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BRIEF RESUMÉ

Pippa Murray is a classically trained artist who has been working in the medium of mosaic for over ten years. She specializes in large-scale stone, glass and ceramic site-specific mosaic installations. She has completed numerous commissions for private individuals and institutions both locally and as far a field as Greece and Spain. Most recently she created an 800 square-foot stone floor mosaic for the Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito for which she has received much critical acclaim, including recent profiles in the San Francisco Chronicle and Marin Independent Journal.

Pippa was educated at Columbia University in New York where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree as a dual major in Visual Arts and Art History in May of 1996, Cum Laude.   Specializing in Greco-Roman mosaic technique and design, she achieved a Masters in Science in Classical Archeology by Research from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in May of 1998, with distinction.  She recieved her Masters of Fine Arts from the California College of the Arts, formerly the California College of Arts and Crafts, in May of 2005.

Pippa maintains her studio in Sausalito, CA and does most of her work on a commission or site-specific project basis. She also teaches classes and offers private instruction and consultation.

References available upon request.