Derek Murphy is an American surrealist painter who moved to Taiwan in 2003, after studying art in Florence, Italy. His contemporary oil paintings stand out for their vivid colors, clean lines, and striking conceptual statements.

德瑞克‧墨菲的創作擅於玩味宗教象徵與大眾文化之意象，試圖尋求深伏於各式爭議性議題之下的光點。德瑞克作品最出色之處，是在於他處理圖像所展現之精妙度與創新性。他的手法並非如一般的模式，即循環利用同樣的意象與主題，以便廣泛呈現一大綜合概念。