Met with press a couple days ago; they put together this newspaper article. I can’t translate it all… basically it says “Want a hamburger? Get it from Buddha! Taiwanese temple guardians met American Beyonce. Derek Murphy is an American artist who paints East meets West, with cultural images and religious icons. This is really shocking [...]

I’ve been invited to the Taipei 2010 Revolution Art Fair. This is an enormous, international art fair set to coincide with Art Taipei 2010, an ever bigger art collection which draws the biggest names in the Asian and International art industry. It’s in the Taipei World Trade Center (Exhibition Hall 2) next to the 101 [...]

Saturday, August 7th, from 3 to 6pm. Art-Skyline Gallery 藝術天際畫廊 www.art-skyline.com Opening Hours: PM 02:00 ~ PM 10:00 Tel: +886-6-2986089 Cell Phone: +886-932-209818 Cell Phone: +886-955-333007 E-mail: sky8999@gmail.com Address: 68 Jianping 3rd st., Tainan, Taiwan 台南市安平區建平三街68號1樓 “As a foreign artist working and living in Taiwan, my paintings offer a unique insight into themes of culture shock, language barriers, international communication, and globalization. More broadly, my previous [...]

德瑞克墨菲 (Derek Murphy) 展覽將於 5/15 (六) 晚上6~9:30隆重開幕 歡迎喜好藝術的朋友前往參觀 本期展覽將持續展覽至5月29日 千萬別錯過喔! 地址: 鹽埕區莒光街67號, 靠近捷運鹽埕埔站 New art exhibition (Derek Murphy Surreal Oil Paintings) opening 5/15 (6pm) in Kaohsiung at the Warehouse Art Gallery. There will be snacks, drinks and music. Also free posters to pick up of ‘Mao/hellokitty’ and ‘Happy Meal Buddha’. The Warehouse is near Pier 2 in the artistic center of Kaohsiung. Click [...]

Thanks to those who came to my opening at Alleycats in Taipei last week. I have 2 more art exhibitions booked this summer (Kaohsiung and Tainan), and although I have enough old stuff, I’m working on about 20 large, new paintings that I’m really excited about. I should finish at least some of those for [...]