ON VIEW
May 9 – 18, 2024
EXHIBITION OPENING
Thurs, May 9, 5 – 7 pm
May 9 – 18, 2024
EXHIBITION OPENING
Thurs, May 9, 5 – 7 pm
www.MidoriMorrow.com
@_MidoriMorrow_
Midori Morrow is an interdisciplinary artist and activist working with photographic installation. They received their Associates of Fine Arts in photography from the Delaware College of Art and Design in 2019, went on to get their Bachelors of Fine Arts in photography from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 2021, and are now pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts from the Maine College of Art and Design. Morrow explores themes of identity and belonging within the Asian American diaspora. Their artistic practice works in tandem with their work as a nuclear peace activist. They have worked with multiple activist groups such as Peace Action and Physicians for Social Responsibility through giving artist talks and showing their art to discuss how the nuclear peace movement can live on within younger generations. In November of 2023 Midori attended as a delegate at the Second Meeting of States Parties at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. In August of 2023 they were the United States Delegate at The World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen bombs, where they participated in workshops in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan talking about the movement for nuclear disarmament. They also gave an artist talk at the world conference using their art as an entry point for the conversation of nuclear peace.
I am an interdisciplinary artist working in alternative photographic mediums. Exploring the effects that war takes on the Asian American diaspora and looking at how descendants of earlier generations are impacted through inherited trauma and feelings of displacement, I am utilizing the tool of installation to create safe spaces of reflection that function both as an educational tool, as well as a memorial for the healing and reflection of the victims of war. My relationship to photography takes the aspects of the medium that provide tools for seeing and works with other forms of media to challenge the idea of photographic truth. Through deep research into multiple histories, I aim to turn the lens towards the victims of tragedy and challenge the ethics behind how they have been documented in our histories. While utilizing themes of softness, care, and empathy for both the subject matter and the audience, I am focused on spaces that create reflection for the viewer on difficult subject matter that has been encoded to create a long-term emotional response in the hopes that it leads to a sustained push for larger change.
@_MidoriMorrow_
Midori Morrow
Midori Morrow is an interdisciplinary artist and activist working with photographic installation. They received their Associates of Fine Arts in photography from the Delaware College of Art and Design in 2019, went on to get their Bachelors of Fine Arts in photography from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 2021, and are now pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts from the Maine College of Art and Design. Morrow explores themes of identity and belonging within the Asian American diaspora. Their artistic practice works in tandem with their work as a nuclear peace activist. They have worked with multiple activist groups such as Peace Action and Physicians for Social Responsibility through giving artist talks and showing their art to discuss how the nuclear peace movement can live on within younger generations. In November of 2023 Midori attended as a delegate at the Second Meeting of States Parties at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. In August of 2023 they were the United States Delegate at The World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen bombs, where they participated in workshops in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan talking about the movement for nuclear disarmament. They also gave an artist talk at the world conference using their art as an entry point for the conversation of nuclear peace.
I am an interdisciplinary artist working in alternative photographic mediums. Exploring the effects that war takes on the Asian American diaspora and looking at how descendants of earlier generations are impacted through inherited trauma and feelings of displacement, I am utilizing the tool of installation to create safe spaces of reflection that function both as an educational tool, as well as a memorial for the healing and reflection of the victims of war. My relationship to photography takes the aspects of the medium that provide tools for seeing and works with other forms of media to challenge the idea of photographic truth. Through deep research into multiple histories, I aim to turn the lens towards the victims of tragedy and challenge the ethics behind how they have been documented in our histories. While utilizing themes of softness, care, and empathy for both the subject matter and the audience, I am focused on spaces that create reflection for the viewer on difficult subject matter that has been encoded to create a long-term emotional response in the hopes that it leads to a sustained push for larger change.
The MFA Thesis Exhibition for the Class of 2024 is a multidisciplinary exhibition unified by an urgency each of these MFA candidates expresses for what they see as fundamental to our shared experience of an increasingly disconnected world. With an emphasis on the personal, and at times the anecdotal, the artwork featured by these 12 artists varies in media to include ceramics, installation, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, video, sculpture, and zines. Seen together, these thesis projects hybridize a range of conceptual themes and material approaches as they relate to visual culture, the political landscape, and contemporary art practice. The nature of this work and research demonstrates the caliber and cultural relevance achieved by these graduates of Maine College of Art & Design’s Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art program. Our studio-based curriculum creates a transformative learning experience and is designed to encourage students to follow where their work leads them, supporting them to define a sustainable vision for their own art practice through individualized research, critical analysis, and curatorial experimentation.
Institute of Contemporary Art
at Maine College of Art & Design
522 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101
Gallery Hours:
Wed–Sun, 11:00am–5:00pm,
Thursday, 11:00am–7:00pm