Aaron James Murphy

Aaron James Murphy is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans writing, photography, sculpture and painting. A diversified practice is consolidated by ongoing research exploring the historical and contemporary discourse of Gay Rights Movements and AIDS/HIV.

Archives are a prominent point of departure in Aaron James Murphy’s practice and theoretical discourse. This enables access to a collective memory bank, rehabilitating the lives and actions documented into the contemporary sphere.
Conservative political doctrine has developed a burgeoning engagement with social anthropology. Issues related to societal pressures, ideologies and stigma in an autobiographical and biographical context are central themes.

Gay Rights Movements and AIDS/HIV discourse has fuelled Aaron James Murphy’s interest in the overlap of the private and public, candidly documenting his own experiences and diagnosis.
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A research lead practice has developed and eclectic approach to traditional and non-traditional materials, which has resolved in an aesthetic vocabulary evocative of both Minimalism and Conceptual Art.

2019-2020 Fine Art (MA) University of Brighton

2017-2019 Contemporary Fine Art Practices BA (Hons)
(First Class Honors Degree)

2015-2016 Access to Higher Education – Humanities

2010-2011 Art & Design BTEC National Diploma

2019 360 Degree Show, UCH, UK

2019 Collusion, Stade Hall, Hastings, UK

2019 Life and Decay – Hastings Arts Forum, UK

2018 Coastal Currents Festival

2017 Stade Hall Show

2017 Space: Installation Project

2017 Society of Emerging Artists Spring Exhibition