Mali Morris RA

Mali Morris RA

Mali Morris RA explores the language of painting with her complex abstract compositions, filled with luminous colour.

Artist profile

Mali Morris RA was born in North Wales and studied Fine Art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, BA from 1963 - 68 and the University of Reading, MFA from 1968 - 1970.


Her concentrated compositions engage the viewer in the contemplation of pure abstraction, in which colour relationships structure a luminosity, creating complex layers of space. They explore the language of painting, and its ever-changing expressive possibilities.


Her first major exhibitions were at the Serpentine Summer Show 3, London, 1977 and the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 1979. Since then she has held over 30 solo shows worldwide, and has been included in numerous group shows, at the Barbican, Hayward Gallery, Serpentine Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool, Whitworth Gallery Manchester, Museum of Wales Cardiff, as well as a number overseas.


She has received awards from the Arts Council, British Council, DAIWA Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Elephant Trust, GLAA, The Lorne Award and the Sunny Dupree Family Award, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2009.


She has been a lecturer and examiner at many departments of Fine Art, and from 1991-2005 was Senior Lecturer in Painting at Chelsea College of Art, University of the Arts, London. She is a Founder-member of the charity A.P.T. at Creekside, South London, where she has her studio, and is a Trustee of the charity Poetry London.


Photo: Chris Morphet

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