“Morgan’s images display our own felt electricity,
the crackling auras and fields that we know for sure are there,
not just from new scientific sensors, but from the way our bodies so often feel.
We are not only stardust, but wild patterned energy,
dust devils swirling through space for just a time. “
- Kim Stanley Robinson, award winning science fiction author.
RESUME 2022
2023 Trees. At Written by Forest as part of the Atlantic Avenue Artwalk.
2022 Short Stories and Little Mysteries. Works on the Wall, a benefit show for Spoke the Hub Dancing, Brooklyn, New York. Some pieces still available!
2019 Trees. Artist-in-Residence Exhibition. The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
2018 The Divine Feminine Protectors. The Parliament of World Religions, Toronto, Canada.
The Color of Energy. The Center for Remembering and Sharing, New York, New York.
The Energy of the Body. Artist-in-Residence Exhibition. The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
2017 The Energy Series. The Artisan Collective, Newark, New Jersey.
Luminous Bodies Residency Exhibition, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, Toronto.
The 7 Chakras. The Healing Garden, Elements Music and Art Festival, Lakewook, Pa. and The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
2016 'Scapes and Mysteries TAI Group, New York, New York.
Hudson Valley Sketches. Artist-in-Residence Exhibition. The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
2014 Long Pond by Moonlight - Artist-in-Residence Exhibition. The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
2013 New Meditations - Artist-in-Residence Exhibition. The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
2012 Spirits of Cappadocia Artist-in-Residence Exhibition. Babayan Culture House, Ibrahimpasa, Turkey.
Meditations Artist-in-Residence Exhibition. The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
2011 The Healers Shambala Yoga and Dance Center, Brooklyn, New York.
The Wild Woman Book Artist-In-Residence Exhibition. The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
2010 Landscapes Around the World. Artist-In-Residence Exhibition. The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
Shambala Yoga and Dance Center Anniversary Celebration. Brooklyn New York.
2008 1st Annual Mother’s Day Blessing Celebration Official Artist St. Bart’s Church, New York, New York
2007 Tales from the Other Side: A Retrospective for Halloween Madame X, New York, New York
Artist-In-Residence Exhibition. The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
Gods & Men: Musings on the Divine Masculine Madame X, New York, N.Y. Plus a Permanent Installation.
Dunya’s Art & Dance Celebration. The Metropolitan Building, Long Island City, New York.
Munchkinland Murals at the Kostume Kult Theme Camp, Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada.
2006 Goddesses: the Art of Janet Morgan Microcosm Gallery, An Interactive Exhibit. Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, New York City. Curated by Alex and
Allyson Grey.
OrigIN Femme at the Brooklyn Lyceum, Brooklyn, New York. Curator Jillann Hertel.
2004 The Art of Empowered Bliss Official Artist of the Omega Institute’s Women and Power Conference, New York Sheraton Hotel.
Food for Eyes and Soul The Deities Dine at Omega Paintings from Morgan’s Supreme Beings: The God and Goddess Project. Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
The Art of Belly dance: Paintings by Janet Morgan Lafayette Grill, New York City. Performances by the artist and three guest dancers. Reviewed in Zaghareet Magazine.
(Earlier solo shows upon request - 13 entries)
2017 to present Ongoing; Be Wild Woman Residency. Live painting, projects for ritual, workshops.
2017 Luminous Bodies Residency (with 17 artists) at Artscape Gibraltar, Toronto Island, Toronto, Ontario
2017 The Healing Garden, Elements Music and Art Festival, Lakewood, Pa.
2003, 7, 8, 10-19 Teaching Artist in Residence at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York.
2013 Teaching Artists in Residence, Hanksville Elementary School, Hanksville, Utah. One week of teaching.
2012 Artist in Residence at the Babayan Culture House, Ibrahimpasa (Cappadocia) Turkey.
2009 - 12 Artist in Residence for Earth Celebrations, Hudson River Procession, workshops with students.
2008 Artist in Residence at Saint Bartholomew’s Church, Sunday Series, New York, New York.
2005, 6 and 8 Artist in Residence at Death Valley National Park, California. Ranger talks and workshops, catalog and children’s book..
2001 Artist in Residence at the Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, Conn.
GROUP SHOWS
2024 Coney Island 3 Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
The Light We See in Each Other part of the Atlantic Avenue Artwalk, Brooklyn, NY.
Process Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Spring to Summer Honey Badger Motel, Brooklyn, NY
Women Celebrate Women 2024, El Barrios Artspace, New York, NY..
Winter Blues on Artsy, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
Lost & Found Artfront Galleries at Newark Local Beer, Newark, NJ
2023 NYC Drawing the Dance Art Show Dixon Place Gallery. New York, NY
Silver and Gold, Gaia Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Multi-Artists Show Honey Badger Motel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Literal and Figurative at Tabla Rasa Gallery in Brooklyn.
The Arc Project: Humans from Mundane to Mythical Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, New York. Curated by Janet Morgan & Eugene Cuoco
EXITentialism. Artfront Galleries, Newark, New Jersey.
Reunion. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, New York
COLOR. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, New York
Bodypainting Day · Hosted by Human Connection Arts, Union Square, New York, New York
Whats New, Members Exhibition. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, New York.
Blended Beings. Artfront Galleries, Newark Local Beer, Newark, NJ. Curated by Susanna Plotnick and Janet Morgan. Catalog on Amazon.
Woman Celebrate Women 2023. El Barrio Artspace, New York, NY.
Mythos. The Gallery Space, Rahway, NJ.
2022 Seeing Music. New York Artists Circle Online Exhibition.
Elemental Spirit Dolls, Healing the World. Online at Betterworld,org. Joplin, Missouri. Online catalog
The Real Deal, at Sunset Park Wide Open. Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Below a Brooklyn Sky. Established Gallery, Brooklyn.
Femme Ensemble, a benefit for Planned Parenthood. BWAC, Brooklyn, NY.
Scenic 2022, Biafarin Online Exhibition, Canada.
More Art of Coney Island. BWAC, Brooklyn, NY.
Wild Woman Journey through the Chakras ~ Immersive Art Show with healing artist Kiana Love at Grove34 Event Space, Astoria, Queens.
I Dreamed a Garden. New York Artists Circle curated online show. Zoom opening with readings here.
Woman Energy: Loving Ourselves, Lifting Each Other. Artfront Galleries, Newark. Curated by Janet Morgan & Jae Quinlan
BWAC at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Brooklyn, NY.
Sky, Earth, Sea. BWAC Members show. Brooklyn, NY
Art and Artists for the Ukraine, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY.
Salon Show, Greenpoint Galleries, Brooklyn, NY.
2021 We Are One Gallery Gaia, Brooklyn
TELEPHONE - International Arts Game https://phonebook.gallery/artists/janet-morgan
Visual Stories, Artfront Galleries, Newark, NJ. Curated by Janet Morgan & Susanna Plotnick
Death Mask. Underland Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Sotto Voce. Artfront Galleries, Newark. Catalog. Catalog on Amazon.
Hello, Brooklyn! BWAC Member’s Exhibition. BWAC Gallleries, Brooklyn, NY
Sunset Park Wide Open. Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Art of Coney Island. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY. Catalog on Amazon. Helped to curate.
Art Over Time. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY.
Our Connection With Nature. Sitka Gallery, Shirley, Ma
Access Art 2021. Brooklyn Arts Council, City Point Brooklyn
Urban Matters. Artfront Galleries, Newark
Neutral Nation. Rutgers University and Artfront Galleries, Newark. Virtual. For Black HIV Awareness Day.
2020 Art at 50+, New Beginnings. AARP and Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY. Virtual.
USPS Art Project – Artists for the USPS. Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, Ct.
USPS Art Project – Artists for the USPS. Pelham Art Center, Pelham, New York.
Art In Isolation. Tabla Rasa Gallery on Artsy.
Gallery Night at the Pride Center. Newark, New Jersey.
2019 Divine Feminist. Artfront Galleries, Newark, New Jersey. Curated and created catalog.
Mirror Mirror, the Dark Side of Fairytales. Artfront Galleries, Newark, New Jersey. Catalog.
Femme Fatale. Artfront Galleries, Newark, New Jersey. Co-curated.
Urban Evidence 3.0 Waterfront Recreation Center, New Jersey.
2018 Bodypainting at Fashion Week · Hosted by Human Connection Arts, Lincoln Center, New York, New York
Into the Light. Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia.
Phantasm. Artfront Galleries Pop Up Gallery, Newark, New Jersey.
Cryptic Tarot. Artfront Galleries Pop Up Gallery, Newark, New Jersey.
House of Love, Glamour and Secret Garden online shows, the New Moon Project.
2017 Urban Meld, Artfront Galleries Pop Up Gallery, Newark, New Jersey.
Urban Evidence III. Urban Strategies, Newark, New Jersey.
Chroma. Artfront Galleries, Newark, New Jersey.
Access Art 2017 Brooklyn Arts Council Pop Up Space, Brooklyn, New York.
Got Art? Annual Benefit for the Creative Center, Houston Street Center, New York, New York
Arizona Aqueous XXXI. Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, Arizona.
Nasty Women Exhibition. The Knockdown Center, Maspeth, Queens, New York.
2016 Sanctuary. Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. Designed Catalog, available on Amazon.
Feminist Icons. Diane Kane Boutique, Brooklyn, New York.
Art Heart Fashion for Fashion Week. Angel Orensanz Center, New York, New York.
Buddha, Gaia Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
Parks 2016, 100 Years of National Park Service. Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee. Wi.
Baba Yaga. Six Summits Gallery, New York, NY.
Urban Legacy. ArtFrontGalleries, Waterfront Recreation Center, Newark, New Jersey.
Art and Chaos, a Response. Studio 5404 Art Space, Massapequa, Long Island
2015 Sodom By The Sea Salon. Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn, New York.
Brooklyn Art: Micro-Retrospectives. Supercollider Lounge, Brooklyn, New York.
Glover’s Fine Arts Summer Exhibition. Clover’s Fine Arts, Brooklyn, New York.
Mountain: The Art of U.S. National Park Artists in Residence. Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee. Wi.
Sensory: A RAW Artists Event. Brooklyn, NY.
Holding Ground Conference Art Exhibition, The Commons, Brooklyn, NY
American Alpine Club 2015 Annual Benefit Dinner Silent Auction Exhibition. New York, New York.
2014 Quintessence - Three Visions. Ram Dass Library, the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY. Catalog (on Amazon). Artists Alicia Hunsicker,
P.C.Turczyn, with essays by Kim Stanley Robinson, David S. Rubin, Amina Eagle and Michael S. Schneider. Curated and created catalog.
Access Art - Juried Fundraising Exhibition for the Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY.
9th Annual Canyon River Runners Art Show John Wesley Powell River History Museum, Green River Utah.
2013 Women: Where Art Meet Spiritual Practice. Liberation in Truth Social Justice Center, Newark, N.J.
2012 12 Artists at the Henle Studio Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI
February Women’s Show, Woodstock Goddess Festival, Varga Gallery, Woodstock, NY.
2011 Balance Hive at 55, New York, N.Y.
Hudson River Contemporary: Works on Paper Boscobel Exhibition Gallery, Garrison, New York. Exhibition catalog. Curated by JamesL. McElhinney
and Katherine E. Manthorne.
Three Artists In the Andes, Exhibition and Book Launch Maria Henle Studio, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Three Artists In the Andes, Exhibition and Book Party Open Studio in Brooklyn, NY.
Salon de Refuse Pen and Brush, New York, NY.
Earth Celebrations , ACA Gallery, New York, NY.
2010 The Divine Feminine Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Wappingers Falls, NY.
Broome Street Gallery Invitational Exhibition Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY.
New Works by Gallery Artists Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2009 Painting the Americas, North and South of the Border El Taller Latino Americano’s Grady Alexis Gallery, NY.
Umbrella! (Commission) Forecast Public Art Silent Auction, Historic Union Depot, St. Paul, Mn.
Broome Street Gallery Invitational Exhibition Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY.
Paradigm Shift- in Honor of Kinji Akagawa. Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, Mn.
2008 Yosemite Renaissance. Traveling exhibition starting at the Yosemite Museum. HONORABLE MENTION
Fish Follies Cordova Historical Society and Museum, Cordova, Alaska.
Generations VI. A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY.
2007 Singular Objects: from the Artistsbook Library and Kentler Flat Files at Proteus Gowanus Brooklyn College Library.
Chakra Paintings at the Dance and Draw. The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
The Original Face. Microcosm Gallery, New York, New York.
2006 Urban Shaman: Visualizing Spirit Liberation in Truth Social Justice Center, Newark, N.J.
Music to My Eyes Artwork inspired by music. Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
7th ANNUAL MERMAID SHOW Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York.
Small Works Show Brooklyn Artist’s Gym Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
Why We Gather Times Square Gallery, New York City.
Wish You Were Here AIR Gallery, New York, NY.
An Odyssey: UW-Madison MFA Printmakers Return, U.W.M. Memorial Union Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin.
Woodstock Goddess Festival Exhibition The Varga Gallery, Woodstock, N Y.
(Earlier group shows available upon request – over 100 entries)
SELECTED TWO PERSON SHOWS WITH GREGORY FRUX
2023 Climbing Death Valley Peaks — Book Launch and Exhibition. Salmagundi Club, New York, New York.
2022 Below the Glacier. Art shown in the Adamant Mountains of British Columbia at Galena Mountain Camp. Canada
2019 & 13 Utah In Brooklyn, Open Studio Exhibition. Brooklyn, New York, with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.
2012 Death Valley -An Ongoing Exploration, Furnace Creek Visitors Center, Death Valley National Park, April. Catalog.
Go Brooklyn! Open Studios Brooklyn, NY. Designed Catalog, available on Amazon
2009 Monadnock Literary & Arts Festival Exhibition Camp Glenbrook, Keene, New Hampshire
2007 Paintings of the Antarctic Peninsula. Onboard the Orlova in the Drake Passage, Quark Expeditions.
2005 Death Valley Artist in Residence Open House Brooklyn, New York.
Metamorphoses. Poems by Sheryl St. Germain, Art by Janet Morgan. Art & Adventures Press, 2020.
Documentary Film The Paintings of Janet Morgan by the Artist Archive
Ann Japenga Death Valley Children’s Book Animates the Arroyos
Ann Japenga Janet Morgan: Secrets of the Energetic Landscape
The Art of Janet Morgan Fuse: A Tribal and Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Magazine, Issue #9, 2013
Tiffany Shaw-Diaz The Art and Dance of Janet Morgan The Belly Dance Chronicles, April 2012;
Death Valley - An Ongoing Exploration - Exhibition Catalog for the show at the Furnace Creek Visitors Center in Death Valley National Park, April 2012,
Art & Adventures Publications. Essays by Terry Baldino, Chief of Interpretation, DVNP. James McElhinney, and Rowland Russell PhD.
Weird World: The Strangest Stories & Oddest Images from around the world. (Photo published). 2009 Bradt and Wanderlust.
Brooklyn Artists Fall in Love with Death Valley National Park International Business Times March 2, 2012
Ann Japenga Janet Morgan and Gregory Frux: Bringing Back Expedition Art
Gregory William Frux Landing a Residency in a National Park Art Calendar March 2009
En Couleur California Plein Air Magazine December 2005
Alex Littlefield Death Valley National Park Attracts Brooklyn Artists Brooklyn Eagle, July 20, 2005
Death Valley National Park Hosts Visiting Artists Pahrump Valley Times, July 2, 2005
Death Valley National Park Hosts Visiting Artists Death-Valley.us, June 30, 2005
Gregory William Frux Janet Morgan, Belly Dancing Artist Unveils Larger Than Life Paintings, Zaghareet! Magazine,
March-April, 2004
A Couple from New York, Bishkek Tonight (Vecherny Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), September 6, 2000.
Agnes Murray Brooklyn Arts Council Exhibit Focuses on Brooklyn Landmarks, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 6, 2000.
Printmaker’s Portfolio 2000, Brooklyn Heights Courier, December 4, 2000.
Gregory William Frux An Introduction to Website Design: Janet Morgan Art Calendar, Sept. 1999.
Janet Braun-Reinitz Visions of The Goddess The Ithaca Journal, June 1989
Janet McCann Hymns to a Female God As Yet Unnamed. Vortex, Spring 1988.
Vivien Raynor Rutgers: ‘Outsider’ and One ‘Insider’. New York Times, April 26, 1987.
Janet Gillespie Janet Morgan: 7A Restaurant. 108- An East Village Review, Sept 1986.
Alice Gottesman & Nancy Lupone They Do Windows. Village Voice, April 1983.
TEACHING, WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
Magic Wands. Virtual class with Be Wild Woman during isolation, 2020.
Bragging Rites, Writing Workshop. 7th Annual NYC Poetry Festival, Governors Island, New York. 2018
Art Workout: Drawing Middle Eastern Dance and Music. The Art Students League of New York. 2015 - 2017.
Creating Deities: Exploring Inner Guides of Strength, Love and Insight. Four sessions. The Rubin Museum of Art, New York. 2014 - 2017
Making the Invisible Visible - Art of the Body’s Energy. Talk at the exhibition Quintessence, the Ram Dass Library of the Omega Institute. June. 2014.
Re-visioning our bodies. Omega Women’s Leadership Council for the participants of the Women Serving Women Summit; Nourishing Body, Mind, and Spirit. 2014.
Five Day Painting Intensive in the Utah Desert, Escape Goats Guide Service, Escalante, Utah. 2013 and 2014.
Hanksville Elementary School, five days of teaching kindergarten through fifth grade. Hanksville, Utah, 2014.
The Energetic Landscape at Art Church, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Wappingers Falls, New York, 2013.
Guest teacher at PS 273 Early Childhood Center, Queens, New York. 2013.
Guest teacher with Lifetime Adventures in Las Vegas, with J.T. Reynolds, retired Superintendent of Death Valley National Park. 2013.
Guest teacher at Live Art in Death Valley, with Spoke the Hub Dancing of Brooklyn, Amargosa Opera House, Death Valley Junction, to benefit Marta Becket. 2013.
Substitute teaching, figure drawing. The Art Students League, New York, 2009 - 13.
Annual Three Day Painting Workshop. Conducted at the Fire Island Appalachian Mountain Club Cabin. 2007, 8, 9, 10,12 and 13.
(earlier workshops on request – over 50)
COMMISSIONS
2019 Madame X Lounge, New York, New York. Portrait of the God Pan, acrylic on plexi, permanent installation.
2014 Private commission: The Goddess of Serendipity
2008 Private Commission: Portrait of Sarasvati
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Recreation Therapist Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Patient Recreation Department, with the Adult population.
Supervision of art and music therapy interns. Publisher of creative arts magazine The Creative Network. Yearly patient art exhibition. 1988 through 2006.
Director of the Poetry and Small Press Department at the Gotham Book Mart, New York City. Manager of Poetry and
Small Press Department. In-house graphics, catalog production, exhibitions, university accounts. 1979 - 1987.
ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN WORK
Graphic and poster designs for:
Musicians of Brooklyn Initiative, The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church, Outreach Theatre, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Oakland University Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, San Diego Folk Dance Center, Morgiana’s Middle Eastern Dance Troupe, American Dance Festival; Antioch University, New Hampshire.
Small Press Book illustration for:
Perishable Press, Red Ozier Press, Black Mesa Press, The No Press, Gaedes Pond Press, Rara Avis Press, Cross Cultural Communications, The Subcutaneous Press and the Perivale Press.
Magazine illustrations for:
Whole Terrain (Antioch College), Crescent Magazine’s Dance Issue, Small Press Magazine, Ahnoi, Fiction Network, Identity, East Village Eye, Mother Jones, Alive & Well, BWAC Magazine, Redrock Wilderness; Newsletter of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and The Ostrovski.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Brad Washburn Mountaineering Museum
Death Valley National Park Museum
Department of Education, New York City
Glacier National Park
Henry S. Hall, Jr. American Alpine Club Library, Golden, Co.
Joshua Tree National Park
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
National Museum of Art of Kyrgyzstan
New York Public Library Rare Book Room
Numerous Library Fine Press Collections, illustration in fine press book.
Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth College
State University of New York at Stony Brook
The Juilliard School, Dance Department
The Museum of Comedy, Queen, New York
University of Wisconsin at Madison
You Should Be Dancing Studio, New York, New York
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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1979. Warrington Colescot, Jack Damer.
One-Year Intensive Program in Art Therapy at the Studio Workshop School, New York City. Dr. Erika Steinberger.
Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1976. Kinji Akagawa, Siah Armajani.
Junior Year at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Eric Fischl, Mira Schor, Gary Kennedy