Ross Morgan

Ross Morgan is a South Australian fine artist whose practice centers on painting and drawing as forms of visual storytelling. Based in Adelaide, his work explores narrative, memory, place, and atmosphere through imagined environments, symbolic objects, and character-driven imagery. Drawing on his early experiences growing up in the regional Mid North of South Australia, his practice is informed by a fascination with rural landscapes, abandoned structures, local histories, and the quiet poetics of overlooked things.

Morgan completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the University of South Australia in 2000 and has since developed an independent studio practice spanning more than two decades. He has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions and has been recognized through a number of significant awards and prizes, including selection as a semi-finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (2014), being a three-time finalist in the Kennedy Art Prize (2017, 2018, 2021), and winning the John Shaw Neilson Acquisitive Art Prize (2015).

At the core of Morgan’s practice is an ongoing interest in the narrative potential of the image. His works are often conceived as interconnected series, where individual paintings and drawings ...

Bachelor of Visual Arts - University of South Australia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 – Wonder Dogs, Bluethumb Gallery, Adelaide, SA
2021 – Molly Moores Has a House Like Yours, Book Launch and Exhibition, Bluethumb Gallery, Adelaide, SA
2017 – The Little One Returns, Ross Morgan Gallery & Studio, Adelaide, SA
2017 – Undercover, Ross Morgan Gallery & Studio, Adelaide, SA
2017 – The Art of Ben Hall, Bluethumb Online Gallery HQ, Collingwood, VIC
2016 – The Companion, Ross Morgan Gallery & Studio, Adelaide, SA
2016 – The Architect, Ross Morgan Gallery & Studio, Adelaide, SA
2015 – The Little One, Ross Morgan Gallery & Studio, Adelaide, SA
2015 – The Diver, The Chicken and The Fox, Ross Morgan Gallery & Studio, Adelaide, SA
2014 – Big and Little, Greg Cooley Wines, Clare Valley, SA
2014 – The Red Book, Ross Morgan Gallery & Studio, Adelaide, SA
2014 – Home, Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery, Port Pirie, SA
2013 – Collect, Ross Morgan Gallery & Studio, Adelaide, SA
2013 – Box of Wonders, Bundaleer Festival, Jamestown, SA
2013 – Diary of Illusions, Ross Morgan Gallery & Studio, Adelaide, SA
2012 – Altitude, Ross Morgan Gallery & Studio, Adelaide, SA
2011 – Toys, Hotel Metropolitan, Adelaide, SA
2011 – Learning to Fly, St Peter’s Cathedral, North Adelaide, SA
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