Morgan Grasham

EDUCATION
2020 MFA Studio Art, University of North Texas, Denton, Tx
2012 BFA Studio Art, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Tx

STUDIO EXPERIENCE

2023-present Tinc Productions

2022-2023 Collaborating Artist, Meow Wolf, Grapevine, Tx

2023 Frosting Artist, Meow Wolf, Grapevine, Tx

2019 Lab Technician, dFabLab, University of North Texas, Denton, Tx

2016-2018 Fabrication Artist, Risinger's Taxidermy (contractor for High Roller Whitetails LLC), Mount Enterprise, Tx

2014-2016 Fabrication Artist, Old Friends Taxidermy, San Angelo, Tx

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2020-2022 Adjunct Instructor of Sculpture, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Beginning Sculpture: Digital Methods, Beginning Sculpture: Traditional Methods

2021 Memory Beast Workshop, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Tx

2018-2020 Teaching Fellow, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Beginning Sculpture: Digital Methods, Foundations: Design II

SOLO/GRASHAM COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2022 Memory Beast, the MAC, Dallas, Tx

2021 Memory Beast, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Tx
2020 Memory Beast, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, Tx
2018 Unlearning the Animal, miniCAVE, University of North Texas, Denton, Tx
2016 West of Eden: A Cabinet of Curiosities, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts: Gallery Verde, San Angelo Tx
2015 Flirting With Spacetime, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts: Gallery Verde, San Angelo, Tx

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Texas Juried Exhibition, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Tx
2020 Out|Posts, University of North Texas College of Music, https://outposts2020.wordpress.com/
2020 30 Under 30, Meadows Gallery, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Tx
2020 23rd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Tx
2019 College Expo, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Tx
2019 30 Under 30, Meadows Gallery, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Tx
2018 Clay + Things, Site 131, Dallas, Tx
2018 Craft Texas, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Tx
2018 Temporary Collectives, The Warehouse, Dallas, Tx
2018 22nd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Tx
2017 SP/N Gallery, Richardson, Tx
2016 Help Yourself, The Neill-Cochran House Museum, Austin, Tx
2015 In Danger (or why you should really, really give a shit), Art.Science.Gallery., Austin Tx
2015 East Austin Studio Tour, Canopy Studios, Austin Tx
2014 Toronto Art for Peace, Moniker Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2014 Texas National, the Cole Art Center, Nacodoches, Tx
2014 Surrealism of the 21st Century, LuminArte, Dallas, Tx
2013 East Austin Studio Tour, Big Medium and Pump Project Art Complex, Austin, TX
2012 EIR, Cohn Drennan Contemporary Gallery, Dallas, TX
2012 Imprint BFA Exhibition, ACU Downtown Gallery, Abilene, TX
2011 National Arts Program Annual Exhibit, the Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2011 Intercollegiate Competition, the Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2010 Intercollegiate Competition, the Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX

ARTIST TALKS

2021 Memory Beast, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Tx

2020 Experts Talk on the Carter: The Art of the Wild, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Tx
2015 Artist Talk, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts: Gallery Verde, San Angelo, Tx

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2020 2nd Place, Texas Juried Exhibition, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Tx
2020 Work of Distinction, 23rd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Tx
2020 Presidential Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2019 Artist-in-Residence, Cobb Mountain Art & Ecology Project, Cobb Mountain, CA

2019 Finalist, CADD Fund, Dallas, Tx
2019 The Outstanding Graduate Student in Studio Art, University of North Texas, Denton, Tx
2018 Project Grant, University of North Texas, Denton, Tx
2018-2020 Fellowship, University of North Texas, Denton, Tx
2018 4th Place, 22nd Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Tx

2014-2017 Artist-in-Residence, The Chicken Farm Art Center, San Angelo, TX
2013 East Austin Studio Tour Fellowship, Big Medium, Austin, Tx
2009 Juanita Pollard Art Scholarship Award, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Tx

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS

Todd Martens "Meow Wolf is ready for Texas. Is Texas ready for Meow Wolf?" LA Times. July 26th, 2023 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-07-06/meow-wolf-is-ready-for-texas-is-texas-ready-for-meow-wolf

Han Santana-Sayles. Tiktok. April 27th, 2023 https://www.tiktok.com/@meowwolf/video/7226784561550642475?is_from_webapp=1

Deborah Martin. "Meow Wolf announces opening date of first Texas location" San Antonio Express News. May 16th, 2023 https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/article/new-meow-wolf-grapevine-mall-near-dallas-18100458.php

Danny Gallagher. "The 10 Best Tips, Clues and Leads To Discover the Story of Meow Wolf's The Real Unreal". Dallas Observer. July 17th, 2023 https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/the-10-biggest-clues-to-meow-wolfs-the-real-unreal-in-grapevine-17008760

Artspace 111. "Texas Juried Exhibition." Artspace 111. June 1, 2020.

https://artspace111.com/exhibitions/110-artspace111-texas-juried-exhibition-group-exhibition/

Glasstire. "Top 5: November 15, 2018 with Shelby David Meier" Glasstire. November 15, 2018. https://glasstire.com/2018/11/15/top-five-november-15-2018-with-shelby-david-meier/

Sarradet, William. "'Clay + Things' at Site 131, Dallas" Glasstire. November 8, 2018. https://glasstire.com/2018/11/08/clay-things-at-site131-dallas/

Mawajdeh, Hady. "From Roadkill to Fine Art." KERA Art & Seek. December 6, 2018. http://artandseek.org/spotlight/from-road-kill-to-fine-art/

Sabrina Roberts. “San Angelo artists pioneer, exhibit a wild kind of art” San Angelo Standard-Times. December 8, 2016. http://www.gosanangelo.com/story/entertainment/arts/2016/12/08/san-angelo-artists-pioneer-exhibit-wild-kind-art/95132692/

“E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation Partners with Art.Science.Gallery. for “In Danger (Or, You Should Really, Really Give a Shit)” Exhibition” E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. November 11, 2015. https://eowilsonfoundation.org/e-o-wilson-biodiversity-foundation-partners-with-art-science-gallery-for-in-danger-or-you-should-really-really-give-a-shit-exhibition/