Ralph Murray has been a Charter Member since 1982 of The Central New York Watercolor Society holding positions as Treasurer, Vice President and as the President for four years.   

      He is also a member of The Associated Artists of Syracuse, New York, Cooperstown Art Association and an exhibiting member of The Pioneer Gallery of Cooperstown, New York, The Lupine Gallery, Monhegan Island, Maine, The Arts Center of Old Forge, New York and a signature member of The Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

      He exhibits widely and has taught drawing, pen and ink, etching, watercolor and Plein Air Workshops in watercolor at The Arts Center in Old Forge, New York; Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, New York; Rome Community and Art Center, Rome, New York; Munson Williams Proctor, Utica, New York; Monhegan Island, Maine from 1992-2004 and in Camden and Rockport, Maine from 2005-2008.


EDUCATION: 
   Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1954, Museum School of Art, now known as The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA.  Majored in Art Education with Graduate Studies at Syracuse University from 1957-1965.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
   Waterville, New York, Grades 1-12, 1956-1966; Cortland County Boces, Marathon and McGraw Schools, Grades 1-4, 1966-1969; West Winfield Elementary Schools, Grades 1-4,  1969-1987;  Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, New York, 1974-1983; Rome Community and Art Center, 1974-1984; Munson Williams Proctor School of Art, Utica, New York, 1989-2000; Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, New York, 1967 to present; Cooperstown Art Association, 1999 to present and Hamilton, New York, at a private residence, 1998 to present.

EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS:

   Ralph has been represented in the Cooperstown National and Regional Exhibitions, The Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolors in Old Forge, New York, the Watercolor Today at the Creative Workshop in New Haven, Connecticut, The Kent Art Association, Connecticut, the Batavia National Exhibition, Batavia, New York, the Baltimore Watercolor Society Shows, Baltimore, Maryland, the Southern Vermont Art Center National Exhibitions, Manchester, Vermont and the New York State Fair where he was awarded the State Purchase Prize in 1976 and 1978.

   Ralph was featured on the Watercolor Page in the October 1991 issue of the American Artist magazine and also authored the article.  He was also one of the featured artists on the WCNY-TV Art Auction in 1993 in Syracuse, New York.  In 2007 he received the prestigious Gordon Steele Best of Show award in the Associated Artists of Syracuse show.  His one-man show will be held there in April 2009.   He is also scheduled for a one-man show at the Neptune Art Gallery, Utica, New York, in May 2009.
  
   One-man shows have been held at the Art Centers in Clinton, Rome, Old Forge, SUNY of Oneonta, the Gallery at Jamaica, Vermont, the Laighton Gallery in Schenectady, NY, the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, NY, the Canajoharie Art Gallery, NY, Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania, SUNY Institute of Technology, Utica/Rome, the Cooperstown Pioneer Gallery, The Cooperstown Art Association, the Associated Artists of Syracuse, the Jane Isabella Gallery in Johnstown, New York and three one-man shows at The Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester, Vermont.

   His work is represented in the Lupine Gallery on Monhegan Island, Maine and the Pioneer Gallery in Cooperstown, New York.  He maintains a gallery in his home.