George Morgan
George Morgan (b.1987, Herefordshire, England) was artistic from an early age, with teachers at his secondary school remarking that his GCSE piece was one of the most sophisticated they’d ever encountered. Foregoing A Levels instead to pursue an art BTEC, George graduated from Falmouth College of Art, Cornwall in 2008 with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art. From his degree show George became one of seven shortlist artists and the subsequent winner of an award resulting in exhibitions in two of Cornwall's most prominent galleries - The Newlyn Gallery and Anima Mundi (formerly Millennium Gallery), and a year’s occupancy of a large studio at Krowji in Redruth, Cornwall.
George’s career as an artist since has included numerous group and artist-led shows, representation at several London and European art fairs as well as 3 solo exhibitions. He has done three European residencies; two at Cyprus College of Art - the most recent of which was in November 2021, and one in Sweden. As well as Cornwall, George has lived and worked in Bristol, Herefordshire, Brighton and briefly in Berlin. He has had studios in Bristol’s Hamilton House, a well-known creative hub that until 2017 was managed by community organisation Coexist, and Brighton and Hove’s Studio 106. Currently he is based in London. George is primarily a painter, working mostly with oils on handmade traditional gesso panels. His work has evolved in recent years from figurative to abstract, but throughout has drawn largely from personal experiences that resonate for him with a particular quality of feeling, exploring themes of isolation, trauma, love, longing and loss.
