Julie Murray is an Irish-born artist and filmmaker.

Background edit

Murray received a bachelor's degree in Fine Art from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.[1] She then moved to the United States in 1985.

Career edit

Her films have been included in The Times London Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, Images Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, the Dublin Film Festival and others.[2][3]

Her art was exhibited in the Whitney Biennial in 2004.[2][4][5] Her piece entitled "America is Hard to See" was also on display at the Whitney in 2015.[6] She was one of three artists to create an embroidery design for Birdies shoes in 2020.[7]

Filmography[8] edit

Elements (2008)

Detroit Park (2006)

Orchard (2004)

Deliqium (2003)

I Began to Wish (2003)

Micromoth (2000)

If You Stand With Your Back to the Slowing of the Speed of Light in Water (1999)

Anathema (1995)

A Legend of Parts (1990)

Tr’Cheot’My P’y (1988)

FF (1986)

Recognition edit

Her film Element won Best Cinematography award at the 2008 Ann Arbor Film Festival.[9][10] Her early super-8 films were given a National Film Preservation Foundation Award in 2014.[11][12] Her films are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ "Nightingale Cinema » JULIE MURRAY". Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  2. ^ a b "I Began to Wish…: Films by Julie Murray – Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto". Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  3. ^ "JULIE MURRAY: Mysteries of the Visible World". US News Express. 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  4. ^ "Whitney Biennial 2004". whitney.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  5. ^ Baker, Kenneth (2004-03-29). "At the Whitney Biennial, the art is overthought and much of it is heavy with conceptual freight". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  6. ^ "America Is Hard to See". whitney.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  7. ^ "Meet the Artists Behind Our Birdies x Minted Collection". Birdies. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  8. ^ "Julie Murray". Underground Film Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  9. ^ "Canyon Cinema : Filmmaker". Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  10. ^ "49th Ann Arbor Film Festival Program | Ann Arbor District Library". aadl.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  11. ^ "Julie Murray - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  12. ^ "National Film Preservation Foundation: 2014 Avant-Garde Masters Grant Winners". www.filmpreservation.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  13. ^ "Light Cone - Julie MURRAY". lightcone.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.