Her work investigates memory in many facets, from the forgotten to the manipulated, from the intuitive to the documented. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in Lawrence, Kansas City, Dallas, Portland, Des Moines, Tulsa, Los Angeles and Amsterdam. She has created special projects on memory for exhibitions at Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas, BNIM Architects in the historic Power & Light Building in Kansas City, and for The Escape to Create Fellowship in Seaside, Florida where Murphy was the 2012 Visual-Artist-In-Residence. She is currently serving her second term on the Board of Directors of the Lawrence Arts Center and coordinates the Final Friday Art Walks in Lawrence, Kansas.