Morgan Mavis

Work

  • Education 

    • 2010-2012 MMST / Master of Museum Studies: Curation of Animal Bodies, University of Toronto, Toronto 
    • 1999-2003 BFA Honours / Bachelor of Fine Arts Sculpture Installation. OCAD University, Toronto 

    Selected Curatorial Exhibitions  

    • Soft Power, Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2025. 
    • Catalogue of Impermanece, Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2025. 
    • Liminal Spaces, Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2025. 
    • Ignite Gallery Presents: 4th Annual Installation Award Exhibition, Ignite Gallery, Toronto, 2025. 
    • Blanket Fort City, Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2024. 
    • Ignite Gallery Presents: Third Annual Installation Award Exhibition, Ignite Gallery, Toronto, 2022 
    • You Are Here, Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2024. 
    • Chat GP Tea, Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2024. 
    • Power House, Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2024. 
    • Forage, Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2023. 
    • Alone Together, Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2023. 
    • YB Eh’s Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2022 
    • Wunderkammer, Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2022. 
    • Lose Your illusion, Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2022. 
    • Electric Circus, Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2022. 
    • Individuation, Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2019. 
    • When I Was A Kid, I Would Lay in My Twin Sized Bed and Wonder Where My Brother Was, Ignite Gallery, Toronto 2019. 
    • Party Time, Student Gallery, Toronto 2016 
    • Chimera, Craft Ontario, Toronto 2014 
    • Dictators, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto 2011 
    • Contemporary Zoological Conservatory, Toronto 2008-2012 

    Artist Talks / Conference Presentations 

    • OCAD University, Visiting Artist Talk, Toronto Ontario, 2025. 
    • Craft Ontario, Curatorial Talk, Toronto, Ontario, 2014. 
    • OCAD University, Series of Artist Talks, Toronto 2013. 
    • University Of Toronto, Guest presenter and panelist on Performance Documentation, Toronto, 2012. 
    • KWAG. Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Artist Talk, Kitchner, Ontario 2012. 
    • Wayne State University, Conference panelist, Winter 2011, Detroit, Michigan. 
    • Design Exchange, Pecha Kucha Toronto, Ontario 2011 
    • Native Canadian Centre, Curatorial Talk, Toronto Ontario 2011 
    • Interview with Yann Martell, THE CZC, Toronto Ontario, 2010 
    • Museums Without Enerance, Artist Talk, THE CZC, Toronto Ontario, 2010 
    • Artist Community activation, It Kills, Toronto Ontario 2010 
    • Artist Community activation, Thunder Heist, Toronto Ontario 2009 
    • C Magazine, Collections Launch, Curatorial Talk, THE CZC, Toronto Ontario, 2009 
    • Covent Garden, Artist Talk, Toronto Ontario, 2009 
    • KIAC. The Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Visiting Artist Talk, Dawson City 2006 
    • Katharine Mulherin Bus Project Space, Artist Talk, Toronto Ontario 2003 
    • Varley Art Gallery, Artist Talk, Unionville, Ontario, 2002. 

    University Teaching 

    • Experiential Learning, Field Placement, 2014–Present, OCAD University 
    • Sessional Instructor, Master of Museum Studies, University of Toronto, Ontario, 2023 
    • Teaching Assistant Artscape Gibraltar Point OCAD U Living Laboratory, 2012 

    Selected Articles  

    Magenta Mag Pod People: Three Days Encamped at Andrea Zittel’s A-Z West. Morgan Mavis and Christopher Bennell, Magenta Mag, 2014. 

    Video: Art & Craft, Nature & Culture Merge in Chimera. Canadian Art, 2014. 

    Stilled Life: The Morbid Craft of Taxidermy Still Exerts a Powerful Lure. Emily M. Keeler, Maison Neuve, 2013. 

    The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing. Rachel Poliquin, 2012. 

    Field to Feast. Website, 2012. 

    Provenance Research Call for Assistance. Peterborough Examiner, 2011. 

    Museum Without Entrance: The Pedagogical Impulse. 2010. 

    Top 10 Art Stars. Nadia Xayeje, Sketch Magazine, 2010. 

    Yann Martel Talks Taxidermy. Tyler Anderson, National Post, 2010. 

    Where the Wild Things Have Glass Eyes. National Post, 2010. 

    Toronto Couple Has Taxidermy Museum at Home. Derick Chetty, Toronto Star, 2008. 

    Huntin’, Shootin’ Fashion. Derick Chetty, Toronto Star, 2008. 

    Residencies 

    Artist in Residence, Unicamp, Mulmur, Ontario, Summer 2023, 2024 

    Artscape Gibraltar Point, Ignite Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Spring/Summer 2016 

    A-Z West Residency, Joshua Tree, Fall, California 2014 

    KIAC (The Klondike Institute of Art and Culture), Dawson City, Summer 2006