Peep Projects is pleased to present Objects and Their Fields, a solo exhibition by Philadelphia-based artist Erin Murray. Executed in graphite and ink on canvas, with drawing extending to the frames, these new works present a uniquely tactile experience of Murray’s architecturally based abstractions. Acknowledging the sensory and psychic phenomena that accompany our interactions with objects, Murray employs breathable illusionistic space to address both the subject and this space between the viewer and viewed. These works encourage us to slow down, examine the subtleties of our experience, and hint at the embodied nature of our surroundings. 

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 20 from 3-5pm

Closing Reception: Saturday, May 25 from 3-5pm

Erin Murray (1979, Philadelphia, PA) lives and works in Philadelphia. Murray’s richly layered ink and graphite drawings account for things like observed tactility, weighted details, and the influence of reverie on our perception. These new works encourage us to slow down, examine the subtleties of our experience, and to recognize ourselves within our surroundings. Murray earned a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and has since exhibited widely in cities across the country, most recently at Pentimenti Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), HOLDING Contemporary (Portland, OR), Vox Populi (Philadelphia, PA) and Harpy Gallery (Rutherford, NJ). She was a 2020/21 Drawing Center Viewing Program participant, and in 2018 was honored with the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Previously she has been awarded the West Collects acquisition prize, the Fleisher Wind Challenge Exhibition Grant and a Center for Emerging Visual Artists fellowship. Her work has been featured in Dovetail Magazine, New American Paintings and the just released Drawing Stall Book. Murray recently spent five years as a member of the artist-run collective Vox Populi in Philadelphia, the city where she lives and works with her partner and two young sons.