Eric Morgan - United States of America
About the artist
Member since 2006-05-21
[underline]The Inside Outside Inside series[/underline]
This series is about identity, transformation, communication and spirituality. It was born from a transition in my life that challenged goals, expectations, sense of self, perspectives of the world and humanity. Beginning physically and conceptually small, the series has created a path that adopts, refines and edits new ideas evolving from life sources. It has the potential to become a full body of work that contains several thematic levels, a chronological life and an aesthetic of experience.
It is conveyed through a visual language inspired by biological systems and organic forms. The images function as the mind’s projections onto the body and the manipulations that occur. They are in a transformation, portraying the development of sexuality and self-awareness within fluctuating borders of identity. An intuitive, compulsive process of drawing with daily observations and emotions coalesce to give the work its overall mood and style. Spirituality is within the absence or negative space, the things that are unexplained, creating a moment of awareness without definition. The duality of work and life – the work makes sense of experience, life creates the work.
[underline]CV[/underline]:
Eric Morgan
172 Eagle St.
Fredonia, NY 14063
716.604.6022
[email protected]
[bullet]Education[/bullet]
B.A. Graphic Design 2004 State University of New York at Fredonia
Areas of Specialization: Drawing, Painting, Graphic Design
[bullet]Skills[/bullet]
Entry Level:Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Painter
[bullet]Experience[/bullet]
Gallery Assistant 2002-2003 Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY, Duties: Help with setting up shows, publication design, community projects, basic office duties
[bullet]Exhibitions[/bullet]
National Exhibition 2005 Impact Artists’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY: Painting
2004 Spring SUNY Student Art Exhibition 2004 State University Plaza Gallery, Albany, NY: Painting
Faculty Selected Student Show 2004 Rockefeller Arts Center, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY: Painting
Small Works Show 2003-2004 Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
Great Lakes Emerging Artists Competition 2003 Rockefeller Arts Center, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
First Place & Honorable Mention: Painting & Drawing
Increasingly Ambitious Milquetoast 2003 Emmitt Christian Gallery, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY: Painting & Drawing (solo)
Faculty Selected Student Show 2003 Rockefeller Arts Center, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY: Drawing & Digital
[bullet]Honors[/bullet]
Outstanding Performance While Completing a Degree 2004 Department of Visual Arts & New Media, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY: Drawing & Painting
Dean’s List 2003 Department of Visual Arts & New Media, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
[bullet]Press[/bullet]
Behind the Scenes: An inside look at the Great Lakes Emerging Artists exhibit at the RAC Gallery, Interview with Ben Kirst, The Observer, Dunkirk, NY, November 15, 2003
Creative Expressions: First annual Great Lakes Emerging Artists Competition exhibition at RAC Gallery, The Observer, Dunkirk, NY, November 1, 2003
