RESUME

Morgan Ritter is a Jewish artist, poet and new mother whose intermedia practice is driven by dreaming and play, yet responsive and, at times, critical to cultural realities. Her work has been exhibited at Artists Space (NY), Shanaynay (Paris), PICA, The Whitney Biennial 2017 (NY), a light bulb store, an orchard, MoMA (NY), and many other conventional and less conventional venues for experiencing art. She is the recipient of grants from Oregon Arts Commission and Foundation for Contemporary Art, among others. Ritter has attended several residencies including Anderson Ranch and Ken Kesey’s Farm. Her work has been featured in Art Forum, Art Practical, Art Viewer, e-flux, W Magazine & Vice. Her website is an everchanging and inconclusive log of her work: www.mmmo.info.

Morgan Ritter 

mmmemo@protonmail.com,              www.mmmo.info 

SELECTED CV

SOLO & 2-PERSON EXHIBITION

2019

An Evening with Bernadette Mayer & Morgan Ritter, MoMA, New York

2018

The Cat House Settlement, Veronica, Seattle

Xfinity Kitten, Stand Up Comedy, Portland, Oregon

Opening a can, with Dana Dart McLean & Johanna Jackson, Et al. Etc., San Francisco

APbPLaESr, organized by Israel Lund, New York

2017

Ongoing, Outdoor public art, The Sculpted Hand, ORCHARDS, Boring, Oregon

3 Poetry Presentations, Susan Cianciolo’s RUN Restaurant, The Whitney Biennial, New York

2016

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Part 1: Progenitor Cat Houses, The Middler, New York

Holding a cup on a boar, with Ido Radon, RONGWRONG, Amsterdam

Denim Premonition, Apres-Upfor, Upfor Contemporary, Portland, Oregon

2015

Commonplace, Exhibition with Karl Larsson, Portland Institute for  Contemporary Art (PICA), Portland, Oregon

To Window, Bicoastal exhibition within windows, American Medium, NY & SunLan Lighting, Portland, Oregon

2014

Becoming Versatile Smok, Ditch Projects, Springfield, Oregon 

2012

Understanding Witches Now, END THINGS Visual Art Exhibition, PICA’s T.B.A. Festival, Portland, Oregon

Various Poems vs. Vari0us Projects, Sunlan Light Bulb Company, Portland, Oregon

Key Chain Corrupt, Stand Up Comedy, Portland, Oregon

2011

Joni Sculpture Garden, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects, Curated by Mack McFarland, Portland, Oregon

Painted Papers, University of Illinois Chicago’s Art & Architecture Department Courtyard, Chicago, IL 

New Fashion Therapy with Brenna Murphy, PNCA, Portland, Oregon 

GROUP EXHIBITION

2024

SOUTH EAST PAINT, Curated by Christopher Baird, Hide & Seek Gallery, Portland, Oregon.

A LINE TO YOU, Curated by Christian Rogers, Noon Projects, Los Angeles.

GROUP SHOP, Bridget Donahue Gallery, New York

Import/Export, Los Angeles

Oregon Artist’s Biennial, Portland, Oregon.

2023

MOTHER, NOON Projects, Los Angeles

2019

Centrum Artist Residency Exhibition, Port Townsend, Washington

2017

Projects for the Page, PNCA, Portland, Oregon

Out of Sight, Annual Survey, Seattle

HER EYES WERE LIKE DOVES BESIDE A STREAM OF WATER, Adams and Ollman, Portland, Oregon

2016

Group Show, with Jason Hirata, Shana Moulton, ⼩陈Xiaochen) & 烟囱 Yancong) at Washington State Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Center, Seattle.

2015

Material Art Fair with American Medium, Mexico City, Mexico

2014

Another Cat Show, 356 Mission Street, Los Angeles

Still Working?, The New School, New York, NY

Poetry Will Be Made By All!, Organized by 89plus, Kenneth Goldsmith/ UBUweb and Hans Ulrich Obrist, and others LUMA Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland 

2013 

Yin-Yang Non-Fotography, 89+ Marathon, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK 

Goddess Interlude, AUGUST Curated by Breathing Works, Home Alone 2, New York

Maker & Destroyer Of Books with Publication Studio, EYEBEAM, New York 

2012 

Careful With Cigarettes, Curated by Alex Felton, PICA Resource Room, Portland, Oregon

KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD, Curated by Kristan Kennedy, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France 

2011

Video Reel with Stand Up Comedy, Shelf Life, The Henry Art Museum. Seattle, WA 

Occupation Preoccupation (Collaborative Exhibit) at PICA’s TBA Festival, Portland, Oregon

2010

Bring Your Own Beamer, Video Group Show, Curated by Brenna Murphy and Christian Oldham, New American Art Union, Portland, Oregon

Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 

2009

We Off Her Trans Sentence, NYSRP Exhibition, Brooklyn, New York

THIS LAND IS OUR LAND, Curated by Kristan Kennedy, Ace Hotel, New York, New York

BFA Juried Show, Curated by Jeanine Jablonski & Joe Macca, PNCA, Portland, Oregon

Golden Nuggets, Curated by Kristan Kennedy, Gordon Barnes and Paul Middendorf, PNCA, Portland, Oregon 

2006

Untitled, The Smell, Los Angeles 

RESIDENCIES/ AWARDS/ NOMINATIONS

2022

Oregon Arts Commission Artist Resilience Award

2019 

Mount Lebanon Residency, New Lebanon, New York

Poetry Workshop with CA Conrad, Kesey Farm Project, Pleasant Hill, Oregon

2018 

Oregon Arts Commission Career Opportunity Grant 

September Spring, Poetry Residency, Kesey Farm Project, Pleasant Hill, Oregon

2016 

Nomination for Brink Award, Henry Art Museum 

Nomination for Joan Mitchell Foundation’s Emerging Artist Award 

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant 

RACC Project Grant

2015

RACC Project Grant Recipient. 

Nominated for Brink Award, Henry Art Museum. 

2014

Centrum Emerging Artist Residency, Port Townsend. 

Nomination for Portland Art Museum Contemporary NW Art Awards

2013

Full Scholarship, Unconventional Aesthetics Residency, Anderson Ranch, Boulder, CO. 

Nominated for Fellowship at Sommer Akademie im Zentrum Paul Klee, Switzerland. 

Nominated for Brink Award, Henry Art Museum. 

2012

Weekend @ Bernadette’s, Poetry Residency with Bernadette Mayer, Albany, New York. 

Starry Night Artist Residency, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. 

2011

Best In Show Thesis Award, PNCA. 

Intermedia Dept. Thesis Award, PNCA. 

2010

Intermedia Merit Scholarship, PNCA. 

Dean Scholarship at PNCA. 2007- 2011

2009

New York Studio Independent Residency Program, New York, New York

2008

Painting Dept. Merit Scholarship, PNCA. 

EDUCATION

2007 - 2011 

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), Bachelors of Art in Intermedia & Ceramics, Portland, Oregon

2010  Experiments in Performance and Cinema Workshop, Sepideh Saii, University of Oregon.

2013 Unconventional Aesthetics Workshop with Dani Tull, Anderson Ranch Residency. Boulder, CO.

2013  Naropa Institute’s Summer Writing Program with Ron Silliman.

PUBLICATION & PRESS

2024

Vibes of the Periphery, Commissioned Essay, University of Oregon & Ford Family Foundation Critical Conversations Series

2021

Writing & Art within Susan Cianciolo’s exhibition publication, Lumber Room, Portland, Oregon

2020

Hiding Poems, Tag project featured on VICE Garage

2019

FREE CHARGER, Selected writing & art from 2007-2018, Penny Press

Organized & curated the republication of Bernadette Mayer's UTOPIA (United Artists, 1984). Printed & published by Container Corps & Yale Union

The Cat Houses of Morgan Ritter by Spencer Byrne Seres, SoFA

2018

A Review of Susan Cianciolo’s Restaurant at the Whitney Biennial, W Magazine

Attempt #1 to catalogue all the functions of art, 14p, print & web

“Protection Blanket”, Art Forum’s Instagram

“Opening a can at Et al etc” by Sienna Freeman, Art Practical

2017

“The Alternative Ducks Theory of Lund’s Production”, writing for ISRAEL LUND’S APPLES, Lumber Room, Portland

2015

My Remedy, Publication by Aviva Silverman. 

2014

1sn’t She/, WEB-Released by 89plus, Kenneth Goldsmith/ UBUweb and Hans Ulrich Obrist, at LUMA Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland. 

Yin-Yang Non-Fotography, Web-released Pdf with 89plus, Serpentine Gallery. 

2013

Who Is In Charge, Book of NY Poetry, 41 Pages, c_L. 

2012

PICA: TBA Venue Arrives At End Things, John Motley, Oregon Live. 

The Quiet Art Of Description and House Music, by Graham Bell, Oregon Arts Watch. 

“The Thoughtful Digestion...” on e-flux. 

2011

The Thoughtful Digestion of Unique Objects, Complex Subjects, and Composited Projects, Publication Studio. 

Artist Talk, BULLETT Media, BULLETT MAGAZINE. 

PERFORMANCE

2021

Sleeper performance within Susan Cianciolo’s PRAYER ROOM, HEALING STAtion, Lumber Room, Portland, Oregon 

2017 

3 Performances within Susan Cianciolo’s RUN Restaurant, The Whitney Biennial, New York

2012

Replacement for Alison Knowles, in lecture with Hannah Higgins, Fluxus With Tools, Feldman Gallery, PNCA.

2011

Featured in a PRADA Spread directed by Artist Ellen Lesperance, GARAGE MAGAZINE.  

ARTIST TALKS & READINGS

2021

Poetry Reading & Interview, Residency Earth, web-released video series

2020

Reading Bernadette Mayer's Memory for Poets House in Online Program, Language is a Temptation

2019

Poetry Reading, Nora Slade’s SESAME BE DIAMOND SENSITIVE, Potts Alhambra, Los Angeles

Poetry Reading, McEvoy Foundation, San Francisco

2017

Poetry Reading, Susan Cianciolo’s RUN PRAYER, RUN CAFE, RUN LIBRARY, Bridget Donahue Gallery, New York

2016

Lecture & Reading, University of Washington

Poetry Reading, Artists Space, New York

Poetry Reading, Shanaynay, Paris

Poetry Reading, RONGWRONG, Amsterdam

2014

Poetry Reading, Artist Talk & Workshop at Lewis & Clark College Arts Week. 

Poetry Reading, Portland Museum of Modern Art, Portland, Oregon 

…& numerous  earlier readings…