Morgan Stokes
b. 1990, Sydney (Darug/Kurringgai land)
Morgan Stokes is an artist based in Sydney/Gadigal land, Australia, whose practice investigates painting and sculpture as material systems. Deconstructing traditional frameworks to their elemental components - pigment, cloth, stretcher bars, stone - he interrogates how value and meaning are constructed within these systems. Central to his work is an examination of the 'virtual gaze': the transformation of perception as experience becomes increasingly screen-mediated. As paintings circulate primarily as reproduced images online, Stokes positions them as metaphors for contemporary personhood, caught between material presence and digital dissemination. His practice holds literal and philosophical dimensions in tension, exploring how the dimensionality of paintings and sculptures operate within a digitally mediated world.
Solo Exhibitions2025
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2024
2023
2023
2022
2021
2020Black Matter
Virgin
Skeleton
Gæst
Skin
Virtual Gaze
Concerning Existence
PortraitsRicheldis Fine Art, Barcelona
Oigåll Projects, Melbourne
Curatorial+Co, Sydney
Pakhusetgalleriet, Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark
Curatorial+Co, Sydney
Curatorial+Co, Sydney
Curatorial+Co, Sydney
Tête Gallery, Berlin
Selected Group Exhibitions2025
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2024
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2023
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2022
2022
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2021
2020
2019
Lester Prize
Minimal
Visionaries 2025
Monuments
Gosford Art Prize
Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize
Darling Portrait Prize
Mosman Art Prize
Daring
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
Omnia Art Prize
Sydney Contemporary
Mosman Art Prize
Into The Dark
Darlings
Perspectives Berlin
Halle113
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
JAHM Museum, Melbourne
Craft Victoria, Melbourne
Audo, Copenhagen
Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Curatorial+Co, Sydney
Woollahra Gallery, Sydney
St Kevins, Melbourne
Curatorial+Co, Sydney
Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Let’s Pretend Gallery, Melbourne
Curatorial+Co, Sydney
Tête Gallery, Berlin
Oberschöneweide, Berlin
Education & Residencies
2026 - 2028
2013 - 2014
2009 - 2011
2025
2023
2019Doctor of Fine Art (Canditate)
Master of Design
Bachelor of Arts
R.M. Williams Residency
Kunstkollektivet 8B
Berlin Art InstituteNational Art School, Sydney
UNSW Art & Design (College of Fine Arts)
Charles Sturt University
Sydney, Australia
Unnerud, Denmark
Berlin, Germany
Awards2025
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2024
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2023
2023
2022Lester Prize, Finalist
Mosman Art Prize, Finalist
Gosford Art Prize, Finalist
Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Finalist
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Finalist
Mosman Art Prize, Finalist
Darling Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Finalist
Omnia Art Prize, Finalist
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Finalist
Omnia Art Prize, Finalist
Mosman Art Prize, Finalist
Press & Publications2025
2025
2023
2023
2022
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2021
2020
2020
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2020
Open Journal (Neometro), Feature Article
Lester 25 Exhibition Book
Aesence, Interview & Feature
Sjællandske Nyheder (Zealand News), Feature Article
Aesence, ‘Minimalist Artists To Watch In 2023’
Aesence, Feature Article
Assembly Label, Interview & Feature
Art Wank Podcast
Ignant, Interview & Feature
Art Edit Issue #26, ‘Ones to Watch’ Artist
Saint Maison Issue #2, Feature Artist
Sand Journal Issue #21 ‘Archaeology of Water and Air’, Cover Artist and Feature Artist
Representation
Contact
Instagram
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