Apollonia
Morrill
BIOGRAPHY
Born
San Francisco, CA
Education
MA
in American Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1999
BA
in Fine Art and Art History, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1996
Exhibitions
2010
Apollonia
Morrill: USS Hornet, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
An Autobiography of
the San Francisco Bay Area, Part 2: The Future Lasts Forever, San
Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
The
Anniversary Show, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San
Francisco, CA
2006
Three
New Photographers,
(solo exhibition) Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California
Apollonia
Morrill
(solo exhibition), Butte–Silver Bow Arts Center, Butte, Montana
Artist’s
Ball Art Auction, Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Momentum,
Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2005
Bay
Area Now 4,
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
Commission
05,
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Commission 05
En
Masse,
SF Camerawork, San Francisco, California
30:
Southern Exposure’s 30th Anniversary Art Auction,
Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
Fourth
Annual Benefit Exhibition and Auction,
di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California
A
Moment in Time,
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
The
Pushpin Show,
ASUC Art Studio Gallery, Berkeley, California
1998
Snapshots
(solo exhibition), Thomas Burke Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
1996
The
Lot
(solo exhibition), Hahn Art Studios, Santa Cruz, California
The
Lot
(solo exhibition, site-specific installation), Vacant Lot, Laurel and
Chestnut Streets, Santa Cruz, California
Irwin
Art Award Exhibition,
James B. Hall Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
Porter
Photo Guild Annual Exhibition,
Bridge Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
1995
Scraps,
Weeds, and Other Outcasts
(solo exhibition), Student Center Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
Porter
Photo Guild Annual Exhibition, Bridge Gallery,
Santa Cruz, California
1994
Empire
Grade and Photo Sculptures
(solo exhibition), Fifth-Year Art Studios, Santa Cruz, California
Art
Guild Fall 1994 Highlights,
McHenry Library, Santa Cruz, California, 1994
Porter
Photo Guild Annual Exhibition,
Bridge Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
1993
Porter
Photo Guild Annual Exhibition,
Bridge Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
Public
Collections
San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Kala Art Institute
Reviews,
Articles and Publications
2006
Reisert,
Rachel. “Works of Witness: Apollonia Morrill,” Hayden’s Ferry
Review, Spring/Summer, 2006
Colberg, Joerg. “Apollonia Morrill,” Conscientious, April 14,
2006
“Kalaupapa documentary maker was a finalist for Santa Fe Price for
Photography,” Molokai Island Times, April 12, 2006
Brenneman,
Christine. “Three New Photographers at Stephen Wirtz Gallery,” Artweek,
March 2006
Harold, Joel. “Revisiting Kalaupapa,” Honolulu Weekly, February
8-14
“Apollonia
Morrill,” Urban Zeitgeist, February 2006
Baker, Kenneth. “Galleries,” San Francisco Chronicle, January
28, 2006
Friedman, Roberto. “Out There,” Bay Area Reporter, vol. 36, no.
1, January 5, 2006
Cash, Stephanie. “Report from San Francisco II,” Art in America,
January, p 61.
Ferrara, Leigh. “Play List: The Gem,” San Francisco, January
2006
Garcia, Erin. “A Sense of Community,” Afterimage, November/December
2005
de Guzman, Rene and Berin Golonu, “Apollonia Morrill” in Bay Area
Now 4 (exhibition catalogue), 2005
Honors,
Awards, and Residencies
Artist-in-residence,
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA, 2006
Artist-in-residence,
Butte–Silver Bow Arts Foundation, Butte, MT, 2006
Finalist,
Santa Fe Prize for Photography, 2006
Featured
artist, SF Camerawork Fine Print Collection, San Francisco, CA, 2005-2006
STAND
Grant, Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco, California, 2000
Irwin
Award for Art, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 1996
Dean’s Award for Art History, University of California Santa Cruz, 1996
Student Projects Award, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 1995
Art Board Grants, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 1994, 1995