Meghan Murray American, b. 1994
Biography
Meghan Murray, image courtesy of the artist
Meghan Murray (b. 1994, Massachusetts) is an artist, administrator, and educator based just outside of Boston, MA. Murray received her BS in Studio Art from Skidmore College and her MFA in Painting from Boston University. Her representational painting practice embodies and simultaneously intervenes upon historical tradition, both in process and in subject. Murray’s most recent work is a continued investigation into intergenerational American ideals and clichés as viewed in the mid-century family photo album. Her paintings have been on view at such spaces as Abigail Ogilvy, LaiSun Keane, Morgan Lehman, Attleboro Art Museum, Boston University’s Sloane House, and virtually with newcube art through Future Fairs. She is a recipient of the 2022 Blanche E. Colman Award, the 2025 Roddy Award, and was awarded second place in the 2023 Miami University Young Painters competition by juror John Yau.
Exhibitions
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A Horse With No Name
9 Jan - 28 Feb 2026The gallery welcomes 2026, the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac, with a group exhibition devoted to the horse—its spirit, symbolism, and enduring presence in visual culture. Featured throughout the exhibition are works by contemporary artists who engage with the horse as both subject and symbol. One of the earliest animals depicted in human expression, the horse appears in prehistoric cave paintings and has carried a multitude of meanings across civilizations, from power and freedom to labor, myth, and transcendence. We selected twelve artists for this exhibition since there are twelve zodiac signs - Antonia Barolini-Alvarez, Audrey Bialke, Jen Deluna, Benjamin Hawley, Ezri Horne, Noa Ironic, Raina Lee, Campbell-Lynn McLean, Cici McMonigle, Meghan Murray, Stacey Rozich and Anna Danyang Song.Read more -
Leo Birthday
Group Exhibition 1 - 24 Aug 2025LaiSun Keane presents Leo BirthdayRead more
A Group Exhibition with Genevieve Cohn, Kyra Gregory, Isabelle Higgins, Calvin Kim, Eva Lewis, Kristen Liu-Wong, Campbell-Lynn McLean, Meghan Murray, and Jenny Olsen
Dates: August 1 - 24, 2025
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Foundations Online Art Fair by Artsy
14 Jul - 8 Aug 2025In this curated presentation, the gallery showcases the works of Raina Lee and Meghan Murray, who engage in a dialogue through their practices of interpreting photographs via the personal act of painting.Read more
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Rose's Grenadine
Eva Lewis and Meghan Murray 5 Apr - 19 May 2024This is a two-artist exhibition of Eva Lewis and Meghan Murray featuring their counter-narratives of female-identifying people through figurative paintings.Read more -
What's New In Still Life, Portrait, and Landscape
Curated by John Yau 3 Nov - 23 Dec 2023Group exhibition curated by John Yau featuring artists Lauren Petrick Brooks, Kevin Cobb, Abigail Dudley, Samuel Alexander Forest, Calvin Kim, Meghan Murray and Lizzie Zelter. Show opens November 3, 2023.Read more
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Works
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Meghan MurrayAdult Games A Serious Business (April 12, 1969), 2023oil paper over panel12 x 9 in
30.5 x 22.9 cmVersoView more detailsMeghan Murray, Adult Games A Serious Business (April 12, 1969), 2023$ 865.00 -
Meghan MurraySanta Can Exist Even in an Atomic Age (Dec. 24, 1957), 2023oil paper over panel9 x 9 in
22.9 x 22.9 cmVersoView more detailsMeghan Murray, Santa Can Exist Even in an Atomic Age (Dec. 24, 1957), 2023$ 725.00 -
Meghan MurrayJersey Police Play "Cowboy" in Two-Hour Roundup (March 9, 1952), 2025Oil on canvas over panel9 x 9 in
22.9 x 22.9 cmVersoView more detailsMeghan Murray, Jersey Police Play "Cowboy" in Two-Hour Roundup (March 9, 1952), 2025$ 725.00 -
Meghan MurrayUntitled Motif #3, 2023oil paper over panel9 x 5 in
22.9 x 12.7 cmVersoView more detailsMeghan Murray, Untitled Motif #3, 2023$ 600.00 -
Meghan MurrayUntitled Motif #1, 2022oil paper over panel9 x 5 in
22.9 x 12.7 cmVersoView more detailsMeghan Murray, Untitled Motif #1, 2022$ 600.00 -
Meghan MurrayPRESIDENT NIXON'S OPPORTUNITY TO BRIDGE 'THE LUNAR GAP' (Dec. 1, 1969), 2022Oil on linen over panel48 x 48 in.Signed and dated versoSoldView more details
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Meghan MurrayWith Encouragement, Little Girls Can Start Young to Take All Day to Dress (Nov. 2, 1957), 2024oil paper over panel9 x 9 in.VersoSoldView more details
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Meghan MurrayIt's My Party (and I'll Cry if I Want to), 2025Oil on canvas over panel9 x 9 in
22.9 x 22.9 cmVersoSoldView more details
