Biog

2020-21 - Worked with community art group Time Out to set challenges and share work and ideas throughout lockdown from March 2020 to May 2021.
Worked on mural project with St Barnabas School Drakes Broughton - as Artist-Not-in-Residence.
Worked with students in the Aquired Brain Injury Unit at Evesham College.
2019 - Wrote, edited and published book 'Face to Face' for project in collaboration with Artists Workhouse Studley.
Participated in touring exhibition:
April - Artists Workhouse Studley
June - Canwood Gallery, Herefs (also acted as artist in residence)
August - General Office Stourbridge (and participated in artists' talk).
 

2018 Ongoing - Joint organiser and participant in FacetoFace project - networking and inspiration for artists in rural south west Midlands. Artists' Workhouse, Studley.

2018 December - Group exhibition with Time Out community art group (leader). Queen Elizabeth House, Pershore.

2018 November - Just One Village - Remembrance Day project with villagers in Bishampton, Worcestershire to mark the centenary of WW1.

2018 October - 'Moments' Little Buckland Gallery, nr Broadway, Worcs. Group show with Artists' Workhouse, Studley.

2018 May - Shortlisted RA Summer Exhibition

2017 - September 20-23 'MA Fine Art Graduate Show 2017', Hardwick Gallery, Cheltenham.

2017 - May 17-19 'Thick Air' MA Interim Show, Nau Arts, Cheltenham.

2016 - May 17-19 'Doing What We Do in the Gallery'. MA First Year Show, University of Gloucester, Hardwick Gallery.

2016 - April 6-8 'Doing What We Do in the Chapel'. MA Students Group Show, University of Gloucestershire, Francis Close Hall, Cheltenham.

2015: October-November. 'Freewheeling Upcycling in Style' - Joint Exhibition, No 8 Arts Centre, Pershore, Worcs.

2015: March-April  'Dust to Dust' solo exhibition, Showell Gallery, Pershore, Worcs.

2014: May 23-27 University of Worcester Final Show, Garage Studios, Hylton Road, Worcester.

2014 - Feb:'Lands Scaped and Stilled Lifes', solo exhibition, Worcester Museum and Art Gallery.

2013 - July: Group exhibition, Number 8, Pershore.
2013 - May: 'Curating Curiosity', Ragley Hall, Warwks.

2013 -May: 'First Love', Imagine, Evesham.

2011 - Student Exhibition, University of Worcester.

2010 - Student Exhibition University of Worcester.

2010 - Worcester Open.

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Carolyn Morris graduated from the University of Worcester with a degree in Fine Art in 2014 and has since studied for an MA with the Univeristy of Gloucestershire, from where she graduated in 2017. She continues to persue her personal artistic practice in her home county of Worcestershire.

With a professional background in journalism, she has also worked in education and has experience with community groups and projects. She also runs a local community art group 'Time Out' - to encourage the participation in art practice for enjoyment and relaxation.

email: carolynmorrisuk@gmail.com

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Based in Worcestershire

BA (Hons) Fine Art Practice, University of Worcester

 MA Fine Art, University of Gloucestershire.

About

Artist's Statement:

"Ever hunting for interesting things to ponder and learn about, I begin new work with the planning of a project. I select a subject as a starting point, create some rules for the task and then this allows me to set out on a journey through information sources of all kinds.

This way of working seems a natural progression from my background as a journalist but has some differences. I try to convey something of my own direct experience, as a journalist might, but I can also allow myself to be taken on tangents, whether literal or imaginary and move away from purely factual exploration.

During written research stages I’m left with images which stay with me and which combine and reform, encompassing aspects of my subject as well as something new. Photography, drawing and painting, and also the exploration of materials and structures, are used as methods for thinking, wondering and more importantly, learning.

At the beginning of the process, there's no visible ending - it dictates its own direction and I respond to what I find along the way. The subject provides merely a starting point and takes second place to the expedition.

Using this method, I aim to examine broader issues through small beginnings and to consider how the seemingly humble and local links and contributes to the wider world. Each project can end in written, painted or sometimes temporary format, with its only aim being to give another viewer something to ponder for themselves."

CM 2019