CHRIS MORGAN
Photographer | Since 1980
Insectographie
Créatures
Ailes d’Insectes
Insectes
Humains
Urbain
Divers
Français
| Christian Frederick Roy Morgan | ||
| Born in 1964 | British since 1964 | Swiss since 2016 |
| Solo Shows: | ||
| 1990 | die Wohnmaschine | Berlin, Germany |
| 1991 | Vrubel galerie | Moscow, Russia |
| 1994 | Krisal galerie | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1997 | Maison des Arts | Thonon-les-Bains, France |
| 1999 | Musée Camarguais | Arles, France |
| 2008 | Ferme de la Chapelle | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2011 | Placette.de | Berlin, Germany |
| 2012 | Outsiders Factory | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2013 | Tour des Abbés | Fontvieille, France |
| 2014 | Le Garenne | Monthey, Switzerland |
| 2020 | Payot | Sion, Switzerland |
| Group Exhibitions: | ||
| 1983 | Santa Barbara Art Council | Santa Barbara, California |
| 1990 | La Strada | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1993 | Bizzzz…Art | Thonon-les-Bains, France |
| 1997 | Centre de la Photographie | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1998 | Paris Photo | Paris, France |
| 1999 | Musée Réattu | Arles, France |
| 2004 | Paris Photos | Paris, France |
| 2011 | Label’Art | Sierre, Switzerland |
| 2020 | Stiftung Schloss Leuk | Leuk, Switzerland |
| Education | ||
| 1980–1982 | Photography apprenticeship | Geneva & Vevey, Switzerland |
| 1982–1985 | Brooks Institute, BA Photography | Santa Barbara, California |
| Teaching | ||
| 1986 | École de Photographie EP | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 1986–1990 | CEPP | Yverdon, Switzerland |
| 1990–1996 | Art Center (Europe) | La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland |
| Since 1997 | édhéa | Sierre, Switzerland |
Die Wohnmaschine
1990 — Berlin, Germany
Photography from 1980 to 1989
Still lifes and portraits
walls and cityscapes
black and white photography.
Solo exhibition
Still lifes and portraits
walls and cityscapes
black and white photography.
Solo exhibition
Vrubel galerie
1991 — Moscow, Russia
Photography from 1980 to 1989
Still lifes and portraits
walls and cityscapes
black and white photography.
Solo exhibition
Still lifes and portraits
walls and cityscapes
black and white photography.
Solo exhibition
Krisal Galerie
1994 — Geneva, Switzerland
Gum bichromate prints
of insects.
Solo exhibition
of insects.
Solo exhibition
Maison des Arts
1997 — Thonon-les-Bains, France
Insects
Single or diptych
gum bichromate prints
of insects.
Solo exhibition
Single or diptych
gum bichromate prints
of insects.
Solo exhibition
Musée Camarguais
1999 — Arles, France
Insects
In conjunction with the
Musée Réattu exhibition "Dards d’Art",
part of the "XXXes Rencontres
Internationales de la Photographie".
Solo exhibition
In conjunction with the
Musée Réattu exhibition "Dards d’Art",
part of the "XXXes Rencontres
Internationales de la Photographie".
Solo exhibition
Ferme de la Chapelle
2008 — Geneva, Switzerland
Fragments of the Invisible
Colour and black & white
microphotographs of
insect wings.
Solo exhibition
Colour and black & white
microphotographs of
insect wings.
Solo exhibition
Placette.de
2011 — Berlin, Germany
Minimal Fragments
Colour and black & white
microphotographs of
insect wings.
Solo exhibition
Colour and black & white
microphotographs of
insect wings.
Solo exhibition
Outsiders factory
2012 — Lausanne, Switzerland
Outsiders Factory present
Chris Morgan
Colour and black & white
microphotographs of
insect wings.
Solo exhibition
Chris Morgan
Colour and black & white
microphotographs of
insect wings.
Solo exhibition
Tour des Abbés
2013 — Fontvieille, France
The photographer Chris Morgan
Microphotographs of insect wings.
Gum bichromate prints of insects.
Polyptych of a little creature
Solo exhibition
Microphotographs of insect wings.
Gum bichromate prints of insects.
Polyptych of a little creature
Solo exhibition
Le Garenne
2014 — Monthey, Switzerland
Minimal Fragments
Colour and black & white
microphotographs of insect wings.
Polyptych of a little creature.
Solo exhibition
Colour and black & white
microphotographs of insect wings.
Polyptych of a little creature.
Solo exhibition
Payot
2020–21 — Sion, Switzerland
Exquisite corpses
Pangram characters
substituted by more or less
gently crushed insects.
Outdoor wall exhibition
10.31 x 2.23 metres
33.83 x 7.32 feet
Solo exhibition
Pangram characters
substituted by more or less
gently crushed insects.
Outdoor wall exhibition
10.31 x 2.23 metres
33.83 x 7.32 feet
Solo exhibition
Santa Barbara Art Council
1983 — Santa Barbara, California
Photography as art
Photographic subjects
photographic styles
photographic types
Group exhibition
Photographic subjects
photographic styles
photographic types
Group exhibition
La Strada
1990 — Geneva, Switzerland
The Egg
The egg as subject
the egg as pretext
various art forms.
Group exhibition
The egg as subject
the egg as pretext
various art forms.
Group exhibition
Bizzzz…art
1993 — Thonon-les-Bains, France
Parasarisme, Asarchie and Arttraction
Installations with photographs
installations of objects
installations with pictures.
Group exhibition
Installations with photographs
installations of objects
installations with pictures.
Group exhibition
Centre de la Photographie
1997 — Geneva, Switzerland
Listen if you see
Exhibition of photographers works
pictures of photographers working
sound track of photographers at work.
Group exhibition
Exhibition of photographers works
pictures of photographers working
sound track of photographers at work.
Group exhibition
Paris Photo
1998 — Paris, France
Insects
Single and diptych
gum bichromate prints.
Presented by
Krisal galerie.
Group exhibition
Single and diptych
gum bichromate prints.
Presented by
Krisal galerie.
Group exhibition
Musée Réattu
1999 — Arles, France
Dards d’Art
The insect in art
Louise Bourgeois and Dora Maar
Alexander Calder and Joan Miro
Man Ray and others
Part of the XXXe Rencontres d’Arles
Group exhibition
The insect in art
Louise Bourgeois and Dora Maar
Alexander Calder and Joan Miro
Man Ray and others
Part of the XXXe Rencontres d’Arles
Group exhibition
Paris Photo
2004 — Paris, France
Insect wings
Black & white
microphotographs.
Presented by
Krisal galerie.
Group exhibition
Black & white
microphotographs.
Presented by
Krisal galerie.
Group exhibition
Label’Art
2011 — Sierre, Switzerland
The art of difference
Triennial of contemporary art in Valais
A joint exhibition of the
Musée d’Art du Valais and the ECAV
Group exhibition
Triennial of contemporary art in Valais
A joint exhibition of the
Musée d’Art du Valais and the ECAV
Group exhibition
Stiftung Schloss Leuk
2020 — Leuk, Switzerland
Black & white
microphotographs of
insect wings.
Group exhibition
microphotographs of
insect wings.
Group exhibition
EP — Photography apprenticeship
1980 to 1982 — Geneva, Switzerland
Advertising photography
with courses at the
CEPV
in Vevey, Switzerland
with courses at the
CEPV
in Vevey, Switzerland
Brooks Institute
1982 to 1985
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California
BA in photography
Illustration major
audiovisual and
video electives.
Illustration major
audiovisual and
video electives.
EP — École de Photographie
1986 — Lausanne, Switzerland
Photography teacher
Center for Professional
Photographic Education.
Center for Professional
Photographic Education.
CEPP
1986 to 1990 — Yverdon, Switzerland
Photography teacher
Center for Professional
Photographic Education.
Center for Professional
Photographic Education.
Art Center (Europe)
1990 to 1996 — La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland
Photography teacher
European branch, of:
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, California.
The european branch closed in 1996
European branch, of:
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, California.
The european branch closed in 1996
édhéa
Since 1997 — Sierre, Switzerland
Photography teacher
École de design et haute école d’art
du Valais
École de design et haute école d’art
du Valais
