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Education: University of California, Los Angeles

Employment: Self employed artist

Awards: John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1986; National Endowment Individual Artist Grant, 1985; Prix di Roma Fellowship, 1980 American Academy in Rome; and New Talent Purchase Award, 1978 Los Angeles County Art Museum.

Exhibitions: Murrill's artwork has been exhibited internationally. Selected recent solo exhibitions include: Joan Washburn, New York City, NY; Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, ID; Patricia Faure Gallery, Sant Monica, CA; Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York City, NY; Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID; and Asher Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Selected Group Exhibitions include: "The Contemporary Museum" Honolulu, HI; Margaret Woodson Fisher Sculpture Gallery Dedication" Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI; "Wildlife" California Center for the Arts Center, Escondido, CA; "26 Artists" Freisen Gallery, Seattle, WA; Malibu International Sculpture Exhibition, Malibu, CA; "Individual Realities" Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Tsukashin Hall, Osaka, Japan; "Fellows Exhibition" American Academy in Rome, Italy; and "Outdoor Sculpture" Exprit Sculpture Garden, San Francisco, CA.

Public Commissions: United States of America Embassy, Singapore; Palos Verdes Peninsula Library, Rolling Hills, CA; Hugo Heuhaus Jr. memorial Fountain, Heritage Park, Houston, TX; Grand Hope Park, a Community Redevelopment project in collaboration with Lawrence Halpern (a landscape artist) Los Angeles, CA; Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandizing, Los Angeles, CA; City of Culver City, redevelopment art program, Culver City, CA; U.S. Bank Plaza, Sacramento, CA; and Ronald Regan State Building, a State of California Arts Commission, Los Angeles, CA.

Selected Public Collections: Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Home Saving of America, San Francisco, CA; Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA; TransAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, CA; Salt River Project, Phoenix, AZ; United Bank of Denver, Denver, CO; The City of Santa Monica, CA; The City of Culver City, CA;
Hyatt Regency Hotels, Tampa, FL; Princess Hotel, Scottsdale, AZ; and Trammel Crow Corporation, Minneapolis, MN.

Selected recent articles and reviews: Sally Eauclaire, Gwynn Murrill, Transcendent Contours "Southwest Magazine" November 1995; John A. Parks, Simplifying Form, "American Artist Magazine" March 1995; Jonathan Saville, Yes, Yes, But What's That About Dogs Not Being Magic? Art Calendar, "San Diego Reader" February3 1994, Peter Clothier, Animal Magnetism, "Artspace Magazine" Jan-April 1992; and Suvan Geer, Review, "Los Angeles Times" January 12, 1990.

(biographical information last updated on September 28, 1999)