Christopher Colm Morrin

Christopher Colm Morrin is an artist whose enigmatic and philosophical pieces span various media, including painting, drawing, poetry, and music composition. 

Biography of Christopher Colm Morrin

Christopher Colm Morrin was born in 1980 in Dublin, Ireland. He holds a B.A. (Hons) in Psychology and Philosophy, with a major in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

In 2024, he was selected for the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation artist-in-residence program.

Morrin's solo exhibitions include "notes" at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde in Antwerp (2024), "Witnessing Change" at Galerie Mutter Fourage in Berlin (2023), and "Unknown Landscapes" at Köthener Str. 28 in Berlin (2022). He has also participated in group exhibitions such as "Unfathomable" at Althuis Hofland Fine Arts in Amsterdam (2023) and "Real Life" at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde in Antwerp (2023). 

Christopher Colm Morrin's Art Style

Initially trained in psychology, philosophy, and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, Morrin's work is driven by a profound and often irreverent questioning of reality. His work explores the often hidden, underlying patterns of life and the shifting nature of reality, focusing on states like mutability, impermanence, and ambiguity.

Christopher Colm Morrin's work is characterized by an open and untethered exploration of painting's potential. His abstract, small-scale paintings utilize elemental shapes and raw, saturated colors, demonstrating a careful and sensitive understanding of composition. Morrin's pieces reflect an exploration of the relationships between forms and colors in various arrangements and styles.