Wire Portraits a challenge to boundaries between the second and third dimensions

Michael Murphy experiments with a new medium, adventurously fusing classical art-making techniques with digital processes and manual skills.

His wire portrait of President Barack Obama received critical acclaim and was featured in TIME magazine’s December 2008 issue.

Fascinated with light, color, tone and shape, the artist strives to challenge the boundaries between the second and third dimensions, with optical illusions often employed to this end.

Murphy has been featured in TIME Magazine, New York Magazine, ARK Magazine, American Artist’s Drawing Magazine, Uptown Magazine, Washington Life, Art for Obama, and Designing Obama.

His works are held in private collections in Munich, London, Zurich, Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York City, Chicago, Cleveland and Washington DC.