Morgan Stokes

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Where The Body Ends, R.M.Williams Residency, Sydney/Cadi, March-June 2025


Oigåll Projects, Melbourne/Narrm, June 2025
Richeldis Fine Art, Barcelona, October 2025-January 2026



Morgan Stokes
b. 1990, Sydney (Darug/Kurringgai land)


Morgan Stokes is an emerging artist based in Sydney/Gadigal land, Australia. Stokes’ practice delves into the mediums of painting and sculpture, deconstructing them to their fundamental elements. Beginning with the traditional building blocks of each; pigment, cloth, stretcher bars, stone, he embarks upon a process of reinterpretation, interrogating the supposed value of each part and its role within the widely understood formula of what makes an artwork. By creating formal studies into material, he examines what he calls the ‘virtual gaze’: the shifting mode of perception as our lives become increasingly mediated by screens. The painting is no longer merely an object; it is an image endlessly reproduced online and consequently, Stokes views painting as a metaphor for personhood. Coupled with his exploration of the objecthood of painting, he seeks to create works that are simultaneously and paradoxically literal and philosophical.


Solo Exhibitions2025
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Where The Body Ends
Skeleton
Gæst
Skin
Virtual Gaze
Concerning Existence
Portraits
Oigåll Projects, Melbourne
Richeldis Fine Art, Barcelona
R.M. Williams, Sydney
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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2019
Minimal
Darling Portrait Prize
Mosman Art Prize
Omnia Art Prize
Daring
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
Omnia Art Prize
Sydney Contemporary
Mosman Art Prize
Into The Dark
Darlings
Perspectives Berlin
Halle113
JAHM Museum, Melbourne
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
St Kevins, Melbourne
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


2013 - 2014
2009 - 2011
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2023
2019
Master of Design
Bachelor of Arts
R.M. Williams Residency
Kunstkollektivet 8B
Berlin Art Institute
UNSW Art & Design (College of Fine Arts)
Charles Sturt University
Sydney
Unnerud, Denmark
Berlin

 Awards2024
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2022
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


Press2023
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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


Represented by
Curatorial+Co (Sydney/Gadigal land)
Richeldis Fine Art (London/Barcelona)

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