Ruth Murray

Education

2006 – 2008 Royal College of Art, MA Painting 2003 -2006 Loughborough University, BA (Hons), Fine Art 2002 Bournville College of Art; National diploma, Foundations Studies in Art & Design

Awards & Residencies

GlogauAIR, (Jan-June), Berlin, 2010 Petrov Prize, 2009 Derek Hill Scholarship, British School at Rome (Oct - Dec), 2008 Sheldon Bergh Award, 2008 Boundary Figurative Art Prize, 2008 De Laszlo Prize, 2008 Stanley- Smith Scholarship, Royal College of Art, 2006 - 2007 Astra Zeneca Purchase Prize, 2006 Alan Quiney Award, 2004 & 2005

Selected Exhibitions

2010	GlogauAIR, Glogauer Strasse, Berlin (Opening: 26.03.10) A Foundation, The Blade Factory, Liverpool (April- 22nd May)
2009	Small is Beautiful, Flowers East, London The National Open Art Competition, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2008 2007 2006 2005	Guesthouse, Galleria Progresso, London Solo Show, Magdalen College, Oxford Studio One, ACAVA Wandsworth Studios, London Figure of 8, British School at Rome, Rome, Italy Saatchi's 4 New Sensations, The Truman Brewery, London Blank Canvas, 1-2 Carnaby Street, London Pentimenti, Permanent Gallery, Brighton MA Final Show, Royal College of Art, London Bank of America, Docklands, London Boundary Figurative Art Prize, The Boundary Gallery, London Painting Interim Show, Royal College of Art, London Howie Street is Dead; long live Howie Street, London “SPENT”, 3 Colts Gallery, London Celeste Art Prize, The Truman Brewery, London Nationwide Mercury Music Art Prize, The Hospital Gallery, London Royal Society of Portrait Painters, The Mall Galleries, London & Newcastle Open Exhibition, The City Gallery, Leicester
PRESS ARTICLES & Publications

Not waving or drowning, Artspace, 2008 Artists and Illustrators, Artist Profile, September 2008 Pollocks London, Sketchbook, September 2008 Camden New Journal, April 2008 Cheltenham Illustration Awards Annual, 2007 Seawhite of Brighton Annual Catalogue, Front Cover, 2007 The Times, ‘The Knowledge’, Image of the Week, Nov 2005