About Morgan

When not in the classroom, I am deeply engrossed in the fantastic worlds of books, movies, and theology. I am curious about the cosmologies of communities around the world as well as those crafted through fiction. These often are not only founded in spirituality and mystery, but in physical, scientific study, prompting my research in the fields of quantum physics, mathematics, and astronomy. As a sentimentalist, I am interested in memory, experience, personal stories, and whether they live as fact or fiction in our minds.

My creative process is informed by writing—a generative practice that fuels my imagination and provides the conceptual foundation for my visual art, often in paintings and sound collages. This interplay between written thought and painted image leads me to borrow from physics, philosophy, science fiction, and personal mythologies.. In these I use layering as a mode for building up the compositions. I frequently gravitate towards the use of my own body as subject matter for 2D visual works, as I have a formal fascination with the human form. My sound pieces use layering in order to create soundscapes which mimic memory and perception.

Though painting and sound are most frequently used, the work is primarily driven by a conceptual,  interdisciplinary approach.. It is important to me for my work to have deep meaning embedded in it which has led to me using textiles, sculpture materials, spreadsheets, and deconstructed ready-mades such as the interior of a piano.