Sally J. Morgan

Sally J. Morgan is a New Zealand artist and historian, and is a Distinguished Professor and Professor Emeritus at the Massey University. Morgan's research focuses on socially-engaged art practices. She was awarded the Massey University Research Medal in 2016, and her novel Toto Among the Murderers won the 2022 Portico Prize.

Academic career

Morgan was born in Abertyleri in Wales and grew up in Yorkshire. She completed a Master of Arts in history at Ruskin College, and also has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from Sheffield College of Art (now Sheffield Hallam University). Morgan trained further in fine arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Antwerp, and earned a Master of Arts from the University of Warwick.

Morgan's research focuses on socially-engaged art practices. She is a performance and installation artist, and her pieces have been exhibited in the UK, USA, Europe, Brazil, Japan, Bulgaria and New Zealand, and at international festivals including the National Review of Live Art, and the Belluard Bollwerk International Festival in Switzerland.

Morgan then joined the faculty of Massey University, rising to full professor in 2001 and Distinguished Professor in 2016.

Personal life Morgan lives in Berhampore, Wellington with her wife, British writer and artist Jess Richards.

Selected works