CV & Artist Statement

Kevin Morris

Born 1978, Houston, Texas

Lives and Works in Overland Park, Kansas

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Exhibitions

2024

• Small (In)significant Things, August 2024, Gallery Wild, Santa Fe, New Mexico

• 5-Year Anniversary, May 2024, Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design, Des Moines, Iowa

• In Bloom, April 2024 Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design, Des Moines, Iowa

2023

• Small Works, July 2023 Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design, Des Moines, Iowa

• The English Room Guest Curation, February 2023 Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design, Des Moines, Iowa

2022

• Holiday Show, December 2022 Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design, Des Moines, Iowa

• The English Room Guest Curation, February 2023 Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design, Des Moines, Iowa

​​2019

• Urban Joy, March-April 2019,  Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, Missouri

• Welcome, May-June 2019, Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design, Des Moines, Iowa

• Summer Salon, June 2019, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, Missouri

​2018

• Summer Salon, July-August 2018, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, Missouri

• Fall Motif Featuring Hunt Slonem, September-October 2018, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, Missouri

• Winter Salon, December 2018-January 2019, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, Missouri

2017

• Winter Collective, November-December 2017, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, Missouri

• Summer Show, August-September 2017, PT’s at the Crossroads, Kansas City, Missouri

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Artist Statement

Kevin Morris is an emerging representational artist working in acrylics, oils, and gouache. A colorist with a strong commitment to form and light, Morris combines direct observation and expressive color to create representations that juxtapose planes of flattened space with domestic and natural objects, conveying depth and plays of light. While Morris does not have formal training in art or design, he studies art closely, borrowing from the techniques and habits of the Nabis, Fauvism, and Pop Art movements. He has workshopped at the Kansas City Art Institute. Morris is interested in giving presence, depth, and space to small, seemingly insignificant, ephemeral things such as flowers, bugs, or interior scenes of domestic life. His work throws off the gendered norms and expectations of still-life painting.

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Morris is represented by Weinberger Fine Art in Kansas City, MO and Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design in Des Moines, IA.

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