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