Matt Morris

Matt Morris is an artist, perfumer, and writer based in Chicago. Morris has presented artwork internationally including Andrew Kreps, Margot Samel, and Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York; Musée de la Fraise and Ruschman, Berlin, Germany; Netwerk Aalst, Aalst, Belgium; Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive, Denmark; / Slash, San Francisco, CA; Espace Maurice, Montreal, Quebec; DePaul Art Museum, Ruschman, and LVL3, Chicago, IL; Mary + Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL; Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL; and the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH. Morris has contributed to Femme Art Review, Fragrantica, Everyone Is a Girl, VISCOSE, QED, artforum.com, Art Papers, ARTnews, Flash Art, and X-TRA—additional writing appears in numerous exhibition catalogues and artist monographs. Chapters of Morris’ writing are included in the anthologies Olfactory Art and the Political in an Age of Resistance, Routledge; and Atem / Breath, De Gruyter, with Dr. Dorothée King. Morris is a transplant from southern Louisiana who holds a BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati and earned an MFA in Art Theory + Practice from Northwestern University, as well as a Certificate in Gender + Sexuality Studies. Morris is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.