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Michael Morris

Artist Biography

 

Born
Saltdean, Sussex, England, 1942
 
Education
University of Victoria, 1960-1961
Vancouver School of Art, 1962-1964 (Graduated with honors)
Post Graduate studies, Slade School, London University, GB, 1964-1966
 
Solo Exhibitions since 1990
1990  Evenlyn Aimis Gallery, Toronto
1991  Moderne Kunst Dietmar Werle, Koln
1992  Alexander Gallery, Vancouver
1992  Belkin Gallery, UBC, Vancouver (Morris/Trasov Archive inaugural exhibition)
1993  Giordano Gallery, Edmonton
1994  XXII Biennial Internacional de Sao Paulo
1994  Morris/Trasov Archive Colour Research
1995  Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
1995  Winchester Galleries, Victoria
1995  Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg
1996  Metropolitan Art Gallery, Calcutta, India
1996  Art Konsult, New Delhi, India
1996  Mooris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, UBC, Vancouver
1996  Morris/Trasov Archive Colour Research
1996  Wichester Galleries, Victoria
1997  Wichester Galleries, Victoria
1998  Art Konsult, New Delhi, India
 
Selected Group Exhibitions since 1990
1990  Making History: Recent Aqusitions, Vancouver Art Gallery
1990  Das andere Land: Auslandishe Kunstler in der Bundesrepublik
1990  Grosse Orangerie, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin
1990  DAAD Galerie, Berlin (Video Installation and Exhibition)
1990  "Interferenzen" Kunst aus West Berlin 1960-1990, Riga, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Berlin
1990  Galerie Dietmar Werle, Koln
1991  Under the Influence of Fluxus, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA; Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Canada.
1992  Vancouver Art Gallery
1992  Hormones, Schwules Museum, Berlin
1992  Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1993  Werkshau, Malerei und Skulptur, Neues Kunstquatier Berlin
1994  Out of America, Amerika Haus, Berlin
1994  5 Jahre Danach, Haus am Lutzowplatz, Berlin
1995  Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
1995  Vancouver 1965-1975: Context and Influences, Vancouver Art Gallery
1996  "Trasient Moments" Vancouver and the Performance Photograph, Presentation House, Vancouver
1997  Gallery Chemould, Max Muller Bhawan and Artists Centre, Bombay, India
1999  How sad I am today - The Art of Ray Johnson and the New York Correspondence School, Morris/Trasov Archive and Belkin Gallery, Vancouver
2000  Making it New - The big sixties show, Glenbow Museum, Calgary and Windsor Art Gallery
2000  Gay chic of the 70's from the Morris/Trasov Archive, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver
2001  Search for the Spirit of Miss General Idea from the Morris/Trasov Archive, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver
2001  Art City-Mr. Peanut for the Mayor from the Morris/Trasov Archives, Belkin Gallery, UBC, Vancouver
2002  The Sixties, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
2002  Golden Streams, The Blackwood Gallery, Univeristy of Toronto, Mississagua (Curated by Luis Jacob)
2003  Robert Smithson & Vancouver, The Vancouver Art Gallery
2004  Hidden Histories, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, GB
2005  Art of the Sixties, The National Gallery of Canada
2005  Photography in Question, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa
2005  Classified Material: Archives, Accumulations, Artsits, The Vancouver Art Gallery
2005-2006  "Intertidal" Vancouver Art & Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
 
Permanent Collections
National Gallery, Ottawa
Canada Council Art Bank
The Edmonton Art Gallery
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa
Vancouver Art Gallery
Burnaby Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Ontario
Montreal Museum of Fine Art
Fathers of Confederation Art Gallery, PEI
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Mendel Gallery, Regina
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Edmonton Art Gallery
Agnes Etherington Art Gallery
University of Victoria
University of British Columbia
Simon Fraser University
York University
McGill University
University of Lethbridge
Sir George Williams University
Toronto Dominion Bank, Vancouver
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax
Rothman Collection, Stratford, Ontario
National Film Board of Canada
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Ludwig Museum, Cologne
Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal
Art Gallery of Windsor
Art Metropole, Toronto
Arcivo Francesco Conz, Verona
Art Pool Archives, Budapest
 
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