b. Greenville SC 1989

2020 - Ongoing

Owner and lead project manager for Morton Made LLC. Creating custom metal work and public art. Teaching metal fabrication, blacksmithing and sculpture fundamentals.

 2018 - 2020

Adjunct Professor, Studio Art Sculpture. Special Topics In Blacksmithing. College of Charleston.

Education

2015 - 2018       - MFA concentrating in sculpture. Clemson University

2007 - 2012       - BFA concentrating in General Studio. Winthrop University

 

Teaching Experience

2015 - 2018       - Teacher of Record ARTS 2090 Sculpture 1. Clemson University

                          - Teaching Assistant ARTS 1520 3D Foundations 1. Clemson University

2013 - 2015       - Artist Blacksmith / Metal Craft instructor. Creative Ironworks. Greenville SC

 Residencies:

2018: - Visiting Artist in Residence. The Gibbes Museum. Charleston SC.

Exhibitions

2019: - 701 CCA Prize Finalist Exhibition: Jones Carter Gallery. Lake City SC.

2018:     - 701 CCA Prize Finalist Exhibition: 701 CCA Columbia SC.

- Festival Of Flowers. Juried Show (awarded Best in Show) Greenwood Art Center. Greenwood SC

- Solo Exhibition "Harbinger". Redux Contemporary Art Center. Charleston SC.

2017:     - Gallery Residency on Peachtree St, exhibition in partnership with Kai-Lin Art Gallery. Atlanta GA.

              - 701 CCA biennial. Juried show at 701 CCA Gallery. Columbia SC

              - Palace III. Collaborative exhibition at the Artistry Gallery, Greenville SC

2016:    - Festival of Flowers. juried show (awarded best in 3d) Greenwood Art Center, Greenwood SC

             - Artfields. Juried competition, Lake City SC Reviewed by Bradford R. Collins Ph.D                                                                     

Stephanie Mayer Heydt Ph.D. and David Houston (catalogue)

             - Blue Ridge Art Center juried show, Seneca SC, juror Michael Brodeur

                

2015:    - Solo Exhibition The Art of Carey Morton and gallery talk. Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery. Coker College, SC.

             - Artfields Juried Competition. Jones Carter Gallery. Reviewed by William Pittman Andrews, William Underwood                   

Eiland, and Leslie Rankow. Lake City, SC  (catalogue)

             - Solo exhibition “Primordium” and Gallery talk at Lander University. Green Wood, SC           

             - Solo Exhibition “Nowhere/Now here” The Artistry Gallery, Greenville SC

 

2014      - Solo exhibition “Primordium” and Gallery talk at Lander University. Green Wood, SC

- Artfields juried show Lake City SC (catalogue)

             - Solo Exhibition Upper floor Gallery.  Arts Council of York County SC.

 

2013     - RAW artist rewards showcase Raleigh NC

             - RAW artist showcase. Raleigh NC

 

2012     - BFA Senior Exhibition, Rutledge Gallery Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC.

             - Collaborative Winthrop Student Exhibit, Village Studio Galleries, Greenville SC.

             - Origins, collaborative show, Loading Dock Gallery, Rock Hill SC.

             - Solo Exhibition, As Above So Below McLaurin Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC

 

2011     - Stratus Sky, Winthrop University MFA & BFA juried exhibition. Charlotte NC.

 

2010     - Winthrop BFA juried show Gallery 80808, Columbia SC.

             - Homelessness, Undergrad juried Show, Rutledge Gallery, Winthrop University Rock Hill SC.

2009    - Foundations, Juried show, Mclaurin Gallery. Winthrop University. Rock Hill SC                                                                                                                    

2008    - 50 Paintings, Rutledge Gallery, Winthrop University. Rock Hill SC.

2007    - Suspension, Mclaurin Gallery, Winthrop University. Rock Hill SC.                                                                           

            - Foundations Juried Show, Rutledge Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill SC.

 

 

Awards / Grants / Fellowships

2015 - 2018      - Clemson University Full Graduate Assistantship

2018 - Best In Show.

 2016                - Clemson University full scholarship for Penland School of Crafts summer session.

                         - Best in 3D Festival of Flowers Art Show. Greenwood Center for the Arts

2012                - Winthrop University highest achievement award for body of sculptural work

 

 

Selected Commissions and Public Work

 2016      - Feather, hand forged steel feather 3’ x 1’ x 4’ sculpture commissioned for Deana Tilley for Cinemax’s show                          TV show Outcast. Episode 6.

2015       - Feather, hand forged steel feather. 3’ x 1’ x 4’ sculpture commissioned by actor Christian Kane

2014       - Sterling Elementary School Sculptural Bike Rack collaboration with artist Ryan Calloway

2013       -  The Fish Project, a public sculpture in the Greenville Memorial Children’s Hospital In collaboration with artist                      Ryan Calloway. Greenville SC.

               - The Sterling Memorial sculptural bench, commissioned by the Sterling family. In collaboration with Artist Ryan                   Calloway. Swamp Rabbit Trail. Grenville SC.

               - Sterling Tiger Memorial Bridge Railing, Greenville SC

2012       - The Windows Project. Commissioned by Wells Fargo. Quail Hollow Golf Course Charlotte, NC.

2008       - Sculptural Bike Rack commissioned by City Hall of Rock Hill. SC

 

 

Print Media

2016      - Artfields 2016 Accepted Artists Catalog

2015      - Artfields 2015 Accepted Artists Catalog

2012      - Hoop and Stick, Au Courant No. 15, Artist Review

 

 

 Lectures / Presentations / Workshops

 2014 - 2017   - Blacksmithing demo” Artisphere Festival, with Creative Ironworks, Greenville SC.

                       - Blacksmithing / Welding Workshop” Creative Ironworks Greenville SC
 

2016              - “Art and Magik” Presentation for Visual Arts Seminar at Clemson University,

2015               - Visiting Artist Talk and Undergrad Critique, Coker College, Hartsville. SC.

                       - Visiting Artist Talk and Undergraduate critique, Lander University, Greenwood. SC.

                        - Feather Demo”, Metal craft and blacksmithing demo for the South Carolina Artist Blacksmith Guild.                                    Hartwell, SC. 2015

 

 

 Consultancies

 

2017    - Artist and Exhibition consultant for Tempo Arts Collective, Greenville, SC.

2013 - 2017    - Artist and Gallery Consultant, Artistry Gallery, Greenville. SC.