Morgan Lappin

Currently represented by Trigonal Gallery. Morgan Jesse Lappin b. 1979 is a visual artist, entertainer, musician and image-maker Lappin first started creating collage art in 2007 for a clothing company creating original designs. In 2008, Lappin moved to Brooklyn and began working with paper to create contemporary collages. His art, like his mind, is a combination of comedy and chaos with elements of music, vintage horror and sci-fi. Lappin’s work ranges from seven-foot- long cartoon metropolises, to fictional album covers, to take-out Greek diner coffee cups embedded with tiny paper worlds.

He uses nostalgic material from his childhood from the 80s, such as VHS Tape boxes, video game cartridges, and any other 80's house hold items that could cause you to experience flashbacks. Having a background in collecting and curating, he set out to assemble some of his favorite collage artists from NYC, and so in 2013 the Brooklyn Collage Collective was born. The BCC has now exhibited all over the world and has a strong global presence amongst collage makers and collectors alike.

In 2017, Lappin collaborated with The Very Warm, a parent company of Weatherproof, using Lappin’s original collages to design outerwear for men and women whi...

EXHIBITIONS:

2019 Valentines Collage Exhibit/Fuck Love - Group Show / BCC Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) *

2018 December Fest - Group Show / One Art Space (Manhattan, NY)

2018 Double Decker Salon Show - Group Show / Green Point Gallery (Brooklyn, NY)

2018 Where did Waldo go? - Solo Show / BCC Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) *

2018 Bushwick Open Studio’s - BCC Exhibit / BCC Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) *

2018 The Collage Show / Undercurrent Gallery on ARTSY.net (Online Gallery) *

2018 3rd Annual Urbexpo 2018 / Jefferson Market Library (Manhattan, NY)

2018 The Very Warm @ Gallery 55 Exhibit (Brooklyn, NY)

2018 Web Site Launch / Group Show: 333 Scholes St. (Brooklyn, NY) *

2017 Meatspace / BCC Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) *

2017 Hands off my Cuntry: Undercurrent Projects (Manhattan, NY)

2016 Cut & Taste: Chinatown Soup (Manhattan, NY)

2016 Vitamin C-ollage: The Rabbit Hole (Brooklyn, NY)

2015 Carousel London "Brooklyn Collage Collective Vs. London (London, UK)

2015 Brooklyn Collage Collective/Bushwick Open Studios - BCC Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) *

2015 St.Marks Book Shop "Emerging Artists" (Manhattan, NY)

2015 Select Art Fair/NYC 2/ Fuchs Projects (Manhattan, NY)

2015 The Birds and Bees: The Big Lean + Fuchs Pro...