A native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Robert W. Murrell, Jr. received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Massachusetts College of Art in 1974, majoring in painting, with a minor in illustration. He received his Massachusetts Teaching Certificate from Suffolk University and Boston State College in 1977.

Mr. Murrell’s exhibits include group shows with the African American Master Artists in Residence Program (AAMARP) at Northeastern University and Boston Afro American Artists, Inc., and a solo exhibition at the Felix Julianni Gallery at Mass. State Community College in Wellesley, Mass.

He has conducted workshops for the Museum of Afro American History, and at the University of Mass., Boston Campus. He currently teaches art and photography at Newton Country Day School, in Newton, Mass, and is also urrently head of the Visual Arts Department at NCDS.

Artist’s Statement

Since I can remember, I have always drawn and painted; but it was years before I met any artists who actually looked like me. When I decided to become an artist, I committed myself to fully exploring the African Diaspora experience in all of its wide and various incarnations.

I feel privileged to be a part of the continuing legacy of work created by such talented giants as Charles White, John Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett, Alan Crite and many others. I am inspired by all who came before me, challenged and encouraged by my peers.