MORGAN MACLEAN IS A SCULPTOR CURRENTLY WORKING IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. HE CARVES WOOD BY HAND, WITHOUT THE USE OF POWER TOOLS, DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM HIS URBAN ENVIRONMENT. HIS SCULPTURES HAVE A QUALITY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP ROOTED IN HISTORY, AND YET ARE COMPELLINGLY MODERN AND MYSTERIOUS IN FORM.

MORGAN'S CURRENT WORK, WHICH EXPLORES THE ARCHEOLOGY OF NEW YORK CITY STREETS, EVOKES HIS EARLIER EXPERIMENTATIONS WITH METAL AND WOOD. HIS ART FOCUSES ON CAPTURING AND ARCHIVING AN OBJECT’S INHERENT FORM, WHILE FREEING THAT FORM TO TRANSCEND ITS ESSENCE INTO SOMETHING CURIOUSLY UNEXPECTED.

LEAVING HIGH SCHOOL AFTER HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR, MORGAN WORKED FOR A YEAR WITH JOSH SIMPSON AT HIS GLASS BLOWING STUDIO AND FOR A YEAR AT THE SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART. HE THEN CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AT RISD WHERE HE EARNED A B.F.A. IN SCULPTURE IN 2002. HE SUBSEQUENTLY WORKED FOR FRANK GEHRY & PREDOCK FRANE ARCHITECTS.

AT GEHRY’S, MORGAN WORKED ON SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS INCLUDING THE VENICE GATEWAY, THE CORCORAN MUSEUM OF ART, AND THE LISBON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. MORGAN HELPED DESIGN A STAGE SET FOR THE LOS ANGELES OPERA AND BUILT A LIGHT SCULPTURE FOR THE PASADENA MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART. HE SUBSEQUENTLY JOINED GEHRY’S INDUSTRIAL DESIGN TEAM.

AT PREDOCK FRANE ARCHITECTS, MORGAN WORKED DIRECTLY WITH HADRIAN PREDOCK AND JOHN FRANE BUILDING AND DESIGNING ARCHITECTURAL MODELS. HE ALSO HELPED DESIGN AND BUILD A FULL-SCALE INSTALLATION FOR THE 2004 VENICE BIENNALE, AND FOLLOW-UP EXHIBITS FOR THE YALE ART GALLERY AND COOPER HEWITT MUSEUM.

MORGAN OPENED HIS STUDIO IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK IN 2006.