Biography

Michael McMurray is a multimedia artist born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and grew up moving around the United States. McMurray has dual nationality and is both an American and British Citizen. Both of his parents immigrated from the United Kingdom in the early 2000s. He currently resides in Racine, Wisconsin where he is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art at Carthage College. He is anticipated to graduate in 2023, and has plans to relocate to the UK for his Masters.

McMurray’s past works have been in digital and analog illustration; currently, he is working in film and animation. McMurray’s art focuses on gender and sexuality. He draws upon confronting the Uncomfortable in reactionary and narrative driven pieces. From traveling around the globe, McMurray’s fascination with the human condition has cultivated his artistic practice.

In 2022 he was nominated and received the Racine Art Guild scholarship, as well as granted membership within the guild. McMurray's first solo exhibition was May 2023 for his senior thesis, which was an installation piece at Carthage College.

Artist Statement

Intimacy and sexual perversion intrigue me, and myself within those roles cultivate my ideas. I have found influence from contemporary artists, such as Shu Lea Cheang, and Cecelia Condit. My art is a derivative of the anti-culture movements before me, and the ones I rally behind now.