Noel Murphy
Artist Bio
Noel Murphy was born in London in 1970, studying first at
NCAD (National College of Art and Design) in Dublin and then at the University
of Ulster in Belfast where he received an honours degree in Fine Art. The artist’s
work often takes influence from the landscape of Muckamore in Co. Antrim where
he currently resides.
He is well known for being commissioned to paint the
Northern Ireland Assembly in Session, becoming the second artist to do so in
the history of the State. Another major piece he was responsible for was a
portrait of Michael Collins which was unveiled in the Glasnevin Cemetery Museum Gallery for the annual Collins-Griffith commemoration in 2015.
Murphy was
presented with the Bass Ireland Prize (1994) and the Ireland Fund of Great Britain
Annual Arts Award (1997). He has held several solo exhibitions with the Gorry
Gallery, Dublin, and the Emer Gallery, Belfast, and is represented in the
collections of the Ulster Museum and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland,
among others.