Curriculum Vitae
Education
2026 MFA, Cornell University, Creative Visual Arts, College of Art, Architecture, and Planning, Ithaca, NY
2021 BA, Columbia University, Visual Arts, General Studies, New York, NY
2014 BA, Northwestern University, Environmental Sciences, Weinberg College, Evanston, IL
Solo Exhibition
2025 Bear Season, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Select Press
Aaron Short, “A Sprrrawling Exhibition of Cat-Themed Meowsterpieces,” Hyperallergic, September 23, 2025. https://hyperallergic.com/1044411/a-sprrrawling-exhibition-of-cat-themed-meowsterpieces-magnum-o-pspsps/
Etty Yaniv, “Magnum O-Pspsps at Cornell,” Art Spiel, September 16, 2025. https://artspiel.org/magnum-o-pspsps-at-cornell/
Melissa Moon, “’Magnum O-Pspsps’: A Feline Devotional,” The Cornell Daily Sun, October 6, 2025 (Print and Online). https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/10/magnum-o-pspsps-a-feline-devotional
Melissa Moon, “Student Artist Spotlight: Michael Morgan,” The Cornell Daily Sun, March 7, 2025 (Print and Online). https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/03/student-artist-spotlight-michael-morgan
Gita Joshi, Art Seen, The Curator’s Salon, issue 12, Summer 2024.
Vincent Hou, “Class of 2021 visual arts students present a virtual senior thesis show,” Columbia Spectator, May 4th, 2021.
Select Honors & Residencies
Wassaic Project Residency (forthcoming), Wassaic, NY
Cornell Council for the Arts Individual Grant Recipient (2025)
Phi Beta Kappa Inductee, Columbia University
Summa Cum Laude, Columbia University
Elie Wiesel Foundation Prize in Ethics Top Ten Finalist
Mayer Foundation Grant Recipient
Select Group Exhibitions
2026
Deus Ex Bark-ina, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Art of the Spectacle, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
A Book is a Conversation with a Stranger in the Future, Bibliowicz Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2025
M.F.A. Exhibition: Before 3I / ATLAS Arrives, Tjaden Galleries, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Magnum O-Pspsps, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Muscle, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven Pride Center, New Haven, CT
FLEX://, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
90th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
40 under 40, LBIF, Long Beach Island, New Jersey
Regional Art Exhibition, Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY
Resume Without a Name, Milstein Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2024
December Show Goes National, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Art + Tech, A.D. White House, Ithaca, NY
Into the Deep End MFA Fall 2024 Exhibition, Tjaden Galleries, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Realism versus The Abstract, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
2020 - 2023
GS Arts and Research Collective Spring 2022 Exhibition, Columbia University, New York, NY
Hardship Fund Art Auction, Student Workers of Columbia, New York, NY
Undergraduate Senior Thesis Exhibition, Columbia University, New York, NY
Undergraduate Senior Thesis Exhibition, Columbia University, New York, NY
Pre-2019
Buy What You Love, Rema Hortmann Foundation, Tribeca, NY (2017, 2018, 2019)
Made in New York 2019, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY (2019)
Spring Fling Grand Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2019)
CUIMC Fine Art Exhibition, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY (2019)
Little But Fierce, Chashama, Union Square, NY (2018)
Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s, UES, NY (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, Tribeca, NY (2015, 2016, 2017)
Single Fare 4, Highline Stages, Chelsea, NY (2017)
Animalia, Tribeca Ball, Tribeca, NY (2017)
Perfection to a T, Tribeca, NY (2017)
Left Brain, Right Brain, New York Academy of Art, Tribeca, NY (2016)
Curated Exhibitions
Deus Ex Bark-ina (forthcoming), Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT (2026)
Magnum O ps-ps-ps, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (2025)
Emerging, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY (2018)
Teaching & Pedagogy
Teaching Assistant, ART 2401: Introduction to Sculpture, Cornell, Joanna Malinowska, Fall 2024
Teaching Assistant, ART 1201: Introduction to Painting, Cornell, Leslie Brack, Spring 2025
Teaching Assistant, ART 2201: The Language of Painting, Cornell, Matt Bollinger, Fall 2025
Teaching Assistant, ART 1501: Non-Majors Drawing, Cornell, Kyle Bellucci Johanson, Spring 2026
Workshop Instructor, Four-Week “Old Masters Oil Painting” Workshop, Roberson Museum, Fall 2025
Visiting Critiques, ART 4003: BFA Thesis I, Cornell University, September 18th, 2025
Final Critiques, ART 4003: BFA Thesis I, Cornell University, December 4th and 9th, 2025
Permanent Museum Exhibitions
Long Island Wetlands, Tackapausha Museum, Seaford, NY (2018)
Long Island Wildlife, large-scale digital printing (4 feet by 18 feet), Garvies Point Nature Museum, Glen Cove, NY (2017)
50th Anniversary, Tackapausha Museum, Seaford, NY (2015)
Dinosaurs of the Mesozoic, Tackapausha Museum, Seaford, NY (2014)
Performances
Tribeca Ball (2016)
Madison Square Park Conservancy (2015)