Awards
Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Award 2018 Shortlist
The Elephant Trust 2018 Recipient
Shortlisted for the Jonathan Harvey Studio Award 2017
Nominated for the ACAVA Studio Prize 2017
Education
Chelsea College of Arts, BA Fine Art, 2017
Commissions
ICA Artist Film Commission, 2018
Stop Play Record – short film commission in association with ICA, Channel 4 and Dazed & Confused, 2016-2017
Residencies
UKNA The Coast is Queer, Blackpool, 2021
Metal Southend Remote Residency, 2021
The Other MA x Southend Festival Artist Residency 2018
Estuary Fringe Festival Artist in Residence, Southend, 2017
Panorama, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, 2015
Publications & Press
The Bittersweet Review, 2023
RAT zine, 2022
Archiving Joy, Grrl Zine, 2022
Chump Change, Unbound Books, 2020
Interjection Calendar, Montez Press, 2020
Extraordinary Acts, 2020
Basildon Tenant’s Handbook, Essex Cultural Diversity Project commission, 2019
Review: FINDING SUBURBAN QUEERNESS IN ESSEX, Martin Essemann, AICA, 2021
Maz Murray (b. 1995) an artist filmmaker based in London and Basildon. Murray uses satire, surrealism, melodrama, and humour to talk about queer and trans identity, class, and the complexities of public life. They collage and subvert pop cultural tropes such as music video, TV documentary, talk show, social media content and cinema. Their first institutional solo show is at Focal Point Gallery in March 2024
Shows & Screening
Outfest, LA, 2022
KinoKraat, Nicole, Amsterdam, 2022
Poppets, Focal Point Gallery, Southend, 2021
Mascara Film Club, London, 2021
QueerCircles TV, 2020
24 hours Bent (after Derek Jarman), SAFA, London, 2020
Maz, externalpages, 2019 (solo)
Directions Bas, The Craft Shed, Basildon, 2019
New Town Sounds, Towngate Theatre, Basildon, 2019
Mascara Film Club, Mascara Bar, London, 2019
London Short Film Festival, RichMix, London, 2019
Lavender Lounge, 18 Malden Road, London, 2019
Artists' Film Club, ICA, London, 2018
CAMPerVAN, Art Licks Weekend, 2018
FOff, Limbo Limbo, London, 2018
Womxn in Film 2018, Genesis Cinema, London, 2018
EYECATCHER, Focal Point Gallery, Southend, 2017
Playback Festival, touring various venues, 2017
Once Upon a Pink, Puderraum, Berlin, 2017
Parallax, Cookhouse Gallery, London, 2016
Aqui y Alla, Cookhouse Gallery, London, 2016
Kino, Spike Island Open Studios, Bristol, 2016
Finishing Cream, Hair Couture, London, 2016
Panorama, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, 2015
Look Fine on the Picket Line, Temporary Arts Project, 2014 (solo)