JAMES T. MURRAY and KARLA L. MURRAY

Cell: 646.415.0227
E-mail: jandk@jamesandkarlamurray.com

EDUCATION:
1982-1986 - James Murray: Bachelor of Science Fairfield University, Connecticut
1985-1989 - Karla Murray: Bachelor of Science Adelphi University, New York

AWARDS:
2019: New York State Council on the Arts administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Creative Engagement
2018 - New York City Parks - Art in the Parks: UNIQLO Park Expressions Grant
2018 - New York State Council on the Arts administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Creative Engagement
2017 - New York State Council on the Arts administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Creative Engagement
2017 - Guides Association of New York City, Finalist Outstanding Achievement in Non-Fiction Book Writing for
Store Front II- A History Preserved
2015 - Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation - Regina Kellerman Award
2012 - New York Society Library- New York City Book Award for New York Nights
2008-  Brooklyn Historical Society Public Perspectives Exhibition Award for  Counter/Culture: The Disappearing Face of Brooklyn’s Storefronts

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 - "Store Front NYC: Photographs of the City's Independent Shops, Past and Present", Village Works Gallery, New York, NY
2022 - "Store Front -East Village Mom & Pop Shops", Village Works Gallery, New York, NY
2019 - 2020 - "Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York", New York Public Library: Tompkins Square New York, NY
2018 - "Store Front", The Storefront Project Gallery, New York, New York
2014 - "New York Nights", Fotogalerie Im Blauen Haus, Munich, Germany
2013 - “New York Nights”, Clic Gallery, New York, New York
2012 - "Store Front", Fotogalerie Im Blauen Haus, Munich, Germany
2011 - “Store Front II”, Clic Gallery, New York, New York
2009 - "Store Front", Clic Gallery, New York, New york
2008 - 2009 - “Counter/Culture: The Disappearing Face of Brooklyn’s Storefronts”, Brooklyn Historical Society, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2018 - 2019 –“The Business of Brooklyn”, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn Heights, NY
2018 - 2019 - “Waterfront”, Brooklyn Historical Society DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
2017 - “Capturing The Lower East Side’s Storefronts” TNC Gallery, New York, NY
2016 - “Vintage Neon Photography” Museum of Neon Art Glendale, CA
2015 - “Gentrification’s Shifting Landscapes”, Showcase Gallery, New York, NY
2011 - "Picture Books", Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2009 - "Nostalgie", Galerie Basia Embiricos, Paris, France
2001 - “Up on the Roof: The Culture of New York City Rooftops”, The New-York Historical Society New York, NY

COLLECTIONS:
-The Market Line, New York, NY
-The Civic Art Collection Philadelphia, PA
-RIPCO Real Estate New York, NY
-Indeed NYC, New York, NY
-NYU Langone Medical Center Art Program & Collection, New York, NY
-Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives & Collections, Washington, DC
-New York Public Library Photography Collection/ Miriam and Ira D. Wallach
Division Of Art, Prints & Photographs, New York, NY
-Brooklyn Historical Society Othmer Library Photography Collection Brooklyn, NY

PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR:
Great Bars of New York City: 30 of Manhattan's Favorite Storied Drinking Establishments Prestel Publishing NY, NY (2024)
Store Front NYC: Photographs of the City's Independent Shops, Past and Present Prestel Publishing New York, New York (2023)
Store Front II - A History Preserved Gingko Press Inc. Berkeley, CA  (2015)
New York Nights Gingko Press Inc. Berkeley, CA (2012)
Broken Windows: Graffiti NYC Gingko Press Inc. Berkeley, CA (2010 revised edition)
Miami Graffiti Prestel Publishing New York, NY (2009)
Store Front - The Disappearing Face of New York Gingko Press Inc. Berkeley, CA (2008)
Burning New York Gingko Press Inc. Berkeley, CA (2006)
Broken Windows-Graffiti NYC Gingko Press Inc. Berkeley, CA (2002)

PUBLICATIONS AS CONTRIBUTOR:
Contemporary Art Underground: MTA Arts & Design New York Phaidon New York, New York (2023)
Almost Lost Arts: Traditional Crafts and the Artisans Keeping Them Alive Chronicle Books San Francisco, CA (2019)
Historic Cities: Issues in Urban Conservation The Getty Conservation Institute Los Angeles, CA (2019)
New York's Underground Art Museum: MTA Arts and Design Monacelli Press (2014)
Collecting Fine Art: The Lumas Portfolio Vol. III teNeus Kempen, Germany (2013)
Nancy Spero: The Work Prestel New York, NY (2010)