Artists

Ambrose Rhapsody Murray

Press release

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 2026 6 - 8 PM Ambrose Rhapsody Murray (b. 1996) is a multidisciplinary artist with roots in Florida and North Carolina in the American South. Through sewing, painting, installation, material experimentation, film and collaborative projects, her work investigates the colonial undercurrents of our lives, the charged symbology of black feminine bodies, and the ephemeral and layered qualities of memory and remembering. Ambrose earned her Bachelor's in Black Studies from Yale in 2018 and her MFA in Painting/Printmaking from Yale School of Art in 2026. Her work has been featured in Cultured Magazine, Artsy, SEEN and Galerie Magazine. She is a US Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Black Rock Senegal alum, and Forbes 30 under 30 honoree. Her work has exhibited across the US and abroad, and lives in the permanent collection of The Studio Museum in Harlem and The Montclair Art Museum.