Anna Morris

Painter

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  • About

    Anna Morris

    Artist

    Somerset, UK

    I am an artist based in Somerset. My work is about light, surface and the objectness of painting.


    My work explores the transformative effect of light, investigating mark-making and referencing landscape through drawing, painting and collage. I aim to create works that evoke the experience of visual phenomena – of atmospheric light and luminosity – whilst drawing attention to their making, their edges and the physical properties of weight, volume, materials and processes. Recent work has become more figurative, moving from Oxford to Somerset and the proximity of the coast has influenced this change. I use a variety of processes and materials in my work, some conventional such as oil paint, collage and print, others less common. Wrapping oak blocks with thread, soaking card and paper in oil, using household paints and varnishes, scoring and incising perspex and plywood in order to make marks. I draw with collaged papers, oil soaked and marked with these processes using a knife and occasionally thread to articulate the surface of my work. I am interested in the ‘objectness’ of painting - the relationship between the surface of my paintings with their sometimes oblique reference to landscape and the physicality of the pieces and whether it is possible to hold these two elements in balance.

  • Exhibitions

    2022

    Group, ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries - London, UK (11th - 20th November, 2022)

    2022

    Group, 'Ebb and Flow', Studio Cennen, - Heol Cennen, Ffairfach, Llandeilo, SA19 6UH (31st August - 25th September 2022)

    2022

    Group, RWA, 169th Open Exhibition, RWA, Royal West of England Academy - Bristol ((Oct 8th 2022 - Jan 8th 2023))

    2022

    Group, Bath Society of Artists 117th Open 2022, Victoria Art Gallery - Bath

    2021

    Group, Bath Society of Artists 116th Open 2021, Victoria Art Gallery - Bath

    2020

    Group, RWA, 168th Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (Nov 21 – March 7, 2021)

    2020

    Group, Bath Society of Artists 115th Open 2020, virtual (hosted on the Victoria Art Gallery website from 2 Nov – 3 Jan 2021)

    2019

    Group, Opening show, Irving Gallery - Oxford

    2019

    Publication and Exhibition, Drawing on Dorset, Fine Foundation Gallery, Durlston Country Park - Swanage (The exhibition and publication explores current themes, trends, and innovations in contemporary drawing practices.)

    2019

    Group, Bath Society of Artists 114th Open 2019, Victoria Art Gallery - Bath, GB

    2019

    Group, New English Art Club (NEAC) Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries - London (Friday 14 to Saturday 22 June)

    2018

    Group, Black Swan Arts Open, Black Swan Arts - Frome (19 October to 24 November)

    2018

    Group, Millfield Summer Show 2018, The Atkinson Gallery - Street (25th June – 3rd August)

    2018

    Group, Bath Open Art Prize 2018, Studio44AD - Bath (part of #FaB2018)

    2017

    Group, RWA 165th Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy - Bristol

    2017

    Solo, ‘Coast’, King’s College - Taunton (Somerset Art Weeks 2017)

    2016

    Group, Wells Art Contemporary 2016, The Bishop’s Palace - Wells, Somerset

    2016

    Group, Mini, West Oxon Arts Centre - Bampton, Oxon

    2016

    Group, Dis locate, VW Garage - Iffley Road (Magdalen Road Studio’s exhibition)

    2015

    Group, OVADA Seven Counties Open, OVADA - Oxford

    2015

    Group, Unravelling Time, The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay - Oxon

    2014

    Group, New Work from OX14, O3 Gallery - Oxford (New work from Magdalen Road Studios)

    2013

    Group, A Grand Day Out, Art Jericho - Oxford

    2013

    Group, Drawing show, O3 Gallery - Oxford

    2012

    Solo, Object Horizon, Wiseman Gallery - Oxford

    2012

    Art Fair, Bristol Affordable Art Fair, Wiseman Gallery - Bristol

    2012

    Art Fair, Glasgow Art Fair, Wiseman Gallery - Glasgow

    2011

    Art Fair, Hampstead Affordable Art Fair, Wiseman Gallery - London

    2008

    Group, Les Chemins du Dialogue, Grenoble Town Hall - Grenoble, France (exhange exhibition with French artists)

    2007

    Group, MA All, Stroud House Gallery - Stroud, Gloucestershire

    Education

    Wimbledon College of Art (UAL)

    MA in Fine Art: Painting

    2004 – 2006 • London, UK

    Oxford Polytechnic

    Visual Studies and Art History

    1988 – 1991 • Oxford

    Elsewhere

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    Awards

    2018

    Friends of Black Swan Arts award, Black Swan Arts Open (award given for votes for my piece ‘Intertidal 1’ both for the public vote and Friends vote)

    2018

    2nd prize winner of the Bath Open Art Prize 2018, Fringe Arts Bath

    2018

    Joint winner of the Babyforest Painting and Exhibition Prize 2018, babyforest [link]