Artist Bio- 

Charlotte, NC resident, Tanya Murphy is a multidisciplinary artist, author, mother and wife. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, however she is deeply connected to her beloved rustic South Carolina culture and homestead. Tanya’s art education began in her teens training at the renowned Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She further studied fine art photography and printmaking at Tyler School of Art of Temple University where she received her BFA degree.

Tanya’s artwork utilizes her various skills in photography, painting, printmaking, collage and mixed media. She is inspired by seeing beauty in the imperfect, impermanent, the passing of time, life, memories and cultural history. She travels the American landscape to photograph aging barns, historic trees, and antiquated artifacts to inform her of a deep sense of universal, spiritual, and ancestral connections.

Nationally, Tanya has had many commissions, honors and exhibitions. Her works are in numerous notable collections including the Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Havre De Grace Maritime Museum, Havre De Grace, MD, and The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. She has served the vast art community as curator, teacher, gallery director and writer. She is an affiliate of the National Conference of Artists, Detroit, MI Chapter; in Charlotte, she is a founding member of the Charlotte Studio Artists Cooperative, The Light Factory, and the Guild of Charlotte Artists.

Artist Statement –

Through my art I intend to share stories that capture the beauty of things modest, imperfect and impermanent. I aim to make a visual connection between sustained nature and human energy. I explore internal and external energy, messages that unveil the life and vitality left in an environment, the mind, a memory or a landscape. I create through multiple media: alternative photography, printmaking and mixed media; I am freely satisfied. My art process is an adventurous, experimental world full of symbolic and physical layers.