Kim Morgan

Kim Morgan is a Canadian sculpture and installation artist based in Nova Scotia, and a faculty member of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (NSCAD). Working with a wide range of materials, technologies and techniques from varying disciplines, Morgan explores "how we produce and negotiate the spaces we live in, how we move through them, and how this affect individual and collective identities." Morgan's examination of how we perceive time and space is the backbone of her art practice.

Biography Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Morgan first earned a BA in English Literature from McGill University, then moving on to earn a BFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York City, with a focus on sculpture. Morgan continued her fine art education at the University of Regina (MFA), again focusing on sculpture and additionally installation work.

Art More recently, Morgan has been working in interdisciplinary collaborations to create several public art projects. Using her public art projects to create "active cultural and social spaces", with the intent that the work will act as an impetus for dialogue about current issues.

Exhibitions Morgan has had a number of exhibitions, ranging from installation to sculpture. In WeakForce4 (2013), Morgan collaborated with a number of international artists on a project that focused on "transdisciplinarity", co-operative research and collaboration. The project sought to explore social, structural and creative problems with an outcome that extended beyond specific disciplines with positive social applications. The group show opened at St. Paul Street Gallery, November 2013.

In 2013, Morgan participated in Poeticizing the Urban Apparatus: Scenes of Innovation, a conference art exhibition in New York City. During the conference, Morgan showed a video of her research-driven project in pulse in collaboration with Ellen Moffat. The project considered questions of the relationship between affective urban space and the body using locative mobile technology and physical monitors.

In the extensive Oh, Canada exhibition at the Mass. Museum of Contemporary Art (May 2012-May 2013), Morgan participated in a group exhibition of over sixty artists from across Canada, representing all of the provinces and territories. The exhibition explores the range of imagery of contemporary Canadian art, and the cultural identity within it.

Awards In 2012, Morgan was nominated for, and won, the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award for her piece Range Light (2010). The Nova Scotia Masterworks Awards Foundation presents the Lieutenant Governor award annually to recognize work that has strong ties to Nova Scotia. Morgan also received the Presidents award of Excellence in April 2012. This award was presented to Morgan by NSCAD University for her inclusion in the exhibition Oh, Canada.