# John Morris (sculptor)

John Morris (born 1963) is an Australian sculptor.
Born in England, his family moved to Australia in 1966. After the Diploma of Arts (1983) at Queensland College of Graphic Design he started working as freelance illustrator. In the following years he approached the art of sculpting with polyester resin and wax technique. Later he started sculpting in bronze. His first sculpture made with this metal appeared in 1990. Morris turned to wood sculpting in 1996. “The works of John Morris spring from exhaustive sketching and illustration, drawing on intensive research”

## Exhibitions

* 1992 - Tres Mode - Fine Art Gallery - Toowong, QLD, Australia
* 1994 -1996 - Represented by Cintra Gallery - Milton, QLD, Australia
* 1995 -2001 - Represented by Pages Fine Art Galleries - Noosa Heads & Montville, QLD, *Australia 1996 - First Sculpture In Wood
* 1996 -1999 - Represented by Contemporary Art & Design Gallery - Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
* 1996 - Solo Exhibition
* 1996 - ‘Dogs’ - Group Exhibition ‘
* 1998 - ‘Flight’ - Group Exhibition
* 1999 - Two Man Exhibition
* 1999 -2000 - Represented by Gallerie De L‘ Art Erotic - New Farm, QLD, Australia
* 2001 - Fox Galleries - Two Man Exhibition - New Farm, QLD, Australia
* 2001 - Contemporary Art & Design Gallery at Heritage Winery - Group Exhibition - Mt Tamborine, QLD
* 2001–Present - Represented by Form (formerly Craftwest) - Perth, WA, Australia
* 2002 - ‘Surface + Form’ - International Group Exhibition
* 2002 - Solo Exhibition
* 2002 - ‘Crate Expectations’ - Tweed Wood Biennially - Curated Group Exhibition - Tweed River Art Gallery - Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
* 2002 - Space Furniture - Group Exhibition - New Farm, QLD, Australia
* 2002 - Australia - Korea Foundation, 10th Anniversary Group Exhibition in association with Craftwest - Mukkumoto Craftspace - Seoul, Korea
* 2004 - ‘Nature Transformed’ - Touring Group Exhibition - University of Michigan Museum of Art, - Michigan, USA 2004 - Represented by Richard Martin Gallery, NSW, Australia
* 2004 - Represented by Maria Perides Gallery - Brisbane, QLD, Australia
* 2004 - Group Exhibition
* 2004 - ‘Re:Cycle’ - Tweed Wood Biennial - Tweed River Art Gallery - Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
* 2005 - ‘Nature Transformed’ - Touring Group Exhibition - Mobile Museum of Art - Alabama, USA
* 2005 - ‘Shoe Fetish’ - Group Exhibition - Marks & Gardner Gallery - Mt Tamborine, QLD, Australia
* 2005 - 2006 - Represented by the Art Directors Gallery - Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia
* 2005 - 2006, 2007 - Cerebral Palsy League - ‘Art for Art's Sake’ - Group Exhibition, Charity Auctions
* 2006 - ‘Feline Forms’ - Group Exhibition - Marks & Gardner Gallery - Mt Tamborine, QLD, Australia
* 2006 - ‘Nature Transformed’ - Touring Group Exhibition - Museum of Arts and Design - New York, USA
* 2006 - Kiln - Inaugural Group Exhibition - The Substation - Paddington, QLD, Australia
* 2007 - ‘The Shape of Things’ - Group Exhibition - Bungendore Woodwork Gallery - Bungendore, NSW, Australia
* 2007 - ‘2 Man Exhibition’ - Marks & Gardner Gallery - Mt Tamborine, QLD, Australia
* 2007 - ‘Shy Boy, She Devil and Isis’ - The Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from the Wornick Collection - Museum of Fine Arts Boston, USA
* 2008 - 'Sculpture 08' - Marks & Gardner Gallery - Mt Tamborine, QLD, Australia
* 2009 - ‘2D + 3D’ - 2 Man Exhibition - White Hill Gallery & Sculpture Park - Red Hill, Vic, Australia
* 2009 - John Morris Sculptures and Prints - Solo Exhibition - Bungendore Woodworks Gallery, NSW, Australia
* 2010 - ‘Forms of Attachment’ - Sculpture Exhibition - Meyer Gallery - Sydney, NSW, Australia
* 2010 - ‘Absence of Reason’ - Print Exhibition - Meyer Gallery - Sydney, NSW, Australia 2010 - Represented by Red Sea Gallery- Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia
* 2011 Represented by Red Sea Gallery, New Farm, QLD, Australia
* 2012 Solo Exhibition- Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Summer Group Show- Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
‘Small Works’ Group Exhibition- Marks & Gardner Gallery, Mt Tamborine, QLD, Australia
‘Beyond Containment’ Invitational Group Exhibition- AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, Minnesota & San Jose, California, USA
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award 2012- Deakin University Gallery, Burwood, VIC, Australia
* 2011 Represented by Red Sea Gallery, New Farm, QLD, Australia
* 2013 ‘Curiouser’-Solo Exhibition- Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
‘Next’ Group Exhibition- Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, Bungendore, NSW, Australia ‘Harmony’ Invitational Group Exhibition- AAW Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award 2013- Deakin University Gallery,Burwood, VIC, Australia
* 2014 ‘Lethbridge Gallery Artist Showcase’- Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
‘Eye of the Beholder’ Solo Exhibition- Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
* 2015 ‘Art Basel Miami’, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
‘San Diego Contemporary Art Show’, Balboa Park, San Diego, USA ‘Audacious: The Fine Art of Wood from the Montalto Bohlen Collection’- Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA ‘Lethbridge Gallery Artist Showcase’- Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia ‘Figments, Fragments and Fixations’ Solo Exhibition- Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia ‘Clayton Utz Art Award’, Clayton Utz, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Group Exhibition- Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
* 2016 ‘Edge of Reality’ Solo exhibition- Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
* 2018 ’Showtime’ Solo exhibition- Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

## Collections

* Tweed River Art Gallery -
* Murwillumbah - NSW, Australia
* Bovis Australia
* Dixon Johnston Property
Collections in Queensland
* New South Wales
* Victoria and Western Australia
* USA
* Europe
* Japan
* South Africa
* New Zealand and Thailand