The Old Post Office
Kilmany
Fife KY15 4PT
 
Tel. 01382 330517
 
e-mail   liz@kilmany.plus.com
 
A graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College, Dundee, in Drawing and Painting Liz Murray is a professional member of the RSW and SSA and is a regular exhibitor at the RSA, RSW, SSA, AAS and RGI.
 
Statement

'My painting is primarily about imagined glimpses of others’ lives, memories and secrets…..torn fragments, hidden layers, intimate histories. Journals, apprentices’ manuals and the very personal nature of old quilts provide much of the stimulus for my work.'
 
 
Selected Exhibitions

‘All About Eve’, Edinburgh Festival
Six Scottish Artists, Venice
‘The Art Party’, Brill Building, Glasgow
SSA, Pier Art Gallery, Orkney :
5th International Drawing Triennale Wroclaw, Poland
‘Uisge Beatha’, Collins Gallery, Glasgow
‘A Sense of Place’,SSA, Cowane Gallery, Stirling
‘Of Time and Tide’, Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther
‘Brave Art’, Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Stirling
‘A Patch of their Own’, Compass Gallery, Glasgow
‘Scottish Painters’, Maritime Museum, Vittoriosa, Malta
‘Beuys in Scotland’, Matthew Gallery, Edinburgh University
‘Artists’ Lunch’,  McManus Galleries, Dundee
Cheltenham Open Drawing Exhibition
‘Connections’, RSA Edinburgh Festival
‘Still Life’, Roger Billcliffe Gallery Glasgow
‘Beyond Conflict’, European Parliament, Brussels
‘Little Treasures’, Stenton Gallery.
50/50 Brighton University
 
Public Collections

Scottish Arts Council, Angus Council, Renfrewshire Education Authority, Lanarkshire Education Authority, Hamilton District Libraries, Motherwell District Libraries, City Art Space PLC.
 
Awards

1981 Glasgow Group: Benno Schotz Prize
1991 SAAC: Elizabeth Ballantyne Prize
1994 RSW : Betty Davis Prize
2001 Angus Summer Salon : First Prize
2005 RSW: John Gray Award
2006 50/50 Brighton University, Highly Commended