NYEEMA
MORGAN

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.