Joel Murray

Joel Murray (b. 1984, Denver, CO) is a visual artist, curator, and educator living and working in Dallas. His curatorial work includes Chateau Show, an annual group exhibition featuring both national and local artists. Murray’s paintings are ontological narratives taken from the news, art history, stand-up comedy specials, strip-mall massage parlors, fruit and vegetables, and animal imagery—all of which are then combined to form the artist’s codex of symbols. His color-rich paintings also present non-linear stories showing life’s particulate, real and imagined objects, all placed in or over altered versions of pre-existing source material.

Alongside his studio and curatorial practices, Murray has held a full-time position in education coordination with The Warehouse Dallas and Dallas Contemporary, and has been a visiting educator with the Nasher Sculpture Center and Meadows Museum.

Murray’s work has been exhibited with Voloshyn Gallery in Miami, Gallery 12.26 (solo and dual exhibitions) and Keijsers Koning. He will have his second major solo exhibition in Dallas with Spatzio Morandi in the fall of 2027. Murray received his B.F.A. from Metropolitan State University of Denver and his M.F.A. from Clemson University.