UPCOMING EVENTS
The Space Between, Molly Murphy Adams at the Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
Opening September 1, 2023, Artist gallery talk, November 3, 2023
https://missoulaartmuseum.org/exhibitions/upcoming
RESUME
Education
Master of Art History, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Spring 2023
Bachelor of Fine Arts, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT. Dean’s List and Honors, 2004.
Commissions and Awards
2021 Nominated for the Joan Mitchell Award for Painting and Sculpture
2020 Concept Survey, 2020, Artistic Excellence Award, Hardesty Arts Center, Sponsored by the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Juror Heather Pesanti
Nominated for the Joan Mitchell Award for Painting and Sculpture
2018 Tulsa Artist Fellowship – 2019 – 2020 Fellow, Tulsa, OK. Grant and studio award
Hear My Voice – Native American Art of the Past and Present, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond Virginia, Commission for Permanent Collection
2017 Fiberworks 2017, Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa, OK, Best in Show Award, Juror Cameron Taylor-Brown
Matrix Press and Missoula Art Museum Printmaking Residency, Funded by an Andy Warhol Foundation Grant
2016 Collision and Creation, Indigenous Art of the Americas, 1890-2015, Commission for Permanent Collection, Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK
2014 Spirit of Gilcrease, Juried Exhibition, Henry Zarrow Gallery, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, Purchase award for permanent collection.
2013 Relative Position – The Sculptural Beadwork of Molly Murphy Adams. Great Plains Art Museum, Lincoln, NE, 2013 Elizabeth Rubendall Artist-In-Residence and Solo Show
2012 Contemporary Indigeneity: The New Art of the Great Plains, Great Plains Art Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. Juror Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, “Bobby Penn Award”
2009 Heard Museum Guild Fair and Market, Phoenix, AZ, Best in Show, and 2nd Place Class VII, Division E
Artist’s Innovation Award and Grant, Montana Arts Council
2008 Heard Museum Guild Fair and Market, Phoenix, AZ, 1st Place Class VII Division A
2007 Heard Museum Guild Fair and Market, Phoenix, AZ, 1st Place Class VII Division A, 2nd Place Class VII Division B, Judges Choice Award-Cirillo, Judges Choice Award-Dittemore
2006 Heard Museum Guild Fair and Market, Phoenix, AZ, 2nd Place Class VII Division B, 2nd Place Class VII Div. C
2005 Heard Museum Guild Fair and Market, Phoenix, AZ, Honorable Mention
Permanent Collections
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, KS
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
Bank of America, Tulsa, OK
Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
J. W. Wiggins Collection, Sequoyah Institute, Little Rock, AR
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Museum of the Great Plains, Lincoln, NE
University of Nebraska, Permanent Installation, Chemistry Department, Lincoln, NE
Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
City of Missoula, Traffic Signal Box, Public Art, Missoula, MT
Art 4 Culture, Harborview Hospital, Seattle, WA
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, KS
Exploration Works, Helena, MT
Exhibition History
2022 Northwest/Southwest: Indigenous Art After 1985, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, OR, Curated by Dr. Steve Grafe
The Space Between, Selected Works, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
2021 The Space Between, Molly Murphy Adams and Anita Fields, 108 Contemporary Gallery, Tulsa, OK. Fully funded exhibit with catalog
2020 Concept Survey, 2020, Hardesty Arts Center, Sponsored by the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Juror Heather Pesanti
Stitched in Sovereignty, Contemporary Beadwork in Indigenous North America, Couse Sharp Historic Site, Taos, NM, Curated by Dr. Chelsea Herr
Love Letters to the Collection, State Poet Laureates in Montana responding to chosen pieces from the permanent collection, Curated by Brandon Reintjes, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
2019 Bring Her Home: Stolen Daughters of Turtle Island, All My Relations Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Featured Artist, Curated by Angela Two Stars
True Turn, Tulsa Artist Fellowship Project, Installation, and performance, Tulsa, OK
Recall/Respond, Group exhibit, Gilcrease Museum, Curated by Laura Fry, Tulsa, OK
Fiberworks 2019, Juried exhibit, Curated by Betty Busby, AHHA, Tulsa, OK
State of Craft - Members Show, 108 Contemporary Gallery, Tulsa, OK. Juried Exhibition, Dr. Kristen Olds
2018 The Shape of Things, New Approaches to Indigenous Abstraction – Group Exhibit, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT, funded by an Andy Warhol Foundation Grant, Curated by Brandon Reintjes
Visionmakers 2018, Juried Exhibit, Juror Emily Zilber, 108 Contemporary Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Borders and Boundaries, The Blurred Art of Decolonization, Curated by Bobby Martin. ArtVentures Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
2017 State of Craft - Members Show, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
artNOW2017, Oklahoma Contemporary Museum. Oklahoma City, OK
Evolution of Color, Group exhibit, Zarrow Art Gallery, Tulsa, OK, Curated by Tony Tiger
Spring Equinox – Hulsey Gallery, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK
2016 Visionmakers 2016, Juried Exhibit, 108 Contemporary Gallery, Tulsa, OK Juror Namita Gupta Wiggers
Concept:Survey, Juried Exhibit, Hardesty Art Center, AHHA, Tulsa, OK, Curated by Adam Welch
24 Works on Paper, Sponsored by The Oklahoma Visual Arts Council, Curated by Dr. Jackson Rushing
Contemporary Indigeneity III: The New Art of the Great Plains, Great Plains Art Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, Curated by heather ahtone, Netha Cloeter, and Dr. Jill Ahlberg Yohe
From the Belly of Our Being, Group Exhibit, Oklahoma State University Museum, Stillwater, OK, Curated by heather ahtone
2015 Cultivating Craft, Members Show, 108 Contemporary Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Collision and Creation, Indigenous Art of the Americas, 1890-2015, Commission for Permanent Collection, Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK
Ink and Thread, Murphy-Adams and Yazzie, University Center Gallery, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Ancient Ways, Modern Forms, Group Exhibition, Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, Tulsa, OK
Making Beauty: Native Beadwork of North America, Clark County Historical Museum, Vancouver, WA, 2015-2018
2014 Here and Now, Contemporary Native American Art of Oklahoma, 108 Contemporary Gallery, Tulsa, OK, Juried Group Exhibition
Solo Show, Bacone College Library, Muskogee, OK, Invitation from Professor Tony Tiger, Guest Artist and Lecturer
Concept-Me, Self Portraits, Group Exhibit, Curated by Tony Tiger, MainSite Gallery, Norman, OK
Contemporary Indigeneity II: The New Art of the Great Plains, Great Plains Art Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. Juror Juane Quick To See Smith
2013 Relative Position – The Sculptural Beadwork of Molly Murphy Adams. Great Plains Art Museum, Lincoln, NE, 2013 Elizabeth Rubendall Artist-In-Residence and Solo Show
ReRiding History, Group Exhibit, Traveling the Rail Route to Ft. Marion, FL, Curated by Emily Arthur, John Hitchcock, Marwin Begaye
FiberWorks 2013, Juried exhibit, Tulsa Oklahoma, Hardesty Arts Center, Juried Show, Juror Barbara Shapiro
Art from Indian Territory: Contemporary Art from Oklahoma, All My Relations Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Curated by Tony Tiger
2012 Indian Ink, Sequoyah National Research Institute, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, Selections from the J. W. Wiggins Collection
H2OK, Native commentary on Modern Water Issues, Group Show, MainSite Gallery, Norman Oklahoma, Curated by heather ahtone, Tony Tiger, and America Meredith
FiberWorks 2012, Juried Annual Exhibit, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK, Juror Jeanne Raffer Beck
2010 Traffic Signal Box Grant, Public Art Commission, Missoula MT
Many Faces of Women Gala Evening, Signature Artist, with Women’s Opportunity Resource Development, Missoula, MT
2008 Reservations Required, Solo Exhibit, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
2005 Art Without Reservations: Changing Hands 2, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, two year long touring schedule.
Native Perspectives on the Trail: A Contemporary Indian Art Portfolio, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
2004 Through Indian Eyes: Visual Reflections by Oglala Artists on the Legacy of Lewis and Clark, Washington Pavilion of Arts and Sciences, Sioux Falls, SD
Native Juried Art Show, Stevensville Downtown Association and Sacagawea Gallery, Stevensville, MT. Best in Printmaking and Photography, Juried by Manuela WellOffMan
Senior Thesis Exhibition, Gallery of Visual Arts, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT
2003 Northern Plains Tribal Arts Show and Market, Best New Artist Award Peer Voting, Sioux Falls, SD
Professional Experience – Lecture and Teaching
2023 The Newberry Consortium in American Indian and Indigenous Studies (NCAIS) Feb 2023, Invited presenter, Chicago, IL.
The Newberry, Center for Renaissance Studies, 2023 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, Jan 2023, Invited presenter, Chicago, IL.
Instructor, Math and Science in Indigenous Beadwork, Teacher and Docent Training, First Americans Museum, Oklahoma City, OK.
2022 Field Museum Bead Stabilization Workshop, Funded Fellowship, Field Museum, Chicago, IL.
Mellon Foundation Lecture and Symposium in Native American Art, Fred Jones Museum, Oklahoma University, March 4-5, invited presenter.
Instructor, Beadwork History and Attributes, Docent Training, First Americans Museum, Oklahoma City, OK.
Guest Lecturer, Beginning Collecting Native Art, First Americans Museum, Oklahoma City, OK.
2021 Research Assistantship at University of Oklahoma under Dr. Rebecca Brienen, Organizing and researching the Dole Reed archive.
2019 Guest Instructor, Artist led class, Altered Photos, Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa, beadwork and embroidery skills on vintage photos
Featured Panelist, Indigenous Resonance, Native Womanist Art Making, Research, and Communities, Moderated by Ahimsa Timoteo Bodrhán, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK.
Adjunct Professor, Design I, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
Cherokee Art Market, Invited Juror, Catoosa, OK
2018 Exchange: Generations, Panel and discussion, Invited Panelist, Fred Jones Museum of Art, Oklahoma University, Norman, OK
2017 Native American Art Studies Association, NAASA, National Conference, 2017, Paper Presenter “QR Codes in Contemporary Native Beadwork: Embedding Text in Symbolic Form”
Instructor, Artist led class, Fiber Art and Altered Photos, Oklahoma City University, Norma Jean Hulsey Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Guest speaker, demonstrator and instructor at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
2016 Guest Lecturer, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, Interpreting the Exhibit “Enduring Spirit”
2013 Guest Lecturer, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, organized by the Oklahoma Lifelong Learning Institute, Oklahoma City, OK
Guest Lecturer, Lunch Lecture Series, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
2012 Demonstrator and Docent Educational Consultant, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
2009 Master Artist Series Guest Lecture, Teaching Workshops and Exhibit, Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, OK
2007 Guest Resident, Montana Artist’s Refuge, Basin MT
2006 Guest Lecturer, Missoula Public Library, Contemporary Native Beadwork
Juror for Beaded Creations Show, The Beaded Pony, Stevensville, MT
2005 Invited Guest at Montana Artist Refuge Annual Native Arts Symposium
2001 – 2004 Traditional Hide Tanning, Teacher and Presenter, Ulm Pishkun State Park, Great Falls, MT