"I make figurative paintings that are deeply indebted to the formal elements of geometric abstraction. The images merge intense attention to detail and technical virtuosity with a constant awareness of the flatness of the surface. The result is an interaction between deep illusionistic space and large, flat planes. They are in dialogue with many ideas from the history of art, particularly those of Vermeer, Jo Baer, and David Hockney. The spaces that I choose to depict are ones I know intimately: the apartment I've lived in for seven years, the studio I've had for six, my brother's kitchen, etc. It takes time to really see a place and my long relationships with these locations help me to use extreme detail and abstract elements to communicate the way that these places feel, even more than how they look." Eileen Murphy has spent her life along the Hudson River and has lived in Brooklyn, NY for the last seventeen years. Her current paintings are based on the landscape of Columbia County, NY, where she and her dog Frito spend part of their time. Eileen has shown widely and has attended residencies to the Vermont Studio Center, Yaddo, and the High Line 9. She received the Individual Artist Award from the Santo Foundation in 2017; in that same year, she was invited by the US Department of State to participate in the Art in the Embassies program, which brought her to Algeria. She is currently the Lead Faculty in Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking in the MFA program at the Institute of Art and Design at New England College. EducationB.A., Mount Holyoke College, 2003M.F.A., Pratt Institute, 2006 Awards and Honors2017 Santo Foundation Individual Artist Award2017-18 Invited Participant in the Art in the Embassies Program run by the US Department of State, which included teaching a weeklong painting workshop in Algiers, Algeria Teaching ExperienceLead Faculty, Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking, MFA Visual Art Program, Institute of Art and Design, New England College, 2020-presentVisiting Artist, Mount Holyoke College, March 2022Invited Participant, Art in the Embassies Program (US Department of State), October 2018Visiting Artist, Sarah Lawrence College, November 2017 Recent Solo Exhibitions“Posthumous Moons,” Thomas VanDykeGallery, Brooklyn NY, spring 2024"That Must Have Been the Sun,” Gallery Afternoon, Seoul, South Korea, February 2024“Faded Edens,” presented by Garvey|Simon at DFN Projects, November 2022“I Know That Place,” Sears Peyton Gallery, NYC, January 2022 Selected Art Fairs and Group Exhibitions“In Nature’s Grasp,” Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro VT, March 2024“Vanishing Point,” Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY, December 2023Dallas Art Fair, Sears Peyton Gallery booth, April 2023“The Container Garden,” Sears Peyton Gallery, NYC, July 2022“At Water’s Edge,” Carol Corey Fine Art, Kent CT, March 2022Dallas Art Fair, Sears Peyton Gallery booth, November 2021 Residencies2020 High Line 9 Residency2017 Yaddo2013 Recipient of the Alma B. Shapiro Residency at Yaddo2004 Vermont Studio Center PublicationsWoven Tale Press, December 2019American Art Collector Magazine, “Seascapes, Rivers, and Lakes,” April 2019American Art Collector Magazine, “Capturing The View At Carrie Haddad Gallery,” December 2018Fine Art Connoisseur, “Fine Art Today: Eileen Murphy in Select 3,” July 2018Featured Painting Harper’s Magazine, August 2013