Duncan Morris

Drawing from the autobiographical, Duncan Morris’s practice involves a fascination with the intangible phenomenon that occurs when our inner world appears to overlay our perception of the outer world. Using rhythmic mark making, lurid colours and ambiguous perspective, his paintings often depict psychological states and are characterised by a dynamic crowding of composition in which lonely figures seem engulfed in a state of quiet introspection. Infused with allusions to mythology, folklore and poetry alongside references to modernist artists such as Morandi, De Chirico and Guston, each painting is a journey, an attempt to find a concise yet visually poetic resolution to the dilemma of perception, reality, memory and dreams.

Bristol old vic theatre school
MA scenic art

U.W.I.C.
BA Hons Fine art painting

Selected Exhibitions
2019: Solo show. Static impositions, PZ Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
2013: Group show. Scenic Art MA, RWA, Bristol
2012: Group show. Temwa Art for Africa, Bristol
2011: Solo show. Donuts Gallery, Bristol
2011: Group show. Weapon of choice Gallery, Bristol
2010: Group Show. Weapon of choice gallery, Bristol
2010: Group show. Temwa Art for Africa, Bristol

Work in private collections:
London
Bristol
Oxford
New York
Stockholm
Berlin