Mali Morris RA
Born: 5 February, 1945, Caernarfon, North Wales, UK
Category of Membership: Painter
Elected: 16 March, 2010
Mali Morris RA, 'Flotilla', 2007. Acrylic. Photo: John Bodkin/DawkinsColour Mali Morris was born in North Wales and studied at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, BA (1963-68) and the University of Reading, MFA (1968–1970).
Her concentrated compositions engage the viewer in the contemplation of pure abstraction. She configures colours and shapes in unexpected relationships and uses controlled brushstrokes to create luminous effects.
Her first major solo exhibitions were at the Serpentine Summer Show 3, 1977 and the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 1979. Since then she has shown extensively in many solo and group exhibitions: Whitechapel Gallery, Serpentine Gallery, Hayward Gallery, the Barbican and John Moores, Liverpool, as well as overseas.
She has received awards from the Arts Council, British Council, DAIWA Anglo-Japanese Foundation, GLAA, Elephant Trust and the Sunny Dupree Family Award, Summer Exhibition 2009
Recent Solo Shows
2000, 2004, and 2005 in Tokyo, Japan
2005 and 2007: Robert Steele Gallery Project Room, New York
2002-3: Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, touring show
2005: Mali Morris: Work From Four Decades, Poussin Gallery, London
2008: Mali Morris: New Paintings, Poussin Gallery, London
Recent Group Shows
2008: Precious Things, Drogheda, Ireland
2009: meta -, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge
2010: Tag – New London Painting, Brown Gallery, London
Selected Collections
Arts Council England
British Council
Contemporary Arts Society
Government Art Collection
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
