Ellie Murphy

Ellie Murphy's work references hair, crafts, folk art, and is also inspired by childhood memories of wind blowing through prairie grass or wheat. Recent pieces use polypropylene macramé fiber with other materials. Outside, the cord moves in the light and weather; indoors, the smaller wall sculptures explore unraveling and fluffiness. Trying to make physical the rhythm and repetition at the heart of ordinary life inspires this question, “how does one individual strand work in relation to the whole fabric of society?”She lives in Queens, grew up in Kansas, and studied sculpture at Washington University in St. Louis and Yale. In addition to Norte Maar, Ellie has shown her work at Hudson Valley MOCA, Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery, ArtPort Kingston, Franconia Sculpture Park, Outpost Artists Resources, Drawing Rooms, Salina Art Center, and The Usdan Gallery at Bennington College.

WORKS

“Kradle” (2024) at The Mark O’Donnell Theater.