Althea Murphy-Price's artistic practice intersects various methods of printmaking, photography, and sculpture. Through her creative studio work, Murphy-Price shares research that explores themes of femininity, racial identity, and perception, investigated through material choice and experimental processes. The inherent duality of print serves as a platform to examine these concepts through the lens of deception. She attempts to recreate familiar objects inspired by her own racial and feminine identity, that question and challenge ideas of authenticity and representation.
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.
Her 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 textbooks, Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Process, and Printmakers Today. Additionally, she has held residencies at the Frank Llyod Wright School, the 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, and is a Professor of Art at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.