Bri Murphy is an interdisciplinary artist, who combines digital technologies such as 3D printing with more traditional materials, influenced by their background in ceramics. Their work explores notions of American identity through the deconstruction of its mythologies – from busts of the Founding Fathers to treasured prose such as the Declaration of Independence. Bri is an active researcher and tinkerer, and has given several guest lectures and workshops, including at the 2019 and 2024 NCECA conferences.

Bri began their career as an artist selling drawings to their mom for 25¢ apiece, spending their childhood years in Essex Junction, Vermont. Bri holds an MFA in Ceramics from Ohio University as well as Bachelor’s degrees in Ceramics and Art Education from SUNY New Paltz. Bri is currently based in Greeley, CO and is an Assistant Professor of Sculpture + Digital Fabrication at the University of Northern Colorado.