Keith A. Morrison
Keith A. Morrison
Artist, art educator, curator, art critic, and administrator
Keith Morrison is a Jamaican-born artist who has exhibited internationally in many galleries and museums, including the art Institute of Chicago, the Smithsonian, The Cincinnati Museum, the DeYoung Museum, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. He represented Jamaica at the 2001 Venice Biennale.
He received his BFA and MFA from the School of Art Institute of Chicago.
He has curated many exhibitions, including Art in Washington and its African American Presence: 1940-1970 and Curator's Eye III for the National Gallery of Jamaica in 2008.
He has been Professor and Dean in many art schools and universities, including the San Francisco Art Institute, the San Francisco State University, the University of Maryland, and the Tyler School of Art Temple University.
Among the awards Morrison has received are a Ford Foundation Graduate scholarship; a Danforth Foundation Award for Teaching; a Chicago Bicentennial Award for Painting; a Distinguished Achievement for Painting of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Education; and the Organization for African Unity's (OAU) International Award for Painting.
Keith has also written for many publications including The New Art Examiner, the Corcoran Gallery, The Baltimore Museum of Art, the Getty Museum, and the Washington Post.
The monograph titled Keith Morrison, by Dr. Renee Ater, was published by Pomegranate Press in 2005.
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