Biografie von Keith MORRISON (1942)

Birth place: Jamaica, West Indies

Addresses: Chicago, IL

Profession: Painter, printmaker, educator

Studied: AIC (B.F.A., 1963; M.F.A., 1965); Univ., Illinois; De Paul Univ.; Loyola Univ.

Exhibited: Jamaica Inst., 1959 (2nd prize); Black & White, Kovler Gal., 1969; Chicago Prints, Allan Frumkin Gal., 1969; Nat. Exh. Black Artists, Smith-Mason Gal., Wash., DC, 1971; Black Am. Artists 1971, Illinois Bell/Illinois Arts Council, 1971; AIC, 1968, 1971 (Biennial Chicago & Vicinity); Univ. Iowa, 1971-72; Univ. Chicago; Cornell Univ.; Columbia Univ.

Member: College AA Am.; Nat. Conf. Artists; Chicago Soc. Artists.

Work: Jamaica (WI) Inst.; Nat. Coll. Liberia, W. Africa; Fisk Univ.; AIC; Dusable Mus. Afro-Am. Hist. Commissions: painting for Liberian Govt., 1964 & Dusable Mus. Afro-Am. Hist., 1971; mural comn. by Phyllis Kind Gal. for Main Bank, Chicago, 1972.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors, acrylics. Publications: auth., The Probing Line, Fisk Univ., 1968; auth., The Art of Jacob Lawrence, DePaul Univ., 1969; auth., "Jacob Lawrence's 'Toussaint L'ouverture'",Art Scene, 1969; auth., Meaningful Concept of Art in Humanities, Musart, 1970; auth., Black Experiences, Univ. Chicago, 1971. Teaching: Hyde Park AC, Chicago, 1965-67; Fisk Univ., Nashville, TN, 1967-68; DePaul Univ., 1968-71; Univ. Illinois, Chicago-Circle.

Sources: WW73; Doris Sanders, Morrison's Panel, (Defender, May, 1969); Robin Glauber, Keith Morrison at Black Hawk, (Skyline, September 1970); Kitty Kingston, Keith Morrison, (Gleaner, February 1971); Cederholm, Afro-Am. Artists.