Amy Morken (b. Toronto, Canada) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Drawing on the people and fleeting moments of daily life, her work spans memories of childhood airport visits with her mother – watching travelers in transit – to the subtle absurdities of the everyday. Her vibrant paintings explore rhythm, humor, and interconnectedness.
Solo exhibitions include Amy Morken & Tracy MacFarlane, Convey/er/or Gallery Poughkeepsie, NY (2025); Amy Morken, Cerasoli Gallery, LA, CA (2010); A Symptom of Beauty (obsessions on an ideal), Claire Oliver, NYC (2006); Backwards Diving, Claire Oliver, NYC (2006); what's this? ...a viking song, Caren Golden Fine Art, NYC (2005); Amy Morken, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH (2004); New Paintings, String Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2004); Amy Morken - Works on Paper,"Caren Golden Fine Art, NYC (2003); Amy Morken - New Work, Caren Golden Fine Art, NYC (2001); Amy Morken - Works on Paper, Caren Golden Fine Art (2000).
Group exhibitions include (Upcoming) Summer Delight, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL, US (2026); The Tower Show, Arts Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY (2026); Small Works Juried Show, 440 Gallery Brooklyn, NY (2025); Often I am Permitted to Return to a Meadow, Immaterial Projects, The Active Space, Brooklyn, NY (2025); Fearless Watercolors - Acuarelas con Cojonés, Brooklyn Waterfront Coalition, Brooklyn, NY (2024); Salon Des Refusés, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY (2024); Small Works Juried Show, Juror’s Choice Award 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2023); A Painting is a Painting is a Painting, ArtPort Kingston, Kingston, NY (2023); The Tower Show, Arts Gowanus / St. Mark’s Place, Brooklyn, NY (2022); Properties of Illusion in the Candy Store, ArtPort Kingston, Kingston, NY (2022); Dumplings and Sugar Cookies, A Jam Session, ArtPort Kingston, Kingston, NY (2022); Small Works Juried Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2022); Small Works Juried Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2021); EndWorks/Out of Darkness, 287 Gallery, Danbury, CT (2017); Passiones Contemporaneas, Museo de Arte de Ponte, Ponte, PR (2012); Santa Fe Art, Arroyo Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (2012); SuperSalon, Samson Projects, Boston, MA (2010); The Funnies, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME (2009); Ultra Concentrated Joy: Ecstatic Drawings by Contemporary Artists, curated by Catherine Howe, New York Academy of Art, NYC (2008); What I Did on My Summer Vacation, Claire Oliver, NYC (2006); Earthly Delights, Claire Oliver, NYC (2005); The Twilife, curated by Daria Brit Shapiro, Caren Golden Fine Art, NYC (2005); The Ludovico Treatment, curated by David Hunt, Muller deChiara Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2004); Tit's & Art, GV/AS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2004); SuperSalon, Samson Projects, Boston, MA (2004); The Art of Collecting - IV, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI (2003); TeamWork, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (2003); Six Artists - Drawings by Seong Hea Aun, Michael Joo, John L. Moore, Amy Morken, Michael Phelan & Lisa Sanditz, IMINIL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2000); Group Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, NYC (2000); A Compliment to Love, curated by Alicia Felton, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (2000); The Gallery Gang, Caren Golden Fine Art, NYC (2000); The Passion - Passions in Art, Richard Anderson Gallery, NYC (2000); What Big Is, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA (2000); pay-per-view, Caren Golden Fine Art, NYC (1998);