Ursula Morley-Price

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Ursula Morley-Price was born in 1936 in London and has been living in France since 1973. A graduate from London University College’s Slade School of Fine Art, she began her artistic career as a painter but discovered ceramics, which soon became her preferred medium and brought her international fame. Ursula Morley-Price’s work has been displayed in numerous solo shows in Europe and the United States, as well as in a retrospective show at the Troyes Museum of Modern Art in 2013; her works are found in many private and public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum and MoMA in New York, the Musée National de Céramique in Sèvres and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

Although Ursula Morley-Price, now 89, has nothing left to prove, she is always on the lookout for new avenues to experiment with, as evidenced by her new works, which tend towards a figurative expression never before approached.

Faithful to stoneware, Ursula Morley-Price loves its rough, imperfect aspect, the grain that catches the light and makes the object vibrate. In 2016, on the occasion of the exhibition marking the artist's 80th birthday, journalist and art critic Guillaume Morel noted that " her work is all about movement. The ceramist infuses each of her pieces with dynamism, whether twisted or helical (Twist forms). The work only exists and reveals itself fully in the space it occupies, depending on the lighting and the point of view from which it is viewed. Seen from above, for example, the seemingly figurative object can become a purely abstract creation. ".

Ursula Morley-Price has built up a unique body of ceramic work that has made her a key figure on the contemporary art scene.

Galerie de l'Ancienne Poste has represented the work of Ursula Morley-Price exclusively in France since 2013.

Public and private collections

His work is exhibited at major ceramics shows in Europe and the United States. His work can be found in numerous public and private collections, mainly :

  • Museum of Modern Art, MomaNew York
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, The MetNew York
  • Museum of Arts and Design, New York
  • Los Angeles County Museum
  • Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art
  • Hamburg Museum
  • Keramic Museum, Hasselt
  • Louds Museum, Stuttgart
  • Brye Museum, Everson, Chicago
  • CNAP, Paris
  • Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris
  • Musée National de Céramique de Sèvres, France
  • Museum of Limoges, France
  • Museum of Modern Art, Troyes, France
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Brest, France
  • Fitswilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
  • Agatha Christie Collection National Trust, Greenway, Devon, UK
  • The Museum of Outdoor Art, Englewood, USAA....

Solo exhibitions at the gallery

Works

Main recent exhibitions

2024
Matter in motionGalerie de l'Ancienne Poste, Toucy, Fr
2022
Mc Kenzie Fine Art, New York
2021
Yesterday and todayGalerie de l'Ancienne Poste, Toucy, F
2020
André Diligent Art Museum, La Piscine, Roubaix
2019
Contemporary ceramics, Maison des Arts de Châtillon (Hauts-de-Seine, France)
2018
Puls Gallery, Brussels
2017
Mc Kenzie Fine Art, New York
2016
80th AnniversaryGalerie de l'Ancienne Poste, Toucy, Fr
2014
Galerie de l'Ancienne Poste, Toucy, Fr
2013
Mc Kenzie Fine Art, New York
Retrospective at Museum of Modern Art of Troyes
2012
Galerie Hélène Porée, Paris
2011
Galerie de l'Ancienne Poste, Toucy, Fr
2010
Mc Kenzie Fine Art, New York
2008
Mc Kenzie Fine Art, New York
2007
Galerie Pierre, Paris
2005
Galerie Pierre, Paris
2004
Mc Kenzie Fine Art, New York
2003
Galerie Pierre, Paris
Bettles Gallery, Ringwood, UK
2001
Graham Gallery, New York
2000
Galerie Pierre, Paris
Bettles Gallery, Ringwood, UK
1997
Bettles Gallery, Ringwood, UK
1996
Hesketh Gallery, Lewes, Sussex, UK
1989/90
Graham Gallery, New York

  • Ursula Morley-Price - musée la Piscine Roubaix - exhibition musée la Piscine
    Ursula Morley-Price- Musée la Piscine Roubaix
  • Ursula Morley-Price - Maison des arts de Chatillon - Morley-Price exhibition
    Ursula Morley-Price- Maison des Arts de Chatillon
  • Ursula Morley-Price - Musée art Moderne Troyes - MAM Troyes - ceramic exhibition
    Ursula Morley-Price- Musée d'art moderne Troyes