Bio | Murray Dwertman
murraydwertman@gmail.com, murraydwertman.com
Born 1981, Cincinnati, OH.
Resides and works in Brooklyn, New York.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Pratt Institute
B.A. University of Kentucky
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Face Upstream, Central Utah Arts Center, Ephraim, UT
2010 ProtectUs Lexington Center For the Arts, Lexington, KY
2010 HtoU Awesome Inc., Lexington KY
2007 Centra, Thesis Exhibition, Steuben West Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Pop Rock Waiting Room, Tower 49, NY, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Stuck, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Chashama Annual Gala, NY, NY
2011 Blithedale Romance, Chashama, NY, NY
2011 Drawn From Nature, Cheekwood Art Museum, Nashville, TN
2011 Summer Camp III, Exile, Berlin, Germany
2010 Return to NY, HP Garcia Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Jamaica Flux ’10 Video Slam, Jamaica Center for the Arts, Queens, NY
2010 Future 86, Parksville, NY
2010 MISC : Video and Performance, New York Studio Gallery, NY
2010 Escape From New York, Fabricolor Building, Patterson, NJ
2010 Evolution, Louis Nine House, Art Connects New York, Bronx, NY
2010 Feed the Kitty, Spattered Columns, Art Connects New York, NY
2009 Forever Summer, Platform Denise Bibero, NY, NY
2009 Fall Exhibition, Onderdonk Studios, Queens, NY
2009 Harlan Hubbard: The Complexity of Simplicity, Behringer-Crawford Museum, KY
2009 Haders25, Sigra Gallery, Bellvue, KY
2008 I Am Not a Machine, NYCAMS, New York, NY
2007 First Look II, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
2007 Art Student Exhibition 2007, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
2007 College Arts Association MFA Exhibition, Hunter College, New York, NY
2007 Graduating MFA Show, Pratt Manhattan, New York, NY
2006 Merging of Minds, Pratt-Hunter College Collaborative, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Annex Show, White Box Gallery Annex, New York, NY
2005 MFA Exhibition, Steuben South Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Hey Moxie, Shine Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Group Exhibition, Trinity Gallery, New York, NY
2005 First Year MFA Exhibition, Steuben South Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Visions VIII, Gallery for the Cathedral Basilica, Covington, KY
2004 Artist Within the Teacher, Rasdall Gallery, Lexington, KY
2002 Carrie Ellis Juried Exhibition, Barnhardt Gallery, Lexington, KY
2001 Carrie Ellis Juried Exhibition, Barnhardt Gallery, Lexington, KY
RESIDENCIES
2010 Chashama North, NY
2011 Birch Creek Residency, UT
SELECTED GRANTS, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS
2010 Public Arts Grant, Lexington Arts Council, KY
2007 Pratt Circle Award: Outstanding Academic Achievement, Pratt Institute, NY
2007 Outstanding Merit: Graduate Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, NY
2006 Second Year Graduate Fine Arts Scholarship, Pratt Institute, NY
2002 People’s Choice Award, Carrie Ellis Jurried Exhibition, Lexington, KY
2000 1st Year Architecture Design Award, University of Kentucky Architecture School
1999 John Gallenstein Memorial Art Scholarship, Covington Catholic High School
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Presents "Drawn to Nature", artdaily.org
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume XI, 2010, Open Studios Press, Boston, Ma
Jamaica Flux: Workspaces & Windows 2010: Art as Action,
Gallery Hop zigs, adds Zag's, Shannon Eblen, Lexington Herald Leader, June 17, 2010
Giving New Artists a Place to be Noticed, Catherine Spaeth, New York Times, Feb 5, 2007
LECTURES
Symposium Lecture Series, Sheila Pepe, Pratt Institute, Fall 2006
murraydwertman@gmail.com, murraydwertman.com
Born 1981, Cincinnati, OH.
Resides and works in Brooklyn, New York.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Pratt Institute
B.A. University of Kentucky
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Face Upstream, Central Utah Arts Center, Ephraim, UT
2010 ProtectUs Lexington Center For the Arts, Lexington, KY
2010 HtoU Awesome Inc., Lexington KY
2007 Centra, Thesis Exhibition, Steuben West Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Pop Rock Waiting Room, Tower 49, NY, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Stuck, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Chashama Annual Gala, NY, NY
2011 Blithedale Romance, Chashama, NY, NY
2011 Drawn From Nature, Cheekwood Art Museum, Nashville, TN
2011 Summer Camp III, Exile, Berlin, Germany
2010 Return to NY, HP Garcia Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Jamaica Flux ’10 Video Slam, Jamaica Center for the Arts, Queens, NY
2010 Future 86, Parksville, NY
2010 MISC : Video and Performance, New York Studio Gallery, NY
2010 Escape From New York, Fabricolor Building, Patterson, NJ
2010 Evolution, Louis Nine House, Art Connects New York, Bronx, NY
2010 Feed the Kitty, Spattered Columns, Art Connects New York, NY
2009 Forever Summer, Platform Denise Bibero, NY, NY
2009 Fall Exhibition, Onderdonk Studios, Queens, NY
2009 Harlan Hubbard: The Complexity of Simplicity, Behringer-Crawford Museum, KY
2009 Haders25, Sigra Gallery, Bellvue, KY
2008 I Am Not a Machine, NYCAMS, New York, NY
2007 First Look II, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
2007 Art Student Exhibition 2007, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
2007 College Arts Association MFA Exhibition, Hunter College, New York, NY
2007 Graduating MFA Show, Pratt Manhattan, New York, NY
2006 Merging of Minds, Pratt-Hunter College Collaborative, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Annex Show, White Box Gallery Annex, New York, NY
2005 MFA Exhibition, Steuben South Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Hey Moxie, Shine Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Group Exhibition, Trinity Gallery, New York, NY
2005 First Year MFA Exhibition, Steuben South Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Visions VIII, Gallery for the Cathedral Basilica, Covington, KY
2004 Artist Within the Teacher, Rasdall Gallery, Lexington, KY
2002 Carrie Ellis Juried Exhibition, Barnhardt Gallery, Lexington, KY
2001 Carrie Ellis Juried Exhibition, Barnhardt Gallery, Lexington, KY
RESIDENCIES
2010 Chashama North, NY
2011 Birch Creek Residency, UT
SELECTED GRANTS, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS
2010 Public Arts Grant, Lexington Arts Council, KY
2007 Pratt Circle Award: Outstanding Academic Achievement, Pratt Institute, NY
2007 Outstanding Merit: Graduate Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, NY
2006 Second Year Graduate Fine Arts Scholarship, Pratt Institute, NY
2002 People’s Choice Award, Carrie Ellis Jurried Exhibition, Lexington, KY
2000 1st Year Architecture Design Award, University of Kentucky Architecture School
1999 John Gallenstein Memorial Art Scholarship, Covington Catholic High School
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Presents "Drawn to Nature", artdaily.org
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume XI, 2010, Open Studios Press, Boston, Ma
Jamaica Flux: Workspaces & Windows 2010: Art as Action,
Gallery Hop zigs, adds Zag's, Shannon Eblen, Lexington Herald Leader, June 17, 2010
Giving New Artists a Place to be Noticed, Catherine Spaeth, New York Times, Feb 5, 2007
LECTURES
Symposium Lecture Series, Sheila Pepe, Pratt Institute, Fall 2006
