Conor Murgatroyd
London — Painting
Since receiving his BA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art in 2016, Conor Murgatroyd's work has been exhibited internationally — at Saatchi Gallery (London), WOAW Gallery (Hong Kong), Chen Projects (Taipei) and Fir Gallery (China). Murgatroyd's practice explores history and philosophy, translated through personal experience. The poetic worlds that he creates are a direct response to the intellectual fusion of images, personal and external. His "inner landscapes", which he recreates and works from, are an attempt to render the visible via painting. His paintings act as a stage which brings together the myriad of characters and objects he has come into contact with, both imagined and lived. In Murgatroyd's work he draws attention not to external reality as such, but rather to the unfathomable mystery behind it.
Conor Murgatroyd (b. 1995, Bradford, West Yorkshire). He received his BA Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art in 2016 and was awarded the Knights of The Round Table award shortly after. His works are manifestations of his inner landscape, deeply rooted in his past, familial heritage, and cultural influences. Through his visual language, he seeks to give form to his subconscious and thoughts, creating a dialogue with the "soul" of his past and present. The poetic worlds that he creates are a direct response to the intellectual fusion of images, personal and external. His paintings act as a stage which brings together the myriad of characters and objects he has come into contact with; both imaged and lived. In Murgatroyd's work he draws attention, not to the external reality as such, but rather to the unfathomable mystery behind this.
Education
- 2013–2016 — Chelsea College of Art, Fine Art
- 2011–2013 — Leeds College of Art, Art and Design
Awards & Residencies
- 2017 — FBA Futures Painting Award
- 2017 — Knights of the Round Table Painting Award
Selected Works
Exhibition History
Solo Shows
- 2025The Glass Key, Lychee One, London
- 2024Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong
- 2023Through The Looking Glass, Chen Projects, Taipei
- 2022Memory of a Voyage, Chen Projects, Taipei
- 2021Relation, Lychee One, London
- 2019Interiors, Haggerston, London
Group Shows
- 2022Showstopper, Saatchi Gallery, London
- 2022Painting In Context, Fir Gallery, Beijing, China
- 2022Touch Wood, Eve Leibe Gallery, Berlin
- 2022Talking All Day, Badr El Jundi, Spain
- 2022Wish Lust, Kravitz Contemporary, London
- 2022The Uncanny Valley, The Room, London (with Peter Doyle)
- 2021History's Shadow Marks The Beginning, Grove Collective, London
- 2021Cave Canem, Eve Leibe Gallery (online)
- 2020Art in Context, China
- 2020Group Exhibition, All Mouth Gallery
- 2017FBA Futures, Mall Galleries, London
- 2016Chelsea College of Art Degree Show, London