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  EDUCATION

2002 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Master of Fine Arts degree in drawing, painting and sculpture

1998 Carleton College, Northfield, MN. B.A. in Studio Arts with a focus on painting and printmaking, Cum Laude with Distinction in The Arts (highest award given in the arts)

FILMOGRAPHY

2008 “Dust,” Official Selection, 46th annual New York Film Festival, New York, NY Co-writer, actor and narrator, produced with Harvest Films, Santa Monica, CA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (* denotes solo)
2009 * Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York, NY
2009 “The Big Draw” New Mexico Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2008 “New Prints” The International Print Center, New York, NY
2008 * D3 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008 * Obsolete Gallery, Venice, CA
2007 * Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2007 * Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 * Firehouse Center For The Visual Arts, Burlington, VT
2005 * Obsolete Gallery, Venice, CA
2005 * Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 * Reeves Contemporary, New York, NY
2005 The Ever Changing Landscape The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Louisville, KY
2004 * MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
2004 Building a Legacy The Bemis Center, Omaha, NE
2004 * Robert Rentz Gallery, Richmond, VA
2004 Land Colby Sawyer College Art Gallery New London, NH
2003 * Aiken Center for the Arts, Aiken, SC
2003 * Spheris Gallery, Bellows Falls, VT
2003 * “Space Lab” Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2003 Charcoal Reeves Contemporary, New York, NY
2003 The Viewing Room, New York, NY
2003 Violent Violence Gallery Art et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Holland
2003 * Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, VT
2002 * Mitten Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
2002 Coloring Words The Fotogalerie, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
2002 New Currents in Contemporary Art Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
2001 International Sculpture Center at Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
2001 * MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
2000 * Firehouse Center For The Visual Arts, Burlington, VT

TEACHING

(2010) Dayton Hudson Distinguished Visiting Artist and Teacher. Carleton College, Northfield, MN

2009-10 Full Time Regular Faculty in undergraduate and graduate painting. The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2004-06 Instructor of painting, drawing, sculpture and contemporary practice. The Northwest School, Seattle, WA

2003-04 Instructor of advanced painting, Artist in Residence, summer sessions. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

2002-03 Adjunct Instructor of painting, drawing and two-dimensional design. Appalachian
State University, Boone, NC

2002 Adjunct Instructor of drawing, summer session. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

2001-02 Teaching Fellow with full responsibility for 3-D Design and drawing classes. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

2001 Teaching Assistant, foundations, method and theory. University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

(2010) Visiting Artist – guest lecturer, student critiques and solo show. Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI

2008 Artist Lecture on limited edition prints made with the Tamarind Institute. The International Print Center, New York, NY

2007 Visiting Artist and Critic – guest lecturer, graduate critiques, solo show. MFA in Visual Arts program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

2007 Visiting Artist – panel lecturer for senior class on professional practices. Undergraduate Art Department, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

2005 Thesis Critic – thesis advisor, private and public critiques for architecture student. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture School, Cambridge, MA

2004-05 Visiting Artist – guest lecturer for the professional art practices program. Undergraduate Art Department, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

2003 Visiting Artist and Critic – public guest lecturer, graduate critiques. Undergraduate and Graduate Departments, Burren College of Art, Ireland

2003 Visiting Artist – guest lecturer for mid career artist professional practices program. The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC

RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS

2007 Artist in Residence, invited to create three limited edition lithographs with master printers.
The Tamarind Institute, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

2004 Artist in Residence, Fellowship. The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

2004 Artist in Residence. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2001 Outstanding Student Achievement Award for Sculpture. The International Sculpture Center,
Hamilton, NJ

1998 The Sigrid and Erling Larsen Award for creative excellence in the arts. Carleton College,
Northfield, MN

1996 Hyslop-Warnholtz Artist's Grant, for travel and intensive study in Ireland. Burren College of Art,
Ballyvaughn, Ireland, Carleton College Art Department

SELECTED REVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS

“Ethan Murrow” Los Angeles: Obsolete Books, 2008, 116 pages with an essay by Ric Kasini Kadour

ZYZZYVA, (featured artist, five page insert), Fall 2008, 87-91

Leah Ollman, “Low tech tales from the past,” Los Angeles Times April 4, 2008, E24

Robert Goldrich, “From Dust to Golden Silence – Directors’ Showcase,” Shoot March 28, 2008

Kimberly Brooks, “The Nudist, The Chemist and Artist Ethan Murrow,” The Huffington Post.com First Person Artist Series, posted March 15, 2007

Sheila Farr, “Ethan Murrow's imagination guides ‘expedition’ in art,” The Seattle Times, May 11, 2007, 47H

Andrew Katz, “The Science of Fantastic Fools,” American Art Collector May 2007, 144-147

Fourteen Hills (cover, ten page insert of images and text), Winter/Spring 2007, 81--96

Fran Stoddard, half hour interview, Profile – Vermont Public Television, Oct. 6 and 12, 2006

Holly Myers, “Drive of the Human Spirit – Ethan Murrow,” Los Angeles Times, Dec. 2, 2005

Ric Kasini Kadour, “Ethan Murrow: The Obsessed Surveyor” Art New England, October/November issue, 2005

Harpers Magazine (featured artwork) Vol. 311, NO. 1863, August 2005, Readings, 15

Orlo, “Five Easy Pieces, Step by step instructions for a leaner, greener movement” The Bear Deluxe (featured artwork) #22 Spring-Summer 2005, page 7 and 16-19

Salt Hill (cover, four page glossy insert, featured artwork) Number 15, Winter 2004, 97-100

Deveron Timberlake “Highly Combustible” The Richmond Times Dispatch (featured review) January 21, 2004, 44

New American Paintings “Southeastern Region” (juried feature) June, 2003, 98-101

Eve Thorsen “The Graceful Landscapes of Ethan Murrow” The Burlington Free Press (featured cover story and review) May 1, 2003

Marc Awodey “Two for the Show,” Seven Days (featured review), May 7, 2003

International Sculpture Center, "2001 Outstanding Student Achievement In Contemporary Sculpture," Sculpture, (featured artwork) Vol. 20, October 2001, 48-53


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Cornell Fine Arts Museum

The University of New Mexico

The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Liberty Media

The Guggenheim Foundation

20th Century Fox

Harvest Films

Burton Snowboards

Burj Dubai – EMAAR

The Copper Press