A collaboration with Southern Graphic Council International (SGCI) and the iea – Althea Murphy-Price is an artist who specializes in printmaking, and Professor of Art at University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Her work “contemplates the power of hair as a signifier of cultural self-identity.” Learn about her recent body of work and print edition being made in the iea during her two week visit, which will be available for purchase through ieaEditions.

Artist Talk
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 – 7pm-8:30pm ET
In-person: Holmes Auditorium
Or preregister to join virtually on Zoom HERE.

Althea Murphy-Price’s (b. 1979 San Jose, CA) variable practice often involves printmaking, photography, and sculpture.  The inherent duality of print provides a platform to explore these characteristics under the lens of deception. Motifs of race, hair culture, and feminine identity serve as tools of decoration.  Bright colors, shiny surfaces, texture, and dimensional forms extend off the page in a suggestion of play, celebration, and analysis.  Murphy-Price is the recipient of the 2024 Individual Artist Fellowship in Photography from the Tennessee Art Commission.  Her works have been exhibited in cities such as Spain, Paris, China, Italy, and Sweden. She is included in public collections such as Thrivent, the Cleveland Arts Clinic, the Knoxville Museum of Art, the Huntsville Museum of Art, and The British Museum. Her work has been featured in the publications of Art Papers Magazine, Art in Print Magazine, Printmaking Today Magazine (UK), and Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Process. Murphy-Price lives in Knoxville TN and is a Professor of Art at the University of Tennessee since 2010. She received her BA in Fine Art from Spelman College, her MA in Printmaking and Painting from Purdue University and her MFA from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University.