Wendy Murray (born 1974) is a New Zealand-Australian visual artist and arts educator, formerly known as Mini Graff, under which name she worked as an urban street-poster artist between 2003 and 2010. Murray's use of letraset transfers, accompanied with vibrant colours and fluorescent inks, references the work of studios from the 1960s through to the 1980s, including the community-based Earthworks Poster CollectiveTherese Kenyon, Under a hot tin roof: Art, passion and politics at the Tin Shed art workshop, Power Publications, Sydney, 1995, 152p. and Redback Graphix.Anne Zagala, Redback Graphix, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2008, 128p.
Murray was born in New Zealand. She gained a Bachelor's in Design from Massey University, New Zealand, in 1999 and, following a move to Australia, earned a Master of Fine Arts from the National Art School, Sydney, in 2014.Wendy Murray – Artist and Arts Educator (website), www.wendymurray.com.au
Selected commissions and awards
2018 – University of Sydney Printer in Residence AwardUniversity of Sydney Printer in Residence Award (webpage) 2018 – Love is Hard Work – Castlemaine, VICLove is Hard Work – Castlemaine, 2018Love is Hard Work – Castlemaine, 2018 2017 – The Newtown Hub / Newtown Art Seat (awarded by Inner West Council)The Newtown Hub / Newtown Art Seat, 2017 2014 – Behind this Smile, Hobsons Bay City CouncilBehind this Smile, Hobsons Bay City Council, 2014
Publications
Banksy in the Burbs, Art Guide, 2016.Banksy in the Burbs, Art Guide, 2016 Antonia Aitken, Artist as Conduit, Imprint Magazine, Winter 2015, volume 50, No. 2, 2015.
Art books Night & Day – Hill End drawings by Wendy Murray, digital, perfect bound, edition 200, 2019. Sydney – We Need to Talk!, digital, screen print, perfect binding / hand-bound, edition 100, 2018. Pull Your Punches, digital, perfect bound, edition 75, 2017. The Daily – Drawing Inspiration, digital, perfect bound, edition 75, 2017.The Daily – Drawing Inspiration, National Library of Australia (catalogue entry).
Curatorial Wendy Murray and Stuart Bailey, Fresh Blood – Redback Graphix and its Aftermath, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, 13 January – 17 March 2018Wendy Murray on Political Posters and Unleashing Collective Power in Fresh Blood, Art Guide, 2018. Fresh Blood – Redback Graphix and its Aftermarth, 2018 (webpage)Fresh Blood – Redback Graphix, 2018 (webpage)
See also List of Street Artists Stencil Graffiti
References
Further reading
External links Mini Graff's web site