1969 born in Honolulu, Hawaii
lives and works in Los Angeles

Solo exhibitions

2009
Galerie Barbara Weiss Berlin
Sara Cain & Rebecca Morris, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California

2007
Los Angeles, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006
Straight to Hell, Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts
For Abstractionists and Friends of The Non-Objective, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
Rebecca Morris. Paintings and Works on Paper, solo show at the Galerie Barbara Weiss booth at The Armory Show, New York
Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts

2005
Rebecca Morris: Paintings 1996 – 2005, The Renaissance Society, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

2004
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Project Room, Los Angeles, California

2003
Frankenstein, The Santa Monica Museum of Art, Project Room, Santa Monica, California

2001
Three-Peat, Boom, Oak Park, Illinois
RJM 2001: New Drawings, Project Room, Ten In One Gallery, New York, New York

2000
New Paintings, Ten In One Gallery, New York, New York
1998
Rebecca Morris II, Ten In One Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1996
Rebecca Morris, Ten In One Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Recent Paintings, Galeria Ray Gun, Valencia, Spain

Group exhibitions (selection)

2010
ON PTG: Rebecca Morris, Molly Zuckerman-Hartung and Jutta Koether, Rowley Kennerk

2009
AbstractionsUnite! Who Give you just enough to last a Lifetime, The Glendale Collage Art Gallery, Glendale, California, USA
Society for Contemporary Art, Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
The Ballad that Becomes an Anthem, ACME, Los Angeles
Triumphs Big and Small, Beautiful and Sad: Abstractionists Who Give You Just Enough To Last a Lifetime, The Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, California
Feelings and Power, Five Thirty Three Gallery, Los Angeles, California
BOOFTHLE Booth-Booth: Deux The Hollywood Biennale, Pauline, Hollywood, California

2008
The Mystery of the Invisible Clock, Hudsen Salon, Los Angeles; California
Disarming Matter, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York
Color Climax, James Graham & Sons, New York

2007
Albrecht Schnider, Rebecca Morris, Sergej Jensen, Grieder Contemporary, Küstnacht, Zurich
Radiant City, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles
ab-strac-tion, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
…hovering over the universe I aim my laser pistol into the eye of the universe and time slows down, is splayed out so I can see the interlocking spirals and splatted fractal glowing shapes, all different sizes and moving different speeds, but when seen from this vantage point, their spinney glorious and gorgeous perfection when seen altogether…, Honor Fraser Gallery, Venice, California
Between the Clock and the Bed, Dave Patton Gallery, Los Angeles
Space is a Place, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
Stuff: International Contemporary Art from the Collection of Burt Aaron, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
Boo, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Jerks, Balks, Outblurts, and Jump-overs, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Affinities: Painting in Abstraction, Hessel Art Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

2006
Abstract, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
Figures in the Field: Figurative Sculpture and Abstract Painting from Chicago Collections, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Ragged, Kate MacGarry, London

2005
Sugartown, Participant Inc. (with Elizabeth Dee Gallery), New York, New York
Diamond Hand Grenade: Katherine Bernhardt, Rebecca Morris, Anna Sew Hoy, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Abstraktes, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin

2002
Simmer: Rebecca Morris, Mary Weatherford, Erik Parker, Tony Gray, curated by Ciara Ennis, Echo Park Projects, Los Angeles, California

2001
Sound, Video, Images and Objects, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Part II: Rebecca Morris, Mari Eastman, Amy Wheeler, Three Day Weekend, 1234 El Paso Drive, Los Angeles, California
More! More! More! curated by Laura Owens, 5117 Eagle Rock Blvd. Los Angeles, California

2000
Part I: Rebecca Morris, Mari Eastman, Amy Wheeler, Three Day Weekend, 1234 El Paso Drive, Los Angeles, California

2000
The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Laughter, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, California

Bibliography (selection)

2010
Sara Greenberger Rafferty, College Try, www.ARTFORUM.com, February 23, 2010

2009
Tattersall, Lanka, Friendly Gestures, Texte zur Kunst, September 2009, pp. 155-157
Rinder, Laurence, Raoul De Keyser’s American Impression, exhibition catalogue Raoul De Keyser Replay, Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2009, pp. 109-112
Karen Archey, Do Canaries have accents? Notes from Berlin: Rebecca Morris, ART FAG CITY, July 2nd, 2009
Niklas Maak, Manisch malerisch, FAZ, May 3, 2009, p.18
Thea Herold, Mandala Melange, artnet, May 5, 2009
Schad, Ed, The Ballad That becomes An Anthem, ARTsland, April 5, 2009

2007
Holte, Michale Ned, On the Ground: Los Angeles, Artforum, December, p. 289.
O’Reilly, Sally, Things Fall Apart, Frieze Magazine, Issue 110, October, p. 256.
Brooks, Amra, Must See Art, The L.A. Weekly, August 10-16, Vol. 29, No. 38, p. 50.
Brooks, Amra, Must See Art, The L.A. Weekly, July 20-26, Vol. 29, No. 35, p. 62.
Myers, Terry, Save the Last Dance for Me, London: Afterall, p. 84.
Frerichs, Christine, Rebecca Morris at Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, www.thehighlights.org, May Brooks, Amra, Must See Art, The L.A. Weekly, May 4-10, Vol. 29 No. 24, p.58.
Pagel, David, Collective Fantasies Take Flight, Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section E28, August 31
Weldon, Michael. Abstract, The New Yorker, January 8, p. 14.

2006
Kushner, Rachel. On the Ground: Los Angeles, Artforum, December, p. 255.
Mueller, Stephen, Abstract Spaces, Gay City News, Friday, December 22.
McQuaid, Cate. In the Abstract, The Boston Globe, Thursday, November 2, Style Section C9.
Rossman, Sasha. Regional Roundup: Berlin, www.artinfo.com, News & Features, October 6.
Altman, Anna. Berlin Rising, www.artnet.com/magazine, August 30.
Satorius, Katherine. (Keep Feeling) Fascination at Luckman Gallery, Artweek, June, Volume 37, Issue 5, p. 18.
Sew Hoy, Anna/ Morris, Rebecca, Diamond Hand Grenade, Textfield IV, spring and summer, p. 58.
(Keep Feeling) Fascination, Luckman Gallery, Cal State LA, Los Angeles, California, March 16 – May 6. Publication. Essay by Julie Joyce.
Rebecca Morris Paintings: 1996 – 2005, The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, May 8 – June 19, 2005. Catalogue. Essays by Diedrich Diederichsen and Stephen Westfall.

2005
The Early Show, White Columns, New York, October 28 – December 3. Issue #4.
Sugartown: an exhibition in two parts, Participant Inc. und Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, New York, July 8 – August 7. Zine.
Artner, Alan G. Seeing Morris’ Abstract Growth, Chicago Tribune, May 12, Section 5, p. 3f.
Hixson, Kathryn. Rebecca Morris, Time Out Chicago issue 14, June 2 – 9, 2005, p. 53f.
Hamza Walker, Abstract This, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, Illinois.

2004
Frank, Peter. Art Pick of the Week: Fred Wilson, Rebecca Morris, LA Weekly, January 30 – February 5, p. 127f.
Ra, Karen. Contemporary LA, DOVE Magazine, Korea, January, p. 139f.

2002
Charley Magazine, issue 01, contributing artist, p. 283f.

2001
Campbell, Shane. Sound, Video, Images and Objects, Flash Art, July – September, p. 70f.
Jones, Chuck. Rebecca Morris Interview, www.babygorilla.com/warehouse/art/rebecca.html

2000
Erickson, Karl. Three Day Weekend, Flash Art, November-December, p. 51.
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation 1999 Awards in Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, and Craft Media, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, New York. Katalog, p.58-59.

1999
Eastman, Mari. My Friend Rebecca, Cakewalk, winter, p. 45-47.
Rodriguez, Juan. Cool Painting at Brian Gross Fine Art, Artweek, February

1998
Baker, Kenneth. Cool Paintings Radiate Heat, San Francisco Chronicle, December 12.
Brunetti, John. Home Grown Cool, Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 19 – November 15, Catalogue.
Grabner, Michelle. Lake Breeze, New Art Examiner, September, p. 22-26.
Brunetti, John. Rebecca Morris, New Art Examiner, July/ August, p. 52.
White Walls, Chicago, Illinois. Issue 40, spring: front and back covers and pages 100-107.

1997
Wasserman, Nadine. Points of Interest…don’t laugh, Wriston Art Center: Appleton, Wisconsin, September 27 – November 2, Catalogue.
Camper, Fred. Aiming Low, The Chicago Reader, September 12, p. 34-35.
Smith, Courtenay. Post-Pop, Post-Pictures, Smart Museum: Chicago, Illinois, August 22 – September 21, Catalogue.
Fernandez-Montenegro, Maria Jose. Ilusion, Pintura y Fotografia, Galeria Ray Gun: Valencia Spain, Catalogue.
Hixson, Kathryn. Feminine Wiles, New Art Examiner, March, p. 21-24, 56.
Saltz, Jerry. Uncomfortable, Time Out New York, July 31- August 7, issue no. 97, p. 40.

1996
Bulka, Michael. A-OK, New Art Examiner, December/ January 1996/ 1997, p. 35- 36.
Clemente, Jose Luis. Rebecca Morris: Picturas Recientes, Levante (Spain), November 11.
Walker, Hamza. All That Glitters is Glitter, Ten In One Gallery: Chicago, Illinois/ Galeria Ray Gun: Valencia, Spain, September 6 – October 12, Catalogue.