Kim-Ling Morris
Cork City, County Cork
Tracing stories (and creating new ones) using photography and textile techniques on mostly recycled media
MessageKim-Ling Morris is UK born and has lived in Europe, Africa and South-East Asia before settling in Cork, Ireland. She trained and worked as a Biochemical Engineer, creating her art practice in parallel. She began with sculpture in Leamington Spa, UK, continuing at the École Duperré, Paris, France. She exhibited her paintings and sculptures in France. In Ireland, she developed her interest in textiles at CIT Crawford College of Art & Design, winning their 2009 Student of the Year award and gaining a Fine Art Textiles Special Purpose Award in 2014.
In 2011, Kim-Ling Morris became one of three co-founding directors of Sample-Studios where she now holds the role of Financial Manager. In 2021, she was voted onto the board of the Design and Craft Council of Ireland. She is a member of the Cork Textiles Network since 2012 where she still maintains a place on the committee and a member of the National Sculpture Factory since 2018.
Statement
Kim-Ling MORRIS is fascinated by the many techniques of repair and mending that keep things alive for that bit longer. In combining found objects and used materials, she adds another layer to their history, augmenting the traces of people that have held each item. Her current media of choice are digital photography and recycled materials, often combined. Material provenance is integral to the narrative of her work.
Aesthetically, she loves textures, natural patterns, shadow and reflected light. In her practice, she plays with materiality, testing properties that allow her to fuse things in unexpected ways. Her use of thermal print reflects the ephemerality of the moment that has been captured and printed. We are all finite.
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