Sandy Murphy - Artist Info

About Sandy Murphy

  • Biography

    Sandy Murphy is a contemporary Scottish artist and was born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1956. He studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1976 until 1980, when he graduated with an honours degree. He completed a teacher training course and taught in Ayrshire schools until 1985. At this point he took the decision to paint professionally, full time.

    He was elected to the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours (RSW) in 1996 and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (RGI) in 2000.

    1956 Born in Irvine, Ayrshire
    1975 - 80 Studied at Glasgow School of Art
    1979 Scholarship at Hospitalfield House, Arbroath
    1981 – 85 Secondary School Teacher
    1996 Elected RSW
    2000 Elected RGI

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    1989 – 91,92,93 ...

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