EXHIBITION

Dab Art Co. is pleased to present FORTUNE AND GLORY, a solo exhibition of works by Maidy Morhous. View the online exclusive FORTUNE AND GLORY in its entirety on our collectors platform ARTSY (APR 15 - JUL 15, 2022).

In the mid 1970’s Maidy earned a Master of Fine Arts Degreewhile studying at Stanley Hayter’s Atelier 17 in Paris. Since then Maidy has continually probed the gap between reality and the surrogacy of through a variety of mediums and genres. But none more stunning and intriguing than her Still Life in Bronze. The ages old method of Bronze work has remained virtually unchanged in process; but it’s through Maidy’s perspective that this classic genre is enlivened with both modern and controversial subject matters. Her idiomatic titles prompt metaphorical interpretations to these works with hints at multilayered meanings. While continuing to perfect a centuries old medium, the FORTUNE AND GLORY exhibition delivers an elite and somewhat humorous collection of work.

Maidy Morhous was born on May 3, 1950 as Margaret R. Wolf in Upstate New York. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1972 and continued studies at California State University. She expressed herself primarily through the medium of printmaking in the 1970 and 80’s with etchings that carried the popular theme of environmental discontent coexisting with a view of an idyllic world. Her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Thesis titled “Transcendence: an evolutionary study in nature”, visually expressed thoughts and feelings associated with man’s conflict with natural order. She worked at  S.W. Hayter’s famous  “Atelier 17” in Paris France, and lost wax foundry techniques at the world famous Marinelli Foundry in Florence, Italy. In 1990, She joined and served on the Board of art organizations including San Diego Museum of Art, President of DMAC Art Gallery, chair for the Del Mar Art Advisory Committee etc. In 2011, Morhous was caught in a world of chaos as Japan experienced a 9.2 earthquake followed by a tsunami in which she experienced first hand. In March 2013 her artwork was dedicated to the people of Japan in commemoration of the 2011 great earthquake. The sculptures have been shown at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai. Since 2019, Morhous has been invited to show her artwork at the Tokyo Museum of Fine Art, Tokyo.[1][2][3][4]

In 2018, Morhous sculptures were exhibited in a solo show at the Oceanside Museum of Art, while concurrently showing in “Survival is Insufficient” at  the Museum. In 2021 Maidy was contacted by Wisen Magazine out of Hamberg, Germany, to purchase the photo image of her sculpture “Empty Dreams” to run in conjunction with a magazine article. Empty Dreams and Baby boomers google are in the City of Del Mar’s Public Art Collection and is displayed in town. Morhous is featured in the award winning  documentary film “One,” by Heartland Films Inc. Her commissioned sculpture  “Humanity” is the subject of the documentary and stands in J street park, Encinitas,  California, USA. Morhous has exhibited her artwork in the collection of Tokyo Museum of Fine Art,  Tokyo, Japan, Chiba Museum of Fine Art, Chiba, Japan, Tohoku Fukushi, Sendai  Japan, Oceanside Museum of Fine Art, Oceanside CA, USA, Long Beach Museum of  Fine Art, Long Beach, CA USA, Whistler Museum of Art, MA, USA, San Diego Museum  of Art, San Diego, CA, USA, Walter J Manninen Center for the Arts, MA, USA. In 2020  she was recognized by the Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France - 2020  Honorable mention "Phases of a Woman". In 2021 she was honored by receiving National Merit Award for Sculpture by the National Association of Women Artists, NY.  Morhous artwork is archived in the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of  Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the  Art Institute of Chicago, The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the  Arts, The New York Public Library, and the Smithsonian Archives.

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