Amanda Morris

Amanda Lynn Morris received her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Printmaking), and Bachelors Degree (Art History) at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in 2013, and went on to complete her Masters of Fine Arts at Ohio University. While the focus of her MFA is in printmaking she has also created many sculptural works. Both mediums have aided her exploration into desirability in our commodity-based culture, and such artistic explorations have aided in her inclusion in exhibitions nationally and internationally.

Amanda says, “Within this series of work, I depict wild animals absorbed and ejected by consumer culture. I have clothed, or covered, each of my taxidermy animal forms in lush fabrics and decorative materials that are meant to reference various goods associated with being considered a desirable woman, or product. By attempting to embrace the aesthetics of consumerism within fine art, my work endeavors to take representations of personal worth, such as taxidermy, fashion, etc. beyond the discussion of vitality and validity and into the realm of collective cultural indoctrination. In this way, the taxidermy forms represent the nature of alleged high-class consumerism, and our desire to acquire the best, most beautiful products that will showcase our worth. The decorative nature of the forms serves as a means of domesticating the wild animal. Stripped of their original skin and identity they become a product for consumption, a beautiful trophy for the consumer, unable to perform any actual or natural function besides decoration.”