Maidy Morhous

Artist's Bio

ARTIST STATEMENT

I am inspired by the depth and breadth of bronze sculpting. The soft malleable aspect of clay allows my work to develop naturally while the strength and power of the metal evoke sensuality, passion. I begin with an idea, an emotion, an abstract concept, or a photograph.  As the piece develops, my original concept evolves, solidifies, or in some cases, changes completely. I see my figures as relating collectively rather than as individuals. They are celebrations of the flowing sensuous curves of the human form. They are the embodiment of feelings and emotions. In this way, they are meant to be symbolic rather than representative.

 The act of creating is an emotional release; it centers one, giving an inner peace which allows us to reflect not only on who we are but how we think and feel.  I realize now, that the pride of being an artist comes not from what one sells, but the inner peace one derives from the act of creating.

BIOGRAPHY

Education ___________________________________________

• M.F.A. Degree Fine Art: Printmaking, Sculpture; California State University Long Beach
• Master Program Studies – Richard Swift; Atelier 17 - S.W. Hayter, Paris, France
• Graduate Division of Fine Arts with Master Printmaker Krishna Reddy;
• Master Program Studies with Ruth Weisburg – U.S.C., California
• Residential Marketing Credential, University of California at San Diego

Teaching/Lecture Series_________________________________

• Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California - Printmaking Wood Block Techniques Summer Series
• California State University at San Diego, Lecture Series “Media for Advertising”

Selected Exhibitions____________________________________

• 2013 Small Works Exhibition, New York, NY
• 2013 Art Essex Gallery, CT
• 2012 Exhibition National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
• 123rd National Exhibition, Silvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, New York
• Invitation to Exhibit Art Monaco12’ (10 artists chosen)
• Third National Art Exhibition, Los Angeles, California
• 10th Nat. Sculpture Exhibition, Stone Gallery, Avon, Ct.
• San Diego Museum of Art - Artist Guild FAF IV, California
• San Diego Art Institute Annual Exhibition, San Diego California
• 14th Annual Southwest Regional Art Show, Los Angeles, California  - Best of Show Award
• Fine Arts League National Art Show, La Junta, Colorado  - Honorable Mention
• California Southwest National Fine Art Show, Los Angeles, California  - Second Place     
• Long Beach Museum of Art, California Eight Invitational Long Beach, California
• Aptos Invitational, Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, California
• Cathexis Invitational Exhibition, Long Beach, California
• Long Beach Invitational, Long Beach, California
• National Exhibition, Santa Fe, Colorado
• ART 78’ International Art Fair Invitational, Washington, D.C. National Armory
• ARTnews Magazine, Designer West Magazine; featured 9/79
• UAMuseum, Long Beach, California – solo exhibition

Internships_____________________________________________

• Wayne Kimball, Cynthia Osborne, Long Beach, California
• Ruth Weisberg, USC Los Angeles, California
• Krishna Reddy, Master Printmaker, Long Beach, California
• Dan McCaw, Torrance, California
• Ron Jon Sen, Canadian born printmaker, Long Beach, California
• Simon Kogan, San Diego, California

Memberships___________________________________________

• National Sculpture Society
• San Diego Museum of Art - Artists Guild, Board Member
• San Diego Art Institute (SDAI)
• National Association of Woman Artists (NAWA)
• Honorary member of Sendai Committee,  International Relations of Council of Riverside, CA

Selected Public/Private Collections__________________________

• Midori no Yakata Kaiga wo Tanoshimu Kai, Sendai, Japan
• N.A.W.A Exhibition Catalogue archived within The Smithsonian Institution Archives, The Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum, the Chicago Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington, D.C.), and the New York Public Library
• International Contemporary Artist IV, published by ICA Publishing
• Scripps Hospital Foundation, San Diego, California
• Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California
• Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach California
• UAMuseum, Long Beach, California
• Cabrillo College of the Arts, Aptos, California
• Fidelity Arts, Inc., Beverly Hills, California - private
• Pfaudler Inc., Geneva, Switzerland - private
• Beckton-Dickenson, Inc. Grenoble, France - private
• Shinko-Pfaudler, Inc. Kobe, Japan - private
• WXXI Public Broadcasting, Rochester, New York
• Euro Med International Inc. San Francisco, California- private

Artist's Statement

I am inspired by the depth and breadth of bronze sculpting. The soft malleable aspect of clay allows my work to develop naturally while the strength and power of the metal evoke sensuality, passion. I begin with an idea, an emotion, an abstract concept, or a photograph.  As the piece develops, my original concept evolves, solidifies, or in some cases, changes completely. I see my figures as relating collectively rather than as individuals. They are celebrations of the flowing sensuous curves of the human form. They are the embodiment of feelings and emotions. In this way, they are meant to be symbolic rather than representative.

 The act of creating is an emotional release; it centers one, giving an inner peace which allows us to reflect not only on who we are but how we think and feel.  I realize now, that the pride of being an artist comes not from what one sells, but the inner peace one derives from the act of creating.