1952          

born in Lisbon

1974-79

Apprenticed to a wood carver, York, England

1982

BFA, City and Guilds of London Art School

1989

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

1991

MFA, Goldsmiths College, University of London

Lives and works in New York

Solo Shows

2006

Grimm|Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany
Waterline, Murray Guy, New York, NY

2005

Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY

2004

Currents, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
Murray Guy, New York, NY

2002

Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, MA

2001

Murray Guy, New York

Galerie Andreas Grimm, Munich, Germany

2000

Art Statements, Murray Guy, Art 31 Basel, Switzerland

Cabinets, The College of Saint Rose Art Gallery, Albany, NY

1999

Murray Guy, New York

1997

Steffany Martz, New York

1993

The Showroom, London

1992

Francis Cape and Lucy Hayward, Mario Flecha Gallery, London

Group Shows

2005

Spectrum, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
Monochrome Image, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY

2004

Private View, Grimm|Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany
Open, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Nothing Compared to This: ambient, incidental and new minimal tendencies in current art, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Art…chitecture: Form defines Function, Evo Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2003

Off, Murray Guy, New York, NY
The Paper Sculpture Show (ICI travelling exhibition 2003-2005), Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY; Diverse Works, Houston, TX
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Contemporary Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TX
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Subtle Occupation, Murray Guy, New Yok, NY
Game Over, Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany
Impressions of a Revolution: New Prints, Dan Elias Gallery, Boston, MA
Winter Selections, International Print Center, New York, NY

2002

Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Interieur, Galerie Andreas Grimm, Munich, Germany

2001

The (Ideal) Home Show, Gimpel Fils, London, UK
definition, Murray Guy, New York

2000

Exhibition Room (with Josiah McElheny and Yinka Shonibare), Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Extra Ordinary, James Cohan Gallery, New York
The Conversation, Murray Guy, New York
Greater New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Artworkers, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, UK
Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, UK
Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston-upon-Hull, UK

1999

Drawings, Alexander and Bonin, New York

1997

Kevin Appel, Francis Cape, Jorge Pardo, curated by Margaret Murray, Janice Guy, New York
I met a man who wasn't there..., curated by Margaret Murray, Basilico Fine Arts, New York
L.A. Angelmaker and Francis Cape, Momenta, New York
Emerging Artists, Sculpture Center, New York
Sculpture Center Benefit, New York
Stairmasters, Stairmasters, New York

1996

Space, Mind, Place, curated by Michelle Reyes and John Connelly, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Handmade Readymades, curated by Thomas Weaver, Hunter Galleries, New York
The Future Lasts Forever, Steffany Martz, New York
Sculpture Center at Roosevelt Island, New York
Sculpture Center Benefit, New York

1995

Rest & Motion, Margaret Murray Fine Arts, New York

1994

Critics Choice, Tribeca 148 gallery, New York

1992

Roll, Clove Gallery, London
Carpenters Road Studios, London

1991

Into the Nineties 3, Mall Gallery, London
Goldsmiths College, London

1990

Carpenters Road Studios, London

1989

Project Space, The Gymnasium, London

1987

Rivington Street Gallery, London

1986

25th February, Rivington Street Gallery, London

1985

The Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London

Awards

2003

Henry and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellowship, Washington University School of Art, St.Louis, MO

2001

Biennial Award, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation