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: 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)

Collection of 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: Chicago's New Generation of Image Makers," Newcity Arts Magazine. 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, EXPO Chicago (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: 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).

Secondary Sources, 2019, Tiger Strikes Asteroid (NYC, 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). Curated by Clover Archer.

Press:

Polster, Barbarita. "Setting-Up the Set-Up: Nyeema Morgan at PATRON Gallery," Wrong Life Review. 2022.

"An Oral History with Nyeema Morgan 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: 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 (NYC, 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). Curated by Clover Archer.

Press:

Studio Visit: Nyeema Morgan, 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: Joseph Hu

Exhibition History:

John Riepenhoff: Barely Visible, 2023, Good Weather (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 Morgan 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: 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: 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 (NYC, 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). Curated by Clover Archer.

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: 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: Joseph Hu

Exhibition History:

John Riepenhoff: Barely Visible, 2023, Good Weather (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 Morgan 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: 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)

Collection of Bowdoin College Museum of Art, New Brunswick, ME. 2017.

Exhibition History:

There is a Woman in Every Color: Black Women in Art, 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). Curated by Clover Archer.

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.