Noel Murphy
Artist Bio
Noel Murphy was born in London in 1970. He studied first at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, before attending the University of Ulster in Belfast where he received an honours degree in Fine Art. His work is often shaped by the landscape of Muckamore in County Antrim where he currently resides.
Murphy was commissioned to paint the Northern Ireland Assembly in Session, becoming the second artist to do so in the history of the State. Another major piece he produced was a portrait of Michael Collins which was unveiled in the Glasnevin Cemetery Museum Gallery for the annual Collins-Griffith commemoration in 2015.
Murphy was presented with the Bass Ireland Prize (1994) and the Ireland Fund of Great Britain Annual Arts Award (1997). He has held several solo exhibitions with the Gorry Gallery, Dublin, and the Emer Gallery, Belfast, and is represented in the collections of the Ulster Museum and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.