- MORGAN WALKER
- THE CAVE OF BIRDS
2019 oil on canvas
38 x 60 inches- Inquire
EDUCATION
1996-1997 Fulbright Scholar, Royal College of Art, London, England
1995 Master of Fine Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
1982 Juris Doctor (honors), Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, LA
1979 Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 All These Years: A Retrospective, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR (upcoming)
2023 Watermelon Song, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2021 Carnival of the Animals, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 I Blame Society, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 Catfish for All, Augen Gallery, Portland OR
2016 More Things in Heaven and Earth, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Facebook, The Watermelon Project
2014 The Mysteries, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 Ava Genes, Portland, OR, Paintings and Drawings, permanent installation
2010 Natural Selection, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 Rodeo Combinations, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2007 Natural Disasters, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Sacra Conversazione, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2004, ’02, ‘01 Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2000, ‘98,’96,’95 Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 Alder Gallery, Eugene, OR
1993 American Institute of Architects, Portland, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Surroundings – A Picture of the Land, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 Artists Under Quarantine, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 Gallery Artists, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2019 The Other Fair, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Collaborative show with Hibiki Miyazaki, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 The Coaster Show, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Summer Group Show: Gallery Artists and Recent Print Acquisitions, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 Drawing Invitational, Gallery 14, Portland, OR
2016 Laura Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015 Prints by Augen Gallery Artists, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2014 Ink This! Contemporary Print Arts in the Northwest, Tacoma Art Museum, WA
2014 New Work by Gallery Artists, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2011 Two of a Kind (portrait invitational), Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2011 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, collaboration with Tom Prochaska
2010 The Great Outdoors, Paintings and Prints, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 Celebrating PNCA’s 100-Year Alumni and Group Exhibition, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 Disjecta Invitational Exhibition and Auction, Portland, OR
2009 New Acquisitions, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA
2008 Prints for PICA, Portland, OR
2008 Printmaking in the Northwest, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 Prints for PICA, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2007 Invitational Group Exhibition, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR
2007-08 Prints for PICA, Portland, OR
2005 Altered States: Variations on the Print, Print Arts Northwest, Portland, OR
2005 First Person, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Stark Raving Theater, with Tony Fitzpatrick, Rick Bartow and KC Joyce, Portland, OR
2005 Trey McIntyre Project (exhibition to benefit contemporary ballet), Santa Fe, NM
2005, ’04 Monotypes at Studio 333, PICA, Portland, OR
2005 Cascade AIDS Project, Portland, OR
2005 Art Slate, Condon, OR
2004 Humanature, Pringle Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004 The Clown Show, Froelick, Portland, OR
2004 Blackfish Gallery (exhibition honoring Ray Trayle). Portland, OR
2002 Big Blocks, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
2001 Drawing Invitational, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), (catalogue), Portland, OR
2001 Sextablos, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 Works on Metal, touring nationally
2000 Portland Printmakers, Davidson Gallery, 2000, Seattle, WA
1999 Art Slate, Condon, OR
1998 The Co-Operators, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR
1998, ‘96,’94,’93,’92 Sunbird Gallery, Bend, OR
1997 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, (color catalogue), London, England
1997 Contemporary Print Exhibition, Barbican Centre, London
1997 Nevill Gallery, Canterbury, England
1997 International Print Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, , Portland, OR
1996 The Tool Show, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
1995 Art Slate, Condon, OR (Jury Prize)
1995 Northwest Printmakers, Museu da Gravura, Curitiba, Brazil
1994 Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
1994 The Garden Show, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
AWARDS
2004 Patron Print – Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1996-97 Fulbright Fellowship in Fine Arts, London, England
1995 Donnelly Prize in Art History
1993-95 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Oregon
1993 Gordon Gilkey Award for Printmaking
COLLABORATIONS/COMMISSIONS/CURATING/LECTURES
2018 Collaborative drawings with Hibiki Miyazaki, engraved stone urns, Augen Gallery
2015 Set Designs, Portland Ballet winter program (light projections of pencil drawings),
Anne Mueller choreography, Michael Mazzola lighting
2015 Michael Parsons Gallery, guest lecturer, The History of Printmaking in Oregon, accompanying an exhibition on the same topic
2015 Murals for Sewallcrest Community Garden, Southeast Portland
2015 Catalogue Essay, “Tom Prochaska”
2011 Costume Design, “The Stravinsky Project,” Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland, OR
2011 Sitka Center Collaborations with Tom Prochaska
2005 “Northwest Masters – Forgotten Prints, 1910-1945 curated with Christy Wyckoff, Portland, Art Museum
2004 Trey McIntyre Project (contemporary ballet), drawings for Aspen/Santa Fe Ballet
1999 Queen of Peace Catholic Church, designs for windows and interior glass
1998 Answer to Job Puppet Show with Kristin Broten, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
1994 Baja Norte, mosaic tile and interior murals
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Abita Mystery House, Abita Springs, LA
Brooklyn Art Library, NY
Fulbright Commission, United Kingdom
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR
Hotel Max, Seattle, WA (Sondland Collection)
Museu da Gravura, Cidade de Curitiba, Brazil
New York Public Library, New York, New York
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Oregon State University (OAC percent for art purchase), Corvallis, OR
Portable Works, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pavic, Laurel Reed, “Herring Carnival: Recent Paintings by Morgan Walker,” Oregon Artswatch, , October 12, 2021, (illustrated)
“Morgan Walker”, The Oregonian, March
“Three Painters: Nooks and Crannies – Paul Green, Gregory Grennon, Morgan Walker,” Oregon Artswatch, April 11, 2016 (illustrated)
“March at Augen Gallery – Morgan Walker”, Willamette Week, 2016
“First Thursday: A guide to the 25th anniversary celebration – In the galleries”, Bob Hicks, The Oregonian, October 5, 2011 (illustrated)
“OBT gets in step with Stravinsky,” Grant Butler, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, February 21, 2011, pp. B1 and B3
“The Narrative of Painting”, Oregon Home, September-October, 2007 (illustrated)
“Morgan Walker at Augen,” Portland Mercury, Portland, OR
Catalogue, PICA drawing fundraiser, September 2001
ZYZZYVA, Spring, 2001 – XVII, 1, pg. 140 (illustration)
“19th Century Sensuousness,” D.K. Row, The Oregonian A&E, January 19, 2001 (illustrated)
“Conflict in Collaboration,” Willamette Week, 1998 (illustrated)
“In the Spirit of Collaboration,” The Oregonian, 1998 (illustrated)
“London Calling,” The Oregon Journal, 1998 (illustrated)
Catalogue, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (London), (illustrated)
“The Took Show,” Willamette Week, 1996
“Obscenity/Divinity,” Two Girls Review, 1995, (illustrated)
“Fresh Pick,” Willamette Week, 1993
TEACHING POSITIONS
2000-2021- Pacific Northwest College of Art – Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing
2003-2004 – Vermont College, MFA program – Instructor
1997-2000 Marylhurst College – Instructor of Painting and Art History
1995-1996 University of Oregon – Instructor of Drawing (visiting),
1993-1995 University of Oregon – Graduate Teaching Fellow, Fine Arts
1992-1993 Pacific Northwest College of Art – Instructor of Drawing, Young Artists’ Program