ALEX MORRISON

Born in Redruth, Cornwall, England
Currently lives and works in Vancouver

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

-Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Housewrecker, Vancouver, British Columbia
-Public Commission, Mapping the Modern City, curated by Simon Morrissey, Newcastle, UK
-Frankfurt Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany

-Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

M-Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

-in/attendant Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

-Mendel Art Gallery, Godzilla vs. The Skateboarders, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
-Dalhousie Art Gallery, Godzilla vs. The Skateboarders, Halifax, Nova Scotia

-Aspex, Homemade, Portsmouth, UK
-Vancouver Art Gallery, Drawing the World: Masters to Hipsters, Vancouver, British Columbia
-Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Making Sace, curated by November Paynter, Beyoglu, Istanbul
-Blackwood Gallery, Godzilla vs. The Skateboarders, Mississauga, Ontario
-Platform Gallery, Group of Seven, London, England
-Edmonton Art Gallery, Godzilla vs. The Skateboarders, Edmonton, Alberta

-Platform Gallery, From Memory, London, UK
-Printed Matter, Laissez Faire, New York, USA

-Art Metropole, Cease and Desist, Toronto, Ontario

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Published Writing on Alex Morrison

-Laurence, Robin. "Surf Show Catches a Wave of Boarder Art", The Georgia Straight, February 13 - 20, 2003
-Laurence, Robin. "Boarders in Invade Art", The Georgia Straight, p 56, Jan 30 - Feb 6, 2003
-O'Brian, Amy and Richards, Gwendolyn. "Introducing…10 of Vancouver's Rising Stars", The Vancouver Sun, B8, January 11, 2003

-Buck, Luisa. "London, Contemporary gallery shows", The Art Newspaper, No. 122, February 2002
-Burnham, Clint. "Cat Fries", exhibition essay, Signage, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2002
-Currah, Mark. "Geometers", Time Out, p. 48, January 23-30, 2002
-Kitamura, Katie. "Geometers", Contemporary, March 2002 (photo)
-Meyers, Holly. "Turning Impulses into Works of Art", Los Angeles Times, August 16, 2002
-Pence, Elizabeth. "Das Spyder-Man' at LACE" Artweek, October 2002

-Anderson, Jack. "Godzilla vs. The Skateboarders", Leader Post (Regina), November 7, 2001(photo)
-Brayshaw, Christopher. "These Days", Georgia Straight, May 31- June 7, 2001
-Milroy, Sarah. "Masters of the Art", The Globe and Mail, Saturday, December 1, 2001
-Review, "Godzilla vs. skateboarders as a critique of social spaces" Mix Magazine, pp 21, Winter 2001-02
-Roy, Marina. "These Days", Last Call, Fall 2001(photo)
-Schlup, Murielle. "Mobile Home als Lebensstil", Berner Woche , # 160, July 18 2001
-Scott, Michael. "These Days", Vancouver Sun, May 5, 2001
-Turner, Michael. "These Days", Mix Magazine, Fall 2001 (photo)
-Turner, Michael. "These Days", Art/Text, #75, November 2001-January 2002

-Diviney, David. Space Invaders, exhibition companion, Mercer Union, July 2000
-Hirschmann, Thomas. "Mercer Union/ Alex Morrison", National Post, July 29 2000
-Kingstone, Peter. "Mercer Union/ Space Invader", Lola Magazine, Fall 2000
-Meir, Franziska. "Konzeptionelle Kunst im Kabinett", Zuger Presse, 6 Dec 2000
-Robertson, Mitch. "Toronto Review", Log Illustrated, New Zealand, Winter 2000
-Schultz, Deborah. "Belvedere", Art Monthly, April 2000, issue 235(photo)
-Taylor, John Russell. " The Big Show-Belvedere", Times. 'Metro', 5-11 Feb 2000

-Fulcher, Dawn. "Previews: From Memory", Contemporary Visual Arts, issue 23, Summer 1999
-Heather, Rosemary. "Every House I've Ever Lived In", Mix Magazine, Artist Run Culture, Spring 1999
-Kent, Sarah. "From Memory", Time Out: London's Living Guide, July 21-28 1999 no. 1509(photo)

Published Writing and Artist Projects by Alex Morrison

-"Housewrecker", exhibition essay, Housewrecker, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2003

-"All the Old Spots", Mined #4, Winter 2002
-"Space Invader", Mined #3, Summer 2002
-"Guerrilla Ramp Building", Sandwich, Spring 2002
-"Untitled project", Made, Winter 2002

-"Every House I've Ever Lived In", Public 21 (Childhood), Fall 2001
-"kids of the black hole", C magazine, Winter 2001/2002
-"*not actual layout of apartment", Mix Magazine, Summer 2001

-"Galerie Largeness: Alex Morrison", July 2000
-"Guerrilla Ramp Building", Mix Magazine, Winter 2000 - 2001

CATALOGUES

Liminal, Minimal, Nominal (catalogue), essay by Roy Exley, John Hansard Gallery/
Gallery Westland Place, March/ May, 2001
Space Invaders, essay by David Diviney, Mercer Union , July 2000
Belvedere, essay by Penelope Curtis, published by The Henry Moore Institute, 2000
mnemonic construction in progress, essay by Rosemary Heather, Eyelevel Gallery, March 1999