NYEEMA MORGAN
b. 1977, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
EDUCATION:
2009
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
2007
MFA, California College of the Arts, Painting & Drawing Dept., San Francisco, California
2000
BFA, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, New York
1996
Non-degree, Department of Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2013
BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Forty-Seven Easy Poundcakes Like grandma Use To Make, Brooklyn, New York (forthcoming-March)
2012
The Bindery Projects, The Dubious Sum of Vaguely Discernable Parts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2011
Art in General/ Musée Miniscule, You Are Here. This Is Now., New York, New York
2010
John Jay College Gallery, Like It Is, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/ CUNY, New York, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2013
Artspace, Toonskin, New Haven, Connecticut, curated by Kenya Robinson (forthcoming- May)
Carol Jazzar Gallery, Collinear Points, Miami, Florida
2012
Soft Spot, The System, soft-spot.net (online exhibition), curated by Ryan Feeney
Museum of African and Diasporan Arts (MOCADA), NEWSFEED: Anonymity & Social Media in African Revolutions and Beyond,
Brooklyn, New York, curated by Jessica L. Moore and Nelson Nance
New York Photo Festival 2012, What Do You Believe In? , New York, New York, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart
South Hill Park Arts Centre, At Play 4, Bracknell, UK (traveling to OVADA, Oxford, UK and New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham,
UK), curated by Cally Trench and Dr. Outi Remes
Artspace, Our Daily Rite, New Haven, Connecticut, curated by Meredith Miller
Galerie Jeanroch Dard, Projet Gutenberg, Paris, France
2011
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, Dirty Sensibilities: A 21st Century Exploration of the New American Black South,
New York, New York, curated by Shantrelle P. Lewis
Abrons Arts Center/ Henry Street Settlement, Airspace 2011, New York, New York
224 Washington Ave, Why is this here?, Brooklyn, New York, curated by Jenny Saloman
Abrons Arts Center/ Henry Street Settlement, It’s You Today, New York, New York, curated by Adrian Saldana
2010
New York Artist Residency & Studios Foundation (NARS), Ready Set Create, Brooklyn, New York, curated by Eun Young Choi
VerySmallKitchen & Pigeon Wing Gallery, The Festival of Nearly Invisible Publishing, London, UK, curated by David Berridge
Convent of Saint Cecilia, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Brooklyn, New York
2009
Aljira: A Contemporary Art Center, Emerge 10, Newark, New Jersey , curated by Sara Reisman
Romer Young Gallery (formerly Ping Pong Gallery), Live + Direct, San Francisco, California, curated by Amanda Curreri
2008
John Jay College Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, New York
2007
Temporary Autonomous Museum, Artists Go Lightly, San Francisco, California
California College of the Arts, MFA Thesis Exhibition, San Francisco, California, curated by Glen Helfand
FAB Gallery, VCA/CCA Exchange Exhibition, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Supermarket 2007, Koh-I-Noor, Stockholm, Sweden
2006
Playspace Gallery, All That Remains, San Francisco, California
2000
Cooper Union School of Art, Senior Exhibition, New York, New York
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES:
2012
Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant, New York, New York
2010- ’11 AIRspace Program, Abrons Arts Center/ Henry Street Settlement, New York, New York
2009
Camille Hanks- Cosby Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
2009
Wheeler Foundation Grant, New York, New York
Emerge 10, Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey
Denis Leon Award, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, Californa
Daedelus Award Nominee, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, Californa
Richard Price Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, Californa
2006
Merit Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, Californa
1996
Full Tuition Scholarship, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, New York
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS:
2012
Moore, Jessica L. & Nance, Nelson. “NEWSFEED: Anonymity & Social Media in African Revolutions and Beyond”, Museum of
Contemporary African Diasporan Arts. December (exhibition catalogue)
Driessen, Pete. “Art Hounds: 2012 visual art and music highlights”, Minnesota Public Radio. December 31
Regan, Sheila. “Nyeema Morgan makes art from pound cake recipes at the Bindery Projects”, City Pages. August 23
Scott, Gregory J. “A Cold Scientific Bludgeoning of a Warm Delicious Dessert.” Minnesota Monthly, August 17
Palmer, Caroline. “Nyeema Morgan: The Dubious Sum of Vaguely Discernable Parts”, City Pages, a*list. August 15 -21
Remes, Dr. Outi & Trench, Cally. At Play 4, exhibition catalogue, April
Blanchard, Benoît. “Projet Gutenberg”, oeuvres-revue.net, February 29
2010
Curreri, Amanda & Scollon, Erik. Color&Color, Issue #1: Yellow & Purple, San Francisco, California
2009
Genocchio, Benjamin. “A Decade of Emergence”, New York Times, Art Review. August 28
Carlin, T.J. “Get Outta Town”, Time Out New York, June 23-29.
VISITING ARTIST, LECTURER, PROFESSOR, PANELIST:
2012
Open House Portfolio Review Panelist, Cooper Union/ School of Art, New York, New York
AIRspace Application Review Panelist, Abrons Art Center/ Henry Street Settlement, New York, New York
2011-‘12 Adjunct Professor, Saturday Outreach Program, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, New York
2010
Visiting Artist, Department of Visual Arts, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
2010-‘12 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Art & Music, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/ CUNY, New York, NY
1999
Instructor, Saturday Program, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, New York
AFFILIATIONS:
2011 - 2014 Board Member, The Society for the Arts, Religion & Contemporary Culture