I am a printmaker and photographer living in San Francisco. My name -- Murray -- is derived from the Moray region of Scotland and means "settlement by the sea." It's no wonder that I am drawn to coastlines, the edges of things, wherever land meets tidal water. Birds-eye views of landscapes and time spent near oceans, ice pack, and marshes inspire the colors, shapes, compositions, and textures of my work.
I have been an artist in residence at KALA Art Institute in Berkeley, California since 2023 and have been awarded The Arctic Circle, Artica, and In Cahoots artists’ residencies. I received a BA in semiotics from Brown University, a JD from the University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC Law SF), and a certificate in digital photography from the City College of San Francisco. I have studied printmaking at CCSF, KALA, and Crown Point Press.
My art practice began when I was very young growing up in the District of Columbia. My mother was an accomplished watercolorist and encouraged us to always be making something, a habit I continue to this day. I cycled through painting, sewing, knitting, weaving, stained glass, and technical theater and discovered that I simply enjoy the process of making. Being able to roam the free national museums in D.C. set me on a course for appreciating and, eventually, making art.
As a teenager, I developed a passion for film photography from pouring over Time-Life books and hanging out in the darkroom my older brother built in our house. As for printmaking, pressing ink into paper is a thrill hard-wired into me by my great-grandfather, a Scottish letterpress man.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026
2026 North American Print Biennial, The Boston Printmakers, Boston, Massachusetts (forthcoming)
Intention and Process, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, California (forthcoming)
Art KALA 2026 Auction Benefit, KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, California
Portfolio Production, Gallery Obscura, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Entropic Landscapes (three-person show), Tint Gallery, San Francisco, California
Forces of Nature (five-person show), Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, California
California Society of Printmakers 111th Annual Membership Exhibition, Piedmont Arts Center, Piedmont, California
Mapping Time, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, California
2025
Showcase Exhibitions, Polar Artists Collective, Autumn-Winter 2025, January 2025
2025 Peggy Doole National Small Works Competition & Exhibition, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Atlanta Print Biennial, Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Atlanta, Georgia
Art KALA 2025 Auction Benefit, KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, California
Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
The Contemporary Print 2025, Print Austin, Austin, Texas
Impressions in Ink: Celebrating Printmaking in All Forms, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California
Forma Natura: Nature as Source, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
Nocturne: Photographs After Dark, Photo Artfolio
2024
Noddy Holga 2024
November 16, 2024 feature, The Daily Holga
Through the Lens 2024, Marin Society of Artists
Blue, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
California Society of Printmakers 110th Annual Membership Exhibition, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California
4 Printmakers from Graphic Arts Workshop, ODC, San Francisco, California
24 Months – Photo of The Month Exhibition, Image Flow Photography Center, San Anselmo, California
Square VIII, Decode Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Women Artists Making Their Mark 2024, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
2024 Peggy Doole National Small Works Competition & Exhibition, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Explorations in Monochromatic Work, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
2023
Sea, Drawing Room, San Francisco, California
California Society of Printmakers 109th Annual Exhibition, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, California
Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
Women Artists Show, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, California
Annual Auction (juried), San Francisco ArtSpan, San Francisco, California
2022
Up In Arms/Land, Drawing Room, San Francisco, California
Graphic Arts Workshop, Sweetie's Art Bar, San Francisco, California
Celebrating Women, Ingleside Gallery, San Francisco, California
CCSF Artists, Ingleside Gallery, San Francisco, California
2021
Graphic Arts Workshop, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California
PUBLICATIONS
Entropic Landscapes, TINT Gallery. Roborant Review, April 23, 2026.
Plastic Perspectives, Issue 10. April 2026.
Flare Journal, Spring 2026, no. 1. April 2026.
Washington Printmakers Gallery. 2025 Peggy Doole National Small Works Competition & Exhibition. Exhibition Catalog, 2024.
Blue Line Arts. Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition. Exhibition Catalog, 2025.
Print Austin. The Contemporary Print 2025. Exhibition Catalog, 2025.
Washington Printmakers Gallery. 2025 Peggy Doole National Small Works Competition & Exhibition. Exhibition Catalog, 2025.
ARTISTS’ RESIDENCIES
KALA Art Institute (2023-present)
In Cahoots (2025, 2026)
The Arctic Circle (2025, 2027)
AWARDS
Image of the Month, May 2023, The Image Flow, San Anselmo, California
Honorable Mention, Artist’s Choice Award 2025, Sheridan Prize for Art
EDUCATION
PRINTMAKING STUDIES, Crown Point Press, KALA Art Institute.
CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, studies in printmaking and photography, certificate in digital photography.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE LAW, San Francisco, California. Juris Doctor.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence, Rhode Island. Bachelor of Arts with honors in Semiotics.