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Biography
Artist printmaker Peg Morris explores dilapidation, decay, solitude, erosion and changing light conditions; processes which transform our surroundings. Fascinated by process, Peg uses different media; drawing, painting, etching, collagraphy, monotype, lithography and artist’s books. Her work is rooted in observation and drawing underpins all the images she makes. The places depicted in her work, whether interior or exterior, are quiet and contemplative; the composition leading the viewer through the space.
Peg’s studio is at her home in Gomshall in the Surrey Hills. A member of the Southbank Printmakers Gallery and the Printmakers Council, she also works at Kew Studio where she is the Print Studio Manager and teaches etching. Her work is held in the V&A archive, the PMC Archive and in private collections across the UK and abroad. She has exhibited in the RA Summer Exhibition 2022 and 2024, the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in 2020, 2021 and 2023, the RBSA Print Prize (awarded 2nd prize in 2024), the Ironbridge Print Prize 2023 and 2024, Compton Verney Print Fair in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 and at the Mall Galleries with the SGFA in 2021, 2024and 2025 and the RBA in 2023, 2024 and 2025, the RI in 2023 and the NEAC in 2024. She has been nominated for Surrey Artist of the Year three times.
Biography
Artist printmaker Peg Morris explores dilapidation, decay, solitude, erosion and changing light conditions; processes which transform our surroundings. Fascinated by process, Peg uses different media; drawing, painting, etching, collagraphy, monotype, lithography and artist’s books. Her work is rooted in observation and drawing underpins all the images she makes. The places depicted in her work, whether interior or exterior, are quiet and contemplative; the composition leading the viewer through the space.
Peg’s studio is at her home in Gomshall in the Surrey Hills. A member of the Southbank Printmakers Gallery and the Printmakers Council, she also works at Kew Studio where she is the Print Studio Manager and teaches etching. Her work is held in the V&A archive, the PMC Archive and in private collections across the UK and abroad. She has exhibited in the RA Summer Exhibition 2022 and 2024, the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in 2020, 2021 and 2023, the RBSA Print Prize (awarded 2nd prize in 2024), the Ironbridge Print Prize 2023 and 2024, Compton Verney Print Fair in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 and at the Mall Galleries with the SGFA in 2021, 2024and 2025 and the RBA in 2023, 2024 and 2025, the RI in 2023 and the NEAC in 2024. She has been nominated for Surrey Artist of the Year three times.
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Education
1998 - 2016
Putney School of Art and Design
1991 - 1992
University of Greenwich
1985 - 1988
Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology
1984 - 1985
North East Essex School of Art
Education
1998 - 2016
Putney School of Art and Design
1991 - 1992
University of Greenwich
1985 - 1988
Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology
1984 - 1985
North East Essex School of Art
Awards
2024
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Prize Second prize £500 sponsored by GMC.
The RBSA Print Prize is a biennale exhibition, which celebrates all forms of print making and supports artists from across the UK and further afield. With a significant number of print works held in the RBSA Collection, print making is firmly intertwined with the history of the RBSA and many current Members and Associates work primarily in this media. With both contemporary and traditional techniques and approaches on display, including screen printing, linocut, monoprint, etching, woodcut, lithography, and dry point, the exhibition is a wonderfully diverse show championing a medium that is often overshadowed by others. This year’s exhibition was selected by: Ros Ford – painter and printmaker, member of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, London, RWA Academician Jenny Mason-Gunning – specialist printmaker at Ironbridge Printmakers Laura J. Onions – lecturer in Fine Art at Wolverhampton School of Art, specialising in printmaking
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2024
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Prize Second prize £500 sponsored by GMC.
The RBSA Print Prize is a biennale exhibition, which celebrates all forms of print making and supports artists from across the UK and further afield. With a significant number of print works held in the RBSA Collection, print making is firmly intertwined with the history of the RBSA and many current Members and Associates work primarily in this media. With both contemporary and traditional techniques and approaches on display, including screen printing, linocut, monoprint, etching, woodcut, lithography, and dry point, the exhibition is a wonderfully diverse show championing a medium that is often overshadowed by others. This year’s exhibition was selected by: Ros Ford – painter and printmaker, member of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, London, RWA Academician Jenny Mason-Gunning – specialist printmaker at Ironbridge Printmakers Laura J. Onions – lecturer in Fine Art at Wolverhampton School of Art, specialising in printmaking
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