#Meg Lionel Murphy

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Meg Lionel Murphy (American), Ecstasy of Escape, 2021. Acrylic gouache on Arches paper, 35 x 52 inches.

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The Art Career Podcast: Painting To Help With PTSD & Domestic Violence

When The Burning Bed movie with Farah Fawcett was shown on TV in 1984, American culture had finally awakened to the sad realization that domestic violence was a well-established and pervasive secret of a male-dominated society. 

Nearly 40 years later, things are better. Domestic violence shelters, support programs and greater awareness has made some inroads into this centuries-long issue. 

But it still occurs more than we like to think. Witness the latest episode of The Art Career podcast with Emily McElwreath. 

This latest episode is actually a rerun from last season, but with an interesting twist. In the beginning, we hear from the guest / victim, Meg Lionel Murphy, about how she's coping today, as she informs listeners that she has a storefront art studio in rural Wisconsin and has a burgeoning art career. 

 Meg Lionel Murphy received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, with three majors: Art, Art History, and English Literature. Additionally, Meg studied classical oil painting in Florence, Italy. After graduation, she worked as a children’s illustrator, co-founded the literary and art magazine, Paper Darts, and co-directed the arts and social justice non-profit, Pollen Midwest.

All that disintegrated because of her mentally and physically abusive husband.

Before we hear the Redux interview, Ms. Murphy tells listeners that she's coping by "living in her work."

 That's why I like The Art Career podcast with Emily McElwreath so much. The podcast celebrates the arts, the people involved, and the value the arts add to the vibrancy of our culture. Most importantly to me, the podcast illustrates that the arts can be a solution, a coping mechanism, and a way forward when dealing with chronic societal problems like domestic violence.

The host, Emily McElwreath, asserts, "With each episode, our mission is to empower you, expanding your journey through the arts." 

To be clear, McElwreath doesn't just have guests who are artists in the sense of painting. To her, "artist" is an expansive term, so she has writers, fashion experts, poets, educators, and even a critic.

The Art Career podcast is in the middle of its fourth season, which began in mid-October with an episode named, Matthew Tully Dugan: Caviar, Vampires, and Warhol.

In the interview, Ms. Murphy narrates her gradual descent from marriage partner to assault victim, and being controlled by her husband.

After finally getting free and pursuing divorce, her abuser husband tells her that he has just bought a gun, insinuating that if she signed the divorce papers, he would use it -- on her.

Listen to this episode that plunges us into Murphy's hellscape, and then transfixes us as we learn about her strength and courage as she rebuilds her life through the lens of pain.

A diagnosis of severe PTSD from domestic violence led Murphy to leave her career in publishing to focus on painting and healing. She moved back to her childhood home in rural Wisconsin, where she started painting in her father’s junkyard, in a studio shack that was converted from an industrial cooler. As her art took off, she moved her studio to an old storefront—that was built as a church in the 1880s.

Recent solo shows include “Traumatica Dramatica'' at The Untitled Space Gallery (New York), “Interior Violence” at CoExhibitions Gallery (Minneapolis), and solo booths with SPRING/BREAK Art Show (New York and Los Angeles). Recent group shows include “10 @ 10” at The Wisconsin Museum of Art, “Pleasure Garden'' at Laurie Shapiro Gallery (Los Angeles), and “In Her World” at Voltz Clarke (New York). 

Check out this episode, how one woman suffered from domestic violence and the resulting PTSD, but refused to be a passive victim. Listen how she has rebuilt her life, even with the vestige of pain, trauma, and damage. 

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Meg Lionel Murphy, “You Need A Big God” Acrylic gouache on paper / 18 x 24 in / 2022

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Now, by Meg Lionel Murphy.

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Meg Lionel Murphy - Dreams of Dragons I, 2022

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Meg Lionel Murphy

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“I paint giantesses,” artist Meg Lionel Murphy writes in her Instagram bio. Through candy-colored artworks, she highlights larger-than-life women who have lived through traumatic pasts that are healing from their past pains (by magically growing stronger and scarier than what’s around them).

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The beauty of art, especially when it has a mission, is that it gives us access to new worlds, ones we step further into the longer we look into an image. One artist doing such work is Meg Lionel Murphy, a painter who works from a little blue shack on her family’s property in Wisconsin. Her paintings are vivid and colorful, appearing at first to be lively and perhaps even happy and comfortable, but a longer look gives the viewer access to the truth behind her work, which comes out of pain. A survivor of domestic violence who has PTSD, Murphy uses her work to engage with her own trauma as well as trauma as a concept. It’s through the giant women, surrounded by plants and animals big and small who lie across the canvases she produces that Murphy offers viewers the ability to dream of a better world—and a safer one too.

I met Murphy online through her work with Paper Darts, where she’s the editor-in-chief. I was excited when she announced in July 2020 via an Instagram post that featured her standing tall in a long, layered pink skirt, hair wild, atop a tractor body, that she is officially represented by the Untitled Space gallery in New York, which will debut her first solo show with them in 2021. In honor of the occasion, Bitch spoke to Murphy about her artistic process, how she brings accessibility to art, and how she translates trauma to the canvas.

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Happy International Women’s Day from The Untitled Space! 💖✨💖 To celebrate we bring you a selection of empowering artwork by some of our female artists including Sarah Maple (@sarahmapleart) Meg Lionel Murphy (@meglionelmurphy) Rebecca Leveille (@rebecca_leveille_guay) Fahren Feingold (@fahrenhaute) Kat Toronto aka @MissMeatface Martha Zmpounou (@marthazmpounou) Indira Cesarine (@indiracesarine) Katya Zvereva (@katyazvereva) Katie Commodore (@katiecommodore) Leah Schrager (@leahschrager) ✨✨✨✨✨ #internationalwomensday #femaleartist #womensempowerment #femalegaze #womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment #untitledspaceny #untitledspace #contemporaryart (at The Untitled Space) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca2yjfjOm5R/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Meg Lionel Murphy (American) Swan Song, 2023. Acrylic, acrylic gouache, water soluble oil, 24 x 24 in.

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💥 50+ Artists to Join Forces for “Art4Equality x Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness”💥 A Group Show & Public Art Series
OPENING RECEPTION: Sept 26th 3-8pm 💥 RSVP events@untitled-space.com The Untitled Space @untitledpsaceny is pleased to present a group exhibition and public art series “Art4Equality x Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness” presented in collaboration with @SaveArtSpace and @Art4Equality. The two-part exhibition features an empowering public art series of 10 billboards each by different artists launching on September 21, 2020 in a variety of locations throughout New York City, to coincide with a gallery exhibition on view from September 26 - October 17, 2020 at The Untitled Space featuring the work of over 50 contemporary artists. EXHIBITING ARTISTS @therubinstein @alisonstinely #alysiadavis @ann.lew.is @annebarlinckhoff @annikaconnor @pineappleswithpurpose @ash_chew @buketsavci @cabellmolinaart @cocodolle @redbakedcookies #danalvarado #danielarosaguilar #daniellesiegelbaum #daryldaniels @davidsiever @dessiejackson @devynitywray #dianazipeto @dollyfaibyshev @p1nhole @graffitiegypt @fahrenhaute @faustinebadrichani.art @geoffreystein #hanazhang #indiracesarine @artgirlsy @jaredfresch @chromaj @joeltretin @jaurelionyc @karenbystedt @katyazvereva @kimchimccarty @leahschrager #lindafriedmanschmidt @lolajiblazee @lynn_bianchi @meglionelmurphy @michelepred @osaze_akil @pantehart @paolojmorales @little_troublemaker @rachelvandernacht @birdbirdbirdbirdbird @robinjtewes @theartist_rag @rosemarymezadesplas @sarupasidaarth @travisrueckert @the.girl.with.the.brushes @valeriecarmet_studio @the.vaughan.show PUBLIC ART BILLBOARDS (@SaveArtSpace)
Anne Barlinckhoff, Ashley Chew, Donna Bassin, Fahren Feingold + Indira Cesarine , Jodie Herrera, Kim McCarty, Meg Lionel Murphy, Panteha Abareshi, Sarupa Sidaarth, Travis Rueckert READ MORE https://untitled-magazine.com/the-untitled-space-saveartspace-art4equality-x-life-liberty-the-pursuit-of-happiness/ #art4equality #saveartspace #untitledspaceny #contemporaryart #publicart #billboardart #nyart #tribecaart #activistart #painting #photography #sculpture #galleryexhibit #exhibitopening #RSVP #quarantineart (at The Untitled Space) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFU8CBWn4Uo/?igshid=1njvbt0ospylc

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Meg Lionel Murphy, “Happy Happy Happy Sad Sad Sad” & “A Storm Inside the Belly Brews” / acrylic gouache and pastel on maple panel

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Meg Lionel Murphy - Safe Space, 2021

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Meg Lionel Murphy

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Share your love of art! ✨📣✨The Untitled Space gallery is offering a limited time special 2021 Holiday Promotion of 20% off on select unique artworks and limited editions by a number of our artists including Alexandra Rubinstein, Anne Barlinckhoff, Anna Sampson, Annika Connor, Cabell Molina, Danielle Siegelbaum, Fahren Feingold, Grace Graupe-Pillard, Indira Cesarine, Kat Toronto Aka Miss Meatface, Katie Commodore, Katy Itter, Katya Zvereva, Lola Jiblazee, Lynn Bianchi, Mairi-Luise Tabbakh, Mary Tooley Parker, Meegan Barnes, Meg Lionel Murphy, Rebecca Leveille, Robin Tewes, Robyn Gibson, Sarah Maple, Sarupa Sidaarth, Trina Merry, and more. ✨Browse and collect from your favorite artists just in time for the holidays through December 20th, 2021.  ✨You can view all artwork featured in the collection here: https://untitled-space.art/collections/holiday-2021 ✨Give the gift of Art! Share the love and support contemporary artists! 💝 ✨USE CODE: HOLIDAY2021 for 20% off!🥂✨Happy Holidays! 🎁 ✨FEATURED ARTISTS @therubinstein @annebarlinckhoff @annasampson__ @annikaconnor @cabellmolinaart @daniellesiegelbaum @fahrenhaute @GraupePillard @indiracesarine @ittems @katiecommodore @KatyaZvereva @lolajiblazee @lynn_bianchi @meglionelmurphy @missmeatface @m.tooley.parker @meeganbarnes @RobinjTewes @rebecca_leveille_guay @sarahmapleart @sarupasidaarth @trinamerryart @theartist_rag #contemporaryart #untitledspace #untitledspaceny #holidaycollection #holidaysale #artcollecting #artcollector #painting #sculpture #photography #limitededition #artforsale #supportlivingartists #supportsmallbusiness #fahrenfeingold #indiracesarine #sarahmaple #missmeatface #trinamerry #annebarlinckhoff #tinamariaelena #katiecommodore #meglionelmurphy #buyart #femaleartist #linkinbio https://www.instagram.com/p/CW3sGwsLcJu/?utm_medium=tumblr