Morgan Cristine Flores
b. 1981/Los Angeles
Lives/Works in Boston, MA
Education:
2022 MFA, Art Studio, University of California, Davis
2019 MA, Studio Art, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA
2018 BA, Art & Self-Development, Maharishi International University,
Fairfield, IA
2006 BA, Women & Gender Studies, University of California, Davis
2011 Permaculture Design Certificate, Fairfield, IA
2011 Maharishi International University (Sustainable Living & Ecology Courses)
Awards & Fellowships:
2022 Keister & Allen Art Purchase Prize, University of California, Davis
2022 Mary Lou Osborn Award, University of California, Davis
2022 Graduate Student Research Position, The California Studio, University
California, Davis (Spring 2022)
2021-22 Graduate Student Teaching Assistantship Fellowship, University of
California, Davis
2021-22 Freemon Gadberry Award, University of California, Davis
2021 Fay Nelson Award, University of California, Davis
2020-21 Graduate Student Teaching Assistantship Fellowship, University of
California, Davis
Exhibitions:
2022-23 Chancellor’s Residence, Davis, CA
2022 Arts & Humanities 2022 Graduate Exhibition, Manetti Shrem Museum of
Art, Davis, CA
2021 Free Fall, Brittany Vallejo, Vallejo, CA
2020 Systems Approach, Young Space, Online Exhibition
2020 Congruence 2020, I Like Your Work Podcast, Online Exhibition
2019 Two-Person Exhibition, MA 2019, Unity Gallery, Fairfield, IA (with sculptor
Molly A. Duff)
2014 Solo Exhibition, ArtsGoggle, Amphibian Theater, Fort Worth, TX
2006 Art Show, Turtle House, Davis, CA (Organizer)
2005 Untitled Group Show, Delta of Venus, Davis, CA (Co-Organizer)
Screenings:
2021 American Classic, UC Davis Film Festival, Online Film Festival
2019 hollywood (Untitled Road Trip Documentary), Work-in-Progress Screening,
Austin Film Society, Austin, TX
2013 Untitled Road Trip Documentary trailer, Cinetopia Film Fest, Ann Arbor, MI
2013 Untitled Road Trip Documentary trailer, Toronto International Film Festival
Next Wave, Toronto, ON
2006 Trashed Fashion, Davis Feminist Film Festival, Davis, CA
Professional Experience:
Teaching Experience
2022 Visiting Lecturer, University of California, Davis (Beginning Painting,
Summer Session I 2022)
2022 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis (Intermediate Drawing,
Spring 2022)
2022 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis (Studio Art Practice,
Winter 2022)
2021 Associate Instructor, University of California, Davis ([co-instructor of
record] Beginning Painting, Fall 2021)
2021 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis (Beginning Drawing,
Spring 2021)
2021 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis (Beginning Painting,
Winter 2021)
2021 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis (Beginning Drawing,
Fall 2021)
Educational & Instructional Experience
2018-19 Video Editor & Course Developer, Online & Continuing Education,
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA
2003-06 Production Assistant & Specialist, Davis Media Access, Davis, CA
2003-06 Student Videographer, IET Mediaworks, University of California, Davis
Creative Work Experience
2012- Director/Writer/Producer, Untitled Roadtrip Documentary, Glovebox
Garden, LLC, Austin, TX
2012-19 Freelance Videographer & Camera Operator, Self-Employed
2007-11 Coordinator, Produce Department, Rainbow Grocery Cooperative, San
Francisco, CA
2012-13 Production Assistant, AV Squad, Hollywood, CA
Commissions:
2022 Organizational Art Commission, Health, Collaboration, Creativity & Dark
Matter, Innovation Institute for Food & Health, 48” x 60”, natural oil on
canvas, painted live, Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis, CA
2013 Private Commission, Solano Hills & Texas Hay Bales, 2 paintings each 48”
x 48”, acrylic on canvas, Meuer Marie Collection, Visalia, CA
Collections:
2024 Manetti Shrem Museum, Davis CA
Bibliography:
2022 Topophilia, UC Davis Art Studio MFA Exhibition Catalog https://arts.ucdavis.edu/sites/main/files/art_studio_mfa_catalog-fnl_2022.pdf
Press:
2022 Manetti Shrem Museum, “UC Davis Humanities Grad Show Shines Light
on Art, Music, Political Science, and More,” Hyperallergic, June 3, 2022,
2021 The California Aggie, “The lives of UC Davis art students in quarantine,”
February 10, 2021, https://theaggie.org/2021/02/10/the-lives-of-uc-davis-art-students-in-quarantine/
2013 MTV.com, “Hearts of Dorkness: Patrick Read Johnson on the Star Wars
Tribute Film that Consumed His Life,” August 16, 2013, https://www.mtv.com/news/urtfn5/star-wars-5-25-77-interview
2013 The Toronto Star, “Star Wars-inspired 5-25-77 a long, long time in the
making,” February 15, 2013, https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2013/02/15/star_warsinspired_52577_a_long_long_time_in_the_making.html
2013 ThatShelf.com, “Interview: Patrick Read Johnson,” February 11, 2013,