Holly Murkerson

Holly Murkerson

B. 1982, Lakeland, FL
Lives and Works in Chicago, IL


Education

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MFA 2010, Fiber and Material Studies

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate 2006

Florida Southern College
BFA 2004


Selected Exhibitions

2011  Aqua Art Miami with ArtSlant, Miami, FL
          Landlocked Blue, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL (solo)
          Peregrine Papers - Small Mysteries, MDW Fair, Chicago, IL
          Pocket, cArt Watch, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2010  A Christmas Funraiser, The Hills Esthetic Center, Chicago, IL
          Coming and Going, Zrobili, Chicago, IL (two-person show with Erin Washington)
          Infra-Ordinary, Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sullivan Galleries

2009  Around the Coyote Winter Fundraiser, Splat Flats, Chicago, IL

2008  Platform Florida, Lakeland, FL

2007  Chautauqua 50th National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, NY
          New Art 2007, National Emerging Artist Competition, MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA

2006  Kiki Smith: Medici Award Art Auction, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
          Student Annual Exhibition, Grossman Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
          Post-Baccalaureate Exhibition, Weems Atrium, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

2005  So This is the New Year, Lakeland, FL

2004  Platform Florida, Lakeland, FL
          The Antiquarian, Lakeland, FL
          Thesis Exhibition, Melvin Gallery, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
          Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL

Bibliography

Mead, Amanda.  "Holly Murkerson - Landlocked Blue."  The Chicago Arts Archive, August 27, 2011.

Ruiz, Steve.  "Infinite Tundra."  Art Slant Chicago, August 8, 2011.

Francis, Sean.  "Julius Caesar:  Small but mighty."  Chicago Tribune, August 4, 2011. P. 62-63.

Voeller, Megan.  "Get the blues in Polk County: Platform Florida puts on a multimedia showcase."

Quetchenbach, Bernard and John Haldeman, Eds.  Lake Hollingsworth: Reflections and Studies on a Florida Landmark. 2005.  Pages xxxii, 221.

Pleasant, Matthew.  "Art against apathy."  The Ledger.  09 Jan 2005. B3.