Artist's Biography

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Phoebe Murer is an artist, and writer born and raised in Philadelphia. She received her Certificate of Fine Arts at Pennsylvania Academy of Arts in Painting. Phoebe shows her art regularly at different coops, craft fairs, and cafes and has won various awards. As a person on the spectrum, her artwork focuses a lot on sensory content. She has had a love for water all her life.

She is primarily a painter and screen printer. Her recent work explores incorporating screen printing and photography. Her inspiration is from the bodies of water and neon lights she sees from traveling the world.

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Education

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2019
Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
BA, English

2006
Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
BA, Psychology and Pre-Art Therapy

2002
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Certificate of Fine Arts, Painting

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Awards and Honors

2019
121 Annual Adult Student Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Student Advisory Council Award

2015
117th Annual Adult Student Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Honorable Mention, Works on Paper

2013
115th Annual Adult Student Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Honorable Mention, Photography

2012
International Naturally Autistic People's Award for Visual Arts

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Collections

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Philadelphia, PA
Norway
Canada

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Affiliations

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InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA
Artist Member

Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA
Artist Member

Mt. Airy Art Garage, Philadelphia, PA
Artist Member

Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Artist Member

Starwheel Printmakers
Artist Member

ANCA
Ambassador

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Professional Experience

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2017 - Present
Timothy School, Berwyn, PA
Art Instructor

2009 - Present
Freelance Art Instructor, Philadelphia, PA

2016
Portside Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Artist, Work Trade Program

2014 - 2015
Any Kid Will Do Preschool, Philadelphia, PA
Art Teaching Assistant

2009 - 2011
Children's Crisis Treatment Center, Philadelphia, PA
Art Instructor

2006 - 2009
Timothy School, Berwyn, PA
Art Instructor

Selected Exhibitions

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Solo‍

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2020
Water Play, World Wide, Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA

2019
South Street from the 90's, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

2018
South Street from the 80's, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

2015
Nerve Endings, Higher Ground Cafe, Philadelphia, PA

2012
Dreamlike Pools, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2011
International Landscapes, Mocha Cafe, Philadelphia, PA

2009
Swimming Pools and Water Parks, Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA

2007
A-Space, Philadelphia, PA

2003
Metropolitan Bakery, Philadelphia, PA

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Group‍

2021
Derive, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

2020
Cetenations, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York, NY
Curators: Racheal Gorchav, Jo Yerrington

Craft!, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

2019
Perennial Visions II, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

Feats of the Fobs, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA

121 Annual Adult Student Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

Beyond Mark Making, Star Wheel Printers, Trenton Artworks, Trenton, PA

2018
Small Works: A Print Show, Star Wheel Printers, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Divided Nation, Mt. Airy Art Garage, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

2017
The Place Between Two Rivers, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: David Acosta

Star Wheel Printers, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Quarter Sheet Challenge, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA

2016
Members July Exhibition, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

We Are MAGG, Mt. Airy Art Garage, Philadelphia, PA

Love Letter Show, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

Celebrate Life, Mt. Airy Art Garage, Philadelphia, PA

2015
Smallworks, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

POST, Mt. Airy Art Garage, Philadelphia, PA

Memories and Metaphors, Star Wheel Printers, Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA

Advanced Printmaking Class Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

Something Cool, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

Surface and Tension; A Print Show, Star Wheel Printers and Orchard Artworks, Bryn Athyn, PA

117th Annual Adult Student Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

It's a Small World, the Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA

Critters and Beasts, the Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA

2013
Blick, Philadelphia, PA

Upper Mainline YMCA, Berwyn, PA

115th Annual Adult Student Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2012
Student Alumni Art show, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA

2011
Philly Cafe, Philadelphia, PA

2009
Life on The Spectrum, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

2008
Women's Art Show, Floating Gallery, New York, NY

2007
Second Annual Quaker Arts Conference, Bristol, PA