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Katrina J. Murray’s practice explores American civil liberties and internalized cultural biases. Her experiences with bias, both personally-held as well as observed, have shaped her artistic investigation of the differences and similarities between us.
According to Murray, “my work begins with me.” In her study and research, she has found that bias is part of human biology and acts as a shortcut to decision- making. In certain circumstances those shortcuts preserve lives or speed decision making, but in today’s society such shortcuts can be obsolete. It is up to each of us to unravel those deeply held biases, and those taken-for-granted notions, that compel our actions.
“I’m presenting objects and experiences that can be taken with dual meaning in the hopes that someone who has the opposite view will perceive the other’s meaning or understanding,” she says.
Murray's Flower or Vase ceramic work is also on view in the North and South Ticket Hall cases.
- Artist: Katrina J. Murray
- Installation: August 2022 - December 2022
- Location: Concourse B
Artist Bio: Murray is a cross-disciplinary, conceptual artist with a deep interest in the emotional and physical aspects of the human condition. She explores ideas around human nature, power, and vulnerability, focusing primarily on the way we frame our sense of self regarding current cultural discourse. Educated at Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis Indiana, Murray graduated with a major in painting and a minor in art history. She now lives and works in Indianapolis. Murray lived on a military base in West Germany in the mid-1980s. At that time, demonstrations against the “American occupation” occurred during the birth of her youngest daughter, which took place in a German hospital rather than on the base. Murray found herself in a room with two other expectant mothers, each of whom spoke different languages but had the same needs. This poignant experience made a lasting impression on her. The direction of Murray’s current work began in 2005, after her son was killed in the Iraq war by an IED. She went back to college (Herron School of Art and Design) to use art to heal and learn a new way to live with her pain.
www.katrinajmurray.com | @katrinajmurray | katrinaj.murray@gmail.com