Saskia Morris (she/her) is a contemporary artist currently practising on Ngunnawal & Ngambri Country, Australia.
Saskia’s work examines how social and technological advancements distort and amplify our sense of self and our place in society. To do this, she works with a variety of reproduction apparatus that record and reposition the image and voice.
Saskia was the 2021 recipient of the Gray Smith and Joan Scott Prize and an ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences Honours Scholarship. She graduated from the Printmedia + Drawing workshop of the Australian National University’s School of Art and Design in 2019. She holds a Bachelors of Arts, majoring in English Literature and Art History also from ANU.
Saskia also works to further diversity and inclusiveness in creative workshops and MakerSpaces.
Education & Employment
2019 - ongoing
Technical Officer and Head of Culture & Inclusion: ANU MakerSpace, Research School of Physics & Engineering, Australian Nation University
2021 - 2022
Artist Assistant for Vivienne Binns
2021
Bachelor of Visual Arts (First Class Honours), Australian National University
2014 - 2019
Flexible Double Degree: Bachelors of Arts (Literature) & Visual Arts (Printmedia & Drawing), Australian National University
Awards, Scholarships and Grants
2022
Highly Commended, Goulburn Art Award
College of Arts & Social Sciences Teaching Grant
2021
University Medal, Australia National University
Gray Smith and Joan Scott Prize
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences Honours Scholarship
Residencies and Collaborative Projects
2022
Cahoots, You Are Here, Ngunnawal & Ngambri Country
Sharing Stories Arts Exchange, artsACT, Yuin, Ngunnawal & Ngambri Country
Megalo Editions, Megalo Print Studio, Ngunnawal & Ngambri Country
Publications
‘Emergent: A larger framework’, Imprint Magizine 54, no. 4 (Summer): 30 - 31. 2019. Available here.
Discussions & Workshops
‘Sewing Circuits’, Social Fabric: Crafting Communities, ANU School of Art and Design, 2021
‘Day one: Sewing Circuits’, for Masters of Applied Cybernetics, 3A Institute, 2020-2021
‘Figures of Influence: Printmaking in Conversation Panel’, A Paper Inheritance: Exploring the lineages of the Printmedia & Drawing Workshop, ANU School of Art and Design Gallery, 2019
Exhibitions
2021
Graduating Exhibition (Honours), ANU School of Art and Design, online at gradshow.com.au
ANU Drawing Prize 2021, ANU School of Art and Design, Canberra
2020
10th Compact Prints International Print Exhibition & Exchange, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville
Fire Relief (Fun)draiser: Fundraising Auction for Mogo Local Aboriginal Land Council, Tributary Projects, Canberra
2019
Graduating Exhibition, ANU School of Art and Design, Canberra
Long Way Around, aMBUSH Gallery, Canberra
The Politics of Memory, Sculpture & Spatial Practice, ANU School of Art & Design, Canberra
Showcase, Art & Music Library, ANU, Canberra
Fifty-Squared, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2018
Give and Take, Foyer Gallery, ANU School of Art and Design, Canberra
plate_tone, The Print Council of Australia, Collins Place Gallery, Melbourne
Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Science in art, art in science: ACMD Acquisitive Award, Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery, Melbourne
ANU Drawing Prize 2018, finalist, Foyer Gallery, ANU School of Art & Design, Canberra
Inner North Art Prize, finalist, The Front Cafe & Gallery, Canberra
2017
Dysfunction, Smith’s Alternative, Canberra
Commission & Design
2018
Pop Up Posters Paddington, Woollahra City Council for Paddington Library, Sydney
Team Robot shirt design, Shirty Science in collaboration with The University of Canberra (UC)
Thank You keyring, ANU Alumni & Donor Relations
Collections
Printmedia and Drawing, ANU School of Art & Design
Printmedia and Drawing, Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), University of Melbourne
Zines and Artist’s Books, The National Library of Australia
Other Related Projects
Guide, Queanbeyan Printing Museum, 2018
2019 Zine Fair, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney