35 Riverwalk Way Unit 318, Lowell, MA 01854
Crissie Murphy / V i s u a l A r t i s t
Lives/works Lowell, Massachusetts

Recent Awards

2012 Award of Merit, International Aerospace Art Exhibit
American Society of Aviation Artists

Merit Award, United States Navy
National Museum of Naval Aviation juried exhibition, Pensacola, FL

2010 Founders Award, International Aerospace Art Exhibit
American Society of Aviation Artists, San Diego Air & Space Museum

Exhibitions
2012 National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, OH

International Aerospace Art Exhibit, Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum (Air Zoo), Kalamazoo, MI

National Museum of Naval Aviation,Juried Exhibit, Pensacola, Florida

United States Pentagon Permanent Collection, Washington, DC

2011 Charles Bank Gallery, SoHo, NYC
Celestial Matters: a terrestrial exhibit of art flown aboard the International Space Station

International Aerospace Art Exhibit, National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, Florida

Arts League of Lowell, MA, Les Femmes: Artwork by Women, for Women & Celebrating Women

Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA, Juried Members Exhibition

2010 National Museum of the United States Air Force, 60 Years of Air & Space Power Through Artists’ Eye

North Island, Naval air Base Coronado, Admirals Reception, Centennial of Naval Aviation Celebration

Los Angeles Society of Illustrators Juried Show, Comic Con San Diego

American Society of Aviation Artists 2010, San Diego Air & Space Museum, recipient of the ASAA Founder’s Award

2009 International Space Station, Art Exhibit in Space in collaboration with NASA and the Russian Space Agency

Boston Museum of Fine Art, Her Art: A celebration of women artists in Boston

Memberships & Affiliations
USAF Art Program
United States Coast Guard Art Program
American Society of Aviation Artists
Society of Illustrators
The Los Angeles Society of Illustrators

Public and Museum Collections
United States Air Force
Pentagon Gallery, Washington DC
United States Coast Guard
National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL

Bio:
Crissie received her BFA in Illustration from Massachusetts College of Art, with ongoing studies at various venues.
“The subjects of Crissie’s paintings are wide and varied. All offer exquisite detail and sense of design and spirit. Her original oils, watercolours, and graphics in various media combine the spontaneous narrative of sketchbooks with the finish and textural interest of studio work .”
- Boston Globe Magazine
Her eye for detail and ability to capture the moment has served her well: in 2006, Crissie was chosen to participate in the prestigious US Air Force Art Program. At the request of the Pentagon she has documented operations overseas and at home, most recently deploying to Haiti and Guantanamo Bay shortly after the earthquake to document relief efforts. A recent recipient of the ASAA Founder’s Recognition Award for her work depicting Special Operations Forces, her paintings currently hang in the Pentagon, and are permanent additions to the USAF Collection. Her paintings have been featured in the Air Force 60th Anniversary Exhibition, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of the USAF and various other museums and galleries across the country.