Artists

Devin N. Morris

(b. 1986)
A brown-skinned person sits on a table in front of large, illustrative collages.
2022-23 Artist in Residence

Devin N. Morris (Baltimore, MD; lives and works in Brooklyn) is interested in abstracting American life and subverting traditional value systems through the exploration of racial and sexual identity in mixed media paintings, photographs, writings, and videos. 

Biography

Devin N. Morris's works present innocent and kind recollections of memories within surreal landscapes and elaborate, draped environments that reimagine the social boundaries imposed on interactions between friends, romantic partners, and family. Morris’s process of making is driven by improvisation and responding to changing environments where space, kinship, social interrogation, and available materials are explored and reflected.

Exhibitions and Events

Artists

Devin N. Morris

(b. 1986)
A brown-skinned person sits on a table in front of large, illustrative collages.
2022-23 Artist in Residence

Devin N. Morris (Baltimore, MD; lives and works in Brooklyn) is interested in abstracting American life and subverting traditional value systems through the exploration of racial and sexual identity in mixed media paintings, photographs, writings, and videos. 

A Little Above The Head, 2023Felt, Target bags, oil pastel, oil stick, support, headboard, wood veneer, a break, shards, nail polish, nail polish bottles, her nails, his bed, picture frame, acrylic, wrench, lamp cord, seashell, a drip, vinyl, hair barrette, cassette tape film, plug, plastic, bottle, glass, color pencil, static, dangerous flowers, newel post, oil, and knobs on wood panel88 1/2 x 91 x 5 in.Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Acquisition Committee2024.26.1a-b

Biography

Devin N. Morris's works present innocent and kind recollections of memories within surreal landscapes and elaborate, draped environments that reimagine the social boundaries imposed on interactions between friends, romantic partners, and family. Morris’s process of making is driven by improvisation and responding to changing environments where space, kinship, social interrogation, and available materials are explored and reflected.

Exhibitions and Events