Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
24 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(61.6 x 46.4 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
24 3/4 x 18 7/8 x 2 inches
(62.9 x 47.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
24 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(61.6 x 46.4 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
24 3/4 x 18 7/8 x 2 inches
(62.9 x 47.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
24 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(61.6 x 46.4 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
24 3/4 x 18 7/8 x 2 inches
(62.9 x 47.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
24 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(61.6 x 46.4 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
24 3/4 x 18 7/8 x 2 inches
(62.9 x 47.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Still Life, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
50 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(127.6 x 38.7 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
50 7/8 x 15 7/8 x 2 inches
(129.2 x 40.3 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Still Life, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
50 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(127.6 x 38.7 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
50 7/8 x 15 7/8 x 2 inches
(129.2 x 40.3 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Still Life, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
50 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(127.6 x 38.7 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
50 7/8 x 15 7/8 x 2 inches
(129.2 x 40.3 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Still Life, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
50 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(127.6 x 38.7 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
50 7/8 x 15 7/8 x 2 inches
(129.2 x 40.3 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Sketch, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
24 1/8 x 19 1/8 x 1 inches
(61.3 x 48.6 x 2.5 cm)
framed:
24 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 2 inches
(62.9 x 48.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Sketch, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
24 1/8 x 19 1/8 x 1 inches
(61.3 x 48.6 x 2.5 cm)
framed:
24 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 2 inches
(62.9 x 48.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Sketch, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
24 1/8 x 19 1/8 x 1 inches
(61.3 x 48.6 x 2.5 cm)
framed:
24 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 2 inches
(62.9 x 48.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Sketch, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
24 1/8 x 19 1/8 x 1 inches
(61.3 x 48.6 x 2.5 cm)
framed:
24 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 2 inches
(62.9 x 48.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
29 3/4 x 36 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(75.6 x 93.3 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
30 3/8 x 37 1/2 x 2 1/8 inches
(77.2 x 95.3 x 5.4 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
29 3/4 x 36 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(75.6 x 93.3 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
30 3/8 x 37 1/2 x 2 1/8 inches
(77.2 x 95.3 x 5.4 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
29 3/4 x 36 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(75.6 x 93.3 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
30 3/8 x 37 1/2 x 2 1/8 inches
(77.2 x 95.3 x 5.4 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
29 3/4 x 36 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(75.6 x 93.3 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
30 3/8 x 37 1/2 x 2 1/8 inches
(77.2 x 95.3 x 5.4 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
21 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(54 x 41.3 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
22 x 16 7/8 x 2 inches
(55.9 x 42.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
21 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(54 x 41.3 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
22 x 16 7/8 x 2 inches
(55.9 x 42.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
21 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(54 x 41.3 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
22 x 16 7/8 x 2 inches
(55.9 x 42.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
21 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(54 x 41.3 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
22 x 16 7/8 x 2 inches
(55.9 x 42.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
28 1/8 x 23 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches
(71.4 x 58.7 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
28 3/4 x 23 7/8 x 2 inches
(73 x 60.6 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
28 1/8 x 23 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches
(71.4 x 58.7 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
28 3/4 x 23 7/8 x 2 inches
(73 x 60.6 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
28 1/8 x 23 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches
(71.4 x 58.7 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
28 3/4 x 23 7/8 x 2 inches
(73 x 60.6 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
28 1/8 x 23 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches
(71.4 x 58.7 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
28 3/4 x 23 7/8 x 2 inches
(73 x 60.6 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
56 3/4 x 55 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(144.1 x 141.6 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
56 7/8 x 55 7/8 x 2 inches
(144.5 x 141.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
56 3/4 x 55 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(144.1 x 141.6 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
56 7/8 x 55 7/8 x 2 inches
(144.5 x 141.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
56 3/4 x 55 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(144.1 x 141.6 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
56 7/8 x 55 7/8 x 2 inches
(144.5 x 141.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
56 3/4 x 55 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(144.1 x 141.6 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
56 7/8 x 55 7/8 x 2 inches
(144.5 x 141.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Fig Leaf & Throne, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
21 1/8 x 17 1/8 x 1 inches
(53.7 x 43.5 x 2.5 cm)
framed:
21 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 2 inches
(55.2 x 45.1 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Fig Leaf & Throne, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
21 1/8 x 17 1/8 x 1 inches
(53.7 x 43.5 x 2.5 cm)
framed:
21 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 2 inches
(55.2 x 45.1 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Fig Leaf & Throne, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
21 1/8 x 17 1/8 x 1 inches
(53.7 x 43.5 x 2.5 cm)
framed:
21 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 2 inches
(55.2 x 45.1 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Fig Leaf & Throne, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
21 1/8 x 17 1/8 x 1 inches
(53.7 x 43.5 x 2.5 cm)
framed:
21 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 2 inches
(55.2 x 45.1 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
26 5/8 x 20 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(67.6 x 51.4 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
27 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 2 inches
(69.2 x 53 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
26 5/8 x 20 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(67.6 x 51.4 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
27 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 2 inches
(69.2 x 53 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
26 5/8 x 20 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(67.6 x 51.4 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
27 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 2 inches
(69.2 x 53 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
26 5/8 x 20 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(67.6 x 51.4 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
27 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 2 inches
(69.2 x 53 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
55 5/8 x 23 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(141.3 x 59.1 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
56 3/8 x 23 7/8 x 2 inches
(143.2 x 60.6 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
55 5/8 x 23 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(141.3 x 59.1 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
56 3/8 x 23 7/8 x 2 inches
(143.2 x 60.6 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
55 5/8 x 23 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(141.3 x 59.1 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
56 3/8 x 23 7/8 x 2 inches
(143.2 x 60.6 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
55 5/8 x 23 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(141.3 x 59.1 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
56 3/8 x 23 7/8 x 2 inches
(143.2 x 60.6 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
16 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(41.3 x 41.3 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
16 3/4 x 16 7/8 x 2 inches
(42.5 x 42.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
16 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(41.3 x 41.3 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
16 3/4 x 16 7/8 x 2 inches
(42.5 x 42.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
16 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(41.3 x 41.3 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
16 3/4 x 16 7/8 x 2 inches
(42.5 x 42.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
16 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(41.3 x 41.3 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
16 3/4 x 16 7/8 x 2 inches
(42.5 x 42.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
48 1/4 x 51 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(122.6 x 130.2 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
48 7/8 x 51 7/8 x 2 1/8 inches
(124.1 x 131.8 x 5.4 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
48 1/4 x 51 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(122.6 x 130.2 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
48 7/8 x 51 7/8 x 2 1/8 inches
(124.1 x 131.8 x 5.4 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
48 1/4 x 51 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(122.6 x 130.2 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
48 7/8 x 51 7/8 x 2 1/8 inches
(124.1 x 131.8 x 5.4 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
48 1/4 x 51 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(122.6 x 130.2 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
48 7/8 x 51 7/8 x 2 1/8 inches
(124.1 x 131.8 x 5.4 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
28 5/8 x 17 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(72.7 x 43.8 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
29 3/8 x 17 7/8 x 2 inches
(74.6 x 45.4 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
28 5/8 x 17 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(72.7 x 43.8 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
29 3/8 x 17 7/8 x 2 inches
(74.6 x 45.4 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
28 5/8 x 17 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(72.7 x 43.8 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
29 3/8 x 17 7/8 x 2 inches
(74.6 x 45.4 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
28 5/8 x 17 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(72.7 x 43.8 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
29 3/8 x 17 7/8 x 2 inches
(74.6 x 45.4 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
From A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
27 1/8 x 25 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches
(68.9 x 65.1 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
27 3/4 x 26 1/4 x 2 inches
(70.5 x 66.7 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
From A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
27 1/8 x 25 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches
(68.9 x 65.1 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
27 3/4 x 26 1/4 x 2 inches
(70.5 x 66.7 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
From A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
27 1/8 x 25 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches
(68.9 x 65.1 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
27 3/4 x 26 1/4 x 2 inches
(70.5 x 66.7 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
From A True Tale, 2021
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
27 1/8 x 25 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches
(68.9 x 65.1 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
27 3/4 x 26 1/4 x 2 inches
(70.5 x 66.7 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
24 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(61.6 x 46.4 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
24 7/8 x 18 7/8 x 2 inches
(63.2 x 47.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
24 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(61.6 x 46.4 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
24 7/8 x 18 7/8 x 2 inches
(63.2 x 47.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
24 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(61.6 x 46.4 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
24 7/8 x 18 7/8 x 2 inches
(63.2 x 47.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
24 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
(61.6 x 46.4 x 3.8 cm)
framed:
24 7/8 x 18 7/8 x 2 inches
(63.2 x 47.9 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
63 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 1 7/8 inches
(160.7 x 64.1 x 4.8 cm)
framed:
63 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 2 inches
(161.9 x 65.4 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
63 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 1 7/8 inches
(160.7 x 64.1 x 4.8 cm)
framed:
63 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 2 inches
(161.9 x 65.4 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
63 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 1 7/8 inches
(160.7 x 64.1 x 4.8 cm)
framed:
63 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 2 inches
(161.9 x 65.4 x 5.1 cm)
Ivan Morley
Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale, 2022
thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas
63 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 1 7/8 inches
(160.7 x 64.1 x 4.8 cm)
framed:
63 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 2 inches
(161.9 x 65.4 x 5.1 cm)
David Kordansky Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by Ivan Morley, on view from July 23 through August 27, 2022. An opening reception will be held on Friday, July 22 from 6 until 8 PM.
Ivan Morley combines virtuosic craftsmanship, a committed sense of place, and deep knowledge of the discipline of painting to create works that take on the medium’s major narratives even as they glorify its minor pathways. For twenty-five years, he has made works that challenge expectations about how paintings should be made and what they should depict. He has long employed seemingly “lower” techniques and materials, such as the embroidery that is the focus of this exhibition; at the same time, he is the author of a strange but immediately recognizable set of images and stylistic modes.
Drawing upon the conventions of the still life genre, Morley’s new paintings were made directly from his observation of constructed props and other objects in his studio, including a sawhorse, a backdrop made of triangular shapes, and a length of chain. Whereas Morley’s earlier works possessed a narrative sensibility influenced by his interest in vernacular source material—often related to anecdotal social histories of California—the paintings in this exhibition are primarily concerned with sensory perception. In previous paintings, as the art historian John C. Welchman has described, Morley “[inverted] and [modified] the rhetorical device of ekphrasis,” creating “a drift of sensations… that flow from text to image, rather than the other way around.” Just as these earlier works reversed the orientation of the ekphrastic exercise—taking up an artistic tradition while also subverting it—Morley’s new paintings position themselves as still lifes even as his integration of multiple techniques in their making interrogates such standardized classifications.
Throughout the works in the show, Morley combines thread, ink, and watercolor on canvas, creating multifaceted visual surfaces that contain a polyphonic range of textures, colors, and images. In some portions of the paintings, particularly those rendered in ink, he invokes something akin to the draftsmanship of an illustrator. Imagistic vignettes unwind from each other against a patchwork, quilt-like background rendered in pastel hues, occasionally marked by Xs or question marks. In Tehachepi (sic), A True Tale (2022), the image of a hanging chain dominates the center-right portion of the painting, subtly aligning its composition with the oblong, rectangular shape of the canvas. With its motley appearance, the painting continuously modulates between artistic modes that are often considered contradictory, simultaneously shifting across large-scale abstract painting, embroidery, and drawing.
Morley’s embroidery-based process is explicitly indicated by formal elements visible in the final works, specifically in notations such as “STOP,” “GOOD SIDE,” and “NO.” These elements are derived from the artist’s notes to himself, operating as a form of drawing that places them slightly adjacent to painterly gesture or expression in the traditional sense. Before embroidering the canvas, Morley uses ink and watercolors as tools to determine what will be sewn, and these underdrawings often bleed through the embroidered surface of the completed painting, suggesting the porousness of both material and time. Embroidery also creates a “leave everything in” ethos because of the relative inflexibility of the process, which involves the use of a sixteen-inch-wide hoop to create a continuous series of images unfolding across a surface. Taking such process-derived, limitation-based factors as guiding frameworks for his practice connects Morley’s paintings to histories of structuralism; in some cases, a patch of color stops where it does simply because the spool of thread was finished.
The artist’s use of thread and embroidery should not be misread, however, as being related to the subversion of gendered associations with sewing or the expression of a position on domestic “craft.” On the contrary, the tactility of the thread materializes a sense of texture and grunginess much more indebted to punk visual culture, collage, and the striated, glitched images of Xerox art. Defined by fractured compositions layered with visual information and residue, Morley’s latest paintings pulsate with their own mysterious inner vitality, one that calls to be observed not only visually but across all senses and planes of perception.
Ivan Morley (b. 1966, Burbank, California) has been the subject of solo exhibitions at David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles (2018); Bortolami Gallery, New York (2021 and 2016); and Kimmerich Galerie, Berlin (2014). Group exhibitions include Abstract America Today, Saatchi Gallery, London (2014); Painting Expanded, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York (2011); The Artist’s Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2010); DAS GESPINST, Die Sammlung Schürmann zu Besuch im Museum Abteiberg, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany (2009); Imagination Becomes Reality, Part IV: Borrowed Images, Sammlung Goetz, Munich (2006); and Painting in Tongues, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2006). His work is in the permanent collections of K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and University Museum of Contemporary Art at the Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst. In 2020, the first comprehensive monograph dedicated to Morley was published by David Kordansky Gallery and Bortolami Gallery. Morley lives and works in Los Angeles.
