Education

2001 Viriginia Commonwealth University, MFA
1995 The Pennsylvania State University, BS

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2010 UICA, Grand Rapids, MI, Temptations
2008 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, Seductions (two person)
  The Red House, Syracuse, NY, The Sweetest Battle
2005 Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY, On The Verge
2004 Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma, WA, Color Coded
  Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA, The Termination of...
2003 Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 22 Day Window
  Reese Bullen Gallery, Arcata, CA, Devices of Organization
2002 Creative Arts Gallery, Eureka, CA, Information, Documentation…
2001 Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA, Thesis Exhibition
2000 Bradford-Renick Gallery, Richmond, VA, The Fragile Drawritings

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, ArtQuest
2009 Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY, Old School
  Estel Gallery, Nashville, TN, Rock, Paper, Scissors
  University of West Florida Gallery, Pensacola, FL, Paperworks
2008 Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA, Beautiful Losers
  Brew House: Space 101, Pittsburgh, PA, Part Clay, Part Object
  Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Made Home
2007 Grant Gallery, New York, NY, Sparkling Fresh Art
  Exit, Cleveland, OH, Toxic Color
  Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA, Transience
  Sculpture Space, Utica, NY, CHAIRity
2006 Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, Everson Biennial
  Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY, Made in New York
2005 Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY, Unbound
  District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington D.C., Existing to Remain
2004 Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY, Contemporary Art Fair
  Ian Peck Gallery, New York, NY, Hamilton Collects

Visiting Artist Lectures

2008 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
  Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
  Union College, Schenectady, NY
  SUNY Suffolk, Selden, NY
2006 Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
2004 University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
  Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
  Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
2003 Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
2001 University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Professional Experience

2010-Present Associate Professor of Art, Department Chair, Hamilton College
2004-2010 Assistant Professor of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
2001-2004 Assistant Professor of Art, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA

Lives in Brooklyn and Central New York

rmurtaugh@twcny.rr.com

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