Artist Statement

Morgan explores alternate stories to fill gaps created by colonialism with a focus on capturing inner truth and alternate possibilities. They focus on creating imaginative, illustrative objects and writing which could be seen as pieces of possible narratives, different ways to connect with the past and potential futures through layers of abstraction with no right or wrong answer. They focus on creating objects and stories which have agency and are a part of an Indigenous based worldview and oral history. What matters is not whether the objects accurately recreate the past, but rather to capture an inner truth and a possible alternative reality of the object through a modern interpretation. In a sense, creating new culture from a series of “what-ifs” and new stories / lore.

Morgan uses primarily local, sustainable materials and explores technique intensive processes to create new aesthetics and novel craft techniques to achieve new conceptual possibilities. Through this research and exploration process, Morgan aims to connect with elders and other Indigenous creatives in an effort to glue together the fractured traditional Indigenous craft lineages and create new connections.