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Award / 31 July 2021
Morl is excited to announce they have been appointed the 2021 Jerwood Newlyn Residency, a Jerwood arts funded residency at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, which aims to support early career artists with professional development and studio practice. Morl begins their residency at a time when the gallery is one of the Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme 2019-2021.
âBuilding on our history as an artist-centred organisation, supporting creative experimentation has been key to our programme, offering the time and space for artists to explore conceptual and practical issues in the gallery. We are expanding this idea to invite practitioners in all media to work across the whole organisation for extended periods. They will be able to explore and develop their own practice in response to the activities and wider mission of the Galleryâ
The Jerwood Newlyn Residency is supported by Jerwood Arts. Jerwood Arts is the leading independent funder dedicated to supporting UK artists, curators and producers to develop and thrive. We enable transformative opportunities for individuals across art forms, supporting imaginative awards, bursaries, fellowships, projects, programmes and commissions. We present new work and bring people from across the arts together through our exhibitions and events in London, as well as across the UK.
Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Newlyn
Morl awarded Jerwood Newlyn Residency 2021
Morl is excited to announce they have been appointed the 2021 Jerwood Newlyn Residency, a Jerwood arts funded residency at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, which aims to support early career artists with professional development and studio practice. Morl begins their residency at a time when the gallery is one of the Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme 2019-2021.
âBuilding on our history as an artist-centred organisation, supporting creative experimentation has been key to our programme, offering the time and space for artists to explore conceptual and practical issues in the gallery. We are expanding this idea to invite practitioners in all media to work across the whole organisation for extended periods. They will be able to explore and develop their own practice in response to the activities and wider mission of the Galleryâ
The Jerwood Newlyn Residency is supported by Jerwood Arts. Jerwood Arts is the leading independent funder dedicated to supporting UK artists, curators and producers to develop and thrive. We enable transformative opportunities for individuals across art forms, supporting imaginative awards, bursaries, fellowships, projects, programmes and commissions. We present new work and bring people from across the arts together through our exhibitions and events in London, as well as across the UK.
Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Newlyn
Exhibition / 19 May 2021
George Morlâs âSymptomology of a Basildon Boyâ features in âColourâ at Southend Museums: Beecroft Art Gallery
Morlâs âSymptomology of a Basildon Boyâ (2018), which investigated the relationship between performance and masculinity within the brutalist landscape of New Towns features in Southend Museums: Beecroft Art Galleryâs âColour IIâ. Included in this show is Essex Universityâs âEssex Collection of Art From Latin Americaâ and The Foundation for Essex Arts: Basildon Arts Trust collection, with the exhibition exploring the theories and utilisation of colour in contemporary arts practices.
Southend Museum, Southend
News / 19 March 2021
âInfinite Beingsâ Morlâs first film is acquired by Southend Museums
George Morlâs film âInfinite Beingsâ (2020), produced as part of a residency with The Old Waterworks (TOW) is acquired by Southend Museums. The film explores the origin and evolution of the 'network' from Essex, from the use of Anglo Saxon burial culture using objects to communicate status, to the discovery of electricity to radio, and how these have been utilised in contemporary culture within dating apps by queer and autistic people for connection and communication in virtual spaces without language barriers.
Southend Museum, Southend
Research / 26 February 2021
George Morl writes reflection on âspectrumsâ and Hippocampus for Southend Museums
As part of George Morlâs Southend Museums 2021 research commission, they have written a reflection exploring the relationship between queer codings, secret languages, allegory in paintings, and how this is related to Essex dialect. This is encompassed around the representation of the three spectrums regarding gender, sexuality, and autism within queer cultures assessed within Southend Museums collections.
Southend Museum, Southend
Research / 17 February 2021
George Morl undertakes a research intervention across Southend Museums collections
Morl is excited to announce that they will be undertaking a research intervention across Southend Museums digital platforms, exploring some unknown queer reflections within their collection and the wider history of Essex, whilst also talking about their current practice. They will also present research process in relation to their first solo exhibition 'Precious Boys' at Southend Museums back in 2018 which assessed relationship between masculinity, body images, sexuality and performance in South Essex.
Southend Museum, Southend
Exhibition / 10 February 2021
âInfinite Beingsâ George Morlâs first short film is to feature in the group exhibition âSpectRoomâ
Morlâs video work âInfinite Beingsâ (2020) features in exhibition âSpectRoomâ in association with GenderFluidity and NABA Milan. The video work explores the intersection of autism and queerness, and the fluidities of the power dynamics that exist within these spaces and the relationships around access and connection, whilst situating this within the wider history of Essex within the context of tracing the origin of the âNetworkâ from Electricity to queer apps.
GenderFludity Blog NIBA, Milan
Exhibition / 27 January 2021
George Morlâs âSymptomology of a Basildon Boyâ to feature in âColourâ at Southend Museums: Beecroft Art Gallery
Morlâs âSymptomology of a Basildon Boyâ (2018), which investigated the relationship between performance and masculinity within the brutalist landscape of New Towns is to feature in Southend Museums: Beecroft Art Galleryâs âColour IIâ (summer 2021). Together this will go on show with Essex Universityâs âEssex Collection of Art From Latin Americaâ and The Foundation for Essex Arts: Basildon Arts Trust collection, with the exhibition
exploring the utilisation of colour in contemporary arts practices.
Southend Museum, Southend
Research / 01 January 2021
Research project âCommunal Cherub A Capellasâ launched for 2021
As part of a wider project expected later this year, the colloborative research project âCommunal Cherub A Capellasâ is launched, exploring the utilsiation of creative imagination and possibility in virtual and physical spaces for queer autistics, as a means to reimagine the queer historical and art archives.
Posted 01 January 2021
Talk / 24 November 2020
Morl guest speaker at Birmingham Open Media (BOM) Neurodiversity Talks symposium: Neurodivergence, Gender & Sexual Varianceâ
Morl takes part in Birmingham Open Mediaâs (BOM) neurodivergent symposium series. In this they explore their practice in relation to Neurodivergence, gender identity and sexual variance, examanining queer history and politics, and relationship to albeism, and the use of personas under the avenues and opportunity of digital technology.
Birmingham Open Media (BOM), Birmingham
Appointment / 14 November 2020
Morl joins the programming team at Firstsite as part of their Arts Council National Partners Programme 2019-22 Award
Morl joins the programming team at Firstsite as part of their Arts Council National Partners Programme 2019-22 Award
George Morl is excited to announce that they have joined Firstsite, Colchester, UK on their programming team as part of their Arts Council National Partners Programme 2019-2022 Awards.
Firstsite, Colchester
Award / 10 August 2020
Morl nominated by Newlyn Art Gallery for âPeer to Peer UK/HKâ
Morl is nominated by Newlyn Art Gallery for Peer to Peer: UK/HK, a new approach to developing international collaboration following a global pandemic. Comprising a series of webinars, a digital platform and an online festival, the Peer to Peer project is part of Hong Kong Cultural and Creative: Visual Arts funded by Arts Council England and the GREAT campaign, and managed and led by the NorthWest Collective (NWC).
Posted 10 August 2020
News / 30 June 2020
Morl writes neurodivergent and sexuality article for Gay Times
To celebreate Pride and Autistic Pride, Morl writes an account and manifesto for Gay Times discussing the ways in which sexuality and neurodivegrence may be experientially related, exploring the ways in which adjusting our communication can be adopted within queer culture through the guise of their artworks.
George Morl, Gay Times
News / 12 June 2020
Morl writes visual feature essay exploring autism, gender, and sexuality for National Autistic Society
Morl writes visual essay for National Autistic Society exploring the intersection of autism and queerness, and limitations of representation in queer art and culture due to communication prejudices. In this news article George talks about the notion of social isolation before the barriers of the covid pandemic told through the visual aids of artworks.
George Morl, NAS
Award / 18 February 2020
Morl awarded Jerwood Newlyn Residency 2020
Morl has been awarded the Jerwood Newlyn Residency funded by Jerwood Arts, which aims to support emerging artists with professional development and continuing studio practice.
Newlyn Gallery & Exchange, Newlyn
Research / 07 February 2020
âSynapses, Sonnets & Selfâ 2020 Project Launched
Following being awarded a Firstsite Bursary Award (2020), which aims to support artists with their professional development, Morl will launch the project âSynapses, Sonnets & Selfâ in spring 2020. This self-initiated independent project will explore neurodivergence within the wider intersection of queerness examining the structural barriers and representation in queer culture.
Posted 07 February 2020
Award / 24 December 2019
Morl awarded Firstsite Bursary Award (2020)
Following his debut solo work at Southend Museum: Beecroft Art Gallery exploring relationship between performance and masculinity in South Essex, Morl has been awarded the Firstsite Collectors Group Bursary Award (2020), which aims to support artists with their professional career development. The award is presented to proposed projects demonstrating ambition and a commitment to developing current practice for the purposes of exhibition production, professional development and studio bursaries (details to follow).
Firstsite, Colchester
Award / 25 October 2019
Morl shortlisted for Jerwood Bursary (2019)
Following a national open call, Morl has been shortlisted for the Jerwood Bursary by Jerwood Arts, which aims to support emerging artists with professional development and continuing studio practice.
Jerwood Arts, London
Talk / 04 March 2019
George Morl guest speaker at Reading International; Mobility symposium at Tate Modern
This panel discussion, in association with the Platform Alumni network and CVAN South East, explores questions of location and mobility for early career artists in the South East of England. How do they situate themselves in the orbit of Londonâs visual arts community and cultural infrastructure? What are the sustainable conditions needed to attract artists to a location, and where can they be found? Artists who have exhibited through the Platform Graduate Award in recent years will be invited to share their own journeys.
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Tate Modern, London
Talk / 03 February 2019
Morl to appear as guest speaker at Tate Modern for Mobility symposium
This panel discussion, in association with the Platform Alumni network and CVAN South East, explores questions of location and mobility for early career artists in the South East of England. How do they situate themselves in the orbit of Londonâs visual arts community and cultural infrastructure? What are the sustainable conditions needed to attract artists to a location, and where can they be found? Artists who have exhibited through the Platform Graduate Award in recent years will be invited to share their own journeys.
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Tate Modern, London
Acquisition / 29 September 2018
Symptomology of a Basildon Boy acquired by Southend Museums
Symptomology of a Basilldon Boy 2018, Morlâs painting featured in the exhibition âPrecious Boysâ (14 July - 08 September 2018) at Southend Museum, Essex, UK is acquired by the Beecroft Gallery Trust and Southend Museums.
Southend Museum, Southend
Exhibition / 01 September 2018
Precious Boys final week at Southend Museums
George Morlâs first public solo exhibition âPrecious Boysâ (14 July - 08 September 2018) opens at Southend Museum, Essex, UK.Exploring and assessing the vulnerabilities of young men, Morl reveals how body image and sexuality are entwined with the masculine nature of 'performance', particularly within Southend and Basildon. Displayed with works from Southend Museum's Art collection, this show investigates the representation of men within the historical canon of art, examining how social concepts of masculinity have manifested.
Precious Boys acts as a testament to the emotional stability of adolescent men, as a voice for our isolated and lonely men in which they are free to expose their vulnerable selves.
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Southend Museums, Southend
Exhibition / 24 August 2018
In Search of Validation, 2018 features in UCA MA Degree Show
Group show at University for the Creative Arts displaying the final MA Degree Show work, featuring George Morlâs collection In Search of Validation 2018 exploring male body images across digital media and mobile devices
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UCA, Canterbury
19 July 2018
Morl guest writer for series of blogs for Southend Museums
As part of the âPrecious Boysâ programme, the artist has been commissioned by Southend Museums to write a series of blogs exploring the curatorial process and themes surrounding the works in the exhibition. In addition to this, he explains the reasons and sociological methodologies related to masculity, both in representation of the body through the canon of art history and present notions of performance in South Essex across physical and online environments informed by the Museumâs own collection.
Texts including, âDisposition of Digital Youthâ & âPrecious Boysâ featuring poems, Basildon Boys#2, Wishing Wells, and Plight of the Sensitive Child from his debut poetry collection Pubescent Plumesc (2018) published to coincide with the exhibition.
Posted 19 July 2018
Exhibition / 14 July 2019
Precious Boys opens at Southend Museums
George Morlâs first solo exhibition âPrecious Boysâ (14 July - 08 September 2018) opens at Southend Museum, Essex, UK. Exploring and revealing how body image and sexuality are entwined with the masculine nature of 'performance' specifically within South Essex. Morlâs work is displayed alongside of those from Southend Museum's Art collection, investigating the representation of masculinity within the historical canon of art and examining how social concepts of masculinity have manifested.
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Southend Museums, Southend
Publication / 14 July 2018
Poetry collection Pubescent Plumes, 2018 published by Orange Orient Books
Pubescent Plumes, 2018, Morlâs first poetry collection exploring masculinity, intimacy, isolation, alienation and queer politics in post-industrial South Essex landscape is published by Orange Orient Books.
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Posted 14 July 2018
Exhibition / 14 May 2018
George Morlâs first solo exhibition âPrecious Boysâ to be held at Southend Museums
The artistâs first solo exhibition (14 July - 08 September 2018) will open at Southend Museum, UK. The show will be exploring and revealing how body image and sexuality are entwined with the masculine nature of 'performance', particularly within Southend and Basildon. Morlâs work will be displayed alongside works from Southend Museum's Fine Art collection.
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Southend Museums, Southend
Exhibition / 31 August 2016
Precious Boys#2 to tour the South East region 2016-2018
Following on from being previewed at the Herbert Read Gallery in Canterbury and being nominated for the CVAN Platform Award 2016, Precious Boys#2 will tour to Turner Contemporary (04 August - 25 September 2016) and then further afield in Essex in 2018. More details to be released.
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Turner Contemporary, Margate
Award / 29 August 2016
Morl recepient of Darren Henley Scholarship 2016
Following on from featuring at the Platform 2016 show at Turner Contemporary (04 August - 25 September 2016) Morl has been awarded the Arts Council and UCA Darren Henley Scholarship for 2016. This was in joint application and proposal for funding towards exploring the relationship between masculinity and suicide in landscapes of poverty and social deprivation. As part of and in relation to this, particular assessment will be made in South Essex, the artistâs home region. Further announcemnts and progress with this project will be published on this site in the future.
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UCA, Canterbury
Exhibition / 04 August 2018
Following on from being nominated for the Contemporary Visual Artwork Network, Graduate Platform Award 2016 for Morlâs Precious Boys Installation at the Herbert Read Gallery in Canterbury, Precious Boys#2 will tour to Turner Contemporary (04 August - 25 September 2016). More details to be released.
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Turner Contemporary, Margate
Precious Boys#2 featured in Turner Contemporaryâs âPlatform 2016â
Following on from being nominated for the Contemporary Visual Artwork Network, Graduate Platform Award 2016 for Morlâs Precious Boys Installation at the Herbert Read Gallery in Canterbury, Precious Boys#2 will tour to Turner Contemporary (04 August - 25 September 2016). More details to be released.
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Turner Contemporary, Margate
Award / 25 June 2016
George Morl nominated for Platform Award 2016
For Morlâs installation Precious Boys 2016, exhibited at the UCA BA Degree Show, he has been nominated for the Cotemporary Visual Artwork Network (CVAN) Graduate Platform Award 2016. As part of this Morlâs work will be exhibited at Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK. More details to be released.
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Turner Contemporary, Margate
Award / 25 June 2016
For Morlâs installation Precious Boys 2016, exploring masculinity, body image, and lonliness in coastal towns, which was exhibited at the UCA BA Degree Show, he has been awareded the UCA Vice Chancellor Award 2016.
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UCA, Canterbury
George Morl awarded UCA Vice Chancellor 2016
For Morlâs installation Precious Boys 2016, exploring masculinity, body image, and lonliness in coastal towns, which was exhibited at the UCA BA Degree Show, he has been awareded the UCA Vice Chancellor Award 2016.
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UCA, Canterbury