Tamsin Morse (b. UK) graduated from The Slade, London with a BA and an MA from Chelsea College of Art and Design. In her paintings, Morse creates rich narratives that explore contemporary life through mankind’s most elemental instincts - conflict, judgement, morality and the enduring struggle for change. By reworking myths, religious imagery and art-historical symbols, she highlights the timeless tension between our desire to better the world and the limitations of our own nature. Her vibrant colours balance beauty with toxicity, offering not despair but a persistent sense of hope.
Solo & Duo exhibitions include (Upcoming) Duo show with Rita Maikova, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2025); Outliers, Q & C (Quip and Curiosity) Gallery, Cambridge, UK (2024); Tamsin Morse, Coleman Projects, London, UK (2011); Tamsin Morse, One in the Other, London, UK (2006)
Group exhibitions include The Way We Live Now, Sun Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (2025); Gate of Horns, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK (2025); A Popular Bestiary, Tondo Cosmic, London, UK (2025); This Years Model III, Studio 1.1, London, UK (2025); Staged, Studio 1.1, London, UK (2024); Somatechnics, The Tagli, London, UK (2024); This Years Model II, Studio 1.1, London, UK (2023); This Years Model II, Studio 1.1, London, UK (2022); A Generous Space2, New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK (2022); Fair Art Fair Curated II – Womxn, Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London, UK (2022); This Years Model III, Studio 1.1, London, UK (2021); Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, London, UK (2011); Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Kenny Schachter / ROVE, London, UK (2006).
Highlights and Collections
Tamsin Morse is the co-creator of Tondo Cosmic Projects, an arts group that inhabits unusual spaces to foster under-represented artists and has also runs a number of arts-council supported studio complexes to provide affordable workspace for artists including Trafalgar Works, Brighton and Hove, and currently Milton Studios, Cambridge. She has curated or co-curated several projects including ‘Gatsby’, and ‘The Tales of Hoffman’ in disused buildings in Hackney. Tamsin Morse has exhibited internationally and some of her major exhibitions include The Way We Live Now, Sun Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (2025); Gate of Horns, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK (2025) and Outliers, Q & C (Quip and Curiosity) Gallery, Cambridge, UK (2024). Morse’s work is held in private and public collections, including The Government Art Collection (UK); The New Art Gallery Walsall (UK); The Zabludowicz Collection (UK); Timothy Taylor (UK); The Open University (UK) and The University of the Arts (UK).