Clarence Morgan began his education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA and received his Master of Fine Arts in Painting at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design also in Philadelphia.  He currently teaches and is department chair at the University of Minnesota, but is also actively involved in many other teaching institutions in varying capacities.  Morgan has written extensively and has participated in a dizzying array of residencies, workshops, panels, and special projects.  His work can be found in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, American Express, IBM, General Mills, Mobil, Phillip Morris, Prudential, the New York Public Library, Hyatt, and countless other institutions.

Morgan uses mostly acrylic, ink, and pencil on several substrates including canvas and panel.  As one begins to recognize an orderly set of distinct layers in the work, this sense is confounded when one begins to question whether what appears to be above might actually be a window to that below.  This is the mastery and brilliance of the work, where what one perceives to be a solid may in fact be a void.  This interplay between positive and negative, light and dark, object and space is of great fascination in Morgan’s work.

Also, tantalizing are the simple abstract forms that in combination begin to hint at the recognizable.  Again, of great fascination is the fact that these assemblages seem both vaguely familiar and yet other worldly.  This feeling is enhanced by the rich even coloring that produces such a strong, graphic, two-dimensional quality while the overlapping and solid-void effect supplies a dimensional mystery and an hierarchal ambiguity.  One wonders about shadows and silhouettes, traces and disturbances, interactions and reactions, all of which contribute immensely to the work’s endless curiosity and intrigue.

commissioned & site specific works are available from each artist; please call the gallery for details.

education

University of Pennsylvania, MFA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

solo exhibitions

2012     Material Traces: Painting & Works on Paper, Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
2011     Post-Abstract: Contingent Terrain, Recent Work, Jackson Center Gallery, Schoolof Architecture, Jackson, Mississippi
2010    Light Affliction, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2010     Notes & Ideas: Clarence Morgan, Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
2010     Clarence Morgan: Notes and Ideas, Cora Miller Gallery, York College of Pennsylvania, York, Pennsylvania
2009    Paintings & The Abstract Truth: Selected Works 2003-2009, Academy Gallery, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, China
2009    Small Paintings & Works on Paper, Ze Zhong Gallery, Beijing, China
2009    Clarence Morgan: Recent Paintings, Dax Art Space, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
2007    Cosmos: Paintings & Drawings by Clarence Morgan, UALAR Fine Arts Gallery II, Little Rock, Arkansas
2007    New Work: Clarence Morgan, Romo Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2007    Clarence Morgan: New Paintings, Reeves Contemporary, New York, New York
2007    Pigmented Distinction: Paintings & Works on Paper – Clarence Morgan, Sonnenschein Gallery, Lake Forest, Illinois
2005    Clarence Morgan: New Paintings, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004    Clarence Morgan: New Drawings, Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd., Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004    Clarence Morgan: “New Work”, California Building Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004    Clarence Morgan: Momentum and Stasis, Steinhardt Conservatory Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2003    Clarence Morgan: Hybrid Archetype, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2003    Clarence Morgan: The Vernacular of Pleasure, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico
2003    If Light Could Speak: Recent Works, Farnham Galleries, Indianola, Iowa
2002    Clarence Morgan: Major Paintings, Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2001    Clarence Morgan: Recent Work, Rosenberg+Kaufman Fine Art, New York, New York
2001    Clarence Morgan: New Print Editions, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2000    Squaring Off: New Work, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
1999    Clarence Morgan: Paintings 1994-1999, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota
1999    Clarence Morgan: Small Works, Spiers Gallery, Sims Art Center, Brevard, North Carolina
1998    Clarence Morgan: New Work, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
1998    The Archaeology of The Edge: Paintings & Works on Paper, Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Kansas
1997    Clarence Morgan: Recent Abstractions, Gallery 210, St. Louis, Missouri
1995    Abstraction: The Nature of Subjectivity, Kiehle Visual Arts Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota
1995    Clarence Morgan: Recent Paintings, Tangeman Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1993    Language of Abstraction, Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1993    Clarence Morgan: Recent Works, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1993    Clarence Morgan: Recent Paintings & Drawings, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, North Carolina
1992    Works on Paper: Clarence Morgan, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
1992    Sign as Metaphor, Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1992    Drawings and Paintings on Paper, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
1990    Myth in Discord, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greenville, North Carolina
1990    Art Currents: Clarence Morgan, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
1990    Major Paintings & Works on Paper, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi
1990    Clarence Morgan: Recent Works, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
1990    Recent Paintings: Clarence Morgan, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
1990    Clarence Morgan: New Paintings, Hanes Art Center Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1988    Clarence Morgan: New Works, Liz Harris Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1987    Clarence Morgan: Recent Works, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
1986    New Drawings & Paintings, Harris Brown Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1986    Pedantic Behavior, Davidson College Department of Art Gallery, Davidson, North Carolina
1985    Recent Paintings & Drawings, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
1985    Paradoxical Behavior, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
1985    Paintings & Drawings: Clarence Morgan, Virginia Polytechnic University, Blacksburg, Virginia
1984    Clarence Morgan: Paintings & Collages, St. Augustine College, Raleigh, North Carolina
1984    Clarence Morgan: New Works, Scales Fine Art Center & Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1984    Paintings & Works on Paper: Clarence Morgan, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, North Carolina
1984    Clarence Morgan: Small Works, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, North Carolina
1982    Clarence Morgan: Recent Works on Paper, Alternative Museum of Art, New York, New York
1982    Paintings & Collages: Clarence Morgan, Memorial Union Gallery, Tempe, Arizona
1980    Recent Paintings & Collages: Clarence Morgan, Seigfred Gallery, Athens, Ohio

group exhibitions

2011     18^th Annual Minneapolis Print & Drawing Fair, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2011     Highpoint Editions: Decade One, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2011     Synesthesia, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2010     The Ties that Bind, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2010     Common Purpose, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2010     Un-Titled (Abstraction), David Richard Contemporary; Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010     /Vis/A/Vis/: U of M Faculty Exhibition, Katherine Nash Gallery, Regis Center for Art; Minneapolis, Minnesota
2010    Shared Response, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2010    Give & Take, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2009    The Rule of Art: New Artworks by Postmodern Artists from China, Korea & the USA, Korea Cultural Service, Beijing, China
2009    Range of Possibilities: A Selection of Works by Summer 2009 Instructors, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
2009    Push and Pull, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2009    Abstraction from the Collection: Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Walter & Lenore Annenberg Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania2009
2008    WorkBook/Idea Factory, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2008    Summer Invitational II, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2008    Yesterday and Today, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008    Printed: Contemporary Prints & Books by North Carolina Artists, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, North Carolina
2008    WorkBooks: Thinking and Making, Memorial Library Special Collections, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
2008    Pressing Matters in Printmaking, Southern Highland Craft Guild – Folk Art Center, Asheville, North Carolina
2007    Paper Trail: A Decade of Acquisitions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007    Beyond the Glass Menagerie: Vitreograph Prints, 1912 Gallery, Emory, Virginia
2007    Art Chicago 2007 Art Fair, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Illinois
2007    23rd Annual Fine Print Fair, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
2007    Trace Elements, Form+Content Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2006    Couples Discourse, The Palmer Art Museum, University Park, Pennsylvania
2006    Highpoint: Five Years of Printmaking, Highpoint Editions, The Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2006    HIGH FIVE: 5 Years of Contemporary Prints from Highpoint Editions, USA Edinburgh Printmaker’s Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2006    Black-White (& Gray), The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, Texas
2006    SCALE: A National Drawing Invitational, Tower Fine Art Gallery, Brockport, New York
2006    Reflections on a Legacy: Vitreographs from Littleton Print Studio, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina
2005    Chop Mark II: An Exhibit of Contemporary Printmaking, H.F. Johnson Gallery, Kenosha, Wisconsin
2004    New Prints 2004/Autumn, International Print Center, New York, New York
2004    Abstract Painting in Minnesota: Selected Works from 1930 to the Present, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
2004    Artists’ Books: No Reading Required, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004    A Three Week Show: New Artists, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004    Floored: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2003    Materiality: New Surfaces & Forms, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
2003    Introductions: New Gallery Artists, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002    European Landscape Project; Archaeological Sites, S. Agostino Conference Center, Cortona, Italy
2002    Contemporary American Art: Art in Embassies Program, American Ambassador’s Residence, Vienna, Austria
2002    Continued Reflections: Artists’ Books from the Collection, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2001    Artists-in-Residence: Summer Session, Tryon Center for Visual Art Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
2001    2001: A Print Odyssey, I LIBRI EN VIAGGIO, Palazzo Casali, Cortona, Italy
2001    The Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
2001    Annual Works on Paper, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York
2001    Painters Invite Painters, Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2000    The Ray Graham Collection, The Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2000    New Print Acquisitions, Patton-Malott Print Gallery, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2000    The Twin Cities Collects, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2000    Necessary Differences II, The Soap Factory, No Name Exhibition Space, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2000    Sun Signs: Gallery Artists, Rosenberg+Kaufman Fine Art, New York, New York
2000    Summer Faculty Exhibition, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2000    Twentieth Century North Carolina Masters, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
2000    Show Off: University of Minnesota Faculty Artists Off-Campus, Creative IQ Space, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2000    MCAD/McKnight Artists Fellowship Exhibition, MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1999    International Invitational Works on Paper, Campus Center Gallery, University of Hawaii – Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii
1999    Bill Barrett, Clarence Morgan & Karl Umlauf, Harris Gallery, Houston, Texas
1999    Works on Paper, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
1999    Works on Paper, The Armory Show, New York, New York
1999    U.S. Artists Show, The Armory Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1998    New Painting Invitational, North Hennepin Community College Art Department Gallery, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
1997    Abstraction Index, Condesco/Lawler Gallery, New York, New York
1997    Abstracted and Unfixed, Art in General, New York, New York
1997    New Painters, Steensland Art Museum, Northfield, Minnesota
1997    Faculty Exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1996    Artists’ Sketchbooks, Penland Gallery, Penland, North Carolina
1996    Works on Paper, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
1996    On Line: Drawing, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, North Carolina
1996    Sticks and Bones: Insight through Transfiguration, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina
1996    Actively Physical, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, Pennsylvania
1996    47th Annual Academy Purchase Exhibition, American Academy Institute of Arts & Letters, New York, New York
1996    New Work: Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Fredrick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1996    Gallery Artists: Works on Paper, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
1996    Edge to Edge: Clarence Morgan and Brian Frink, Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1996    Necessary Differences, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1996    Minnesota Collects Minnesotans, Fredrick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1994    46th Annual Academy Purchase Exhibition, American Academy Institute of Arts & Letters, New York, New York
1994    Clarence Morgan & Richard Bunkall, Marita Gilliam Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
1994    Visual Arts Encounter, African American Artist in Europe, Galerie Resche, Paris, France
1993    Multiple Dialogues: Expressions in Abstraction, Painted Bride Arts Center Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1992    Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
1992    A Survey of Contemporary African American Art, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1992    Origins and Evolutions, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
1992    Works on Paper, Marita Gilliam Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
1992    Present Tense, University of Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1991    The Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida
1991    Drawing Beyond Nature, Freedam Gallery, Reading, Pennsylvania
1991    The Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
1991    Summer Solo Series, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
1991    Zaborowski & Morgan, Marita Gilliam Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
1991    Morgan & Morgan, Dalton Gallery, Atlanta/Decatur, Georgia
1991    Invitational, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, North Carolina
1991    Drawing Beyond Nature, Gallery of Art, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1990    NCAE Survey of Contemporary Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
1990    The Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1990    Flesh it Out!, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
1989    SAF/NEA Regional Fellowship Exhibition, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1989    Opening Show Invitational, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1989    School of Art Faculty, Gray Art Gallery, Greenville, North Carolina
1989    Visiting Artists Exhibition, Cantor Art Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
1988    African American Art, The Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, North Carolina
1988    Southern Abstraction, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
1987    39th Annual Purchase Award Exhibition, American Academy Institute of Arts & Letters, New York, New York
1987    Warmer Climate, Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina
1987    All Work No Play, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
1987    Artists Choose Artists, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, North Carolina
1987    Thinking Reed, Theater Arts Gallery, High Point, North Carolina
1987    Southern Abstraction, The City Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
1987    Drawing Redefined, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, North Carolina
1987    Drawing Invitational, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1987    Masters of Color, Fleming Museum of Art, Burlington, Vermont
1987    School of Art Faculty, Gray Art Gallery, Greenville, North Carolina
1986    U.S. Art Census ’86, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1986    It’s a Small World, Somerhill Gallery, Durham, North Carolina
1986    St. Thomas Celebration of the Arts, Art in Public Places, Wilmington, North Carolina
1986    Teaching Artists: School of Art Faculty Exhibition, Gray Art Gallery, Greenville, North Carolina
1985    Encore/Preview, Harris Brown Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1985    Southern Exposure, Alternative Museum, New York, New York
1985    Personal Symbolism, MC Anderson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1985    Personal Symbolism, Equitable Gallery, New York, New York
1984    Contemporary Art Acquisitions: 1980-83, Personal Endeavors, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1984    Ten Years – Ten Artists, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, North Carolina
1984    Selected Gallery Artists, MC Anderson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1984    Group Invitational, Richard Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1984    Portrait of the South, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
1984    U.S.A. Portrait of the South, Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy
1983    Urban Journals, Maryland Art Place Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
1983    NC Artists Fellowship Exhibition, St. Johns Museum of Art, Wilmington, North Carolina
1983    Seven Contemporary American Artists, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1983    United States Arts Councils Exhibition, Sara Lawrence College, New York, New York
1983    College & Assemblage Invitational, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1982    Group Show, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois
1982    Sixth NC Artists Invitational, Waterworks Gallery, Salisbury, North Carolina
1981    Collage & Assemblage Invitational, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi
1981    Post Modernist Metaphors, Alternative Museum, New York, New York
1981    Contemporary Art from North Carolina, Squibb Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey
1981    Painting Invitational, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1979    Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
1978    Contemporary I, Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1978    Flight of the Myth Makers, Fine Arts Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1977    Ten Recent Graduates, Peale House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1976    Transcending Spirits, Balch Institute of Cultural Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1975    Perspective of Black American Artists, Black Enterprise Publications Headquarters, New York, New York
1974    Fellowship Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

public collections

African Overseas Corporation
American Ambassador’s Residence, Vienna, Austria
American Express Corporation
Arizona State University, Arizona
Art Source, Art Consulting & Design, Los Angeles, California
A.W. Stavish Design, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Baltimore Hyatt, MD
Burroughs Welcome Pharmaceutical, North Carolina
Ceridian Corporation Headquarters, Minnesota
Charlotte Athletic Club, North Carolina
Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
City Library, Kinston, North Carolina
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
East Carolina University, School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina
Equitable Life Assurance Society of The United States, New York
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
General Mills Corporation, Minnesota
Hobbgood Architecture, Inc., North Carolina
Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Georgia
IBM, Boston, Massachusetts
Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, North Carolina
Lindquist & Vennum Attorneys at Law, Minnesota
Memorial Union Student Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mobil Corporation
Moore, Van Allen, Allen & Thigpen Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, North Carolina
New York Public Library, New York, New York
North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, General Assembly Building, Raleigh, North Carolina
North Dakota Museum of Art, North Dakota
Olin Library, Special Collections, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philip Morris Corporation
Prudential Insurance Company, Jacksonville, Florida
Qualex, Inc., Durham, North Carolina
Sara Lee Corporation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Sci-Medlife Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, Minnesota
Smith College, Mortimer Rare Book Collection, Northampton, Massachusetts
Stockholm Sheraton Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden
U.S. Department of State, Arlington, Virginia
U.S. Department of State Embassy, Tirana, Albania
University of Alabama, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Walker Art Center, Artists’ Book Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Wright Chemical Corporation, Riegelwood, North Carolina
York College of Pennsylvania, York, Pennsylvania

publications

Leah Lopez Schmalz, Light Affliction: A Syncopated Composition, Valley Courier with online access at www. zip06.com
Clarence Morgan: Light Affliction, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut ARTslant November 3, 2010 (with reproduction) www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/131478-Light
Conneticut Art Scene, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut, November 3, 2010 (with reproduction) www.ctartscene.blogspot.com/2010/11/eo-artlab
Art Ltd. www.artltdmag.com, July/August 2010 Issue; double-spread color advertisement of UN-TITLED (Abstraction) exhibition at David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Art & Antiques Magazine: summer in Santa Fe 2010 issue, full-page color advertisement of UN-TITLED (Abstraction) exhibition at David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM (image included)
THE: Santa Fe’s Monthly Magazine of and for the Arts, July 2010, full-page color advertisement of UN-TITLED (Abstraction) exhibition at the David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico (image included)
Mary Abbe, Ritzy, Art Moves: Faculty Show, Star Tribune, September 2003
Glen Mannisto, The Stuff of Art, Metrotimes, April 2003
Materiality, The Detroiter, April 2003
Rick Romancito, Artist’s Vernacular Translates to Taos, Tempo Magazine/The Taos News, January 2003
Cate McQuaid, A Quite Bright Opening, The Boston Globe, April 2002
Painter Morgan to Deliver Layton Lecture Today at UWM, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Michaël Amy, Clarence Morgan at Rosenberg+Kaufman Fine Art, Art in America, October 2001
Robert C. Morgan, Clarence Morgan at Rosenberg+Kaufman Fine Art, NY Arts Magazine, January 2001
Art and Beauty of Printmaking is Explored at Anderson Ranch, The Snowmass Village Sun, November 2000
Deepali Dewan, New Work: MCAD/McKnight Artists, 1999-2000, Minneapolis College of Art & Design Catalog, 2000
Mary Abbe, Fresh Picked, Star Tribune, March 2000
Painting as a Language, Clarence Morgan, J. Robertson and C. McDaniel, Harcourt College Publishers, 2000
John Weeden, Clarence Morgan: Archaeology of the Edge II, Art Papers, November/December 1998
Recent Abstractions: Clarence Morgan, The River Front Times, February 1997
Robert W. Duffy, On Emotional Terms, Clarence Morgan: Recent Abstraction, Post-Dispatch, January/February 1997
Thomas Riggs, St. James Guide to Black Artists, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1997
Jill Barrett, Failure Necessary Park of Artist’s Success, The Current, January 1997
Nicholas Drake, Piccolo Invitational Exhibit Goes Boldly, The Post and Courier, May 1996
Mary Bentz Gilkerson, Sticks and Bones: Insight Through Transfiguration: A Review, South Carolina Arts, June 1996
Vermont College Offers Free Art Lectures: Clarence Morgan, Vermont Times-Argus, August 1996
Victoria Donohoe, Haverford Show’s Emphasis Solidly on the Experimental, The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 1995
Jennifer Rosen, Art Gets Physical, Main Line, February 1996
1995 Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Minnesota Catalog, September 1995
David Lefkowitz, Crossroads: Recent Abstract Painting, The New Art Examiner, May 1995
Diane Hellekson, Driven To Abstraction, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, January 1995
Nancy S. Baker, Too Much; Too Little, The Spectator, June 1994
Mason Riddle, Clarence Morgan at Carolyn Ruff Gallery, ArtPapers, October 1993
Tom Csaszar, Multiple Dialogues: Expressions in Abstraction at the Painted Bride Art Center, New Art Examiner, Summer 1993
Catherine Fox, Visual Pleasure for its Own Sake, The Atlanta Journal, June 1993
Matthew Kangas, Clarence Morgan: Recent Paintings and Drawings, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, February-April 1993
Tom Patterson, Art Spreads from ECU to Minnesota, The Charlotte Observer, October 1992
Chuck Twardy, A Fresh Palette, The News & Observer, August 1992
Matthew Kangas, Traveling Exhibitions: Common Ground, Separate Choices, Art in America, March 1992
Antonio Aguilar, Summer Solo Series, Atlanta Art Papers, January/February 1992
J.H. Robinson, Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic, New Art Examiner, December 1991
Catherine Fox, Visual Arts Weekend-Summer Solo Series At Nexus, The Atlanta Journal, July 1991
Kate Dobbs Arial, Art Revealing The Soul, The Independence Weekly, December 1990
Michel Oren, Flesh It Out!, Atlanta Art Papers, November/December 1990
Kathy McQuaid, Black Aesthetic Is Emerging, Virginia Journal Messenger, November 1990
Tom Morris, Without Limit, The Daily Reflector, September 1990
Mary Ann Marger, Of Sunshine and Symbolism, St. Petersburg Times, August 1990
Woody Shulman, Art is Appealing, but Where Would You Put It?, Bradenton Herald, August 1990
Roy Proctor, Flesh It Out!, The Richmond News Leader, July 1990
Robert Merritt, Figure Is Symbolic At VCU Art Show, Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 1990
Chris Redd, Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic, Atlanta Art Papers, July/August 1990
Steven Litt, Ready For The Big Leagues: SECCA Expansion, The News and Observer, May 1990
Tom Patterson, Clarence Morgan’s Small Exhibit Possesses a Large Evocative Power, Winston-Salem Journal, January 1990
Blue Greenberg, Morgan, Canvas Still Battling, Durham Morning Herald, January 1990
New Images: Clarence Morgan, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Brochure, January 1990
Tom Patterson, Clarence Morgan’s Exhibit Possesses a Large Evocative Power, Winston-Salem Journal, January 1990
Tom Patterson, Grand Opening: Powerful Exhibit Spotlights Black Artists, Winston-Salem Journal
Karen Simmons, Clarence Morgan, The Daily Reflector, December 1989
Anna Upchurch, Morgan’s Work Shown In Raleigh, The Daily Reflector, November 1989
Morgan Exhibit Opens at NC Museum, Cue Magazine, 1989
Steven Litt, Different Strokes, The News and Observer/Raleigh Times, November 1989
Jane Kessler, Clarence Morgan, North Carolina Museum of Art Catalogue, November 1989
Lorena Gay Griffin, Arts Section: Artists’ Endowment Show, The Gwinnett Daily News, June 1989
Shaw Smith, Clarence Morgan in North Carolina, New Art Examiner, June 1989
Chris Redd, Interview, Atlanta Art Papers, July/August 1988
Artist Clarence Morgan Traces Trail of His Work, Bay State Banner, April 1988
Christine Temin, Revisiting New Talent, The Boston Globe, April 1988
Jon Meyer, Southern Abstraction, ArtNews, November 1987
Steven Litt, Abstract Art in the South Finds Favorable Climate, The News and Observer, July 1987
Elizabeth Dowling, Restraint Marks Exhibit at NC Gallery, The News & Observer, July 1987
Michael Brady, Southern Abstraction, Artvu, Summer 1987
Faith Heller, SECCA Show Demonstrates the Power Drawings Can Exude, Winston-Salem Journal, February 1987
Contemporary Art Acquisitions: 1980-1983, The Equitable Collection Catalogue
John Moore, Seven American Artists, Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue,
Mason Riddle, Clarence Morgan, New Art Examiner, December 1984
John B. Henry, The Mississippi Museum of Art, Collage & Assemblage Catalogue
G. Morin, A Vision: The Work of Clarence Morgan, The Fayetteville Museum of Art Catalogue
Ruth Pinnell, Ten Years/Ten Artists, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Catalogue, September 1984
Review, Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts ARTS Section, September 1984
Sharon Jefferson, Eclectic Art Graces Seigfred Gallery, 1984
Faith Heller, SEECA Mixed Media Show Draws Mixed Reviews, Winston-Salem Journal
Rubel Romero, Universal Language, The Spectator, August 1984
Richard Maschal, The South: A Portrait, The Charlotte Observer, July 1984
Melissa Clement, Colorful Chaos, The Fayetteville Observer, February 1984
Sharon Broom, Art by Fellowship Winners in NCMA Exhibit, The Daily Reflector, January 1984
Cynthia Ference, 1983-84 NC Artists Fellowship Exhibition Catalogue, 1984
John Caldwell, The Art of North Carolina: Surprises in Store, New York Times, May 1981

fellowships, grants and awards

2012     2012 Distinguished Alumni Award, Alumni Association Council of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2012     University of Minnesota, Arts, Design & Humanities Annual Faculty Imagine Fund Award, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2011     University of Minnesota, Arts, Design & Humanities Annual Faculty Imagine Fund Award, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2010     Dorothy Liskey Wampler Eminent Professor in the School of Art & Art History at James Madison University, Harrisonburg Virginia
2010     Imagine Fund Faculty Award Recipient, University of Minnesota Arts & Humanities, Twin Cities Campus
2010     Grant-in-Aid recipient from the Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2005    2005-06 Dean’s Medal, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004    Faculty Grant-in-Aid of Artistry, Research and Scholarship, University of Minnesota Graduate School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2002    Faculty Sabbatical Supplement Award, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities College of Liberal
Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2000    Individual Visual Artist Fellowship, MCAD/McKnight, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1999    Faculty Grant-in-Aid of Artistry, Research and Scholarship, University of Minnesota Graduate School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1998    Visual Arts Travel & Study Grant Program, Jerome Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota
1998    Individual Visual Artist Fellowship, Bush Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota
1998    Regional/NEA Artist Fellowship, Minnesota State Arts Board, Minnesota
1997    McKnight Research Award, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1995    Faculty Grant-in-Aid of Artistry, Research and Scholarship, University of Minnesota Graduate School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1995    Bush Sabbatical Supplement Award, University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1995    Office of Research Development Award for Travel, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1994    Graduate School Faculty Summer Research Fellow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1994    Project Grant, Department of Art for “Community in Context” Program, University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Scholarly Events Fund, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1994    McKnight Summer Fellow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1994    Faculty Grant-in-Aid of Artistry, Research and Scholarship, University of Minnesota Graduate School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1993    McKnight International Travel Award, Institute of International Studies & Programs, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1993    International Conference Attendance, A Visual Arts Encounter: African Americans and Europe, Paris, France
1992    Faculty Grant-in-Aid of Artistry, Research and Scholarship, University of Minnesota Graduate School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1991    Faculty Creative/Research Activity Achievement Award, School of Art, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
1990    Individual Artist Grant, Art Matters, Inc., New York, New York
1988    SAF/NEA Regional Visual Artist Fellowship, Atlanta, Georgia
1988    Faculty Research/Creative Activity Grant, School of Art, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
1983    North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Art in State Buildings Program
1982    Visual Arts Fellowship, North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh, North Carolina
1982    Award of Merit, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, North Carolina
1980    Exhibition Assistance Grant, Committee for the Visual Arts, New York, New York
1979    Faculty Research/Creative Activity Grant, School of Art, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
1974    William Emlen Cresson Traveling Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1970’s    Boris Blai Purchase Award, Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1970’s    Thouron Award for Composition, Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1970’s    Quaker Storage Award, Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1970’s    William Emlen Cresson Traveling Award, Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1970’s    John Wanamaker Award, Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania