THE ARTIST
Sandra Murzyn is an award winning artist in both portraiture, and landscape. After working many years in advertising art direction, and design, Ms. Murzyn concentrated her talents on representational painting. She has always been involved in many forms of the fine arts. Even as a child she would paint illustrations on her bedroom walls. Fortunately, her parents liked the illustrations.
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, B.F.A.
INDEPENDENT MASTER STUDY
Dawn Whitelaw
Michael Shane Neal
Everett Raymond Kinstler
EXHIBITIONS/JURIED SHOWS/HONORS
2019 The Players Club NY, Honorary Portrait Commission
2019 Oil painters of America National Juried Exhibition
Illume Gallery of Fine Arts
2019 Oil painters of America Eastern Regional Juried Exhibition
Beverly McNeil Gallery
2019 Rahr West Museum - 5 Counties
2016 Miller Art Museum - Door Prize For Portraiture Invitational
2016 Gallery North - Alive
2015 Gallery North - Plymouth Membership Show*
2015 Gallery North - Alive
2014 Gallery North - Alive
2013 Center For The Visual Arts -
Absence And Presence Contemporary Portraiture
2013 Miller Art Museum - 38th Juried Annual Exhibition
2012 Charles Allis Art Museum - Forward, A Survey of Wisconsin Art*
2011 Anderson Art Center - Wisconsin Artists Biennial*
2011 Richeson 75 International Figure/Portrait Art Competition
2011 Miller Art Museum - Invitational - Sturgeon Bay and Beyond
2011 Bergstrom Mahler Museum - Wisconsin Plein Air Exhibition
2011 Gallery North - Alive*
2010 U. Conn Stamford Gallery - Faces of Winter
Presented by Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists
2010 Gallery North - Waters Edge Artists
2010 Miller Art Museum - 35th Juried Annual
2010 Miller Art Museum Invitiational - Sturgeon Bay/Past and Present
2010 Richeson 75 International Figure/Portrait Art Competition
2010 Lakeshore Waterways Exhibit
2009 Miller Art Museum - 34th Juried Annual Exhibition
2009 Rahr West Museum - 5 Counties
2008 Central South Art Exhibition - 43rd Juried Show, Nashville TN*
2008 Miller Art Museum - 33rd Juried Annual Exhibition*
2008 Rahr West Museum - 5 Counties
2008 Richeson 75 International Figure/Portrait Art Competition
* Denotes Award
AWARDS Recent
2015 Gallery North
Second Place for Lester H. Smith
2012 Charles Allis Art Museum
Forward - A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now
Award of Excellence for Bon Bons
2011 Anderson Art Center
Wisconsin Artist's Biennial - Juried Show
Honorable Mention for Hayden's Hat
2011 Gallery North
Award of Honor for Bon Bons
2010 Portrait Society of America
Membership Showcase Award
Honorable Mention for Portrait of Captain Herman Schuenemann
2008 Portrait Society of America
Membership Showcase Award
Honorable Mention Children's Portion for Margot and Mosaic
2008 Central South Art Exhibition 43rd Juried Show
Herman & Billie Bradley Memorial Award for Lucas Ferrill
2008 Miller Art Museum
Award of Merit for Kangaroo Lake Lily
2009 American Diabetes Association
Gift of Hope Holiday Art Search for Little Winter Tree
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Dominion Power
Grassways Organic Farms
Heavy Metal Fabricators
Formrite Companies
MEMBERSHIPS
Portrait Society of America
Cecilia Beaux Forum
Artist's Fellowship
Oil Painters of America
Waters Edge Artists
National Women in the Arts/Washington D.C.
PRINT
2011 Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership
Waters Edge Artists Calendar
2010 Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership
Waters Edge Artists Calendar
2009 Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership
Waters Edge Artists Calendar
Plein Air Calendar Artist - Two pieces
2009 American Diabetes Association - Gift of Hope Holiday Art Search