Bob Morgan

Robert (Bob) Morgan’s roots reach back to the pioneers of central Kentucky and the mountains of Appalachia. His life was shaped by a Catholic upbringing, the countercultural energy of Haight-Ashbury in the 1960s, and the AIDS crisis of the 1990s. Working with discarded and found objects, Morgan transforms fragments of the everyday into cultural artifacts that speak across time.

His assemblages explore love and loss, birth, death, and renewal. Decorative yet symbolic, they draw on African, Mayan, Hindu, and Byzantine traditions, becoming shrines to saints, martyrs, heroes, warriors, gods, and goddesses.

In his youth, Morgan lived as a wanderer, chronicling his travels through art that carries the spirit of the road. His studies of temple arts in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, further deepened his work, infusing it with ritual, spirituality, and the transformative power of sacred objects.

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This bio/description was originally published in 2025 and updated in 2025. For more current information, please refer to the award recipient's website (if provided).