Annie Morris

Annie Morris (born 1978) is a British artist based in London.

Annie Morris
Annie Morris studio, London, 2017
Born
Annie Morris

(1978-01-16) January 16, 1978
London
NationalityBritish
EducationSaint Martin's School of Art
École des Beaux-Arts
The Slade
Known forFine art, Painting, drawing, sculpture
SpouseIdris Khan

Morris’ work draws inspiration from her own life experience, using painting, drawing and sculpture. She is best known for pieces that combine obsessive drawing and ready-made sculptures.[1]

Life and career

She attended Central Saint Martin's and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under the tutelage of sculptor Giuseppe Penone,[2] then The Slade School of Fine Art, graduating from Camberwell College of Arts. She works from a studio in Stoke Newington she shares with her husband, the British artist Idris Khan.[3]

Morris’ Stack sculptures shaped from plaster, sand, and painted with raw pigment, resemble a three-dimensional artist’s palette, originally inspired by the 1988 painting- Bed with Colour by Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies.[4] The dry, freshly painted feel of the stack’s form, is Morris’ metaphor to childbirth and fragility. She is also known for her drawings and collaborated with Sophie Dahl's first book The Man with the Dancing Eyes, 2003, published by Bloomsbury.[5]

In 2006 Morris was commissioned by Christopher Bailey, director of fashion label Burberry, to make a dress made out of her painted clothes pegs. Morris was commissioned by American architect Peter Marino to create a work for Louis Vuitton’s flagship store opened in October 2017 at Place Vendôme, Paris.[6][7]

Selected exhibitions

Morris has shown work internationally, including those at:

References
  1. Nicol, Patricia (5 October 2017). "Idris Khan on his politically infused Frieze show and how he 'fell into art'". ES Magazine, London Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  2. Gen, Lynne (January 2003). "Miss Morris". Solarte Magazine. London.
  3. Nicol, Patricia (5 October 2017). "Idris Khan on his politically infused Frieze show and how he 'fell into art'". ES Magazine, London Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  4. Fellowes, Mary (10 February 2012). "Life Laid Bare". Vogue. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  5. Rachel, Cooke (2 February 2003). "They met at a fancy-dress party. But then he changed..." The Observer. London. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  6. Faure, Par Émilie (3 October 2017). "Michael Burke : Vendôme est maintenant, pour nous, le centre du monde". Madame Figaro: Le Figaro (in French). Paris. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  7. Wrigley, Tish (5 October 2017). "Louis Vuitton comes home to Place Vendôme". The Spaces. London. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  8. "ANNIE MORRIS – Timothy Taylor". www.timothytaylor.com. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  9. Khan, Tabish (10 June 2012). "Art Review: Summer Exhibition @ Royal Academy". Londonist. London. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. "Azerbaijani and international artists to exhibit together at Merging Bridges at Baku MoMA". YARAT. YARAT Contemporary Art Space. 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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