Artist Bio

Loren Morris, Fine Artist

Coming from a diverse background, Loren was born in Nuremberg, Germany and moved to the United States as a child. After splitting his wonder years between the east coast and the southwest , Loren attended a nationally accredited fine arts school, earning his B.F.A., specializing in acrylic painting. Upon graduation, he moved to Chicago where he works as an established contemporary artist and has been a top seller in many area galleries and unique spaces.

Selected Exhibitions
-Sacred Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 2008 ongoing
-Zella Brown, FEATURED ARTIST, Chicago, IL 2008-2009
-ART FOR YOUR SOFA established 2007 www.artforyoursofa.com
-Corner Grille Cafe, Chicago, IL 2003-2005
-White Space Auction, Chicago, IL Fall 2002
-Gallery Benefit Auction, Evanston, IL 2002
-Lake Geneva Fine Art Gallery, Lake Geneva, WI, September 1999-2001
-LorenMorris.com established 2001 www.lorenmorris.com
-Izzo's Artery Gallery, Chicago, IL, November 1999
-Gathering Artists Gallery, Chicago, IL, September 1997-1999
-Oklahoma City University Center for the Arts, Oklahoma City, OK, October 1995

Selected Solo Exhibitions
-Office Space, Genisis Recruiting, Chicago, IL Srping 2005-ongoing
-Cafe Series, Corner Grille Cafe, Chicago, IL, Spring 2005-2006
-Art You Can Live With, Gathering Artists Fine Art Gallery, Chicago, IL, March 1996
-Looking Back, Oklahoma City Fine Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK, April 1995

Bodies of Work
-Modern Chandeliers-series in progress of large paintings and small drawings of contemporary take on the image of traditional chandeliers
-Modern Paintings of Modern Pets series-Ongoing custom made works based on individual requests
-Bird and Garden Series-creating a darker mood through modern stylizing of bird forms and their surroundings 2006-2007
-"My Pet", an ongoing series of paintings of pets and their owners from various Chicago Neighborhoods
-Cafe Series, bright, sunny, cafe style works, 2005
-Interiors II, acrylic on canvas, 2002
-The World We Live In, digital photography, 2001-2003
-Art You Can Live With, acrylic on canvas, 1998-a collection of the strongest works from the interiors series for a solo exhibition
-Interiors, acrylic on canvas, 1996-1999-a study of urban habitat and the material items we surround ourselves with.
-Looking Back, acrylic on canvas, 1991-1995-a retrospect of works from various projects throughout art school

Travel
USA, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland,
Germany, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Mexico, Netherlands

Education
Graphic Design, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, Fall 2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Oklahoma City University, OK, 1995