Who is she?
Morgan Chandler Bouldes is an Educator, Interdisciplinary Artist and Writer. Presently, her thoughts are heavily centered around the invisible web & connective tissue of Humankind that are shared experience & emotion. The foundation of her practice is deeply rooted in sharing her personal narrative through experimental storytelling. Her works include, but are not limited to: photography, performance, film, audio & spoken and written word, installation and quilting. Embracing the Ethereal, she meditates heavily on connectedness, spiritual identity, ancestry & the passing of time.
Morgan is a recent graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art, obtaining a MFA in Photography as well as holding a BFA in Photography from Wayne State University. In 2021 she was a recipient of the AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship. Following her 2 year term as a Teaching Fellow she now serves as a full time faculty member at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
Statement
The Human Condition is my playscape. At the foundation of my practice is a drive to understand the incomprehensible that is the Ethereal. I am fascinated by the complexities of the relationship between human flesh, faith & spirituality, psychology & lived experience and how they intermingle metaphysically through time. I am drawn to non-linear narratives and have shaped my art practice to reflect that attraction. In my execution I am a curator of experience, often with visuals in accompaniment with audio. Having taken form through digital and analog photography, performance, sight specific mixed-media installation, written and spoken word and quilting. As a whole, my work is focused on telling a subliminal meta-narrative through interdisciplinary experimental storytelling. That meta-narrative is rooted in the philosophy of how I go about art making — enabling vulnerability as a catalyst for human connection and sustaining documentation and observation through the passing of time. Not isolating a single body of work but allowing all of my works to be in conversation with one another; aiming to open up a new realm of understanding not just for the work but in the hearts of my audience. I am a storyteller and my work seeks to unite.
CV
EDUCATION
2021 Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA Photography, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2019 Wayne State University, BFA Photography, Detroit, MI
GROUP SHOWS | TWO PERSON SHOWS
2022 Carr Center 30th Anniversary, Detroit, MI
2021 Art Mile, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI
2021 Art Mile, Carr Center, Detroit, MI
2021 After Effects, Marcellus, MI
2021 Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduate Exhibition, Birmingham, MI
2021 The Stories We Carry, Birmingham, MI
2021 A Way of Escape: Reflections on Ritualism, Detroit MI
2019 Transparency, Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI
2018 Black Independence Day, Baltimore Gallery, Detroit, MI
2017 VISUALS, Beal Building, Detroit, MI
2016 Girl Gaze, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Yellow Wall, Detroit, MI
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2021 Subliminal Detroit, photography book
2020 Peaches and Mangos (in production), documentary film
PRESS
2021 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, “MIAD WELCOMES THREE
AICAD TEACHING FELLOWS THIS FALL”, Dana McCullough
2021 BLAC Magazine, “Artist Morgan Bouldes Works to Create an Immersive Experience” , Nick Pizana
2016 Teen Vogue, “These 18 Instagram Photographers Were Just Featured in the #GirlGaze Art Exhibition”, Amanda De Cadenet
WORKSHOPS
2019 Camera basics workshop, Alternatives for Girls, Detroit, MI
SYMPOSIUMS
2021 Black Femmes of Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI
2021 Reflections on Ritualism Round Table, The Carr Center
2020 28 Days of Excellence, Detroit International Academy for Young Women
INVITED TALKS
2022 Research Process & Connection, MIAD
2021 Philosophy of Art, Wayne State University
2019 Philosophy of Art, Wayne State University
2019 Philosophy of Art, Wayne State University
RESIDENCIES
2022 ACRE Artist Residency, Steuben, WI
Resume
(317) 442-0105
Morganbouldesstudio@morganbouldes.com
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI — MFA: Concentration in Photography
| September 2019 - May 2021|
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI — BFA: Concentration in Photography
| August 2015 - May 2019 |
WORK EXPERIENCE
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, Wi — Teaching Fellow
| August 2021 - May 2023 |
Instructor of Digital 2D— Freshman year experience
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Birmingham, Mi — Graduate Diversity Programer
| September 2020- May 2021 |
Facilitator/liaison for BIPOC students on campus
President of BIPOC Student Union
Cranbrook Academy of Art Photography Department , Birmingham, Mi — Department assistant
| September 2020- May 2021 |
Responsible for department schedule and calendar
Mentor to 1st year students
Responsible for department-wide communications, updates and memos
Lady of The House, Detroit, MI — Head Host
| March 2017- August 2019 |
Responsible for flow of service
Guest Reservation Specialist
Responsible for training new team members
SKILLS
College level instruction
Professional digital and analog Photography
Analog film processing
Facilitation
Adobe Suite
Problem-solving
Customer service
AWARDS
2021 AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship