Nancy Morrow
Mid-Career Fellowship in Visual and Fine Art
"42 Years, 42 Jobs"
(acrylic, ink, paper on paper)
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"Fall"
(gouache, acryclic, sheet vinyl, paper)
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"A+B+C"
(gouache, acrylic, ink, digital print, vinyl press type, mylar, thread,
paper)
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Born in California, Nancy Morrow grew up in Washington
State and received both her MFA and BFA degrees from the University of
Washington. An alumna of the prominent summer residency program at the
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, she painted,
exhibited and taught in the northwest until relocating in 2002 to join
the Art Faculty at Kansas State University.
Nancy has participated in 99 professional exhibitions
over the last 19 years, with 2 more shows upcoming this spring. She has
been one of 20 national members of A.I.R. Gallery in New York since
2005 and has received a number of awards for her work. Her paintings
and works on paper have been recognized and exhibited throughout the U.
S. and abroad at such venues as the Center on Contemporary Art in
Seattle, The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, David Beitzel and Amos
Eno Galleries in New York, the Museum of Arts & Crafts-ITAMI in
Japan, 2B Galeria and The Young Artist’s Club in Budapest,
Hungary, and a number of venues in Kansas.
She has served as a panelist at the Ulrich Museum of
Art, presented a gallery talk at the Salina Art Center, and has been a
visiting artists at a number of schools, including the University of
Minnesota – St. Paul, co-sponsored by the Center for Advanced
Feminist Study, Wichita State University, Emporia State University,
Bethany College in Lindsborg, the University of Nebraska at Omaha and
more. She currently maintains a studio in Manhattan, Kansas.
Artist Statement
Nancy Morrow's work explores via parody,
the relationship between identity and culture - questioning through
process, imagery and form, her own sense of self and the politics of
visual representation. Layers of painted pattern, marks and images are
encased, lacing together satirical interpretations of psychology,
popular culture, advertising and autobiographical content. Cramped
compositions are employed as metaphor for the tension of social
ambivalence, and to invite the viewer to look below the surface to
images partially sanded off or erased - an archive that can't fully be
excavated.
Nancy's shown her work in ten exhibitions
throughout Kansas, in both solo and group format. She's also had the
honor of being a panelist at the Ulrich Museum of Art and giving a talk
at the Salina Art Center. Seeking balance between teaching, studio
production and service over the last 6-1/2 years, she's juried
statewide high school art competitions and served as a Visiting Artist
at a number of schools in Kansas. As advisor to the student club, KSU
Painting Society, she's painted doors with students for ReStore,
an auction to benefit the Manhattan Area Habitat for Humanity and
helped organize shows of the group's work in the community, locally and
in Junction City. As Visiting Artist Coordinator at K-State,
Nancy's helped bring over 50 artists and scholars to campus to give
public lectures, give demonstrations and work with the students. She's
also worked for two years, on a humanities team with K-State and
community college teachers to enhance art curriculum in Kansas. |
