Sallyanne Morgan

The body holds emotion in ways we cannot always name. My sculptures attempt to make that holding visible.
In my ferrous cement work, I cast figures from clay, freezing a single gesture in smooth, permanent white. These are moments of tension held still -the material's coolness and weight speak to the hardness of certain emotions - blame, reluctance, the clash between internal and external selves. Alongside this, I work in ceramic stoneware. Here, I build directly and intuitively, letting posture emerge from process. The surface becomes layered with transfers and slips -marks that speak to how experience accumulates, how memory prints itself upon us over time. The horns that sometimes appear suggest a quieter power, a claim to space that is gentle but present. Across both materials, I invite viewers to encounter the familiar and sit with what doesn't quite fit-hoping to spark curiosity and, through it, connection.

EDUCATION AND PROFESIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2025 David Begley, Advanced Monotype printing, Ardgillan, Fingal
2024 Herbie McCann, Ceramic glaze technology, LSC. Ireland
2024 Sharon Griffin clay sculpture workshop, UK.
2023 Slip Mold plaster casting, Flax Art Studio, Belfast N. Ireland
2023 Print Medium. Creative Spark, Dundalk Ireland
2021 Training Needs Analysis and Design, QQI 6 Award F.E.T. Ireland
2007 Diploma Anatomy and Physiology
1996 Night classes bronze casting NCAD Dublin.
1997 Coláiste Cgongaile (Now Marino College) Technical college Wood/ Ceramics /metal work.
1994 Dublin Institute of Technology (Sheet metal and welding)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 “Flight (and other stories)” Lily Aguis Gallery, Malta
2012 “The illusion of permanence “Java Gallery, Phnom Penh
Cambodia.

SELECTED CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2025
14th SURVEYOR, Droichead Arts Centre
ART Riddler, Dublin
Droichead Arts Centre “Between Worlds” (Four person exhibition)
2024
Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
13th SURVEYOR, Solstice Art Centre, Navan
ART Riddler Dublin
Ranelagh Arts Centre “More Than This”
Argillan Castle Summer Show
2023
12th SURVEYOR, Solstice Art Centre Navan
Hover- Still, Malta Society of Arts, Valletta, Malta