About
B., 1991. Irons works predominantly in the medium of painting.
Primarily a self taught painter, Morgan Irons began studying painting in 2015 following her move to a rural piece of land in Montana. It was then she began studying the work of master painters and has since sought out workshops with some of the top representational painters today. A figurative painter by nature, Irons believes in painting solely what she knows best, life on the land she lives. Her paintings are narrative and timeless in theme and palette.
“I find Morgan to not only have highly developed technical painting abilities, but a burning desire to have her work represent something more than an image...she understands that true Art becomes something more than itself. When I view her work I am inspired to THINK about it, to explore and ponder what poets refer to as “the Great Thoughts”. This is as Art should be, not just clever beautiful images, but reflections upon the human condition and culture. Morgan Irons is a true artist.” -Michael Ome Untiedt
Morgan Irons has been a featured artist in Fine Art Connoisseur's "Artists to Watch", Southwest Art Magazine’s “21 Under 31: Young Artists to Watch in 2017”, and Big Sky Journal's "Ones to Watch". She is a two-time recipient of the 2018 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for emerging figurative painters. Irons is represented by Old Main Gallery in Bozeman, Montana where she currently lives and paints in a cabin on a mountaintop.
Representation
Sugarlift Gallery, New York City
Old Main Gallery, Bozeman
Awards
2020 Art & Illustration Grand Prize, Cover, Modern Huntsman
2020 Best in Show, Curator’s Choice Awards, Western Gallery
2019 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Second Grant Recipient
2019 Full Scholarship, Winter Drawing Program, Grand Central Atelier
2018 13th International ARC Salon Finalist
2018 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation First Grant Recipient
2018 Mary Whyte Full Scholarship, The Portrait Society of America's 20th Annual The Art of the Portrait conference
Exhibitions
2021 “Vernal” Solo Exhibition, Old Main Gallery, Bozeman, MT
2020 “Field Composition” Solo Exhibition, Old Main Gallery, Bozeman, MT
2019 "Nurture: Cunningham, Carter & Irons" Group Exhibition, Old Main Gallery, Bozeman, MT
2019 "The Art of the Floral" Group Exhibition, Stapleton Gallery, Billings MT
2018 "To Make a Prairie" Solo Exhibition, Old Main Gallery, Bozeman, MT
2018 "The Trophy Room" Group Exhibition, Stapleton Gallery, Billings MT
2018 "A Moment in Time" Group Exhibition, Old Main Gallery, Bozeman MT
2017 Heart of the West Art Show & Auction, Bozeman MT
2016 Heart of the West Auction, Couer D'Alene ID
Publications
Modern Huntsman, Cover & Feature, June 2021
Montana Women’s Magazine, “To Make a Prairie” 2020
Fine Art Connoisseur "Artists to Watch" March, 2019
Big Sky Journal, "Ones to Watch", August 2018
Southwest Art Magazine "21 Under 31: Young Artists to Watch in 2017", September 2017
Montana Art Scene 'Behind the Scene with Morgan Irons', September 2016
Education
Grand Central Atelier, Winter Drawing Bootcamp, 2019
Joshua LaRock, portrait workshop, 2017
Jeremy Lipking, portrait workshop, 2016
Lectures
Southwest Montana Arts, featured speaker, December 2016