Like It Is
Nyeema Morgan (installation)
August 08 - October 08, 2021
Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA
Courtesy of Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA)
Photo by: Joseph Hu
Like It Is: An Extraordinary Time
2022
Graphite pencil on coventry rag paper
38 x 50 inches (~97 cm x 127 cm (unframed)); 41 x 53.25 inches (framed)
Courtesy of artist, PATRON (Chicago, IL), and David Peterson Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. 2023.
Exhibition History:
between friends, 2022, David Peterson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. (with Mary Simpson).
Press:
Toale , Erin. "Breakout Artists 2024 by Erin Toale," Newcity Arts. 2024.
Schmidt , Christina. "Between Friends: On Mourning, Mirrors and Togetherness in Extraordinary Times," MN Artists/ Walker Art Center. 2022.
between friends (installation)
November 04 - December 17, 2022
David Peterson Gallery
Minneapolis, MN
Two-person exhibition with Mary Simpson
Courtesy of David Peterson Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
Like It Is: Extraordinary Measures (Afrocentric Modernism)
2023
Graphite pencil on coventry rag paper
50 x 129 inches (127 x 327.6 cm)
Courtesy of artist & PATRON (Chicago, IL)
Exhibition History:
artadia 2024, 2024, EXPO, Chicago, IL.
Like It Is: Extraordinary Women
2016
Graphite pencil on coventry rag paper
38 x 50 inches (~97 cm x 127 cm (unframed)); 41 x 53.25 inches (framed)
Courtesy of artist & PATRON (Chicago, IL)
Photo by: Joseph Hu
Private collection (Chicago, IL)
Exhibition History:
The Set-Up, 2022, PATRON, Chicago, IL.
Nyeema Morgan: Like It Is, 2021, Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Sid Sachs.
THE STEM. THE FLOWER. THE ROOT. THE SEED., 2020, The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO. Curated by Rosanna van Mierlo.
Secondary Sources, 2019, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York City, NY. Curated by Norm Paris & Jackie Hoving.
horror horror, 2018, Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, ME.
Out of Line, 2018, September Gallery, Hudson, NY.
I, Rhinoceros, 2016, Staniar Gallery, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA.
Press:
Polster , Barbarita. "Setting-Up the Set-Up: Nyeema Morgan at PATRON Gallery," Wrong Life Review. 2022.
"An Oral History with Nyeema Morgam by Nate Young," BOMB Magazine. 2022.
Forsythe , Pamela. "The Philadelphia Art Alliance Presents Nyeema Morgan's Like It Is," Broad Street Review. 2021.
Like It Is: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
2018
Graphite pencil on coventry rag paper
38 x 50 inches (~97 cm x 127 cm (unframed)); 41 x 53.25 inches (framed)
Courtesy of artist & PATRON (Chicago, IL)
Photo by: Joseph Hu
Exhibition History:
The Set-Up, 2022, PATRON, Chicago, IL.
Nyeema Morgan: Like It Is, 2021, Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Sid Sachs.
Secondary Sources, 2019, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York City, NY. Curated by Norm Paris & Jackie Hoving.
horror horror, 2018, Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, ME.
I, Rhinoceros, 2016, Staniar Gallery, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA.
Press:
"Studio Visit by Studio Ell," StudioEll. 2020.
Like It Is: Extraordinary Togetherness
2021
Graphite pencil on coventry rag paper
38 x 50 inches (~97 cm x 127 cm (unframed)); 41 x 53.25 inches (framed)
Courtesy of artist & PATRON (Chicago, IL)
Photo by: Joseph Hu
Exhibition History:
John Riepenhoff: Barely Visible, 2023, Goodweather, Little Rock, AR.
The Set-Up, 2022, PATRON, Chicago, IL.
Nyeema Morgan: Like It Is, 2021, Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Sid Sachs.
Press:
Polster , Barbarita. "Setting-Up the Set-Up: Nyeema Morgan at PATRON Gallery," Wrong Life Review. 2022.
"An Oral History with Nyeema Morgam by Nate Young," BOMB Magazine. 2022.
Forsythe , Pamela. "The Philadelphia Art Alliance Presents Nyeema Morgan's Like It Is," Broad Street Review. 2021.
Like It Is: Extraordinary Tales
2021
Graphite pencil on coventry rag paper
38 x 50 inches (~97 cm x 127 cm (unframed)); 41 x 53.25 inches (framed)
Courtesy of artist & PATRON (Chicago, IL)
Photo by: Joseph Hu
Exhibition History:
The Set-Up, 2022, PATRON, Chicago, IL.
Nyeema Morgan: Like It Is, 2021, Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Sid Sachs.
Press:
Polster , Barbarita. "Setting-Up the Set-Up: Nyeema Morgan at PATRON Gallery," Wrong Life Review. 2022.
Forsythe , Pamela. "The Philadelphia Art Alliance Presents Nyeema Morgan's Like It Is," Broad Street Review. 2021.
Like It Is: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, No. 2
2016
Graphite pencil on coventry rag paper
38 x 50 inches (~97 cm x 127 cm (unframed)); 41 x 53.25 inches (framed)
Courtesy of artist & PATRON (Chicago, IL)
Photo by: Joseph Hu
Exhibition History:
The Set-Up, 2022, PATRON, Chicago, IL.
Nyeema Morgan: Like It Is, 2021, Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Sid Sachs.
Secondary Sources, 2019, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York City, NY. Curated by Norm Paris & Jackie Hoving.
horror horror, 2018, Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, ME.
Out of Line, 2018, September Gallery, Hudson, NY.
I, Rhinoceros, 2016, Staniar Gallery, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA.
Press:
Polster , Barbarita. "Setting-Up the Set-Up: Nyeema Morgan at PATRON Gallery," Wrong Life Review. 2022.
Forsythe , Pamela. "The Philadelphia Art Alliance Presents Nyeema Morgan's Like It Is," Broad Street Review. 2021.
Like It Is: Extraordinary Journey
2021
Graphite pencil on coventry rag paper
38 x 50 inches (~97 cm x 127 cm (unframed)); 41 x 53.25 inches (framed)
Courtesy of artist & PATRON (Chicago, IL)
Photo by: Joseph Hu
Exhibition History:
The Set-Up, 2022, PATRON, Chicago, IL.
Nyeema Morgan: Like It Is, 2021, Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Sid Sachs.
Press:
Polster , Barbarita. "Setting-Up the Set-Up: Nyeema Morgan at PATRON Gallery," Wrong Life Review. 2022.
Forsythe , Pamela. "The Philadelphia Art Alliance Presents Nyeema Morgan's Like It Is," Broad Street Review. 2021.
Like It Is: Extraordinary Endings
2021
Graphite pencil on coventry rag paper
38 x 50 inches (~97 cm x 127 cm (unframed)); 41 x 53.25 inches (framed)
Courtesy of artist & PATRON (Chicago, IL)
Photo by: Joseph Hu
Exhibition History:
John Riepenhoff: Barely Visible, 2023, Goodweather, Little Rock, AR.
The Set-Up, 2022, PATRON, Chicago, IL.
Nyeema Morgan: Like It Is, 2021, Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Sid Sachs.
Press:
Polster , Barbarita. "Setting-Up the Set-Up: Nyeema Morgan at PATRON Gallery," Wrong Life Review. 2022.
"An Oral History with Nyeema Morgam by Nate Young," BOMB Magazine. 2022.
Forsythe , Pamela. "The Philadelphia Art Alliance Presents Nyeema Morgan's Like It Is," Broad Street Review. 2021.
Like It Is: Extraordinary People
2021
Graphite pencil on coventry rag paper
38 x 50 inches (~97 cm x 127 cm (unframed)); 41 x 53.25 inches (framed)
Courtesy of artist & PATRON (Chicago, IL)
Photo by: Joseph Hu
Exhibition History:
The Set-Up, 2022, PATRON, Chicago, IL.
Nyeema Morgan: Like It Is, 2021, Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Sid Sachs.
Press:
Polster , Barbarita. "Setting-Up the Set-Up: Nyeema Morgan at PATRON Gallery," Wrong Life Review. 2022.
Forsythe , Pamela. "The Philadelphia Art Alliance Presents Nyeema Morgan's Like It Is," Broad Street Review. 2021.
Like It Is: Extraordinary Twins
2016
Graphite pencil on coventry rag paper
38 x 50 inches (~97 cm x 127 cm (unframed)); 41 x 53.25 inches (framed)
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, New Brunswick, ME. 2017.
Exhibition History:
There is a Woman in Every Color: Black Women in Art, 2022 - 2024, Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Brunswick, ME). Travelled to Tweed Museum of Art/ University of Minnesota, 2022 (Duluth, MN); El Paso Museum of Art, 2023 (El Paso, TX), Mulvane Art Museum, 2023 (Topeka, KS), Delaware Art Museum, 2024, (Wilmington, DE).
Second Sight: The Paradox of Vision in Contemporary Art, 2018, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME. Curated by Ellen Tani.
I, Rhinoceros, 2016, Staniar Gallery, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA.
Press:
Ewing , Vivian. "Looking at Ourselves Through the Eyes of Others: Second Sight + privilege at Bowdoin College Museum of Art," The Chart. Vol. 3, No. 2: Spring 2018..
Tyson , John A.. "Second Sight: The Paradox of Vision in Contemporary Art," CAA Review. 2018.
"Bowdoin Museum exhibition examines blindness and invisibility in contemporary art," Art Daily. 2018.
Kany , Daniel. "Art review: 'Second Sight' brings fresh, provocative visions to Bowdoin art museum," Portland Press Herald. 2018.
Publications:
Tani, Ellen. Second Sight: The Paradox of Vision in Contemporary Art (Brunswick, ME, Bowdoin College Museum of Art is association with Scala Arts Publishers, 2018) pg.67.