Key Information
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Murphy, Alexander
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Murphy, Sandy
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1956-
History
Sandy Murphy was born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1956. He studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1976 until 1980, when he graduated with an honours degree. He completed a teacher training course and taught in Ayrshire schools until 1985. At this point he took the decision to paint professionally, full time.He has had numerous solo exhibitions in galleries across Scotland and England, including Roger Billcliffe Fine Art Gallery, Glasgow, Panter and Hall, London, Waterford Gallery, Hale, Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Thompsons Gallery, London, John Davies Fine Art, Stow-on-the-Wold.He was elected to the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours (RSW) in 1996, the Royal Glasgow Institue of the Fine Arts (RGI) in 2000 and the Paisley Art Institute (PAI) in 2010.