Simon Morris

Simon Morris (b. Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand) Simon Morris is based in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, where he lectures in painting at Whiti o Rehua School of Art, Massey University. Throughout his career, Morris has developed a nuanced investigation into the perception of space, time, and action, which he explores through their representation in visual systems. His practice is rooted in the possibilities that emerge from self-imposed constraints on structure, materials, and process. Morris’s diverse painting practice includes site-responsive wall paintings and architectural collaborations, notably with Athfield Architects. Significant projects include Rainscreen for The Dowse Art Museum and Light in Space, Space in Light commissioned by Otago University (2007).

Recent exhibitions include Room of Time, City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi (2022), When each action opens, Jhana Millers Gallery, Wellington (2021), and Colour follows light, light follows colour, Two Rooms, Auckland (2020). International solo exhibitions include When Light Meets Surface, Shibukawa, Japan (2019), and Simon Morris, Alcove Space, Amsterdam (2017)., Yellow Ochre Room, commissioned by Christchurch Art Gallery (2015) His recent international group exhibitions include Future Memory, Kaunas, Lithuania (2022), 3CM Museum, Chi k11 Artspace, Shenyang, China (2019), Infinite Worlds / Infinite Probabilities, University of Southern Queensland Arts Gallery, Toowoomba (2018), WestFarbe: Paint vs Colour, curated by Christoph Dahlhausen, Stadtmuseum, Siegburg, Germany (2018), Kunstmuseum, Gelsenkirchen, Germany (2017), Raum 2810, Bonn, Germany (2016), and Aotearoa Baroque, MUCA ROMA, Mexico City (2011). In 2017, Morris was awarded the Fulbright Wallace scholarship to attend the artist-in-residence program at Headlands Center for the Arts in San Francisco.