Allison Morris
ally@allisonmorris.ca
Education
2015
BFA - Photography, Ontario College of Art & Design,
Toronto, ON.
2013/2014
OCAD U Florence Off-Campus Studies Program,
Florence, Italy.
Solo Exhibitions
2019
What Is Hidden By What We See. PH21 Gallery. Budapest, Hungary.
What Is Hidden By What We See. 500PX HQ for CONTACT. Toronto, ON.
2015
Impersonations. Artscape Youngplace. Toronto, ON.
Group Exhibitions
2024
Blurring the Lines. Gladstone House. Toronto, ON.
2023
Bent. SPAO Gallery. Ottawa, ON.
2020
Extra Tough: Women of the North. Anchorage Museum. Anchorage, AK.
2019
Abstractions. Archive Contemporary. Montreal, QC.
Su Bixinau. Santa Rosa Convent. Nurri, Sardinia.
Stranger Than Fiction. Millepiani Exhibition Space. Rome, Italy.
2016
No Subject Exhibition. Gladstone Hotel. Toronto, ON.
New Talents Exhibition. Belgrade Photo Month Festival, Galerija Eurocentar. Belgrade, Serbia.
Festival of the Body. OCAD U Great Hall. Toronto, ON.
Girls Girls Girls: A Feminist Art Show. Northern Contemporary Gallery. Toronto, ON.
2015
SEEN. Ryerson Artspace. Toronto, ON.
Feminist Art Conference: Looking Forward, Looking Back. OCAD U. Toronto, ON.
Bazaar. Super Wonder Gallery. Toronto, ON.
Career Launcher Photography Exhibition. Artscape Youngplace. Toronto, ON.
Contact. The Fortune of Having Been There: Vol. III. Project Gallery. Toronto, ON.
Contact. The Fortune of Having Been There: Vol. II. Project Gallery. Toronto, ON.
OCADU 100th Annual GradEx. OCAD U. Toronto, ON.
Lo Studio Divino: 40th Anniversary of the Florence Program. OCAD U. Toronto, ON.
2014
Union Station Holiday Market. Grand Hall, Union Station. Toronto, ON.
Staging Reality. British Institute of Florence. Florence, Italy.
Summer Group Show. Café Ete. Florence, Italy.
Il Studio Divino. OCAD U Florence Campus. Florence, Italy.
Awards
2022
Jim P. Shea Award for Best Submission. SNAP Toronto.
2016
Belgrade Photo Month: New Talents Exhibition. Second Place Recipient.
2015
Artscape Youngplace Career Launcher Recipient.
Residencies
2023
Feminist Photography Network Island Residency. Artscape Gibraltar Point. Toronto, ON.
2019
IVYnode & Terre Vivente Artist Residency: Su Bixinau. Nurri, Sardinia.
2015
Art Camp: Ryerson & OCAD U Collaborative Residency. Ryerson Artspace. Toronto, ON.
Collections
2016
Belgrade Photo Month Festival Collection. Belgrade, Serbia.
Activities
2022
RBC x Power Plant Emerging Artist Network Member.
SNAP 20th Anniversary Auction in support of ACT. Toronto, ON.
Commissioned Artist for Art Installation. Gladstone House. Toronto, ON.
2021
2020
BIPOC Photo Mentorship. Participating Mentor. Toronto, ON.
Allegories of the Abject & Obscure. Feminist Art Conference Panel Discussion. Toronto, ON.
2019
Su Bixinau Symposium. Festival Sant’Arte. San Sperate, Sardinia.
2015
Shattering Standards: Beauty in the Body. Feminist Art Conference Panel Discussion. Toronto, ON.
Queen West Art Crawl. Trinity Bellwoods. Toronto, ON.
Select Publications
ArtPremium Magazine. Generation Z: Artists On The Rise. (Cover)
Mulieris Magazine. Body Mirrors. Issue 2.
Blink Magazine. Hide and Seek. Issue 53.
Glamour Girl Magazine. The Art Of The Body: A Body Of Art. Issue 6.
Pony Anarchy Magazine. Online. Issue 14.
Dazzle Camouflage Zine. Lillian Boy Press & Highs.
Archive Collective Magazine. Physical. October Issue.
PhotoEd Magazine. Ones to Watch: Canadian Photo Talent to Look Out For. Issue 44.
Pinkd Publication. Volume 1. UK.
Select Press
2019
500PX CONTACT Artist On Her Monstrously Feminist Photography. 500PX Blog.
2017
Allison Morris: Pretty Please. Harper's Bazaar Taiwan.
2016
The Best of Photo Vogue 2016. Photo Vogue Italia.
Pretty, Please: Q+A With Artist-on-the-Rise Allison Morris. Brika Blog.
Artist Spotlight: Allison Morris. Haute Punch Magazine.
Vibrant Self Portraits Question the 'Feminie' Ideals all Woman Face. The Huffington Post.
Pretty, Please. Refinery29 Germany.
The Absurd Notion of the Ideal Female. iGnant.
Get Lost With Allison Morris. Space 15 Twenty by Urban Outfitters Blog.
2015
Art Scene Rivals Join for SEEN Exhibit. Ryersonian.
Meet the Artists: Allison Morris. Feminist Art Conference.
Golden Boy Press Interview #274. Golden Boy Press.
15 #GradEx 100 Artists Destined for Fame. The Illustrated Fox.
30 Artists to Watch from the OCAD U Grad Exhibition. Blog TO.