private view, with work by Carolyn Murphy and Jennifer Forward-Hayter (left)

Carolyn’s work in this exhibition is largely based on an area around ‘Winter Hill’, a Pennine moorland north of Manchester, which is still recovering from peatland fires that burned for weeks, above and below ground, in 2018.

Working in both 2D and 3D forms, Carolyn uses traditional printmaking techniques in this show to explore ideas of damage and repair, and illusions of stability and control.

Design work for the show was created for the group by Moritz Nicolai.

Carolyn with ‘A World We Share?’ at the private view.
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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.