Born and raised in the Saudi Aramco compound city of Dhahran.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017. And I Will Always Forever... (1 Hour), Special Project Gallery, Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
2017. Shapes for the Deep Unrest, thesis show, UAG Gallery, Irvine, CA
Fashion Island, Mass Gallery, Austin, Texas, October 2015
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022. A Pit Fire, All the Sudden, Austin, TX
2021. LA EDGE: Scripps Faculty in Art and Media
Studies, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps
College, Claremont CA
2020. Archive Machines, Los Angeles Municipal Art
Gallery (LAMAG). Curated by Olivian Cha, Kerstin
Erdmann, and Rita Gonzalez
2018. Screenings: Original Artwork for the Cinema Screen, Laemmle Noho 7, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Conor Thompson
2018. Leave the Legs, We Are Arms, Roger’s Office, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Brody Albert
2017. If You Bought $5 of Bitcoin 7 Years Ago, You'd be $4.4 Million Richer, with Reinhart Selvik, Actual Size Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016. Site Phenomena, Raymond Renaissance Theater, Pasadena, CA
2015. Deep Enough to Drown, Visual Arts Gallery, Structural and Materials Engineering Building, UC San Diego, organized by Jennifer Pastor and Anya Gallacio
2012. Land Arts of the American West, Graduate School of Architecture, Texas Tech University, March 2013
2009. AS220 Artist Residency Exhibition, with Maia Ibar, Providence, Rhode Island
2008. Austin Video Bee Showcase, Austin, TX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Land Arts of the American West, Blueprint Magazine UK, Herbert Wright, July 2013
Perfect Wave Magazine, featured artist, Camilla Padgitt-Coles, Issue 002 2012
SS/FW "(2010) - Maura Murnane, rhizome.org, Joanne McNeil, 2011
Maura Murnane's Photoshop Art, a Surreal Take on the Fashion Industry, fastco.org, Suzanne Labarre, 2011
Trendsetter Magazine, Turkey, featured artist, Melis Tüzmen, July 2011
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017. And I Will Always Forever... (1 Hour), Special Project Gallery, Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
2017. Shapes for the Deep Unrest, thesis show, UAG Gallery, Irvine, CA
Fashion Island, Mass Gallery, Austin, Texas, October 2015
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022. A Pit Fire, All the Sudden, Austin, TX
2021. LA EDGE: Scripps Faculty in Art and Media
Studies, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps
College, Claremont CA
2020. Archive Machines, Los Angeles Municipal Art
Gallery (LAMAG). Curated by Olivian Cha, Kerstin
Erdmann, and Rita Gonzalez
2018. Screenings: Original Artwork for the Cinema Screen, Laemmle Noho 7, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Conor Thompson
2018. Leave the Legs, We Are Arms, Roger’s Office, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Brody Albert
2017. If You Bought $5 of Bitcoin 7 Years Ago, You'd be $4.4 Million Richer, with Reinhart Selvik, Actual Size Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016. Site Phenomena, Raymond Renaissance Theater, Pasadena, CA
2015. Deep Enough to Drown, Visual Arts Gallery, Structural and Materials Engineering Building, UC San Diego, organized by Jennifer Pastor and Anya Gallacio
2012. Land Arts of the American West, Graduate School of Architecture, Texas Tech University, March 2013
2009. AS220 Artist Residency Exhibition, with Maia Ibar, Providence, Rhode Island
2008. Austin Video Bee Showcase, Austin, TX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Land Arts of the American West, Blueprint Magazine UK, Herbert Wright, July 2013
Perfect Wave Magazine, featured artist, Camilla Padgitt-Coles, Issue 002 2012
SS/FW "(2010) - Maura Murnane, rhizome.org, Joanne McNeil, 2011
Maura Murnane's Photoshop Art, a Surreal Take on the Fashion Industry, fastco.org, Suzanne Labarre, 2011
Trendsetter Magazine, Turkey, featured artist, Melis Tüzmen, July 2011
VISTING ARTIST/LECTURER/PANEL
2020. Archive Machines, Los Angeles Municipal
Art Gallery (LAMAG). With Danny Jauregui, Dina
Kelberman, and Lenard Smith
2017. Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA. Artist
lecture as part of exhibition And I Will Always
Forever... (1 Hour).
2016. Hyper-sourced, Panel Discussion with Jeff
Baij, Guthrie Lonergan, Michael Manning, and Eden Phair
2013. School of Visual Arts, NYC, artist lecture on
professional retouching, Introduction to Digital
Photography, instructor Kimberlee Venable
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Fall 2021-present. Honors Program Coordinator in the School of Art and Entertainment Technology;
Lecturer in Time & Technology in Studio Art Core Program, UT Austin
Summer 2021. Visiting Lecturer, Introduction to
Digital Art. Pitzer College
Spring 2018-2021. Lecturer in Digital Art, Scripps
College, Claremont CA
Fall and Spring Quarter 2016
Instructor of Record for Fundamentals of Digital
Media, UC Irvine
EDUCATION
2017 MFA in Studio Art from UC Irvine
2006 BFA in Design from the University of Texas at Austin
2020. Archive Machines, Los Angeles Municipal
Art Gallery (LAMAG). With Danny Jauregui, Dina
Kelberman, and Lenard Smith
2017. Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA. Artist
lecture as part of exhibition And I Will Always
Forever... (1 Hour).
2016. Hyper-sourced, Panel Discussion with Jeff
Baij, Guthrie Lonergan, Michael Manning, and Eden Phair
2013. School of Visual Arts, NYC, artist lecture on
professional retouching, Introduction to Digital
Photography, instructor Kimberlee Venable
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Fall 2021-present. Honors Program Coordinator in the School of Art and Entertainment Technology;
Lecturer in Time & Technology in Studio Art Core Program, UT Austin
Summer 2021. Visiting Lecturer, Introduction to
Digital Art. Pitzer College
Spring 2018-2021. Lecturer in Digital Art, Scripps
College, Claremont CA
Fall and Spring Quarter 2016
Instructor of Record for Fundamentals of Digital
Media, UC Irvine
EDUCATION
2017 MFA in Studio Art from UC Irvine
2006 BFA in Design from the University of Texas at Austin