Morgan Overton

Email: MoInTheStudio@gmail.com

EDUCATION

University of Pittsburgh
Masters in Social Work  

Certificate: Human Services Management 

2020

University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Psychology         

Minor: Studio Arts                

2016


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023-2025

Artist in Residence, University of Pittsburgh Frederick Honors College

Theme: Democracy in Focus

2022

Art Consultant, International Free Expression Project


CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

2024, 2025 

Carnegie Museum of Art, Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 

US Capitol Russell Senate Building, I Stand On Their Shoulders, Washington, DC

2019 

Braddock Carnegie Library, I Am My Ancestors, Braddock, PA


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2024 

Zarin Art Gallery, Rhapsody of Nonsense, Helsinki, Finland

Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Visions in Motion, Sewickley, PA

Last Days London, Love Untold, London, UK

Superb Art Gallery of NYC, Out of the Blue, New York, NY

August Wilson House, Confluence of Creativity: Art by Morgan Overton and Darrell Kinsel, Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Museum of Art, Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 

2023   

Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Art on the Walls, Dormont, PA 

Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Martin Luther King Jr., Pittsburgh, PA

2022 

Uptown Arts, Going UP, Pittsburgh, PA

Concept Art Gallery, Women of Visions, Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Museum of Art, Future Visions, Pittsburgh, PA

Paris - New York Heritage Festival, Paris, France

Brew House Arts Association, Progeny of Change, Pittsburgh, PA

2021 

University of Pittsburgh, Black Lives in Focus, Pittsburgh, PA

International Free Expression Project,There is Black Art in the Future, Pittsburgh, PA

2020   

University of Pittsburgh, Black to the Future, Pittsburgh, PA

2019   

La Maison Baldwin, Women on Baldwin, St. Paul de Vence, France    

2018 

The Whole9Gallery, Black Dreamers Matter, Culver City, CA

2017   

Black Market Gallery, Fear of a Black Planet, Roxbury, MA                  

JURIED EXPERIENCE

2024 

Congressional Arts Competition, Congresswoman Summer Lee

2024 

Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art 

2020

Youth Arts Contest, City of Pittsburgh Human Relations Commission

AWARDS

2024 - Community Artivist of the Year

2024 - Young Black Alumni Award - University of Pittsburgh 

2020 - Getinvolved! inc Female Emerging Leader of the Year

2019 - Iris Marion Young Award for Social Justice

2019 - Pittsburgh Business Times 30 Under 30 Awards

SELECTED ARTIST TALKS AND FEATURES

2024 

Runner Up Artist for Film Poster, KAMALA Film

Democratic National Convention - Pennsylvania Delegation Program Book and Breakfast Talk, Chicago, IL

March for Moms, Philadelphia, PA

2023 

Artwork in Pennsylvania Governor's Residence

2022 

Racial Equity Consciousness Institute, University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Steelers - Gameday Poster Artist 

Pittsburgh Pirates Charities, Featured Artist | Pittsburgh, PA

2020 

Pittsburgh City Paper, Best of Pittsburgh 2020 - "Best Local Visual Artist" Top 10

2018 - 2020 

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Merchandise Artist 

2018 

Showtime Network  The Affair, Season 4 


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