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Education
2012 BFA cum laude with Sculpture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
2011 Pont-Aven School for Contemporary Art, Pont-Aven, France
2009 George Washington University, Washington, DC
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2025 Solo Exhibition, (Un)tethered, Wyatt Gallery, MoCA Arlington, Arlington,
2023 Solo Exhibition, Ordinary Sanctuary, Common Ground Gallery, VisArts, Rockville, MD
2021 Solo Exhibition, Body, Joy, Cage, Scar, Wyatt Gallery, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA
2018 Two-Person Exhibition, Within / Between, Wyatt Gallery, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA
2018 Solo Exhibition, Nine Patch, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
2017 Solo Exhibition, Gradient, Blank Space Gallery, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC
2016 Solo Exhibition, Feminicity, Vivid Solutions Gallery, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC
2013 Solo Exhibition, Skin Contention, Point of Contact Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Installations
2021- Clouds, Shop Made in DC (Georgetown), Washington, DC
2019 - Nook, Shop Made in DC (The Wharf), Washington, DC
2018 Stretch, Atrium Gallery at Takoma Park Community Center, Takoma Park, MD
2018 - Feminicity, Shop Made In DC (Dupont Circle), Washington, DC
2018 Stretch, NoMA Business Improvement District HQ, Washington, DC
2017 ROYGBIV, VisionDC: Arts and Urban Innovation Summit, Arena Stage, Washington, DC
2017 - ROYGBIV, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA
2017 Panty Quilt, LATELA Gallery, Washington, DC
2016-17 Stretch, World of Threads Contemporary Fibre Arts Festival, QEPCCC, Oakville, ON, Canada
2016-18 Feminicity, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC
2016 - Untitled, The Clinical Center, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
2015 Stretch, Jackson Art Center, Washington, DC
2015 Nuit Blanche: Art All Night DC, Carnegie Library, Washington, DC
2015-17 Nook, TechShop, Arlington, VA
Group Exhibitions
2024 Wish You Were Here, Museum of Contemporary Art, Arlington, VA
2024 Fun, Otis Street Art Projects, Mt Rainier, MD
2023 Hot Goss, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA
2023 Soft Tissues, Brentwood Arts Exchange at Gateway Arts Center, Brentood, MD
2020 Uncommon Goods, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC
2019 Character Abstraction, Brentwood Arts Exchange at Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood, MD
2019 Convergence, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA
2019 Over, Under, Back, Forward, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
2018 Transformer 15th Annual Silent Auction, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, Washington, DC
2018 RAW 2018: 5th Annual Juried Photo Competition, The Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ
2018 Northern Virginia Community College Manassas Campus Library, Manassas, VA
2017 Experiment #4: Venus is Venus is Venus, DuPont Underground, Washington, DC
2017 Alchemical Vessels V: The Night Journey, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington, DC
2016 Figuratively Speaking, Gallery Underground, Arlington, VA
2016 Threads: A Sampling of Fiber Art, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Dowell, MD
2016 Art in Motion: 25th Annual Juried Member Show, The Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, MD
2015 All-Media Art Show, Art Works, Richmond, VA
2012 Advanced Painting, Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2011 Cut-Up, Pont-Aven Gallerie D’Art Contemporain, Pont-Aven, France
Grants/Honors/Residencies
2020 Residency, Solo Lab 5, VisArts, Rockville MD (Experimental performance art residency)
2018-- Residency, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA (July 1, 2018-present)
2017-18 Residency, MoCA Arlington, VA (September 9 - June 30)
2016-17 Residency, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA (September 17 - February 28)
2016 Residency, IMMERSION, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC (July 22 - September 16)
(Honorarium funded in part by National Endowment for the Arts)
2016 Selected for SmART Space Program, Alexandria Office of the Arts, Alexandria, VA
2015 Featured Artist, Nuit Blanche: Art All Night DC, Carnegie Library, Washington, DC
(Grant awarded by DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities)
2015 Notable Alumni in Sculpture, Class of 2012, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Presentations, Panels
2023 Artist Talk, Soft Tissues, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD, March 25.
2021 Artist Talk, Body, Joy, Cage, Scar, MoCA Arlington, Arlington VA, Oct 16 & Nov 6
2019 Artist Talk, Character Abstraction, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD, July 20.
2019 Artist Talk, Over, Under, Forward, Back, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA, March 30.
2018 Artist Talk, Within/Between, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA, September 29.
2018 Artist Talk, Nine Patch, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC, June 23.
2018 Collective Quilting (Project by Julia Kwon), IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC, May 17.
2017 Portfolio Presentation, The Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, MD, September 15.
2017 Artist Talk, Crochet II, Dupont Underground, Washington, DC, September 16.
2016 Artist Talk, Feminicity, Vivid Solutions Gallery, Washington, DC, August 30.
2016 Artist Talk, Feminicity, Vivid Solutions Gallery, Washington, DC, September 24.
2016 Panelist, From Making to Made It, Gallery Underground, Arlington, VA, May 12.
2016 Artist Talk, Stretch, The Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, MD, February 20.
Professional Experience
2022 -2023 Library Associate at The Shop, Central Library, Arlington, VA
2019 - Artist Representative on Board of Directors, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA
2018 - 2022 Art Teacher + Makerspace & Video Production Manager, The Sycamore School, Arlington, VA
2018 - Instructor, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA
2018 - 2019 Instructor, VisArts, Rockville, MD
2015 - 2017 Instructor, TechShop, Arlington, VA
2014 - 2017 Front Desk/Facilities/Special Projects, TechShop, Arlington, VA
2011 Intern, Art Enables, Washington, DC
2010 - 2011 Youth Enrichment Specialist, Say Yes to Education, Belleview Elementary School, Syracuse, NY
2010 Volunteer Studio Assistant, Mass MoCA, North Reading, MA
Selected Press
2023 The Washington Post: Mark Jenkins, “In The Galleries: An Artist Explores Themes of Rest, Recovery, and The Body”
2023 Bmore Art: Somogyi, Fanni, “Moments of Intimacy: ‘DISordered Systems’ at TU & ‘Soft Tissues’ at Brentwood Arts”
2021 East City Art: Sarah McGavran, PhD., "East City Art Reviews: Olivia Tripp Morrow"
2021 The Washington Post: Mark Jenkins, “In The Galleries: Artist’s Work Criss-cross the paths of U.S. Colonialism”
2020 The Washington Post: Mark Jenkins, "In The Galleries: Uncommon Goods"
2019 East City Art: Sarah McGavran, PhD., "Character Abstraction at Brentwood Arts Exchange"
2019 Washington City Paper: John Anderson, "At the Arlington Arts Center, A Strong Showing of Fiber"
2018 IA&A Hillyer Blog: IA&A at Hillyer, "Nine Patch: Olivia Tripp Morrow"
2018 Mid City DC Blog: Taylor Golden Barden, "East Side News March 2018: The Artful Lobby"
2017 On Tap Magazine: Michael Loria, "Venus is Venus is Venus at Dupont Underground"
2017 The Washington Post: Mark Jenkins, "In The Galleries: At annual benefit show, the world goes 'round"
2016 The Washington Post:Terence McArdle, "Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Aug. 25-31, 2016"
2016 Washington City Paper Blog: Beth Shook, "At the Vivid Solutions Gallery, an Exploration of 'Feminicity'"
2016 East City Art: Editorial, "ARCH Development Corporation Presents IMMERSION’s First Installment: Feminicity"
2015 MSNBC: JJ Ramberg, "Celebrating Small Biz: Art All Night by OPEN Forum"
2015 DC Cable News: Cecily Fernandez, “DCN Presents: Art All Night: Nuit Blanche DC, 9/26/15”, Entertain DC (YouTube)
2015 Washingtonian After Hours Blog: Brendan L. Smith, “Art All Night 2015 Will Have Visual Concerts, a Silent Disco, and Sculptures Made of Fire”
2015 Mid-City DC News: Philip Hutinet, “September Mid-City Gallery Exhibitions and News”
Professional Organizations
Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA
National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Washington Sculptors Group, Washington, DC
2012 BFA cum laude with Sculpture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
2011 Pont-Aven School for Contemporary Art, Pont-Aven, France
2009 George Washington University, Washington, DC
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2025 Solo Exhibition, (Un)tethered, Wyatt Gallery, MoCA Arlington, Arlington,
2023 Solo Exhibition, Ordinary Sanctuary, Common Ground Gallery, VisArts, Rockville, MD
2021 Solo Exhibition, Body, Joy, Cage, Scar, Wyatt Gallery, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA
2018 Two-Person Exhibition, Within / Between, Wyatt Gallery, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA
2018 Solo Exhibition, Nine Patch, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC
2017 Solo Exhibition, Gradient, Blank Space Gallery, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC
2016 Solo Exhibition, Feminicity, Vivid Solutions Gallery, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC
2013 Solo Exhibition, Skin Contention, Point of Contact Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Installations
2021- Clouds, Shop Made in DC (Georgetown), Washington, DC
2019 - Nook, Shop Made in DC (The Wharf), Washington, DC
2018 Stretch, Atrium Gallery at Takoma Park Community Center, Takoma Park, MD
2018 - Feminicity, Shop Made In DC (Dupont Circle), Washington, DC
2018 Stretch, NoMA Business Improvement District HQ, Washington, DC
2017 ROYGBIV, VisionDC: Arts and Urban Innovation Summit, Arena Stage, Washington, DC
2017 - ROYGBIV, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA
2017 Panty Quilt, LATELA Gallery, Washington, DC
2016-17 Stretch, World of Threads Contemporary Fibre Arts Festival, QEPCCC, Oakville, ON, Canada
2016-18 Feminicity, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC
2016 - Untitled, The Clinical Center, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
2015 Stretch, Jackson Art Center, Washington, DC
2015 Nuit Blanche: Art All Night DC, Carnegie Library, Washington, DC
2015-17 Nook, TechShop, Arlington, VA
Group Exhibitions
2024 Wish You Were Here, Museum of Contemporary Art, Arlington, VA
2024 Fun, Otis Street Art Projects, Mt Rainier, MD
2023 Hot Goss, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA
2023 Soft Tissues, Brentwood Arts Exchange at Gateway Arts Center, Brentood, MD
2020 Uncommon Goods, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC
2019 Character Abstraction, Brentwood Arts Exchange at Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood, MD
2019 Convergence, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA
2019 Over, Under, Back, Forward, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
2018 Transformer 15th Annual Silent Auction, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, Washington, DC
2018 RAW 2018: 5th Annual Juried Photo Competition, The Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ
2018 Northern Virginia Community College Manassas Campus Library, Manassas, VA
2017 Experiment #4: Venus is Venus is Venus, DuPont Underground, Washington, DC
2017 Alchemical Vessels V: The Night Journey, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington, DC
2016 Figuratively Speaking, Gallery Underground, Arlington, VA
2016 Threads: A Sampling of Fiber Art, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Dowell, MD
2016 Art in Motion: 25th Annual Juried Member Show, The Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, MD
2015 All-Media Art Show, Art Works, Richmond, VA
2012 Advanced Painting, Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2011 Cut-Up, Pont-Aven Gallerie D’Art Contemporain, Pont-Aven, France
Grants/Honors/Residencies
2020 Residency, Solo Lab 5, VisArts, Rockville MD (Experimental performance art residency)
2018-- Residency, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA (July 1, 2018-present)
2017-18 Residency, MoCA Arlington, VA (September 9 - June 30)
2016-17 Residency, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA (September 17 - February 28)
2016 Residency, IMMERSION, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC (July 22 - September 16)
(Honorarium funded in part by National Endowment for the Arts)
2016 Selected for SmART Space Program, Alexandria Office of the Arts, Alexandria, VA
2015 Featured Artist, Nuit Blanche: Art All Night DC, Carnegie Library, Washington, DC
(Grant awarded by DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities)
2015 Notable Alumni in Sculpture, Class of 2012, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Presentations, Panels
2023 Artist Talk, Soft Tissues, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD, March 25.
2021 Artist Talk, Body, Joy, Cage, Scar, MoCA Arlington, Arlington VA, Oct 16 & Nov 6
2019 Artist Talk, Character Abstraction, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD, July 20.
2019 Artist Talk, Over, Under, Forward, Back, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA, March 30.
2018 Artist Talk, Within/Between, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA, September 29.
2018 Artist Talk, Nine Patch, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC, June 23.
2018 Collective Quilting (Project by Julia Kwon), IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC, May 17.
2017 Portfolio Presentation, The Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, MD, September 15.
2017 Artist Talk, Crochet II, Dupont Underground, Washington, DC, September 16.
2016 Artist Talk, Feminicity, Vivid Solutions Gallery, Washington, DC, August 30.
2016 Artist Talk, Feminicity, Vivid Solutions Gallery, Washington, DC, September 24.
2016 Panelist, From Making to Made It, Gallery Underground, Arlington, VA, May 12.
2016 Artist Talk, Stretch, The Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, MD, February 20.
Professional Experience
2022 -2023 Library Associate at The Shop, Central Library, Arlington, VA
2019 - Artist Representative on Board of Directors, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA
2018 - 2022 Art Teacher + Makerspace & Video Production Manager, The Sycamore School, Arlington, VA
2018 - Instructor, MoCA Arlington, Arlington, VA
2018 - 2019 Instructor, VisArts, Rockville, MD
2015 - 2017 Instructor, TechShop, Arlington, VA
2014 - 2017 Front Desk/Facilities/Special Projects, TechShop, Arlington, VA
2011 Intern, Art Enables, Washington, DC
2010 - 2011 Youth Enrichment Specialist, Say Yes to Education, Belleview Elementary School, Syracuse, NY
2010 Volunteer Studio Assistant, Mass MoCA, North Reading, MA
Selected Press
2023 The Washington Post: Mark Jenkins, “In The Galleries: An Artist Explores Themes of Rest, Recovery, and The Body”
2023 Bmore Art: Somogyi, Fanni, “Moments of Intimacy: ‘DISordered Systems’ at TU & ‘Soft Tissues’ at Brentwood Arts”
2021 East City Art: Sarah McGavran, PhD., "East City Art Reviews: Olivia Tripp Morrow"
2021 The Washington Post: Mark Jenkins, “In The Galleries: Artist’s Work Criss-cross the paths of U.S. Colonialism”
2020 The Washington Post: Mark Jenkins, "In The Galleries: Uncommon Goods"
2019 East City Art: Sarah McGavran, PhD., "Character Abstraction at Brentwood Arts Exchange"
2019 Washington City Paper: John Anderson, "At the Arlington Arts Center, A Strong Showing of Fiber"
2018 IA&A Hillyer Blog: IA&A at Hillyer, "Nine Patch: Olivia Tripp Morrow"
2018 Mid City DC Blog: Taylor Golden Barden, "East Side News March 2018: The Artful Lobby"
2017 On Tap Magazine: Michael Loria, "Venus is Venus is Venus at Dupont Underground"
2017 The Washington Post: Mark Jenkins, "In The Galleries: At annual benefit show, the world goes 'round"
2016 The Washington Post:Terence McArdle, "Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Aug. 25-31, 2016"
2016 Washington City Paper Blog: Beth Shook, "At the Vivid Solutions Gallery, an Exploration of 'Feminicity'"
2016 East City Art: Editorial, "ARCH Development Corporation Presents IMMERSION’s First Installment: Feminicity"
2015 MSNBC: JJ Ramberg, "Celebrating Small Biz: Art All Night by OPEN Forum"
2015 DC Cable News: Cecily Fernandez, “DCN Presents: Art All Night: Nuit Blanche DC, 9/26/15”, Entertain DC (YouTube)
2015 Washingtonian After Hours Blog: Brendan L. Smith, “Art All Night 2015 Will Have Visual Concerts, a Silent Disco, and Sculptures Made of Fire”
2015 Mid-City DC News: Philip Hutinet, “September Mid-City Gallery Exhibitions and News”
Professional Organizations
Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA
National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Washington Sculptors Group, Washington, DC