Hello! My name is Dylan Murphy and I am a multidisciplinary artist based in Saint Louis, MO. I am also known as Pretty Bad or Pretty Bad Co. which is also the name of my art brand and shop. Up until 2016 my primary focus was on photography when I shifted towards illustration and design work. I have always been into design and various forms of art but it wasn’t until 2016 when I made a hard turn away from photography to focus on my brand and merchandise shop. I left my full time job to pursue working for myself. Now, I run my brand and sell my art full time for a living. I have sold products to people all over the world while supporting myself. I am always learning and experimenting when it comes to my artwork.

I have a BA in Cinema and Photography from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

And now some formal accomplishments and such.

Education

  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois (SIUC) Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Photography (2008 – 2010)

  • Lake Land College, Mattoon, Illinois – Associate in Liberal Arts (2006 – 2008)

Honors and Awards/Grants

  • NCMPR Division III Silver Medallion Winner for poster/flyer series while working at Lake Land College – 2008

  • Lake Land College Foundation Photo Show, Mattoon, Illinois (2009) – first place in digital manipulation category

  • 2009 Paul Harum Memorial Award – SIUC

  • Lake Land College Foundation Photo Show, Mattoon, Illinois (2010) – first place in film and digital professional categories

  • 2010 Kodak Professional Imaging Award– SIUC

  • 32nd Annual Purchase Awards. , Art Alley – SIUC – Carbondale, Illinois (2010) – first place

  • Lake Land College Foundation Photo Show, Mattoon, Illinois (2011) – best of show, first place in professional digital manipulation category

Exhibitions/Contests

  • Lake Land College Foundation Photo Show, Mattoon, Illinois (2008)

  • HeartlandArts.Net Bleeding Hearts, Fusion – Carbondale, Illinois (2009)

  • New Work by Photography Faculty and Students of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, (Cedarhurst – Mt. Vernon, Illinois) (2009)

  • Lake Land College Foundation Photo Show, Mattoon, Illinois (2009)

  • 2nd Annual Photogenesis Photography Exhibit : f/11, and hold it steady, University Museum – SIUC (Carbondale, IL) (2009)

  • 2009 SPC Visual Arts Undergraduate Art Show, Art Alley – SIUC (Carbondale, IL) (2009)

  • Collectively, Longbranch Coffeehouse (Carbondale, IL) (2010)

  • Lake Land College Foundation Photo Show, Mattoon, Illinois (2010) – first place in film and digital professional categories

  • New Work by Photography Faculty and Students of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, (Cedarhurst – Mt. Vernon, Illinois) (2010)

  • 3rd Annual Photogenesis Photography Exhibit; Communications Building – SIUC – Carbondale, Illinois (2010)

  • Cairo: The Confluence of Photography, Film and Town, Custom House Museum – Cairo, Illinois (2010)

  • 32nd Annual Purchase Awards. , Art Alley – SIUC – Carbondale, Illinois (2010) – first place

  • Venus Zine 1st Annual Photo Contest, www.venuszine.com (2010) – runner-up in portrait and street fashion categories

  • Lake Land College Foundation Photo Show, Mattoon, Illinois (2011) – best of show, first place in professional digital manipulation category.

Solo Exhibitions

  • Fragments; Joe Sippers Cafe, Effingham, Illinois (2010)

  • A Collection of Images: 2008-2011; Common Grounds, Mattoon, Illinois (2011)

Publications

  • Grassroots: undergraduate magazine for literature and the visual arts – 2009

  • Grassroots: undergraduate magazine for literature and the visual arts – 2010

  • ume - too big world EP / album art - 2015