About Dylan Murphy | Effingham, IL Photography

I believe all people are inherently beautiful and that beauty can be found in almost anything. I love quirky, offbeat, and strange. However I have a fine appreciation for the traditional.

My name is Dylan Murphy and I am a photographer based out of Effingham, IL. I also dabble in some graphic art. Available in such areas as Mattoon – Charleston, Champaign, St. Louis, Bloomington, Terre Haute, Southern Illinois, Northern Illinois and  pretty much anywhere in the world. I like traveling.

I basically live off Diet Coke and coffee and I have an enormous sweet tooth. I love animals, especially Boston Terriers. I like traveling anywhere at almost any time. I love music and movies. My favorite band is Circa Survive; the rest of my favorites are just too much to list! My favorite movie is probably Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but that is debatable as I have a hard time picking favorites and there are so many! Arrested Development may also be my favorite show!

accomplishments…

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