Chris Murray (b. 1960) has been making paintings of New York City for the last twenty years. Using photographs from found sources as a reference, Murray builds his architectural based works with pieced together paper, acrylic paint, and most importantly a pencil and ruler. The Murray family summered in Southampton for three generations beginning in the 1920s which recently inspired Murray to create artwork with views of Southampton landmarks. In the review of Murray's 2002 at K.S. Art in New York, Ken Johnson wrote in The New York Times, "With rulers, pencils and paint and a focus driven in aprt by autism Mr. Murray makes detailed, highly ordered yet unfussily immediate pictures of Manhattan buildings looming over busily trafficked streets. The artist, born in 1960, refers to photographs found in books and magazines to reproduce landmarks, like the Empire State Building and the Museum of Natural History, on sheets of paper to which he glues extensions as space requires." Murray, who is autistic, personalizes architecture as he obsessively draws buildings window by window. His patience in working the geometric elements is interestingly contrasted by the quick brushwork of the clouds, trees, and people. Murray rolls and folds his sometimes quite large pieces ( 4 x 6 feet) to fit into his backpack for transportation and storage. This working process with the numerous re-workings gives the wrinkled paper an almost sculptural presence. Chris Murray's life and artwork is the subject of his older brother Tom Murray's acclaimed 2010 documentary Dad's in Heaven with Nixon. CHRIS MURRAY Born in New York, NY. in 1960 Lives in New Haven, Connecticut EXHIBITIONS Solo 2012 Chris Murray's Paintings of Southampton, Southampton Historical Museum, Southampton, NY 2011 Maxwell Projects, NY. NY. The Outsider Art Fair, NY. NY. 2002 K.S. Art NY. NY. Manhattan 1999 K.S. Art NY. NY. Buildingscapes 1997 K.S. Art NY. NY Two person show with Philip Travers Group 2010 NY. NY. The Outsider Art Fair, NY. NY 2009 Maxwell Projects, NY. NY. The Outsider Art Fair, NY. NY 2008 Maxwell Projects, NY. NY. The Outsider Art Fair, NY. NY 2007 Maxwell Projects, NY. NY. The Outsider Art Fair, NY. NY 2006 Maxwell Projects, NY. NY. The Outsider Art Fair, NY. NY 2005 Maxwell Projects, NY. NY. The Outsider Art Fair, NY. NY 2004 Maxwell Projects, NY. NY. The Outsider Art Fair, NY. NY 2003 K.S. Art NY. NY. The Outsider Art Fair, NY. NY. 2002 K.S. Art NY. NY. The Outsider Art Fair, NY. NY. 2001 K.S. Art NY. NY. The Outsider Art Fair, NY. NY. 2000 K.S. Art NY. NY. The Outsider Art Fair, NY. NY. 1999 K.S. Art NY. NY. The Outsider Art Fair, NY. NY. 1998 K.S. Art NY. NY. Inaugural Exhibition, NY. NY. 1998 K.S. Art NY. NY. The Outsider Art Fair, NY. NY. BIOGRAPHICAL FILM 2010 Dad's in Heaven with Nixon, 2010, Directed by Tom Murray, Two Sons Productions BIBLIOGRAPHY 2010 Art of the MIND: The Art Collection of the UC Davis MIND Institute 2005 How to look at Outsider Art, Lyle Rexer, Harry N. Abrams 2002 Ken Johnson, The New York Times, "Art in Review"

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