born in Sydney, Australia, she lives and works in Sydney and Berlin. She studied at National Art School, Sydney. Frankie Morgan digs into the familiar and mundane in order to question our ideas of beauty. Morgan charts the urban forces of change; earthmovers, public works, garbage bins and the people who live and work in the city. She is inspired by cities as sites of human innovation but also as the source of invisible forces exerted upon humans in daily urban life. Morgan’s recurring motif of the earthmover excavates both the urban world and the canvas as an artist’s work site. A site in which to dig deep into the experience of existence.
Selected Exhibtions
2014 Dolly Cafe Reuterstr.30 Berlin, Germany
2013 ‘Group Show ‘ Debut Contemporary Gallery London, Great Britain
‘Group Show’ Tischendorf, Friedelstrasse 25 Berlin, Germany
2012 “Cricket art prize”, international art prize open to all cricket playing nations
Tours Sydney and Melbourne and Bradman Museum in Bowral
2011 “Work with Quirk”, Maitland Regional Gallery
“Gridalicious” exhibition of third year painters, National Art School
“50×50”, Library Stairwell Gallery, National Art School
“Pop up”, selected third year painters, National Art School
“Selected third year drawings”, National Art School
“Graduation Show”, National Art School
2010 “Landscape show”, second year painters, National Art School
“Monoprints”, Forbes and Burton, Darlinghurst
“Printmaking10B”, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Awards
2012 Finalist, “Cricket Art Prize exhibition”
2011 Winner, “National Art School Paris Studio Prize”
2009 Finalist, “Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize”
Education
2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts (painting), National Art School, Sydney
1994 Bachelor of Arts (Hons), University of Wollongong
Residencies
2014 Leipzig International Artist Program The Spinnerei, Leipzig Germany
2013 La Machina San Cresci, Chianti, Italy
Contact
www.frankiemorgan.com
