Artist Statement
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My practice challenges the boundaries between craft and fine art. By putting a contemporary spin on thread, I transform a traditional material into sculptural form. I construct figurative works that hover between 2D and 3D - part drawing, part painting, part sculpture.
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I see thread as my pencil or paintbrush; exploring the versatility of thread, in ways that means it intrudes into other mediums. I push, pull and stretch the line of thread to draw. I build up layers in colour to create form, light, and shadow. I morph thread into tangible, 3D forms to push the work into the sculptural realm.
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My figurative works depict female subjects in active, powerful, and confronting positions. The typical muse has been overworked within art history, but I intend my female subjects to reclaim their power - these women appear fearless and defiant. I attempt to depict these characteristics through the mediums of paint and thread - the application of paint is chaotic and unpredictable, whilst the threadwork is refined, poised and precise in detail.
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Photography by @angela.grabowska
Imogen Morris is an artist living and working in Birmingham, UK.
Imogen was born in Birmingham in 1991 and received a first-class degree from Kingston University in Fine Art and Art History (BA hons) in 2013. Her works are held in a number of private and public collections in the UK and internationally.
Education:
Kingston University | First Class | BA (Hons) Fine Art & Art History | 2013
University of Gloucestershire | Merit | Art & Design Foundation Diploma | 2010
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Solo Exhibitions:
2025 | RBSA Gallery "Birmingham Collection" | Birmingham, UK
2022 | Digbeth Art Space “In Flux” | Birmingham, UK
2022 | Degreeart Gallery “Meet The Artist” | Bankside Hotel, London UK
2019 | Digbeth Art Space “ThreadBare” | Birmingham, UK
Group Exhibitions:
2025 | Digbeth Art Space “Treading Water” | Birmingham, UK
2025 | HEADS x INNSiDE By Melia "Show XL" | Manchester, UK
2024 | Digbeth Art Space “We Make Mistakes” | Birmingham, UK
2024 | Bankside Hotel x Degree Art Gallery "The Art Of Belonging" | London, UK
2023 | A Space For Art "Being Us" | Myo Victoria | London UK
2023 | White Hotel “We Make Mistakes” | Manchester, UK
2023 | RBSA, “RBSA Graduate Show” | Birmingham, UK
2022 | Virginia Visual Arts “Meet The Artist” | London, UK
2022 | Eastside Projects, “Summer Camp Show” | Birmingham, UK
2022 | RBSA Gallery, “Prize Exhibition 2022” | Birmingham, UK
2022 | Cosimo Art, "Something's Brewing" | Birmingham, UK
2022 | RBSA Gallery, “Friends Open Exhibition” | Birmingham, UK
2022 | New Art Gallery Walsall, “West Midlands Open” | Walsall, UK
2021 | Ikon Gallery, “Ikon for Artists” | Birmingham, UK
2021 | The Artist Lounge, “In the History” King House Gallery | Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK
2021 | Boomer Gallery “Vogue Second Edition” | London, UK
2021 | Digbeth Art Space “Show Vend II” | Birmingham, UK
2019 | Digbeth Art Space, “ShowVend” | Birmingham, UK
2018 | The Anchor Gallery, “For the Love of Art” | Birmingham, UK
2015 | Compton Verney Art Gallery “Museums at Night” | Compton Verney, UK
2015 | General Practice, “ArtHole” | Lincoln, UK
2013 | Kingston University “Degree Show” | Kingston Upon Thames, UK
2013 | Stanley Picker Gallery Publication Launch of S&M | Kingston Upon Thames, UK
2012 | The Centre of Useless Splendour “SEMI” | Kingston Upon Thames, UK
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Art Fairs:
2025 | The Other Art Fair | Truman Brewery, London UK
2024 | The Other Art Fair | Truman Brewery, London UK
2023 | The Other Art Fair | Truman Brewery, London UK
2023 | Affordable Art Fair with Degreeart Gallery | Battersea Park, London UK
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Prizes:
2023 | Graduate Artist Prize in "Graduate Artist Exhibition" RBSA Gallery | Birmingham, UK
2022 | Highly Commended in “Prize Exhibition 2022” RBSA Gallery | Birmingham, UK
2021 | Third Place in “In the History” King House Gallery | Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK
2021 | Highly Commended in 3D Category “Self Portrait” The Art Yard | Birmingham, UK
Residencies:
July - September 2022 | Artist in Residence, Degreeart Gallery, Bankside Hotel | London, UK
2020 - Present | Artist in Residence, Digbeth Art Space | Birmingham, UK
Gallery Representation:
2026 – Present | Oil Art Advisory | Knutsford, UK
2025 – Present | Pedone Art | Abu Dhabi, UAE
2025 – Present | HEADS Collective | Manchester, UK
2024 - Present | Art of Protest Gallery | York, UK
2023 - Present | George Thornton Art | Nottingham, UK
2022 - Present | Seventh Circle | Birmingham, UK
2021 - Present | DegreeArt Gallery | London, UK
2020 - Present | Digbeth Art Space | Birmingham, UK
Public Commissions:
2026 | "50th Anniversary Portrait" | King's Trust | Birmingham, UK
2025 | "The Threads of Production" | PWR Ltd | Veenendaal, The Netherlands
2024 | "DIGBETH" | Custard Factory x EOS Interiors | Birmingham, UK
2023 | “Belonging” | Edgbaston Priory Club | Birmingham, UK
2022 | “Emily” Bankside Hotel x Contemporary Collective | London, UK
2020 | “Eyes” Art Quarter | Birmingham, UK
2019 | “Mary Lee Berners-Lee” Portrait | West Midlands Women in Tech Awards | Birmingham, UK
Grants:
2024 | Start Up Grant for business support funded by the Kings Trust
2022 | Create Grant for “In Flux” exhibition funded by STEAMhouse
2022 | Will It Work Grant for “In Flux” exhibition funded by the Kings Trust
2019 | Materials Grant for “ThreadBare” exhibition funded by Eaton Fund
2016 | “Stitch Together” Quilt Community Project funded by O2 Think Big
Memberships:
2023 – 2026 | RBSA | Graduate Membership | Birmingham, UK
Talks:
2025 | Guest Speaker "Developing Your Creative Practice" | Solihull College and University Centre
2025 | Guest Speaker "Get Gallery Ready" | Solihull College and University Centre
2024 | "The Importance of Process in Art” | Birmingham Design Festival
2024 | Artist Talk | Birmingham City Guild of Weavers, Dyers & Spinners
2023 | Pecha Kucha | Manchester Metropolitan University
Press:
2024 | Birmingham Living Magazine, Issue 103, February 2024 “Nailing It” https://issuu.com/rockhoppermedia/docs/february_2024_issue130_
2022| I Choose Birmingham “Dawn of the Thread” https://ichoosebirmingham.com/dawn-thread
Photography by @angela.grabowska
Photography by @helloepiphany
Photography by @helloepiphany
