Mali Morris

Mali Morris’ concentrated compositions engage the viewer in the contemplation of pure abstraction, in which color relationships structure a luminosity, creating complex layers of space. They explore the language of painting, and its ever-changing expressive possibilities.

Her first major exhibitions were at the Serpentine Summer Show 3, London, 1977 and the IkonGallery, Birmingham, 1979. Since then she has held over 30 solo shows worldwide, and has been included in numerous group shows, at the Barbican, Hayward Gallery, Serpentine Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool, Whitworth Gallery Manchester, Museum of Wales Cardiff, United Kingdom, as well as a number overseas. 

She has received awards from the Arts Council, British Council, DAIWA Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Elephant Trust, GLAA, The Lorne Award and the Sunny Dupree Family Award, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2009. She has been a lecturer and examiner at many departments of Fine Art, and from 1991-2005 was Senior Lecturer in Painting at Chelsea College of Art, University of the Arts, London. She is a Founder-member of the charity A.P.T. at Creekside, South London, where she has her studio, and is a Trustee of the charity Poetry London.

Courtesy of the Royal Academy of Arts