Bryony Murray

Bryony graduated form Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in 1996 gaining a First Class Honours Degree in Design.  Bryony specialised in Jewellery, Silversmithing and Printmaking.

 In 1997 Bryony established a design studio and workshop in Glasgow with three fellow designers where she worked developing collections of her work and on private commissions.  She exhibited her work extensively in galleries and museums throughout Britain including The Barbican, Royal Museum Edinburgh, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Compass Gallery Glasgow and  Strathearn Gallery in Crieff

In addition Bryony has collections of work held by Dunfermline Healthcare trust, has won the Strathearn Gallery  New Designer Prize and was selected as one of six British designers to exhibit at the Barbican in London as part of the International Jewellers + Six exhibition.

Bryony was invited to represent excellence in Scottish design at an exclusive exhibition for the Heads of Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Conference in Edinburgh and can include the Governor General of Canada amongst her clients.  

Passionate about the arts and with an increasing interest and awareness in the role the arts have to play in personal, social and community development, Bryony undertook the position of Visual Arts-Co-ordinator within a large training company which specialised in environmental regeneration projects. Bryony was responsible for developing and delivering arts projects and training in community arts practice.

In 2001 Bryony co-founded Bazooka Arts setting up an artist led art organisation which would enable her to continue to develop her practice and work in a more responsive way. 

Since establishing Bazooka Arts, Bryony’s work has become specialised in working in the field of arts and health, recognising the benefits that participants can experience to their health and quality of life through participating in creative activity.  In 2005 Bryony co-ordinated Glasgow’s West End Festival Parade which had involved 600 participants and an audience in excess of 50,000 people.

Specialist Training:

­       Mosaic masterclass – Martin Cheek

­       Catalan Gigantes

­       Willow Sculpture – Jane Tomkins

­       Feltmaking – Liz Brown

Visiting lecturer at Strathclyde University on BA Community Arts Degree Course.