Artist Statements

 Artist Statement/Biography

    Kaela Murphy’s practice is multidisciplinary, incorporating sculpture, drawing, and printmaking as she responds to unsolicited touching and uncomfortable conversations that she faces as a multiracial woman. Having been raised in Regina, and now residing in Lethbridge as she completes her final year of the BFA program in Studio Art at the University of Lethbridge, Murphy’s lived experience has been one of confrontation often centred around and filtered through her hair. Through her work, Murphy establishes and addresses boundaries that are regularly crossed by those who exoticize and objectify her.

CV

Education

2016 – Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta.

Solo Exhibitions

2021 extension, niche gallery, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta.

Group Exhibitions

2021 Open House in Miniature, niche gallery, University of Lethbridge,  Lethbridge, Alberta.

2019 Advanced Drawing Exhibition (Open House), University of Lethbridge

Professional Experience

2022 –    CreateSpace Public Art Forum, STEPS (Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space.)

2021 –    Events Coordinator, Art Society, University of Lethbridge.

2021 –    Faculty of Fine Arts Council, University of Lethbridge.

2021        Curatorial Team, Open House in Miniature, niche gallery, University of Lethbridge.

Publications

2022 Boundaries (I AM NOT A PETTING ZOO, DO NOT CALL ME A MUTT, NOT

                YOUR HALF COCO BEAUTY), Held Magazine Issue 3: The Body, Guelph 

                Ontario.

2021        Open House in Miniature, The Meliorist April 2021 Issue,  Lethbridge, Alberta.

Awards and Achievements

2021 Dean’s List, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta.

2021 Excellence in Printmaking Award, University of Lethbridge.