Artist Bio
Caitlin Murphy is an award-winning Northern Irish maker. Caitlin graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2022 with First Class Honours. She became a Fellow of Bishopsland Educational Trust in 2023 following on from her year-long postgraduate course. Caitlin recently received the QEST Mark & Tara Boddington Emerging Maker Scholarship allowing her to continue her studies at Bishopsland for a second year.
Caitlin received a graduate bursary stand at both Goldsmiths Fair 2023 in London and Elements Fair 2023 in Edinburgh where she showcased new and exciting work. Caitlin received a Future Makers Graduate Exhibition Support from the Design and Crafts Council Ireland to support her in these two exhibitions. Alongside of this, being supported for the last two years by the South Square Trust has allowed her to focus on silversmithing objects. Caitlin has also received a bronze and silver award in the ‘3D Finished Pieces’ category at the Goldsmiths Craft and Design Council Awards for her ‘Illusion Cube.’ She prides herself on attention to detail, from initial design to finished piece.
