Erin Morrison’s coin series began with the artist’s pure interest in coins as a material curiosity. For the past three years, the artist has focused her unique sculptural process of gypsumcast relief on early coins circulated in the United States before and shortly after its founding.
As the artist moved to Hong Kong in the summer of 2019, in the midst of massive local happenings and later global pandemic, her motivations as to which coins to reproduce and which subjects to focus on began to shift. Between studios and countries, and whilst in periods of isolation during the pandemic, she has been alternating her creative focus between the coin and palm series, each with a different personality.
Presenting here at the show are Erin’s new works of 1862 Straits Settlements Cent, reflecting on the Straits Settle ment copper piece circulated by the British East India Company through regions of Southeast Asia established as outposts during and after the second Opium War.
The artist has also recently been going back to her palm and bamboo creations, which goes through a similar process as her coin series but are filled with a slightly more playful and colourful air of mood, sometimes retro and other times nostalgic to her California days.
Born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, Erin Morrison is an American artist living in Hong Kong. She earned her MFA from UCLA in 2014, and her BFA from Memphis College of Art in 2007. She is represented by Ochi Project s in Los Angeles and has exhibited extensively both in the United States and internationally. She is also experienced in teaching in institutes such as UCLA and Pepperdine University.
Fine Art Asia Artworks
Straits Settlements Cent 1862 (Victoria 1)
Enamel and acrylic on polymer-gypsum 125x125cm 2021
Straits Settlements Cent 1862 (2)
Enamel and resin on polymer-gypsum 125x125cm, 2021
Ode to Autumn (1)
Enamel and acrylic on polymer-gypsum 77x77cm, 2021
Ode to Autumn (2)
Enamel and acrylic on polymer-gypsum 77x77cm, 2021
Ode to Spring
Enamel and acrylic on polymer-gypsum 77x77cm, 2021
About Erin Morrison
b. Little Rock, Arkansas / Lives and works in Hong Kong
EDUCATION
2014 MFA, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2007 BFA, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
EXHIBITIONS, SOLO AND TWO-PERSON
2021 Easy Money, Gallery Jeeum, Hong Kong
2019 Colony, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles
2018 ZONAMACO Art Fair, Ochi Projects, Mexico City 2017 The Letdown, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles
2017 When the Fire Burns Out, Chimento Contemporary 2016 Object Decorum, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho 2015 Relief, Samuel Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles
EXHIBITIONS, GROUP
2021 Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong (forthcoming)
2021 Return of the Dragons, Blossom Market Chinatown
2021 LAMMAHOUSE, The CAD, Hong Kong
2021 Handball Court, Los Angeles
2020 The World is Never Still, www.binderofwomen.com
2020 If Everything is an Outrage, Tack 16, Los Angeles
2019 Binder of Women Second Edition, The Pit, Glendale
2019 UNTITLED Art Fair, San Francisco
2018 SEXY X-MAS, The Lodge, Los Angeles
2018 DEATH SHOW, Elevator Mondays, Los Angeles
2018 Sexy Beast Auction for Planned Parenthood, curated by Night Gallery,Marciano Foundation Los Angeles
2018 Soft Pretzel, VACATION Gallery, New York
2018 Heat Wave, Guererro Gallery, San Francisco
2018 An Homage to Hollis Benton, Over the Influence Gallery, Los Angeles
2018 Good Smoke, Good Poke, 0-0 Gallery, Los Angeles
2017 Binder of Women Release Party and Show, The Pit, Glendale 2017 Modern Hieroglyphics, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles
2017 Amplify Compassion, 356 Mission, Los Angeles
2017 Group Show, Werkartz, Los Angeles
2017 New Dimension, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine
CHARITABLE DONATIONS / AUCTION
Make it Work live auction hosted by Christie’s, De Sarthe Gallery, 2021
Incognito, The ICALA, 2020
S.O.S. Get Out the Vote, Fundraiser for Fair Fight, Track 16, 2020
Fundraiser for Reproductive Justice, organized by Akina Cox and Carrie Cook, 2019
TAKE BACK THE HOUSE, Fundraiser for Swing Left, Ghebaly Gallery, 2018
Angel Art, Project Angel Food Silent Auction, 2018 LAXART Benefit Auction, 2015
One•N•Ten, LGBTQ Benefit Auction, Paddle 8, 2015 ArtworxLA 23rd Annual Evening of Art Auction, 2015 Incognito, Santa Monica Art Museum, 2015
