PERCEPTUAL ART
The Work of Michael Murphy
PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCE CHICAGO
Messi | Murphy
Leo Messi is the first player to score in every knockout game of a men's World Cup.
Congrats Leo Messi and Argentina on your historic performance!
Illusion - 2022
Multidirectional illusion sculpture composed of 500 toy guns.
Woman Power - 2022
Multidirectional illusion sculpture composed of 1300 stainless steel spheres.
Polina - 2022
Polina is a portrait of a six year old Ukrainian friend of the artist’s family. At the onset of the Russian Ukrainian conflict, Polina and her parents were forced to flee Ukraine leaving their home, school, and careers behind. This image of her was captured shortly after she and her family arrived in Germany in March 2022. This work is about movement, migration and the way in which criminal political parties and their wars affect innocent families.
NO WAR - 2022
Multidirectional illusion sculpture composed of several hundred children’s toys and 3D printed parts. It is meant to serve as a protest to all war. The use of the toys is intended to draw attention to the way they are used to indoctrinate and propagandize children and normalize war.
The Immigrant - A tribute to immigrants. 2019
3D halftone sculpture. When you view the 2,300 wood balls from forty feet away you see an image of Murphy’s wife Natasha. The work calls attention to the positive contributions immigrants make to our communities. Natasha is an immigrant and it's with her help that this piece was made possible. This tribute is intended to introduce positivity into a negative and overly politicized conversation.
SMILES - 2021
New permanent work at the PepsiCo Headquarters in Purchase, NY.
Oh! The Things You'll See! - 2021
Portal - 2021
Michael Murphy, Samsung TV, Cercle Music, and Gorgon City teamed up to create this piece. The art installation, consisting of eleven Neo QLED televisions suspended and spiraling through space, was displayed at the Saatchi Gallery in London, UK. The song and video of the performance were recorded at the Skywalk in Biokovo, Croatia.
AIR - 2019
Mulidirectional illusion sculpture for the Sneakertopia pop-up event in Los Angeles, CA.
WAR MACHINE
Identity Crisis
Come Together
Movement
CHANGE PAYS installation in the Oculus at World Trade Center One.
Infinite War.
Spacetime
Collaboration with Jaeger LeCoultre
Inspire Change
Multi-directional illusion sculpture created for the NFL on view at the Super Bowl Experience in Tampa, FL
Connected Experiences
Collaboration with Wunderman Thompson for British Telecom.
Hercules
3D halftone rendering of the Spruce Goose airplane installed at Google Playa Vista.
BLM
On view at Canvas Bowery, NYC
Patrick Mahomes | Perceptual Art - Super Bowl LIV | NFL 100
Toyota Highlander. Displayed at the 2019 NY Auto Show.
Dolly. Portrait of a waste picker from India rendered out of plastic waste. Displayed at the Borough Market in London
Bombardier. Displayed at EBACE 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland.
A selection of previous works.
CRISIS/HOPE Commissioned by A&E for Intervention TV show
STOP WAR in Worcester Mass for POW WOW Worcester
SUBARU
Trap Muzik Installation for TI
Climate Change is Real
GUNSKULL
Centerpiece for the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA
Perceptual Wordsearch
Deion Sanders sculpture for ESPN at Superbowl LIII In Atlanta, GA
Centerpiece sculpture for McCormick headquarters
Look CLoser - Commissioned for A&E
LEXUS
Che
V-Cam TV spot for LG
LG Audio
Garbage
Opener for the NHL Stanley Cup Finals
Reigning Champ
NEXTRAN
LOVE YOU
LEGION
Elena
Lee Jeans w/ Hypebeast
Young Pope for Sky Atlantic
Make America Great
Goalie
Legacy
Flight 23
Harajuku, Shibuya, Tokyo
Branded
Perceptual Shift
