Erin Morrison : : www.erinmorrison.com

Website

www.erinmorrison.com

Relationship status

in a relationship

College / University

Memphis College of Art

Program

BFA

Graduation

10 December 2006

Member type

Artist

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?

Drawing, Painting

I am...

Erin Morrison

Education:
BFA

Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN 2006
California College of Art, San Francisco, CA 2005-2006

Awards:

BFA with high destinction 2006; Memphis College of Art

Selected for New York Studio Program 2005/06; Memphis College of Art

Selected for mobility program at CCA 2006; Memphis College of Art

Portfolio Merit Grant 2003-06; Memphis College of Art

Recipient of Bess Ashner Memorial Scholarship 2004-06; Memphis College of Art

Solo Exhibitions:

2008
William Bennett Gallery; New York, NY, April

2007
Sean Bloemer Gallery; Memphis, TN, March

2006
Ameriprise Gallery; Germantown, TN, July
GMAC Gallery; Memphis, TN, June

2005
Recent Works; MAM Gallery, Memphis, TN, November

2004
The Complex Gallery; Memphis, TN, October

Group Exhibitions:

2007
Premier Opening of the WilliamBennett Gallery; New York, NY, September

2006
Horn Island Exhibition; Memphis College of Art, August
Memphis Originals Gallery; Memphis, TN, June
NO EXIT Gallery; Memphis, TN, May
Painting Exhibit; Lower Gallery, Memphis College of Art, March

2005
Annual Juried Exhibition MAM Gallery; Memphis, TN, April


Representation:

William Bennett Gallery
65 Greene St.
New York, NY 10012

William Bennett Gallery
212.965.8707


Residencies:

2004-2006
Horn Island Artist’s Retreat and Workshop... The SoHo Journal, 4/26/08
Memphis Commercial Appeal, 09/06, 12/06
Memphis Flyer, 09/05

About my artwork

The intention of my work is to take into perspective the differences between what we have labeled as “natural” and “unnatural”.

Most of the plant and animal life we see today has evolved to its present state due to changes in the environment. Lately, the primary focus of my work has been to depict this necessity of adaptation for survival. The forms (ranging in their complexity and size) are caught participating in inherited actions such as mating, consuming, breathing, or growing, and the finished piece is simply used as a photographic reference or record of these events.

This abstract play of nature-photography (and the valuable use of it’s history) has become a constant undertone in my work, and has encouraged a kind of foresight that allows a contingence between what has been studied to the fullest extent and what we have yet to see.

Artists I like

Anna Conway

Nigel Peak

John Casey

Wangchi Mutu

Tim Hawkinson

Kiki Smith

Josh Keys

Tiffany Bozic

Hilary Pecis

Ernesto Caivano

Interests

Seeking representation and group shows in the west coast or outside the states.

What exhibitions are good at the moment?

Since I've moved to Seattle I can't say that I've been to any really astounding exhibitions.

The last great show I saw was Anna Conways' solo show at Guild & Greyshkul

I also am loving the work the new FECAL FACE DOT GALLERY
in San Francisco is putting up.

The centre of the artworld is

New York, London, LA, Berlin, Beijing, my studio, nowhere and everywhere, another city

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