Sally J. Morgan
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Sally J. Morgan is a New Zealand artist and historian, and is a Distinguished Professor and Professor Emeritus at the Massey University. Morgan's research focuses on socially-engaged art practices. She was awarded the Massey University Research Medal in 2016, and her novel Toto Among the Murderers won the 2022 Portico Prize.
Academic career
Morgan was born in Abertyleri in Wales and grew up in Yorkshire.{{Cite news |date=2022-01-21 |title=Sally J Morgan wins Portico Prize for novel inspired by a brush with killers |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60067264|work=BBC News|first=Ian|last=Youngs|access-date=2024-09-10 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Sally J Morgan |url=https://www.verbwellington.nz/sally-j-morgan |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Verb Wellington |language=en-NZ}} She completed a Master of Arts in history at Ruskin College, and also has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from Sheffield College of Art (now Sheffield Hallam University).{{Cite web |title=Sally J Morgan Emerita Professor, Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts |url=https://creativestaff.massey.ac.nz/pro-vice-chancellors-office-faculty-and-staff/professor-sally-j-morgan/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=creativestaff.massey.ac.nz}} Morgan trained further in fine arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Antwerp, and earned a Master of Arts from the University of Warwick.{{Cite Q|Q130270727}}
Morgan's research focuses on socially-engaged art practices. She is a performance and installation artist, and her pieces have been exhibited in the UK, USA, Europe, Brazil, Japan, Bulgaria and New Zealand, and at international festivals including the National Review of Live Art, and the Belluard Bollwerk International Festival in Switzerland.{{Cite web |title=New Professor Emeritus announced |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/new-emeritus-professors-announced/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=www.massey.ac.nz |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web |title=Key Note Speaker 2 Professor Sally Morgan |url=https://rampgallery.co.nz/ramp-festival/speakers-and-events/key-note-speaker-2-professor-sally-morgan/index.html |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Ramp Festival |language=en}}
Morgan then joined the faculty of Massey University, rising to full professor in 2001 and Distinguished Professor in 2016. From 2004 to 2012 she served as the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the College of Creative Arts.
Awards and honours
Morgan was awarded Massey's highest research honour in 2016, the Massey University Research Medal.
Morgan's first novel, Toto Among the Murderers, published by John Murray Press in 2020, was inspired by an encounter Morgan had when hitchhiking as a student, although she did not realise until decades later that the people offering her a ride were Fred and Rosemary West. The novel won the Portico Prize in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Massey fine arts professor to publish first novel |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/massey-fine-arts-professor-to-publish-first-novel/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=www.massey.ac.nz |language=en-NZ}}
Personal life
Morgan lives in Berhampore, Wellington with her wife, British writer and artist Jess Richards.{{Cite web |title=Transformed books and visual arts to spark the imagination |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/research/research-impact-stories/transformed-books-and-visual-arts-to-spark-the-imagination/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=www.massey.ac.nz |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite news |last=Morgan |first=Sally J. |date=2022-05-29 |title=Sally J Morgan |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/authors/sally-j-morgan |access-date=2024-09-10 |work=The Spinoff |language=en}}
Selected works
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- {{Cite book |last=Morgan |first=Sally J. |title=Toto Among the Murderers |publisher=John Murray Press |year=2020 |isbn=9781529300390}}
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References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc494hdIQUI Sally Morgan – Keynote Speaker – ITP Research Symposium 2019]
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Category:New Zealand academics
Category:New Zealand women academics
Category:Academic staff of Massey University
Category:Alumni of Ruskin College
Category:Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University
Category:Welsh emigrants to New Zealand
Category:People from Abertillery
Category:Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of Warwick
Category:New Zealand historians
Category:New Zealand novelists