About:

Althea Murphy-Price has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout North America and abroad.  Solo and small group exhibits include the Tennessee  Arts Commission (Nashville, TN), The Union for Contemporary Art (Omaha, NE), The Knoxville Museum of Art (Knoxville, TN), The Arnoff Center for the Arts (Cincinnati, OH), The Print Center, (Philadelphia, PA), Woman Made Gallery (Chicago IL), The Artist’s Collective (Houston, TX) and California College of the Arts, (Oakland, CA).  International exhibited cities include Shanghai, China, Tokyo Japan and Tidaholm, Sweden, Venice, Italy and Santander, Spain.

Murphy-Price’s work has been included in the publications of Art Papers Magazine, CAA Reviews, Contemporary Impressions Journal, Art in Print, MAPC Journal, and the UK publication Printmaking Today and text books, Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Process., and Printmakers Today.  Additionally, she has held residencies at the Frank Llyod Wright School, University of Hawaii, Hilo, The Vermont Studio Center, The Venice Printmaking Studio, and the Scuola Internationale di Graphica. She has lectured at multiple institutions including Vanderbilt University, Wellesley College, Boston University, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).

 Murphy-Price received a B.A. from Spelman College, an M.A. from Purdue University and an M.F.A. from Tyler School of Art, Temple University.   Born in San Jose, CA she lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, Murphy-Price teaches printmaking Professor of Art at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.