Works
  • Brendan Murphy, Thinking Man Blue
    Thinking Man Blue
  • Brendan Murphy, Thinking Man Black
    Thinking Man Black
  • Brendan Murphy, Thinking Man Orange
    Thinking Man Orange
  • Brendan Murphy, Tree Pose (Black)
    Tree Pose (Black)
  • Brendan Murphy, Tree Pose (Blue)
    Tree Pose (Blue)
  • Brendan Murphy, The Dancing Spaceman (Black)
    The Dancing Spaceman (Black)
  • Brendan Murphy, The Dancing Spaceman (Blue/Orange)
    The Dancing Spaceman (Blue/Orange)
  • Brendan Murphy, Coming Out Malibu
    Coming Out Malibu
  • Brendan Murphy, Coming Out - Blue
    Coming Out - Blue
Biography

Brendan Murphy is one of the most commercially successful contemporary artists working today, known for monumental sculpture and emotionally charged paintings exploring love, fear, ambition, doubt, and belief. His distinctive visual language combines handwritten formulas, equations, and single words to articulate what emotion often leaves unspoken.

Murphy’s work is held in prominent private collections worldwide, including those of Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic, LeBron James, Ambassador Nicole McGraw, Peter Brant, Bracken Darnell, Ryan Gosling, and Warren Buffett.

 

In 2026, Murphy was selected by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Art in Embassies as a featured American artist for the nation’s 250th anniversary. He is prominently represented in Passport to Patriotism: 250 Years of Diplomacy at the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, D.C., with two major works: Freedom 250, a monumental 72-by-96-inch oil painting reflecting on 250 years of American history, creativity, and culture, and a 23- foot BOONJI Spaceman installation in the nation’s capital.