CATHERINE MURRAY

Associate Professor, Sculpture

Graduate Coordinator

Department of Art and Design

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN 37614

423-439-8303

murrayc@mail.etsu.edu

EDUCATION

1987 MFA Sculpture, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.

1982 BA Sculpture, with High Honors, Portland State University, Portland, OR.

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2000-01 University of South Carolina-Spartanburg, year long exhibition of outdoor sculpture.

1999 Semi-Public, Asheville, NC.

1997 Ralston Fine Art, Johnson City, TN.

1996 Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.

1995 XYZ Gallery, Blacksburg, VA. Sculpture.

1994 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR. Sculpture and paintings.

1992 University of Maine Museum of Art, Orono, ME. “Recent Work”: Sculpture and

drawings.

1991 Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA. Challenge Award Show. Sculpture.

1990 Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA. “Rotation”: Sculpture

and paintings.

1988 Paris Gibson Square Center for Contemporary Art, Great Falls, MT.

“Contemplation and Perception”: Installation.

1986 Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. “Juxtapositions”:

Sculpture and drawings.

1985 University Center Gallery, University of Montana. Sculpture and drawings.

TWO PERSON AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005 “Appalachian Corridors”, Avampato Discovery Museum, Charleston, WV, Faith Ringold, juror.

2005 ETSU Art Faculty Show, Slocumb Gallery, ETSU, JOCY, TN.

2005 “Sense, Sensual”, Two person show with Ann Ropp, Nelson Fine Art, JOCY, TN.

2004 ETSU Art Faculty Show, Sloocumb Gallery, ETSU, JOCY, TN.

2003 -04 “From These Hills”, curator Andrea Pollan. Year long traveling show: William King Regional Art Center, The Portsmouth Museums, and Center for the Arts, Mannassas, VA.

2003 Inaugural Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Chattanooga State University, invitational, Tennessee sculptors.

2003 “Kaleidoscope”, juried, Montgomery County Museum, Clarksville, TN.

2003 “Sculpture in the Park”, Lenoir, NC.

2002 Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia Sculptors Guild juried exhibition.

2001 Longwood College, Farmville, VA. Tri-States Sculptors group exhibition.

2001 Adelphia Centre, Johnson City, TN. Three person show, juried.

2001 Kaleidoscope, Invitational Group Show, Montgomery County Museum, Clarksville, TN.

2001 Art and Design Department Faculty Show, Reese Museum, ETSU.

2001 Invitational Print Show, Brooklyn Project, Brooklyn, NY.

1999 Johnson City Arts Council Signature Gallery, Johnson City, TN. “Recent Work”; two person exhibition with Mike Smith.

1999 Semi-Public, Asheville, NC, Annual Group Print Show.

1999 First Tennessee Bank Show, Carroll Reese Museum, ETSU. Juried.

1999 Art and Design Department Faculty Show. Slocumb Galleries, ETSU.

1998 Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN. “Celebrating Women Artists of Tennessee”, juried, curator of National Women’s Museum.

1998 Viridian Gallery, NYC. Juror: Karen Phillips, Curator, Whitney Museum of Art, NYC.

1998 25th Anniversary Show of Fleisher Challenge Award Recipients, Philadelphia, PA.

1998 North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO. Juror: Jesus Bautista Moroles.

1998 “Three”, 3 person exhibition, Tusculum College, Tusculum, TN.

1997 William King Art Center, Abingdon, VA. ETSU Faculty Show.

1997 Cross Currents: Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art: Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS. Jurors: Akua McDaniel, Brent Funderburk.

1997 ANA 26: Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana. Juror: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith.

1997 “Art and Spirit”, Nicholls State University, Thibodeaux LA, Invitational.

1997 Holland Smith Gallery, Huntsville, AL. ETSU Faculty show.

1997 William King Center for the Arts, Abingdon, VA. Wall sculpture.

1996 Slocumb Galleries, ETSU. Faculty show.

1995 Armory Gallery, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Faculty show.

1994 The Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME. “New Faces”. Invitational.

1994 Salishan Lodge, Lincoln City, OR. Sitka Benefit Show. Invitational.

1993 Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY at Stony Brook. “WOOD”. Invitational.

Five US sculptors working with wood.

1993 UMVA Gallery, Brunswick, ME. “Organic Abstraction: Sculpture”. Juried.

1993 Wingspread Gallery, NE Harbor, ME. Invitational.

1992 University of Maine Museum of Art, Orono, ME. Faculty show.

1991 Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA. Faculty show.

1990 Gallery 16, Great Falls, MT. Invitational.

1990 Hockaday Art Center, Kalispell, MT. “Montana 3-D”. Invitational sculpture

show.

1990 Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula, MT. “Earth Images: Drawings”. Invitational.

1989-91 Custer Co. Art Center, Miles City, MT. “Women’s Work: 100 Years of

Women’s Art in Montana”. Invitational traveling show.

1989 Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT. Electrum XVIII. Juror’s Award.

1989 Missoula Museum of the Arts. “A Sense of Place: Contemporary Sculpture in

Montana”. Invitational.

1988 Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX. “Mountain Plains Highlights”. Juror: Gordon McConnell.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND RESIDENCIES

2004- Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Artist Residency, Lumsden, Scotland

2000- Associate Professor, Sculpture, 3D Design, ETSU.

1995- 2000 Assistant Professor: Sculpture and 3D Design, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.

1994-95 Visiting Assistant Professor: Sculpture, Design, and Drawing, Virginia Tech,

Blacksburg, VA.

1994 Artist in Residence, Feb.-June, 1994. Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis,

OR.

1993 Artist in Residence, Nov. 1993, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY.

1992-93 Assistant Professor: Sculpture and 3-D Design, University of Maine, Orono,

ME. Sabbatical replacement.

1990-91 Assistant Professor: Sculpture, 3-D Foundations, Art Appreciation, Millersville

University, Millersville, PA. Sabbatical replacement.

1990 Instructor, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. Graduate course for art

teachers in the public schools.

1989-90 Long Term Visual Artist in Residence, Montana Artists in Schools/

Communities program. Great Falls public schools.

1987-89 Artist in Residence, MT Artists in Schools/ Communities program, several short

term residencies at Missoula Museum of the Arts, and Fort Peck Reservation.

1984-86 Teaching Assistant, Sculpture and 3-D Foundations, University of Montana,

Missoula, MT.

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS

2004 Basler Fellowship, ETSU. $10,000 to pursue my work.

2002-03 Arts Build Communities, Grant from TN Arts Commission; matched by Johnson City Development Authority for design and fabrication of sculptural furniture, $3375.

2001-02 ETSU SAC Grant, advising Student Sculptors. $2500. Outdoor Sculpture Competition on ETSU campus. Funded.

2001-02 ETSU IDC Grant, $3100. “Collaborative Bronze.” Funded.

2001-02 ETSU RDC Large Grant, $6000. “Contemporary Approaches: Bronze.” Funded.

2000 ETSU RDC Small Grant, $1000. “Stone and Steel”. Funded.

1999-2000 Arts Build Communities, JC Arts Council Grant from TN Arts Commission:for visiting artists series, $1400. Funded.

1999-2000 ETSU Student Allocations Committee, “Artists Speak”, visiting artists grant, with Mike Smith, $2000. Funded.

1999 East TN Foundation Grant: Intergenerational Arts Project; coordinator/sculptor: building outdoor sculpture with the Johnson City Senior Center for Fairmount Elementary School. Funded.

1998-99 Arts Build Communities, Johnson City Arts Council Grant from TN Arts Commission, matching funding for Visiting Artists Series at ETSU, with Mike Smith. $800.

1998-99 Discretionary Funds Grant, Vice President’s office: $2000 for limestone for library plaza project, funded.

1998-99 Instructional Development Grant. “Limestone and the Library: Carving Sculptural Furniture for the Plaza of the New ETSU Library.” Funding for tools: $3000. Funded.

1998 Presidential Grant in Aid, ETSU. Limestone Symposium, Bloomington, IN. $1000. Funded.

1997 RDC Small Grant. Photographic documentation of sculpture. $600. Funded.

1997 Faculty -Student Research Grant. $1000. Funded.

1997 International Travel Grant: travel to marble quarries in Italy. $500. Funded.

1997 Presidential Grant in Aid, ETSU. Iron Workshop, Penland School of Crafts. $1200. Funded.

1996-97 Instructional Development Grant, ETSU. “Sculpture, Site, and Community”; building a large scale public sculpture for Mountainview Elementary School. $5000 for tools and materials. Funded.

1996-97 Research Development Grant, ETSU. “Material, Meaning, and Place: Carving with Indigenous Stone.” $6000. Funded.

1996-97 Co-writer, Visiting Artist Grant, Student Activities Center, ETSU. Funded.

1995-96 Co-writer, Visiting Artist Grant, Student Activities Center, ETSU. Funded.

1994 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology: 4 month residency.

1993 Ucross Foundation: 1 month residency.

1991 Fleisher Art Memorial Challenge Award: 1 person exhibition.

1989 Electrum XVIII, Holter Museum of Art: Juror’s Award.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2005 Member, Team for Design of new Craft/3D Arts Center at UNC-Asheville

2004 Finalist, Commission for outdoor sculpture at the Governor’s Residence, Nashville, TN

2003- Member, Johnson City Development Authority Downtown Design Committee.

2000 Artist/teacher: Intergenerational Earth Day sculpture project, Fairmount Elementary.

1999 Artist/coordinator: Intergenerational outdoor, permanent sculpture project, senior citizens and fifth graders at Fairmount Elementary School, JC.

1999 Juror: “Blurring the Lines”, outdoor sculpture exhibition at William King Arts Center, Abingdon, VA.

1999 Panelist: “Earth to Artist, Community Involvement and the Arts”, JC Arts Council.

1999 Workshop: Sculptural Masks, Arts Day, Chuckey-Doak High School, Chuckey, TN.

1999 Workshop: Found Object Sculpture for Earth Day, Fairmount Elementary School, Johnson City, TN.

1998 Juror: Knoxville Arts Council “Artsfest” juried annual exhibition, The Candy Factory.

1998 Johnson City Senior Center, Workshop for Grandparents and grandchildren: “Sculpture with Found Materials”.

1997 Tennessee Representative, Board of Directors, SECAC.

1997 Chair and Panelist:”Collaborative Sculpture: Students and Community”, SECAC conference, Virginia Commonwealth University.

1997 Juror: National Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, William King Art Center, Abingdon, VA.

1997 Juror: Virginia Tech Design Charrette, Schools of Art and Architecture.

1997 Lecture: “Redemption In Form: 3 Contemporary Sculptors”. Symposium on Alienation at ETSU.

1997 Lecture: “Art, Nature and the Human Hand”, Holston Area Jung Society.

1996 Workshop: Sculpture Workshop for Arts Day, University School.

1996 Workshop: TN Governor’s School, ETSU.

1995 Visiting artist, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

1994 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, workshop: Sculpture and Nature.

1993 Guest lecturer, University of Montana.

1993 Guest lecturer, University of Maine at Augusta.

1992 Guest lecturer, University of Maine at Augusta.

1992 “Art and Nature: Working on Site”. Guide training workshop, Delaware Nature Center.

1990 “Art and Nature: Natural Materials”: In-service workshop for art teachers, Lancaster,PA. public schools.

Service:

ETSU:

-Fabrication: “Library Leaves”. Sculptural bench project for library, designed by Intro Sculpture class. Spring 2005.

-Coordinator for Mel Chin’s residency as Basler Chair for Integration of Arts and Sciences, ETSU, fall 2004.

-Design and fabrication; ETSU ROTC memorial; 2003.

-Basler Chair selection committee, 2002-4

-Arts and Sciences Dean’s Council, elected representative, (chair 2001) 1999-2002

- Research and Development Committee, Arts and Sciences representative, 1996-98.

-RDC sub-committee: small grants, 1997-98.

-Coordination of sculptural furniture for plaza of new library

-Development of first outdoor sculpture exhibition program on ETSU campus.

Art Dept:

-Graduate Coordinator, 2003-

-Chair, Metals/Jewlery search committee, 2003, 2004

-Promotion and tenure guidelines committee, 2002

-Ceramics search committee, 2000

-Chair, Chair Search Committee, 1999

-Co-editor, NASAD final report, 1999

-Fibers Search Committee, 1999

-Works in Progress Committee, 1996-2002

-Arrowmont Scholarship Committee: 1995-98

-Visiting Artist Grants: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003

Student Sculpture Society, founder and advisor