ABOUT THE ARTIST

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Joseph Morris is an artist based in Brooklyn. He is an expert craftsman and coder who believes in the possibilities enabled by integrating technology in the arts.

His emotive machines have been exhibited in New York, Chicago, Brazil, New Haven, New Mexico, and Arizona by galleries and organizations such as Ulterior Gallery, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, Chazan Family Gallery, Creative Arts Workshop, Gibney Dance Center, 4heads, ACRE Projects, Oi Futuro, and more.

Joseph Morris has been working with electronics in his art since 2006. He began by taking things apart and putting them back together to make sculptural collages with gears, motors, and moving parts. He started experimenting with software and coding in 2007 and has been integrating technology into his craft ever since. Joseph is a self-taught programmer, prototyper, and pro tinkerer.

He is a recipient of the 2020 Downtown Brooklyn Public Art and Placemaking Fund, 2017 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (NYFA) in Electronic and Digital Media, and a 2017 New York State Council on the Arts Electronic Media grantee. In 2015, Joseph was a Harvestworks New Works Resident and recipient of Pratt Institute's Faculty Development Grant. He holds an MFA in Art and Technology Studies from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA in Sculpture from SUNY Purchase College. He is currently a tenure-track professor of 3D Design and Sculpture at SUNY Westchester Community College and serves on the digital and media arts Artist Advisory Committee for NYFA.

NOTABLE EVENTS, AWARDS, & ACCOLADES

STEAMplant Resident artist

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Fellowship recipient, Pratt Institute Math and Science
Brooklyn, NY