Liz Murphy Thomas
Liz Murphy Thomas - Assistant Professor of Digital Media
office: VPA 123
phone: (217) 206-7547
Education:
Master of Fine Arts - Photography and Digital Imaging
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD - May 2003
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Creative Photography
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL - May 2001
• Minor Art History
• Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Professional Experience:
Gallery Director – University of Illinois at Springfield Visual Arts Gallery, 8/07 - current
Assistant Professor – Digital Media/Graphic Design
University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL 8/06-current
Adjunct Instructor – Photography
Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, FL 1/06-6/06
Visiting Instructor – Digital Imaging
University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL 8/03-8/05
Professional Associations:
• College Art Association (CAA)
• Society for Photographic Education (SPE)
Solo Exhibitions:
2008
Uniformity – Tyler School of Art, Temple University Philadelphia, PA (upcoming)
Breaking Through the Glass Floor – Applebee Gallery, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL (upcoming)
Selected works – Lincoln Land Community College Visual Arts Gallery, Springfield, IL (upcoming)
Memories Discarded – Blackburn College Visual Arts Gallery, Carlinville, IL (upcoming)
Identity – Robert Morris gallery, Springfield, IL
Uniformity – UIS Visual Arts Gallery, Springfield, IL
2005
Facing Shadows – A portrait of Alzheimer’s – Gallery 88, Pensacola, FL
2004
Faceless Portraits – MFA Thesis Exhibit, Maryland Institute College of Art at the University of
West Florida
Group Exhibitions:
2008
Let Us Praise Famous Men: Lincoln - in The Many Faces of Abe Springfield Art Association Springfield, IL
2007
A River Runs Through Us: Engaged Documentary Practice – SPE Midwest Regional Conference, Flint, MI
On My Own Time – UIS Public Affairs Center, Springfield, IL
Art Walk Downtown – Springfield, IL
2006
Faculty Exhibit – Access Gallery, University of Illinois at Springfield
2005
Snap to Grid – 2nd annual competition– Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
15 x 15: Alumni Invitational – Meyerhoff Gallery - Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2004
Faculty Exhibit – Art Gallery, University of West Florida
2002
No Consensus -- Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2001
Visitors Please Buzz -- Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Reflections: Identity, Time and Place -- Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
One Night Stand -- Gainesville Comfort Inn Gainesville, FL
2000
2000ADD – Lush Gallery Gainesville, FL
The Living Machine -- The Ark Gallery, Gainesville, FL
1999
Scaramouche -- Blank Space Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Select Curatorial Projects:
• Ted Rall: Search and Destroy University of Illinois at Springfield Art Gallery, 2009
• Bathsheba Grossman: Life in 3 Dimensions University of Illinois at Springfield Art Gallery, 2009
• Annu Palakunnathu Matthew University of Illinois at Springfield Art Gallery, 2008
• James Luna: Talking Stones (Co-Curated) University of Illinois at Springfield Art Gallery, 2008
• 1st Biennial Juried Alumni Show University of Illinois at Springfield Art Gallery, 2008
• D(igital)fraged University of West Florida Art Gallery, 2005
Public Collections:
Brookens Library, The University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL
Lectures:
2008
Presenter - “Creating Art in a Participatory Culture” at the Association for Integrative Studies 2008 Conference, Springfield, IL
2007
Imagemaker Presentation – Facing Shadows: A Portrait of Alzheimer’s – at A River Runs Through Us: Engaged Documentary Practice SPE Midwest Regional Conference, Flint, MI
Community Service:
• Visiting Lecturer –New Berlin High School, New Berlin, IL, April, 2008
• Judge – 20th Annual Edwards Place Fine Art Fair Entrance Committee, April 2008
• Judge – 41st New Berlin High School Art Fair, March 2008
• Judge – Millikin University Juried Student Show, May 2007
• Judge – 18th Annual Edwards Place Fine Art Fair, September 2006
• Judge - Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida’s 17th annual Faces & Facets Photography
Show, Aug 2005
• Visiting Lecturer –Woodham High School, Pensacola, FL, April, 2005
• Judge - Wide Angle Photo Club of Northwest FL’s annual Power of Photography show,
August 2004
• Volunteer – Southeast Museum of Photography, multiple gallery and preparatory duties;
Daytona Beach, FL 1994-96