b. 1986, Worcester, MA
WTF Is Even Going On? We’ll Bet You 420.69 ETH You Can’t Tell Which of These Random-Ass Looking Birds Is a Micro-Influencer in the DIY Insurrection Merch Resale Community and Which Was Recently Duct-Taped to an Airplane Seat for Being “Too Baby” on a Chartered Flight to Cabo San Lucas for Frankie Muniz’ ‘Take Back the Vibes’ Silent Gratitude Festival!, 2022, paper pulp and acrylic on canvas, 78 x 56 in., 198 x 142 cm.
More Is More: How One New Jersey Teen’s Goal of Eating Every Blue Heat Takis in the Tri-State Area Led Him Into Possession of This Ultra-Rare Takis in the Shape of Ron DeSantis Doing a Line of Ketamine Before Proclaiming to a Live Audience “The Truth Is I’m Gay and It Scares Me,” and How the Resulting Clout Has Propelled the So-Called Takis Teen Into the Exclusive, Underground World of Ferret Breeding for the Uber Wealthy., 2022, paper pulp and acrylic on canvas over panel, 26 x 26 in., 91 x 91 cm.
I’m a Cop Who Helped Millions in My Community by Selling Supreme Products From the Comfort of My Home. In This Video I’ll Show YOU How to Do the Same in Just Three Months, AND Add a Limited Edition Jeff Koons x White Claw CBD Energy Drink Longboard Keychain to Your Collection. Let’s Go! Airhorn.wav, 2021, acrylic and glass bead gel on canvas, 48 x 48in., 122 x 122 cm.
Solieri Asserted, for Example, That Kid Rock Invented Rock and Roll in 1998 With the Release of His Hit Album “Devil Without a Cause.” Patently False on Premise, at Minimum the Idea Even Managed to Overlook Rock’s Earlier Albums “Early Mornin’ Stoned PIMP” (1996), “The Polyfuze Method” (1993), and “Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast” (1990). Though, to Be Fair, These Were More Rap-Oriented. A Separate Issue. He Also Suggested That Peanut Butter, Widely Known to Have Been Invented by Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884, Was In Fact Invented by Ed Koch in 1992, Though He Cited No Evidence To Support This., 2019, acrylic and glass bead gel on canvas over panel, 60 x 60 in., 152 x 152 cm.
Untitled, 2020, oil pastel on canvas over panel, 16 x 20 in., 40.6 x 50.8 cm.
The Book, Featuring a Foreword by Rand Paul’s Former Babysitter, Was a Scattered Attempt to Assert the Superiority of the “White Race” by Citing Their Cultural Innovations During the 21st Century. The Midwestern Tradition of Styling Cupcakes and Cheese Balls Into Small Footballs Was Lauded, as Were Capris, and Nostalgic Civil-War Era Fetish Music Like Mumford and Sons. He Also Credited White With Inventing the Ubiquitous Suburban Bahn Mi Taco, Though Aside From the Callous Efficiency of Fast-Fusion, in Its Violent Practice of Killing Two Beautiful, “Ethnic” Birds With One Plymouth Rock, This Attribution Seemed Wholly Misguided. But, I Digress. There Were More Glaring Fallacies., 2019, acrylic and sand on canvas, 60 x 60 in., 152 x 152 cm.
In Play, Dallas Art Fair Projects, The Hole, Dallas, TX
Untitled, 2020, oil pastel on canvas over panel, 16 x 20 in., 40.6 x 50.8 cm.
I’m Holding a Sword. And an Axe. I’m Gonna Do Nothing, The Hole NYC, 2019
I’m Holding a Sword. And an Axe. I’m Gonna Do Nothing, The Hole NYC, 2019
I Don’t Know Man, I’m Just Telling You What Chad Phillips the Cruise Director Told Me, and Unless Anyone Can Think of a Reason Chad Would Lie About This, I’m Gonna Go Get My Juggalo Gear on Because I Want to Be Front and Center When Coldplay Takes the Stage for Their Acoustic Set at 7pm, 2019, acrylic and sand on canvas, 50 in., 127 cm.
TL;DR, 2017, The Hole, New York, NY
TL;DR, 2017, The Hole, New York, NY
The Nations Leading Scientists Have Discovered a 6th Type of Hot Girl Boss, And All I Have To Say is: Amazeballs!
Here Are 25 Meta-Liminal Spaces That Show Why This Literal Angel Archetype Is Way More Awesomesauce Than You Think,
And How U Too Can Manifest a Super Valid #BusinessWifey Mindset with Just a Lil Generational Wealth and a Big Smile!, 2022, paper pulp and acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60 in., 122 x 152 cm.
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Morgan Blair (b. 1986, Worcester, MA) creates paintings with airbrush and sand or matte medium that exist in a realm of quasi abstraction and digital aesthetics. Often taking inspiration from claymation and sketching out the painting with clay, the paintings have a 3D sculptured quality to them that defies resolution. Their word-jazz spam titles pile a bunch of nonsense ideas from the internet in your head, but only further baffle your notion of what you might be looking at. A challenging palette and proliferation of bright gradients make the works feel screenic and other-worldly.
Her first solo show TL;DR was in September, 2017, her second full gallery show I’m Holding A Sword. And An Axe. I’m Gonna Do Nothing was in October, 2019. Blair has exhibited at Paul Kasmin, The Journal Gallery, Richard Heller Gallery, Thierry Goldberg, and Andrew Rafacz among others. She has also done large murals in The Netherlands for Stichting Street Art Foundation and at the Surf Lodge in Montauk, NY.
Blair lives and works in Queens, NY.
morgan blair
Lives and works in Queens, NY
education
Rhode Island School of Design, BFA, Illustration
2008
select exhibitions
New Construction, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Balloons Dropping From A Ceiling Fan, Left Field Gallery, Los Osos, CA
2021
Pantheon, Arts of Life Circle Contemporary (online), Chicago, IL
2021
In Play, Dallas Art Fair Projects, The Hole, Dallas, TX
2021
36 Paintings, Harper’s Books, East Hampton, NY
2020
I’M HOLDING A SWORD. AND AN AXE. I’M GONNA DO NOTHING., The Hole, New York, NY
2019
Zona Maco, The Hole, Mexico City, Mexico
2019
Artifacts, Nevven, Gothenburg, Sweden
2019
Slow Drip, Resort, Baltimore, MD
2019
Paperview, The Hole, New York, NY
2019
Post Analog Studio, The Hole, New York, NY
2019
Tennis Elbow, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY
2019
Seed, Paul Kasmin, New York, NY
2018
ALAC, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
2018
UNTITLED Art Fair, The Hole, Miami Beach, FL
2018
CODE Art Fair, The Hole, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
Art Brussels, The Hole, Brussels, Belgium
2018
Dallas Art Fair, The Hole, Dallas, TX
2018
Zona Maco, The Hole, Mexico City, Mexico
2018
Seinfelds, Tennis Elbow, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Immersion, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
My Jaw Dropped, Left Field, San Luis Obispo, CA
2018
Shapeshifters, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018
Harper’s Books at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
2018
The Likes of Us, Growroom Showroom, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Hide And Go Chic, Rover Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018
TL;DR, The Hole, New York, NY
2017
Morgan Blair, Kate Klingbeil and Caroline Larsen, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017
Extra-cultural surprise, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017
Unfamiliar Again, Contemporary Women Abstractions, Newcomb Art Museum, New Orleans, LA
2017
Small Enough to Keep Me Happy, Big Enough to Keep Me Occupied, Eighteen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017
Optically Topical, Thierry Goldberg, New York, NY
2017
Along a River of Sapphire Pools, Mountain Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Shampoo Effect, Mass Gallery, Austin, TX
2017
Hunting for Punchlines, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Post Analog Painting II, The Hole, New York, NY
2017
Please Mr. Postman, Essex Flowers mailbox, New York, NY (curated by Won Eh)
2017
The Paperweight Show, Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn, NY
2017
No Vacancy, Squat Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Alt/Esc)
2017
Failed Evolution, Spreak Break Art Fair, New York, NY
2017
Ocotillo, Stella Elkins Gallery at Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Object and Influence, Hygienic Art, New London, CT
2017
The River, ROE Projects at Hionas Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Deviants Are Often Sacrificed To Increase Group Solidarity, Emma Gellar Green, Brooklyn, NY BOSCO, ROE Projects Pop Up at 99 Norman Ave, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Never Far Away, LVL3, Chicago, IL
2016
Velvet Ropes, GIFC Worldwide at Forsyth Studio, New York, NY
2016
How High?, Left Field, San Luis Obispo, CA
2016
Television, 99¢ Plus Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Deal With It, Maake Magazine, Woskob Family Gallery, State College, PA
2016
AB FAB 3, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016
30 Under 30ish, Victori + Mo, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Got It For Cheap, Copenhagen, NYC, Oslo, Stockholm, Paris, LA
2016
Geo-Necro, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016
Slippery Slope, Left Field, San Luis Obispo, CA
2016
Blood and Sand, Mountain, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Thick As Paper Thin, Brilliant Champions, Brooklyn, NY Lorax Poems, Good Work Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Pattern ::: Chaos, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
NEWD Art Fair, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
DucksLA, Minotaur Projects, Los Angeles, CA Inaugural Group Show, Left Field, San Luis Obispo, CA
2014
Shape Scapes, Calico, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Ducks, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Decade of Decadunce, Cinders Projects at Dossier Outpost, New York, NY
2013
Wildlife, Ace Hotel, New York, NY
2013
Dirty Fingers, Cinders Projects, Long Island City, NY Sammiches, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, B.C.
2013
Black Foliage, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD
2012
Where My Cones At? 2, POVEvolving, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Black Foliage , Chinatown Arcade, New York, NY
2012
Subliminal Sunlight, Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY
2011
It Is As It Was, Good Press, Mono, Glasgow, Scotland
2011
First Matter, By Appointment of By Chance, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Picture Plane, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD
2010
Museums Anthology, Islington Mill, Salford, Greater Manchester UK
2009
select publications
Mike Lesuer, “Situating the In – Joke Canvases of Morgan Blair,” FLOOD Magazine, July 16
2018
Juxtapoz #199
2017
SPRTS, Endless Editions, New York, NY
2015
Cinders Gallery Artist of the Month Interviews Zine
2014
Exotics, Chris Golden 2013 Packet Biweekly #016
2014
The Liner Magazine No. 2
2014
Sammiches, Star Gods Press, Vancouver, Canada Happiness #3
2014
Sundance Film Festival A to Z, Todd Olham for Sundance
2014
Museums Press Anthology, Museums Press, Glasgow, United Kingdom 2010 The Open Daybook, Mark Batty Publisher
2011
Faesthetic #13
2011
Showpaper #71
2011
3×3 Illustration Annual No. 6
2011