Artist Bio
Rochelle Morris (b.1994) is an emerging artist from Dharawal land (Wollongong, Australia) of mixed descent. Morris predominantly creates ephemeral installations with plants to explore decomposition, the life cycles of materials, and the constant intra-activity of matter. Her practice blurs the boundaries between painting, sculpture, drawing, and installation while engaging with plant pulp, earth pigments, mycelium, and found building materials. Via entangling organic, non-human matter with human-made materials, she aims to challenge hierarchies, extractive economies, and colonial systems that perpetuate environmental collapse.
In 2023, Morris graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours, from the Victorian College of the Arts. In 2024, she was awarded the Future Leaders Award and the James Lemon Award for Excellence at Craft Victoria’s annual Fresh exhibition.
Artist CV
Solo Exhibitions
2024 turning soil, Trocadero, Footscray, VIC
2024 (de)compositions, George Paton Gallery, Narrm (Melbourne), VIC
Group Exhibitions
2024 For the Earth, fortyfivedownstairs, Narrm (Melbourne), VIC
2024 MDW: Touchwood, Tongue and Groove, Richmond, VIC
2024 Fresh! 2024, Craft Victoria, Narrm (Melbourne), VIC
2024 Matters of Material, No Vacancy, Narrm (Melbourne), VIC
2023 VCA grad show, Narrm (Melbourne), VIC
2023 Via Fluid, Flow, VCA Artspace, Narrm (Melbourne), VIC
2023 Echoes of a Gaze, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC
2023 Faces of Capital, VCA Artspace, Narrm (Melbourne), VIC
2022 RMIT Grad Show, RMIT University, Narrm (Melbourne), VIC
2022 Visions, Shy Postie, Wollongong, NSW
2022 Art of Food Waste, Project Contemporary Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
2022 Bloom, Shy Postie, Wollongong NSW
2021 Euclidean Space, (online via kunstmatrix), Narrm (Melbourne), VIC
2019 Day In Day Out, Verb Syndicate, Wollongong, NSW
2018 Bottleshop Exhibit, Pretty Good Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
2018 Bike Park Gallery, Port Kembla, NSW
2018 Queer Arts Festival, Project Contemporary Art Space, Wollongong, NSW
2018 Raw Horizon Exhibition, Orion Function Centre, Campsie, NSW
2017 IYAP Synergy Art Exhibition, Yarnsy’s Cafe, Tarrawanna, NSW
2017 Raw Cusp Exhibition, University Of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW
2016 Raw Signature Exhibition, University Of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW
Awards / Grants
2024 Future Leaders Award – Fresh! 2024, Craft Victoria
2024 James Lemon Award – Fresh! 2024, Craft Victoria
2023 VCA Artist Opportunity Award – Trocodero Projects
2018 Queer Arts Fest Grant – Project Contemporary Artspace
Education
2023: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours (First Class) – Victorian College of the Arts
2022: Bachelor of Fine Arts — Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2017: Bachelor of Creative Arts — University of Wollongong
2017: Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies — University of Wollongong
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