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
Exhibitions
"I Stand on Their Shoulders" | US Capitol, Russell Senate Building
April 24-28 2023
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council - Art on the Walls | Dormont, PA
January - July 2023
Children’s Museum - Martin Luther King Jr. Exhibit | Pittsburgh, PA
January 2023
Uptown Arts - “Going UP” | Pittsburgh, PA
November 2022
“Pittsburgh Paints” - City of Pittsburgh First Lady Michelle Gainey | Pittsburgh, PA
February 2022 | March 2022 | August 2022 | September 2022 Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery Crawl
Women of Visions - Concept Art Gallery | Pittsburgh, PA
October 2022
Paris - New York Heritage Festival | Paris, France
September 2022
Women of Visions - “Future Vision” | Pittsburgh, PA
Summer 2022
Women of Visions - “Progeny of Change”, Brewhouse Association | Pittsburgh, PA
March 2022
Children’s Museum - “How You Wear it” | Pittsburgh, PA
February - March 2022
“Black Lives in Focus” - University of Pittsburgh
September 2021
International Free Expression Project “There is Black Art in the Future” | Pittsburgh, PA
June 2021 - August 2021
The Corner | Pittsburgh, PA
May 2021
BLaQk House Collections | Pittsburgh, PA
October 2020 - March 2021
Redfishbowl Studios | Pittsburgh, PA
Ongoing
Black to the Future | Pittsburgh, PA
University of Pittsburgh - February 2020
Women on Baldwin | St. Paul de Vence, France
Spring 2019-Present
Black Women in Art | Pittsburgh, PA
August Wilson Center - July 2019
I Am My Ancestors | Pittsburgh, PA
Braddock Carnegie Library - February 2019
Black Dreamers Matter | Culver City, CA
TheWhole9Gallery - February 2018
Fear of a Black Plant | Roxbury, MA
October 2017
The Peace Project | Culver City, CA
Traveling Exhibit, 2017
Awards
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
Features
Racial Equity Consciousness Institute, University of Pittsburgh
2022 - Present
Pittsburgh Steelers - Gameday Poster Artist | Pittsburgh, PA
December 11th 2022
Pittsburgh Pirates Charities | Pittsburgh, PA
July 29th 2022 Art Auction Artist
Featured Artist - New Amsterdam Restaurant | Pittsburgh, PA
January - February 2022
August Wilson Center | Pittsburgh, PA
Community Day (2018 - present)
City of Pittsburgh Human Rights Commission
Commissioned Artist & Judge for Youth Arts Contest
Pittsburgh City Paper
Best of Pittsburgh 2020 - "Best Local Visual Artist" Top 10 Contender
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Merchandise Artist (2018-2020)
Harambee Arts Festival | Pittsburgh, PA
Summer 2018
Buzzfeed
"19 "Black Panther" Artworks That Will Literally Have You Screaming, "Yaaaassss" (2018)
Showtime Network
The Affair, Season 4 (2018)
Speaking Engagements
University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work (December 2022)
Featured Artist
BeSocial (October 2020)
Guest Artist
University of Pittsburgh (October 2020)
Guest Artist
Freire Charter School, Philadelphia PA (September 2020)
Artist Talk
Kelly Strayhorn Theatre (June 2020)
Panel & Artist Talk
Gateway School District, Pittsburgh PA (January 2020)
Artist Talk
Carnegie Mellon University (November 2019)
North American Indian Music Seminar Guest Lecturer
Black Women in Art, Pittsburgh PA (July 2019)
Panelist
Carnegie Mellon University (March 2019)
Panelist