Gretchen Morrissey - Illustration & Design
Gretchen Morrissey is a Taos, New Mexico based illustrator and mixed media designer. Gretchen works across a material language of illustration, printmaking, graphic design, and natural dye chemistry. Exploring elemental forms of the natural world Gretchen’s hybrid practice combines her knowledge of plant science with her love of illustration and design using nature as both material and inspiration.
Select exhibitions include the James Renwick Alliance for American Craft, Paley Design Center and Textile Museum, The Kemper Museum of Art, The Surface Design Association, others.
Education
Master of Science, Textile Design and Materials Technology
Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science (aka Jefferson University)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of South Carolina
Exhibitions
Beyond the Fray-Innovations in Textiles, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
The Art of Craft, James Renwick Alliance for American Craft, Washington DC
Soft Borders: International Exhibition in Print, Surface Design Journal, Fall 2019 (p.28)
Beyond the Surface-Innovations in Textiles, SDA, St. Louis, MO.
Greenhill Center of Art, Greensboro, NC
Printmakers of North Carolina Invitational, Block Gallery, Raleigh, NC
In Print, Office of the Mayor, Durham, NC (solo)
Artspace NC, Seed+Nectar+Pollen, Raleigh, NC (solo)
Artspace NC, Marine Ephemera, Raleigh, NC (solo)
311 West Martin Street Gallery, Underwater, Raleigh, NC (solo)
Durham Art Council, Channel Markers, Durham, NC (solo)
Featured works from the Municipal Collection, Block Gallery, City of Raleigh, NC
Liberty Arts, City Farm, Durham, NC (2 person show)
National Encaustic Invitational, Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM
Inked: Block Gallery, guest curator, Raleigh, NC
In Print, Featured works of hand-printed textiles, DesignBox, Raleigh, NC
Cross Pollination, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Big Impressions: North Carolina Prints, Cary, NC
Faculty Exhibition, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Paley Design Center and Textile Museum, Philadelphia, PA
CRAFTED, Paley Design Center and Textile Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Fiber, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Textile Invitational, Kemper Museum of Art and Design, Kansas City, MO
Special Projects
Book Illustration, Darwin and the First Grandfather: A Story of Evolution
Co-Authors: Dr. Erika K. Honore', and Dr. Peter H. Klopfer
Custom Textile Design Collections, Persifor, NYC
Custom Wall Covering Collections, Luxe Surfaces Inc., Dallas, TX
Custom Wall Covering Designs, Omnova, Charlotte, NC
Custom Textile Designs, Wolf Gordon Inc., NYC
Custom hand-printed textile collections, Office of the President, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
Morrissey, G., Guild SourceBook 15, Art for the Wall Furniture and Accessories: 272
Morrissey, G., “Sustainable Surface Design & Environmental Responsibility”, Surface Design Journal, Fall 2017
University of North Carolina-North Carolina Botanical Garden:
exhibitions design, graphic & print design
[Plant This-Not That-Guide to Invasives, Saving Our Birds, Saving Our Bees, Saving Our Pollinators, Bee-Hold the Humble Pollinator, Following in the Bartrams' Footsteps]
Textile Design & Materials Technology, University of California, Davis,
Department of Design (guest speaker)
Sustainable Surface Design & Environmental Responsibility
Surface Design Association Conference, Portland, OR (guest speaker)
History of Cotton and Indigo in North Carolina, Duke University-Duke Campus Farm, Durham, NC (guest speaker)
Business of Textile Design, North Carolina State University, School of Textile Technology & Management (guest speaker)
Fashion and Textiles, University of Delaware, College of Arts & Sciences (guest speaker)
The Allure of Indigo & Shibori (workshop), ArtSpace, Raleigh, NC
Petit-Artistas, Madison, WI, Botanical Indigo & Shibori (workshop)
Pullen Park Art Center, Raleigh, NC, Solarplate & Sustainable Printmaking Techniques (workshop)
Teaching Experience
Textile Design Faculty: Philadelphia University (aka-Jefferson University), Philadelphia
Textile Design Faculty: Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia
Textile Technician/Textile Print Lab Manager, Philadelphia University (aka-Jefferson University)