“Morgan's Supreme Beings confront us with the soul of our beliefs, images of the Imageless, visions of the Invisible, nomenclatures of the Unnamable!”
- Judith Malina, Co-founder of the Living Theatre
RESIDENCIES
(Luminous Bodies, Artscape Toronto shown here)
RESIDENCIES
2024, 2025 and 2026 Coney Island Clown Skool, Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
2003, 7, 8, 10-19 Teaching Artist in Residence at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY.
2017 -- Ongoing; Be Wild Woman Residency. Live painting, projects for rituals, workshops.
2017 Luminous Bodies Residency (with 17 artists) Artscape Gibraltar, Toronto Island, Toronto, Ontario, Ca.
2014 Teaching Artists in Residence, Hanksville Elementary School, Hanksville, Utah.
2012 Babayan Culture House, Ibrahimpasa (Cappadocia) Turkey.
2009 - 12 Teaching residency with Earth Celebrations, Hudson River Procession, Lower East Side Gardens.
2005, 6 and 8 Death Valley National Park, California. Ranger talks, workshops, catalog and children’s book..
2001 Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, Conn.
SELECTED
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
(Divine Feminine Protector at the
Parliament of World Religions shown here)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Light We See in Each Other. Atlantic Avenue Artwalk, Brooklyn, NY.
2023 Trees. Written by Forest, Atlantic Avenue Artwalk, Brooklyn, NY.
2022 Short Stories and Little Mysteries. WOW Gallery, Spoke the Hub Dancing, Brooklyn, NY.
2018 The Divine Feminine Protectors. The Parliament of World Religions, Toronto, Canada
2017 The Energy Series. The Artisan Collective, Newark, New Jersey.
The 7 Chakras. The Healing Garden, Elements Music and Art Festival, Lakewood, Pa. and again at
The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
2016 'Scapes and Mysteries TAI Group, New York, New York.
Food for Eyes and Soul The Deities Dine at Omega Paintings from Morgan’s Supreme Beings: The God and Goddess Project. Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
The Art of Belly dance: Paintings by Janet Morgan Lafayette Grill, New York City. Performances by the artist and three guest dancers. Reviewed in Zaghareet Magazine.
(Earlier solo shows upon request - 28 entries)
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
(Divine Feminist here)
We decided that if you aren’t getting paid to curate you can be in your own show!
2026
Resonance. The Gather Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Between Two Waterfronts: A Brooklyn Landscape. BWAC at The Whale Building, Brooklyn, NY
Feminosity. Artfront Galleries at Newark Local Beer, Newark, NJ
Women Celebrate Women 2026. El Barrio’s Artspace, New York, NY.
Breathe. Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
UnEARTHING, reROOTING The Great Hall Gallery, First Presbyterian Church, New York, NY
2025
The Telephone Game, NYC Edition Wow Cafe, New York, NY
Drawing the Dance Dixon Place, New York, NY. Also 2023 and 2024.
Verve. Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
In the Belly of the Whale. The Whale Building, Brooklyn, NY
Resistance and Resilience. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Seeing Music Live. First Presbyterian Church, New York, NY
Elements of Movement. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Biophilia. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Janet Morgan & Sandy Forrest.
Color. El Barrios Artspace, New York, NY..
Animalia. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Scribbles: The Art of Emerging The Great Hall Gallery, First Presbyterian Church, New York, NY
Women Who Rock Artist Loft at The Beach Gallery - 260 Beachway Ave, Keansburg, NJ
Meditations in Blue at St. Marks Arts New York, NY
2024
Fearless Watercolor, Acquarelas con Cojones. Curated by Janet Morgan national juried show at Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. Brooklyn, NY.
Salon de Refuses Conceived and co-curated by Janet Morgan a show of rejections from the Brooklyn Museum of art Brooklyn Artists show. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. Brooklyn, NY. Reviewed in Hyperallergic and the New York Times
Coney Island 3 Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Process Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Women Celebrate Women 2024, El Barrios Artspace, New York, NY.. Also 2023
Lost & Found Artfront Galleries at Newark Local Beer, Newark, NJ
2023
Silver and Gold, Gaia Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Literal and Figurative at Tabla Rasa Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.
The Arc Project: Humans from Mundane to Mythical Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Janet Morgan & Eugene Cuoco
EXITentialism. Artfront Galleries, Newark, New Jersey.
Reunion & COLOR. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY.
Bodypainting Day · Hosted by Human Connection Arts, Union Square, New York, New York
Blended Beings. Artfront Galleries, Newark Local Beer, Newark, NJ. Curated by Susanna Plotnick and Janet Morgan. Catalog on Amazon.
Mythos. The Gallery Space, Rahway, NJ.
Climbing Death Valley Peaks — Book Launch and Exhibition. Salmagundi Club, New York, NY.
2022
Seeing Music. New York Artists Circle Online Exhibition.
The Real Deal, at Sunset Park Wide Open. Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Below a Brooklyn Sky. Established Gallery, Brooklyn.
Femme Ensemble, a benefit for Planned Parenthood. BWAC, Brooklyn, NY.
More Art of Coney Island. BWAC, Brooklyn, NY.
Wild Woman Journey through the Chakras ~ Immersive Art Show with healing artist Kiana Love at Grove34 Event Space, Astoria, Queens.
I Dreamed a Garden. New York Artists Circle curated online show. Zoom opening with readings here.
Woman Energy: Loving Ourselves, Lifting Each Other. Artfront Galleries, Newark. Curated by Janet Morgan & Jae Quinlan
Sky, Earth, Sea. BWAC Members show. Brooklyn, NY
Below the Glacier. Galena Mountain Camp, Adamant Mountains, British Columbia, Canada
2021
We Are One Gallery Gaia, Brooklyn
TELEPHONE - International Arts Game https://phonebook.gallery/artists/janet-morgan
Visual Stories, Artfront Galleries, Newark, NJ. Curated by Janet Morgan & Susanna Plotnick
Death Mask. Underland Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Sotto Voce. Artfront Galleries, Newark. Catalog. Catalog on Amazon.
Sunset Park Wide Open. Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Art of Coney Island. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY. Co-curated by Janet Morgan. Catalog on Amazon.
Art Over Time. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY.
Our Connection With Nature. Sitka Gallery, Shirley, Ma
Access Art 2021. Brooklyn Arts Council, City Point Brooklyn
Urban Matters. Artfront Galleries, Newark
Neutral Nation. Rutgers University and Artfront Galleries, Newark. Virtual. For Black HIV Awareness Day.
2020
Art at 50+, New Beginnings. AARP and Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY. Virtual.
USPS Art Project – Artists for the USPS. Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, Ct. and Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY.
Art In Isolation. Tabla Rasa Gallery on Artsy.
2019
Divine Feminist. Artfront Galleries, Newark, New Jersey. Catalog and curated by Janet Morgan.
Mirror Mirror, the Dark Side of Fairytales. Artfront Galleries, Newark, New Jersey. Catalog.
Femme Fatale. Artfront Galleries, Newark, New Jersey. Co-curated by Janet Morgan.
Urban Evidence 3.0 Waterfront Recreation Center, New Jersey.
2018
Bodypainting at Fashion Week · Hosted by Human Connection Arts, Lincoln Center, New York, New York
Phantasm. Artfront Galleries Pop Up Gallery, Newark, New Jersey.
Cryptic Tarot. Artfront Galleries Pop Up Gallery, Newark, New Jersey.
2017
Urban Meld, Urban Evidence III and Chroma. Artfront Galleries Pop Up Gallery, Newark, New Jersey.
Access Art 2017 Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY.
Arizona Aqueous XXXI. Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, Arizona.
Nasty Women Exhibition. The Knockdown Center, Maspeth, Queens, NY.
2016
Sanctuary. Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. Designed Catalog, available on Amazon.
Art Heart Fashion for Fashion Week. Angel Orensanz Center, New York, New York.
Buddha, Gaia Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
Parks 2016, 100 Years of National Park Service. Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee. Wi.
Baba Yaga. Six Summits Gallery, New York, NY.
Urban Legacy. ArtFrontGalleries, Waterfront Recreation Center, Newark, New Jersey.
Art and Chaos, a Response. Studio 5404 Art Space, Massapequa, Long Island
(Earlier group shows available upon request – over 170 entries)
PUBLICATIONS
BY & ABOUT
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What Art Can Do by Heather Sanderson about Janet Morgan’s life in art. Majestic Wisdom Publications. 2025
Metamorphoses. Poems by Sheryl St. Germain, Art by Janet Morgan. Art & Adventures Press, 2020.
Documentary Film The Paintings of Janet Morgan by the Artist Archive
Ann Japenga Death Valley Children’s Book Animates the Arroyos
Ann Japenga Janet Morgan: Secrets of the Energetic Landscape
The Art of Janet Morgan Fuse: A Tribal and Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Magazine, Issue #9, 2013
Tiffany Shaw-Diaz The Art and Dance of Janet Morgan The Belly Dance Chronicles, April 2012;
Death Valley - An Ongoing Exploration - Exhibition Catalog for the show at the Furnace Creek Visitors Center in Death Valley National Park, April 2012,
Art & Adventures Publications. Essays by Terry Baldino, Chief of Interpretation, DVNP. James McElhinney, and Rowland Russell PhD.
Weird World: The Strangest Stories & Oddest Images from around the world. (Photo published). 2009 Bradt and Wanderlust.
Brooklyn Artists Fall in Love with Death Valley National Park International Business Times March 2, 2012
Ann Japenga Janet Morgan and Gregory Frux: Bringing Back Expedition Art
Gregory William Frux Landing a Residency in a National Park Art Calendar March 2009
En Couleur California Plein Air Magazine December 2005
Alex Littlefield Death Valley National Park Attracts Brooklyn Artists Brooklyn Eagle, July 20, 2005
Death Valley National Park Hosts Visiting Artists Pahrump Valley Times, July 2, 2005
Death Valley National Park Hosts Visiting Artists Death-Valley.us, June 30, 2005
Gregory William Frux Janet Morgan, Belly Dancing Artist Unveils Larger Than Life Paintings, Zaghareet! Magazine,
March-April, 2004
A Couple from New York, Bishkek Tonight (Vecherny Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), September 6, 2000.
Agnes Murray Brooklyn Arts Council Exhibit Focuses on Brooklyn Landmarks, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 6, 2000.
Printmaker’s Portfolio 2000, Brooklyn Heights Courier, December 4, 2000.
Gregory William Frux An Introduction to Website Design: Janet Morgan Art Calendar, Sept. 1999.
Janet Braun-Reinitz Visions of The Goddess The Ithaca Journal, June 1989
Janet McCann Hymns to a Female God As Yet Unnamed. Vortex, Spring 1988.
Vivien Raynor Rutgers: ‘Outsider’ and One ‘Insider’. New York Times, April 26, 1987.
Janet Gillespie Janet Morgan: 7A Restaurant. 108- An East Village Review, Sept 1986.
Alice Gottesman & Nancy Lupone They Do Windows. Village Voice, April 1983.
TEACHING, WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
Creating Deities at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York City.
Teaching for Death Valley National Park’s R.O.C.K.S. Program
Creating Deities at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York City.
Magic Wands. Virtual class with Be Wild Woman during isolation, 2020.
Bragging Rites, Writing Workshop. 7th Annual NYC Poetry Festival, Governors Island, New York. 2018
Art Workout: Drawing Middle Eastern Dance and Music. The Art Students League of New York. 2015 - 2017.
Creating Deities: Exploring Inner Guides of Strength, Love and Insight. Four sessions. The Rubin Museum of Art, New York. 2014 - 2017
Making the Invisible Visible - Art of the Body’s Energy. Talk at the exhibition Quintessence, the Ram Dass Library of the Omega Institute. June. 2014.
Re-visioning our bodies. Omega Women’s Leadership Council for the participants of the Women Serving Women Summit; Nourishing Body, Mind, and Spirit. 2014.
Five Day Painting Intensive in the Utah Desert, Escape Goats Guide Service, Escalante, Utah. 2013 and 2014.
Hanksville Elementary School, five days of teaching kindergarten through fifth grade. Hanksville, Utah, 2014.
The Energetic Landscape at Art Church, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Wappingers Falls, New York, 2013.
Guest teacher at PS 273 Early Childhood Center, Queens, New York. 2013.
Guest teacher with Lifetime Adventures in Las Vegas, with J.T. Reynolds, retired Superintendent of Death Valley National Park. 2013.
Guest teacher at Live Art in Death Valley, with Spoke the Hub Dancing of Brooklyn, Amargosa Opera House, Death Valley Junction, to benefit Marta Becket. 2013.
Substitute teaching, figure drawing. The Art Students League, New York, 2009 - 13.
Annual Three Day Painting Workshop. Conducted at the Fire Island Appalachian Mountain Club Cabin. 2007, 8, 9, 10,12 and 13.
(earlier workshops on request – over 50)
COMMISSIONS
2019 Madame X Lounge, New York, New York. Portrait of the God Pan, acrylic on plexi, permanent installation.
2014 Private commission: The Goddess of Serendipity
2008 New York City Public Art for Public School, Early Childhood Center, Queens. Terracotta relief plaques. link
2008 Private Commission: Portrait of Sarasvati
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Recreation Therapist Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Patient Recreation Department, with the Adult population.
Supervision of art and music therapy interns. Publisher of creative arts magazine The Creative Network. Yearly patient art exhibition. 1988 through 2006.
Director of the Poetry and Small Press Department at the Gotham Book Mart, New York City. Manager of Poetry and
Small Press Department. In-house graphics, catalog production, exhibitions, university accounts. 1979 - 1987.
ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN WORK
Graphic and poster designs for:
Musicians of Brooklyn Initiative, The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church, Outreach Theatre, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Oakland University Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, San Diego Folk Dance Center, Morgiana’s Middle Eastern Dance Troupe, American Dance Festival; Antioch University, New Hampshire.
Small Press Book illustration for:
Perishable Press, Red Ozier Press, Black Mesa Press, The No Press, Gaedes Pond Press, Rara Avis Press, Cross Cultural Communications, The Subcutaneous Press and the Perivale Press.
Magazine illustrations for:
Whole Terrain (Antioch College), Crescent Magazine’s Dance Issue, Small Press Magazine, Ahnoi, Fiction Network, Identity, East Village Eye, Mother Jones, Alive & Well, BWAC Magazine, Redrock Wilderness; Newsletter of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and The Ostrovski.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Brad Washburn Mountaineering Museum
Death Valley National Park Museum
Department of Education, New York City
Glacier National Park
Henry S. Hall, Jr. American Alpine Club Library, Golden, Co.
Joshua Tree National Park
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
National Museum of Art of Kyrgyzstan
New York Public Library Rare Book Room
Numerous Library Fine Press Collections, illustration in fine press book.
Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth College
State University of New York at Stony Brook
The Juilliard School, Dance Department
The Museum of Comedy, Queen, New York
University of Wisconsin at Madison
You Should Be Dancing Studio, New York, New York
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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1979. Warrington Colescot, Jack Damer.
One-Year Intensive Program in Art Therapy at the Studio Workshop School, New York City. Dr. Erika Steinberger.
Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1976. Kinji Akagawa, Siah Armajani.
Junior Year at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Eric Fischl, Mira Schor, Gary Kennedy