Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarships

Applications for the award and scholarships are closed.

• The Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarships are available to Bay Area MFA (not MA) students to underwrite tuition for their continued academic study. These awards assist students enrolled in an MFA program to develop and explore their artistic potential in painting, sculpture, hybrid practice, installation art, mixed media, drawing, and photography. See this guide to check if you are eligible to apply.
• Students must be currently enrolled at: Stanford, California College of the Arts, the University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco State University, and San Jose State University.
• Students must have completed at least one semester of graduate study as of January 1, 2025, be continuously enrolled in the same program, and be in good standing through Fall 2025. Award recipients may be required to provide proof of continuing school enrollment through Fall 2025.
• Previous winners of the Murphy or Cadogan awards are not eligible to apply.
• Will have their MFA exhibition take place in Spring of 2026 or later
• There is no application fee.

Questions? Please email programs[at]sff.org.

Applications for the award and scholarships are closed.

• Recent Work: We will only accept artwork samples that were completed in 2023, 2024, or 2025. Work must be created solely by the applicant; collaborations are not accepted. All work samples must be uploaded with your application to be considered for the award.
• Submission Formats: Applicants will be allowed to submit work samples in two formats:

• • Image Work Sample: Applicants will upload (1) Work Sample PDF that includes up to 10 image based work samples with the artwork details (title, year, media, dimensions) for each work and optional 50 word maximum description for each work. Work Sample .pdf must not exceed file size limit of 10mb. Name the file with the following format ‘LastNameFirstName_Work Sample.’ – Upload the .pdf onto the SlideRoom application.
  • Time-Based Media Work Samples: Applicant submitting time-based media (i.e. video or audio) will be prompted to provide URL link(s) to an online video streaming platform and artwork information directly on SlideRoom. If links are password protected, be sure to provide the password.
  • For a combination of still images with time-based media: 1 minute of time-based media is equal to 1 image (e.g. you can submit 2 minutes of time-based media and 8 images, 3 minutes of time-based media and 7 images, etc.). If you plan to submit all time-based media as you work samples, you may not to exceed a total of 10 minutes.
  • Maximum of 10 work samples will be accepted per submission. Additional samples exceeding the maximum will not be reviewed.
  • Work samples can include performance aspects of movement and/or interaction if artists’ practice encompasses this. Applicants can clarify this relationship within the one sentence (50 words or fewer) description accompanying the particular work sample.

Questions? Please email programs[at]sff.org.

Applications for the award and scholarships are closed.

• Applications open: March 2025
• Deadline: April 21, 2025 11:59 PM (PST)

Questions? Please email programs[at]sff.org.

Applications for the award and scholarships are closed.

• Submissions will be judged by a panel of art professionals. The jurors’ decisions will be based solely on merit and are final.
• Awardees are notified in June
• Please note that award funds are sent directly to the financial aid office and credited to the student’s financial aid package.

Questions? Please email programs[at]sff.org.

2025 Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarship Awardees

Murphy Award
Gabrielle Severson, California College of the Arts

Cadogan Awards

• Eleni Berg, University of California, Berkeley
• Alexa Christine Burrell, Stanford University
• Kristiana Chan 莊礼恩, University of California, Berkeley
• Vincent Chong aka Crystal Monkey, Stanford University
• Enam Gbewonyo, Stanford University
• England Hidalgo, San Francisco State University
• Grace Jin, California College of the Arts
• Camila Michaliszyn, San Francisco State University
• Héctor Muñoz-Guzmán, University of California, Berkeley
• Andy Nguyen, San José State University
• Mary Lou Grace Robison, San Francisco State University
• Bailey Scieszka, Stanford University
• Jasmine Narkita Wiley, California College of the Arts
• Alfredo Zapata De Jesús, California College of the Arts

2024 Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarship Awardees

Murphy Award
Elina Frumerman, Stanford University

Cadogan Awards

• Gabrielle Anderman, California College of the Arts
• Damon Casarez, Stanford University
• Priyanka D’ Souza (Resting Museum), University of California, Berkeley
• Zedekiah Gonsalves–Schild, California College of the Arts
• Lucia Gonzaléz Ippolito, San Francisco State University
• Emily Harter, Stanford University
• Chloe King, California College of the Arts
• Viviana Martinez Carlos, University of California, Berkeley
• Molly Rapp, California College of the Arts
• Jonah Reenders, California College of the Arts
• Cooper Salmon, Stanford University
• Ashley Spencer, California College of the Arts
• Chelsea Stewart, San Jose State University
• Daniela Tinoco, San Francisco State University

2023 Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarship Awardees

Murphy Award
Joanna Keane Lopez, Stanford University

Cadogan Awards

• Salimatu Amabebe, University of California, Berkeley
• Jonathon Bout, San Francisco State University
• Xianghan Cheng, California College of the Arts
• Lynse A. Cooper, California College of the Arts
• Cynthia Gonzalez, San Jose State University
• Valencia James, University of California, Berkeley
• Leah Koransky, San Francisco State University
• Wendy Liu, Stanford University
• Nivedita Madigubba, University of California, Berkeley
• Jessica Monette, Stanford University
• Lucía Moreno Nava, San Francisco State University
• Yunfei Ren, Stanford University
• Chelsea América Torres, San Francisco State University

2022 Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarship Awardees

Murphy Award
Gericault De La Rose, University of California Berkeley

Cadogan Awards

• Irma Yuliana Barbosa, University of California Berkeley
• Carolina Cuevas, California College of the Arts
• Dance Doyle, California College of the Arts
• Eniola Fakile, University of California Berkeley
• Rachell Hester, San Jose State University
• Thad Higa, Mills College
• Tina Kashiwagi, Stanford University
• Charles H. Lee,III, California College of the Arts
• Philippa Renshaw, San Francisco State University
• Tiare Ribeaux, University of California Berkeley
• Maryam Safanasab, San Francisco State University
• Jake Shapiro, San Francisco State University

2021 Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarship Awardees

Murphy Award
Ahn Lee, University of California Berkeley

Cadogan Awards

• Haley Summerfield, San Francisco State University
• Eve Werner, San Francisco Art Institute
• Natasha Loewy, San Francisco State University
• Krystal Ramirez, Stanford University
• Ester Karnoski, California College of the Arts
• Bryce LeFort, California College of the Arts
• Rae, Mills College
• Erica Deeman, University of California Berkeley
• Miguel Novelo, Stanford University
• Adrienne Defendi, San Jose State University
• Katayoun Bahrami, California College of the Arts
• Katharine T. Jacobs, San Jose State University
• Andrew Catanese, Stanford University
• Edgar Fabián Frías, University of California Berkeley
• Kakou, University of California Berkeley

2020 Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarship Awardees

Curated By Kevin B. Chen

Murphy Award
Gregory Rick, Stanford University

Cadogan Awards

• Alexandru Salceanu, Mills College
• Amy Elkins, Stanford University
• Claudia Huenchuleo Paquien, San Francisco State University
• Consuelo Tupper, California College of the Arts
• Dominique Birdsong, San Francisco Art Institute
• Fred DeWitt, University of California Berkeley
• Gabriella Grill, Stanford University
• Janeil Champoy Lim, University of California Berkeley
• John Contreras, San Jose State University
• Leonard Reidelbach, San Francisco State University
• Monica Valdez, San Jose State University
• Zhongyu Yuan, California College of the Arts

2019 Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarship Awardees

Jurors: Kevin B. Chen, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Grace Rosario Perkins

Murphy Award
Shirin Towfiq, Stanford University

Cadogen Awards

• Margot Becker, California College of the Arts
• Jordan Hartney, California College of the Arts
• Narges Poursadeqi, California College of the Arts
• Hannah Waiters, California College of the Arts
• Cristine Blanco, Mills College
• Megan Hinton, Mills College
• Yetunde Olagbaju, Mills College
• Lexygius Sanchez Calip, San Francisco Art Institute
• Lena Tseabbe Wright, San Francisco Art Institute
• Beril Or, San Francisco State University
• Nicole Shaffer, San Francisco State University
• Mad Luellen, Stanford University
• Stuart Robertson, Stanford University
• Brian Bartz, University of California, Berkeley
• Xandra Ibarra, University of California, Berkeley
• Ghazal Rahimi, University of California, Berkeley

2018 Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarship Awardees

Jurors: Kevin B. Chen, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Grace Rosario Perkins

Murphy Award
Shirin Khalatbari, San Francisco State University

Cadogen Awards

• Michelle Bonilla Garcia, California College of the Arts
• Preston Fox, California College of the Arts
• Vincent Miranda, California College of the Arts
• Judit Navratil, California College of the Arts
• Sarah Player Morrison, Mills College
• Claire Rabkin, Mills College
• Tashi Wangdhu, Mills College
• Sophia Cook, San Francisco Art Institute
• Ben Cornish, San Francisco Art Institute
• Joanna Ruckman-Gallegos, San Francisco Art Institute
• Daniel Southard, San Francisco State University
• Miguel Monroy Melgoza, Stanford University
• Sally Scopa, Stanford University
• Livien Yin, Stanford University
• Ricki Dwyer, University of California, Berkeley
• Heesoo Kwon, University of California, Berkeley

2017 Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarship Awardees

Jurors: Kevin B. Chen, Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins, Maria Esther Fernandez

Murphy Award
 Sherwin Rio, San Francisco Art Institute 

Cadogen Awards

• Emily Budd, California College of the Arts
• Troy Chew, California College of the Arts
• Kira Dominguez Hultgren, California College of the Arts
• Keyvan Heydari Shovir, California College of the Arts
• Christopher Marin, California College of the Arts
• Gianna Paniagua, California College of the Arts
• Keith Secola, California College of the Arts
• Hannah Perrine Mode, Mills College
• Amy Cella, San Francisco State University
• Rafael Bustillos, San Francisco Art Institute
• Abigail Gregg, San Francisco Art Institute
• Nick Mittelstead, San Francisco Art Institute
• Lauren Szabo, San Francisco Art Institute
• Amber Imrie-Situnayake, Stanford University
• Natani Notah, Stanford University
• Victor Yañez-Lazcano, Stanford University
• Nancy Sayavong, University of California, Berkeley

2016 Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarship Awardees

Jurors: Kevin B. Chen, Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins, Maria Esther Fernandez

Murphy Award
Andrew Wilson, University of California, Berkeley

Cadogen Awards

• Danielle Andress, California College of the Arts
• Gabrielle Hill, California College of the Arts
• Hadley Radt, California College of the Arts
• Steven Berroteran, Mills College
• France Viana, Mills College
• Can Buyukberber, San Francisco Art Institute
• Rebecca Kaufman, San Francisco Art Institute
• Rebecca Rippon, San Francisco Art Institute
• Manny Robertson, San Francisco Art Institute
• Orly Ruaimi, San Francisco Art Institute
• Linghao Shen, San Francisco Art Institute
• Mark Baugh-Sasaki, Stanford University
• Steven Geren, Stanford University
• Behnaz Khaleghi, University of California, Berkeley

2015 Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarship Awardees

• Lark Buckingham, University of California Berkeley
• Robin Crofut-Brittingham, San Francisco Art Institute
• Enar de Dios Rodríguez, San Francisco Art Institute
• Ella G. Faktorovich, San Francisco Art Institute
• Sarah Farahat, California College of the Arts
• Simona Fitcal, Stanford University
• Clement Hil Goldberg, University of California Berkeley
• Andrea Nicolette Gonzales, San Francisco Art Institute
• Nico Harriman, Mills College
• Cy Keener, Stanford University
• Sarah Lee, California College of the Arts
• Becca Levine, San Francisco Art Institute
• Sai Li, San Francisco Art Institute
• Masako Miyazaki, Stanford University
• Dana Morrison, San Francisco Art Institute
• Jacqueline Sherlock Norheim, Mills College
• Marcela Pardo Ariza, San Francisco Art Institute
• Laura Rokas, San Francisco Art Institute
• Soraya Sharghi, San Francisco Art Institute
• Joshua D. Solis, San Francisco State University
• Latosha Stimage, California College of the Arts
• Kaitlin Trataris, San Francisco Art Institute
• Leah Virsik, San Francisco State University
• Leila Weefur, Mills College

2014 Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarship Awardees

• Shannon Abac, San Francisco State University
• Brittany Acocelli, San Francisco Art Institute
• Kim Arteche, San Francisco State University
• Ekin Balcioglu, California College of the Arts
• Jesus Barraza, California College of the Arts
• Nash Bellows, San Francisco State University
• Brian Dean, San Francisco Art Institute
• Leslie Dreyer, University of California Berkeley
• Michael Garfoot, San Francisco Art Institute
• Tanja Geis, University of California Berkeley
• Lee Lavy, University of California Berkeley
• Joshua Lee, San Francisco Art Institute
• Malena Lopez-Maggi, Mills College
• Cait Molloy, San Francisco Art Institute
• Christopher Nickel, Stanford University
• Felicita Norris, Stanford University
• Brian Pittman, California College of the Arts
• Emmanuel Sevilla, California College of the Arts
• Brandon Shimmel, California College of the Arts
• Jessica Smith, Mills College
• Matt Smith Chavez, University of California Berkeley
• Ileana Tejada, San Francisco Art Institute
• Xiao Wang, San Francisco Art Institute
• Scott Welsh, San Francisco Art Institute

2013 Murphy Award and Cadogan Scholarship Awardees

• Sarah Ammons, San Francisco Art Institute
• Shay Arick, San Francisco Art Institute
• Megan Atherton, California College of the Arts
• Alex Bargas, California College of the Arts
• Michael Bartalos, Stanford University
• Daniel Bouthot, California College of the Arts
• Susannah Dotson, California College of the Arts
• Heather Engen, Mills College
• Jason Fritz Michael Glassford, University of California Berkeley
• Maral Hashemi, California College of the Arts
• Genevieve Hastings, San Francisco State University
• Chandler Daniel Holmes, San Francisco Art Institute
• Galen Jackson, Stanford University
• Victoria Jang, California College of the Arts
• Margaret Lawless, Mills College
• Monika Lukowska, San Francisco Art Institute
• Li Ma, San Francisco Art Institute
• Lila Maes, San Francisco Art Institute
• Golbanou Moghaddas, San Francisco Art Institute
• Eleanor Oakes, Stanford University
• Brittany M Powell, San Francisco State University
• Andrea Michelle Roberts, California College of the Arts
• Anna Meryl Rose, San Francisco Art Institute
• Geoffrey Traxler, San Francisco Art Institute
• Anja Ulfeldt, Stanford University
• Missy Weimer, San Francisco Art Institute

Gertrude Murphy was a San Francisco-based sculptor. She was a recipient of numerous art awards and exhibited her work at the deYoung Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Her husband, Jack K. Murphy, was a civic leader who served as president of the Jackson Square Association.

Edwin Anthony and Adalaine Boudreaux Cadogan met while attending the San Francisco Art Institute and later were both active members of the Marin Society of Artists. Adalaine devoted herself to painting and sculpture and Edwin worked primarily in oil painting and stoneware pottery. He was an alumnus of Berkeley High School and served as the head the art department at College of Marin, where Cadogan Hall is named in his honor. Adalaine and Edwin both experienced financial difficulties while in art school and understood the great impact scholarships could make during this early phase in an artist’s career. The Cadogans never had children, but in a handwritten letter to the foundation, Adalaine wrote that she wished for the “art students of the future to be our children.”