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| ELEMORE
MORGAN JR
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| Born |
August
6, 1931, Baton Rouge, LA |
EDUCATION |
1957
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C.F.A.,
Ruskin School of Fine Arts, University of Oxford, England |
| 1952
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B.A.,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
| 1965-98
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Associate
Professor, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette,
LA |
SELECTED HONORS |
| 2000
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Distinguished
Artist Award for 2000 presented by the Delgado Society, New
Orleans
Museum of Art |
| 1995 |
Two week travel grant to Japan sponsored by Japan Foundation
under short-term
visitors program |
| 1990 |
Outstanding Achievement in the Arts award presented
by Acadiana Arts Council
Lafayette, LA |
| 1984-85
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Outstanding
Undergraduate Teaching Award, presented
by Amoco Foundation |
| 1985
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Distinguished
Professor Award, presented by University of Southwestern
Louisiana Foundation |
| 1971
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Guest
worker, Center for Computer Science and Technology, National
Bureau
of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD |
| 1952
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Phi
Kappa Phi, Louisiana State University |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2003 |
Arthur
Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
| 2002 |
Paintings
and Drawings by Elemore Morgan, Jr., Slidell Cultural
Center, Slidell, LA
Elemore Morgan, Jr.: Painting and Drawings, Opelousas
Museum of Art, Opelousas, LA |
| 2001 |
Arthur
Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
| 1999-2000 |
Elemore Morgan, Junior: Drawn to the Land, Gertrude
Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
Where Land Meets Sky, retrospective exhibition, University
Art Museum, University of Southwestern
Louisiana, Lafayette, LA ( traveling exhibition-catalogue) |
| 1998 |
Arthur
Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
| 1995 |
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Elemore Morgan, Jr., A Survey of Work from the Past Twenty
Years, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS |
| 1994 |
Elemore
Morgan, Jr.: Paintings and Drawings, Abercrombie Gallery,
McNeese State University,
Lake Charles, LA |
| 1992 |
Arthur
Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
From the Artist's Collection, A Retrospective Exhibition
of Landscape Paintings and Drawings,
Clark Hall Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond,
LA |
| 1991 |
Arthur
Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
| 1989 |
Arthur
Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
| 1987 |
The
Painter as Photographer, Abercrombie Galleries, McNeese
State University, Lake Charles, LA |
| 1986 |
The
Swain School of Design, New Bedford, MA |
| 1984 |
Art
Works 84, Louisiana World Exposition, New Orleans, LA
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| 1983 |
Maison
de Quebec, Lafayette, LA |
| 1981 |
Galerie
de Ville, New Orleans, LA |
| 1981 |
Elemore Morgan, Jr.: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs,
1953-81, retrospective exhibition,
Natural History Museum, Lafayette, LA (catalogue) |
| 1971 |
Lafayette
Natural History Museum, Lafayette, LA |
| 1970 |
Lafayette
Interiors Gallery, Lafayette, LA |
| 1957 |
Lafayette
Museum, Lafayette, LA |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2003 |
Common
Ground, Zigler Museum, Jennings, LA
25th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Arthur Roger Gallery,
New Orleans, LA |
| 2001 |
Then
and Now: 1941-2001, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New
Orleans, LA |
| 2000 |
Treasure
Houses: Louisiana Museums for a New Millennium, Selected
works from
Louisiana Museums and Collections, Louisiana Arts and Science
Center, Baton
Rouge, LA |
| 1999-2000 |
Outward
Bound: American Art at the Brink of the Twenty-First Century,
Meridian International Center, Washington, D.C.; cultural
exchange project traveling to Vietnam, China, Singapore, Indonesia
and the Philippines |
| 1996-1997 |
20th
Anniversary Exhibition, Invitational Group Exhibition,
Contemporary Arts
Center, New Orleans, LA |
| 1993 |
Art
in the American South, selected works from Roger Houston
Ogden Collection,
University Art Museum, University of Southwestern Louisiana
(catalogue)
Inaugural Exhibition, William Morris Museum of Art,
Augusta, GA |
| 1991 |
Inaugural
Exhibition, Arthur Roger Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1990 |
Interstate 49: The Exhibition, Alexandria Museum
of Art, Alexandria, LA |
| 1989 |
The
Louisiana Collection, University Art Museum, University
of Southwestern Louisiana,
Lafayette, LA |
| 1988 |
Art
of New Orleans, group exhibition of artists who exhibit
in New Orleans, Barbara Gillman
Gallery, Miami and Tampa, FL |
| 1987 |
Vistas:
Approaches to Panoramic Landscape, curated by Peter Frank,
G. W. Einstein Gallery,
New York, NY |
| 1986 |
Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape, Contemporary Arts
Center, New Orleans, LA
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY |
| 1985 |
The
Exhibition, Arthur Roger Gallery, Exhibition Space Gallery,
New York (catalogue) |
| 1984-1985 |
The
Fertile Crescent, exhibition of Louisiana Artists, supported
by the Southern Arts
Federation (tour of museums of the Southern USA) |
| 1984 |
A
New Quarter: Contemporary New Orleans Artists, Lauren
Rogers Museum of Art,
Laurel, MS |
| 1980 |
New
Louisiana Landscape, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans,
LA
Arcus Cultural Center, Paris (group exhibition of Louisiana
artists)
Louisiana Major Works, juried exhibition curated
by Linda L. Cathcart, Contemporary
Arts Center, New Orleans, LA (catalogue) |
| 1979 |
Galerie
Quebec, Paris (group show of three Louisiana painters) |
| 1977 |
Vision, Process, Environment, Lafayette Natural History
Museum, Lafayette, LA |
| 1976 |
Bicentennial
Exhibition on Louisiana, jointly sponsored by CODOFIL
and Radio France,
Radio France Building, Paris, France |
| 1955 |
Young
Contemporaries Exhibition, juried exhibition, London, England
(Traveling exhibition
arranged by the Arts Council of Great Britain) |
SELECTED COLLECTIONS |
| |
Aquarium
of the Americas, New Orleans, LA
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA
City National Bank, Baton Rouge, LA
Guaranty Deposit Bank, Natchez, MS
Lafayette Natural History Museum, Lafayette, LA
Roger Houston Ogden Collection, New Orleans, LA
McGlinchey, Stafford, Cellini and Lang, New Orleans, LA
Monroe and Lemann, New Orleans, LA
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Pan American Life Center, New Orleans, LA
Premier Bank, New Orleans, LA
State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA
The Grand Hotel, Paris, France
The Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA
Westminster Corporation, New Orleans, LA |
COMMISSIONED WORKS |
| 1996
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Painting
Summer Afternoon reproduced in color on cover of
special limited edition of
James Lee Burke's book Cadillac Jukebox, B.E. Trice
Publishing, New Orleans, LA |
| 1993 |
Executed two panel mural Liveoak Rice Cycle, lobby
of corporate headquarters,
Riviana Foods, Inc., Houston, TX |
| 1992
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Designed
and executed series of multi-color lithographs, Marais Press
School of Art,
and Architecture, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette,
LA (Proceeds of sales
donated to support programs of Visual Art Department) |
| 1987 |
Painting Sky View reproduced on album cover for Bayou
Boogie, by Beausoleil
Reproduction of painting accompanied review of album in Rolling
Stone Magazine |
| 1986
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Four
panel mural scale paintings and four small mixed media drawings
executed for lobby of
Saratoga Oil and Gas building, New Orleans, LA |
| 1981-85
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Consultant
with architect Neil Nehrbass on design of precast concrete
panels and colors of
Lafayette Civic Center, Lafayette, LA |
| 1977 |
Mural scale drawings silk screened on vinyl wall covering,
Paddock Lounge, Holiday Inn North,
Lafayette, LA |
| 1976
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Design
of Fountain, residence of Neil and Janet Nehrbass, Lafayette,
LA |
| 1974
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Design
of posters for Lafayette Natural History Museum, Lafayette,
LA
Design of posters for Tulane University, New Orleans, LA |
| 1964
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Mosaic
Arch, lobby of Chancery Building, Catholic Diocese of Lafayette,
LA |
| 1965-98
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Associate
Professor, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette,
LA |
PHOTOGRAPHY AND PUBLICATIONS |
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Work
included in Atlanta Journal and Constitution,
U.S. News and World Report, The Times
Picayune, Newsweek, Sohio, Jaramac and Louisiana
Life |
| 2002 |
Prairie View, Feature article with color reproductions
by Mimi Read, Southern Accents Magazine, July-August, 2002 |
| 1996 |
Five
color photographs of Cajun musicians, front and back of album
cover, Cajun and Creole Masters, Music of the World
and World Music Institute |
| 1994 |
Photographs
of group Beausoleil reproduced in brochure accompanying
cd and cassette versions of Beausoleil L’Echo,
Rhino Records |
| 1987 |
Overseas
Traveling Group Exhibition, U.S. Information Service |
| 1986 |
A
Century of Vision: Louisiana Photography, 1884-1984,
Louisiana State Museum-Presbytere, New Orleans, LA; University
Art Museum, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette,
LA |
| 1980 |
Four
Photographers, Galerie de Ville, New Orleans, LA
Photography in Louisiana, 1900-1980, New Orleans Museum
of Art, New Orleans, LA |
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