September 17 - December 13, 2020
Moris’ work addresses representation, social and subjective agency, urban issues, and marginal cultures often taken for granted in mainstream society. Moris grew up and continues to live and work in a Cartel-run area outside Mexico City. Informed by constant field work, the issues Moris researches have been an intrinsic part of his daily life since childhood, and shaped him both personally and professionally. The street and social space in general are his laboratory for investigating issues, gathering data, analyzing visual cultures, and vernacular aesthetics. Observing, integrating, and learning the diverse social codes of the urban underclass and underworld; their spoken dialects and semiotics; their strategies for survival; and informal use of aesthetics in their environments in order to make daily life more humane and dignified are the driving ethos for his work.
Moris’ work is part of many important public and private collections worldwide including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City; Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Los Angeles; La Colección Jumex, Mexico City; and FEMSA Collection, Monterrey, Mexico. Major exhibitions include “Mi casa es tu casa”, Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), MOCA Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA.; “Un animal pierde la vida porque otro tiene hambre (An animal dies because another is hungry)”, Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City, Mexico and participated in the 9th Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba as well as in the 30th São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil.
Moris is also represented by Arroníz Contemporary Art Gallery in Mexico City, Mexico.
Selected Works
El Diablo Sostiene Tus Parpados (The Devil Holds Your Eyelids)
2022
Enamel, metal, and transfer on fabric
78.75 x 78.75 in (200 x 200 cm)
Aferrados a un clavo (Clinging to a Nail)
2021
Metal, rubber, collage, transfer, enamel on canvas
78.74 x 78.74 in (200 x 200 cm)
Los malversadores (Embezzlers)
2022
Enamel and transfer on fabric
78.7 x 78.7 in (200 x 200 cm)
Ocultando la cara entre las manos (I hide my face in my hands)
2022
Enamel and transfer on fabric
78.74 x 78.74 in (200 x 200 cm)
No está muerto quien pelea (Where there's life there's hope)
2021
Metal, rubber, collage, transfer, enamel on canvas
78.75 x 78.75 in (200 x 200 cm)
Pez grande come pez chico (frontera norte)
2020
Collage on canvas recovered from the street, enamel, boxing gloves, whitetail deer horns, scissors and shark jaws
78.7 x 78.7 in (200 x 200 cm)
Los borrachos son muy machos (Drunkards are very macho)
2021
Collage, cement and transfer on canvas
78.74 x 59.06 in (200 x 150 cm)
Enferma de amor (Lovesick)
2021
Transfer and ink on canvas
47.2 x 35.4 in (120 x 90 cm)
Carne sin huesos
2020
Collage, transfer and enamel on canvas, mixed media, found objects
92.5 x 116 in (234 x 294 cm)
El dueño de todo
2020
Collage, transfer and enamel on canvas, mixed media, found objects
126 x 79 in (320 x 200 cm)
La cocina de los pobres
2020
Collage, transfer and enamel on canvas, mixed media, found objects
79 x 79 in (200 x 200 cm)
La cocina de los ricos
2020
Collage, transfer and enamel on canvas, mixed media, found objects
79 x 79 in (200 x 200 cm)
La parábola del buen pastor
2020
Collage, transfer and enamel on canvas, mixed media, found objects
90 x 118 in (228 x 299 cm)
Arquitectura de paso
2017
Found wood and metal
131.9 x 120.1 x 173.2 in (335 x 305 x 440 cm)