Morgan Hardigree is a Lexington, Kentucky based interdisciplinary artist working in color pencil, printmaking, jewelry-making, and assemblage. Completing her BA in Art History and Studio Art at Transylvania University in May of 2025, she loves the surreal and uses memories, her own poems, movies, and found objects as inspiration for her practice that centers trans-femininity and queerness. Her writing and art has been published in both the Rambler and the Transylvanian, and she has presented her art historical research at SECAC’s 2024 and 2025 conferences. Hardigree has participated in group shows in Transylvania University’s Morlan Gallery, the Shearer Student Gallery, LexArts, and the Loudoun House along with staging and curating her recent solo show Centipede Circling the Sun. Currently, Hardigree is part of 2ndStory gallery’s 2025 Bridgework cohort, a residency program highlighting emerging artists in partnership with the Lexington Art League, Plum Blossom Initiative, and the Art and Lit Lab.
Education: Bachelor of Arts, Art History, Transylvania University Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, Transylvania University
Solo Exhibitions: 2025 Centipede Circling the Sun, Shearer Student Gallery at Transylvania University - Read the Review of the show here!
Duo Exhibitions: 2025 GNATLAND: Neon Organisms of the New Age, 2ndStory
Group Exhibitions:
2025-26 The Nude Biennial, The Loudoun House and the Lexington Art League
2025 PRHBTN, The Loudoun House and the Lexington Art League
2025 The Work of Local LGBTQIA+ Artists, First Presbyterian Church of Lexington
2025 Choosing Home: Dispatches from Lexington, KY, LexArts and the Lexington Pride Center
2025 Juried Student Art Show, Morlan Gallery
2025 Lost in Transit, Shearer Student Gallery at Transylvania University
2025 Things We Want You To See and Also Things We Do Not, Morlan Gallery at Transylvania University
2024 The Future of My Dreams, Shearer Student Gallery at Transylvania University
2024 The Power of Play, Shearer Student Gallery at Transylvania University
2024 University Open, LexArts
2024 Juried Student Art Show, Morlan Gallery
2023 Juried Student Art Show, Morlan Gallery
Residencies: Bridgework 2025 Lexington Cohort, July 2025 - Present
Presentations:
The Memories of Objects: Trans Resilience through Surreality and Collecting, SECAC 2025 Remedios Varo: Assertions of Interior and Narratives of Agency, SECAC 2024 Undergraduate Panel
Publications:
"Let Your Home be a Grounding Place" and "Earwigs", Published in Home Sweet Home: A Housing Justice Zine, KY Tenants, 2025 “Untitled Frankenstein: A Review of Morlan Gallery’s First Show of the Year” Published in The Rambler, March 21, 2025 - Read the Piece here! The Transylvanian, Spring 2025 The Transylvanian, Spring 2024 The Transylvanian, Spring 2023
Collections: Transylvania University Permanent Collection
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