ADELE MORSE
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BIO
ARtist - Taxidermist - Meme originator 

​Born in Wales. Lives and works in LOndon. 

" my two main passions have always been making things and animals.  In 2005 I started doing ethical Taxidermy. As a vegetarian I wanted to work with animals that would be usually be discarded. There were no women doing taxidermy full time back then and I was interested in changing that.  Simultaneously I was studying fine art. MY work WAS ANimal/ Science RESEARCH BASED INSTALLATION ART. CONSISTING OF SCULPTURE, DRAWING, LARGE CONSTRUCTIONS, FILM, SOUND AND DISSERTATIONS. 
 
I MADE THE INFAMOUS STONED fox in 2011. At the time I was  studying for my 
MASTERS AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY SCHOOLS. Little did I know what an impact that fox would have on my future.

  By 2013 My obsessive research led to me being the UK'S LEADING FEMALE CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL RESEARCHER. As a result I WAS ASKED TO TRAVEL TO SUMATRA ON AN 18 DAY EXPEDITION TO OBTAIN SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OF a new SPECIES. The research trip was funded and filmed by ARTE EUROPE. During the expedition also got  to teach Taxidermy at the biology department of a local University. The documentary was shown at Pariscience and continues to be broadcast internationally in many languages. 

  
That same year I flew to russia for PRESS TOURS IN ST PETERSBURG AND MOSCOW. My solo shows AND SERIES OF ARTISTS TALKS there were the first of their kind to be held in russia. There was an insane amount of controversy when I was accused of being a SPY. 
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I had always thought that exhibiting in a gallery was the best way to display my work but SEEING MY WORK SHARED, ALTERED AND DISPLAYED BY millions of PEOPLE WHO WOULD NEVER GO INTO A GALLERY... INSTANTLY FELT REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
SInce then I have been concentrating on other ways of showing the world my work.
​Making work that connects across borders, Class divides, cultures and languages in the most simple and impactful ways is what excites me.  Many of my photographs of my work have been shared millions of times throughout the world. Hopefully this is just the start 
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SElected PRESS 
know your meme - THE GUARDIAN  - THE HUFFINGTON POST  -  THE TELEGRAPH  -  THE DAILY mAIL  -   THE DAILY mAIL  -  #TAXIMAG - CRAPPY TAXIDERMY - WALL STREET JOURNAL  -  KNOW YOUR MEME   -  YANNIC RACK  -  WIKIPEDIA  -  WIKIPEDA  - ROYAL ACADEMY OF THE ARTS - KNow your meme - DOcumentary - Awkward - 

Education
2009-2012     Royal Academy of the Arts Schools, Picadilly, London, 3 year Postgraduate Masters 
2006-2008     University of East London, BA (Hons) Fine art.  First class with Honours 
               
Selected Exhibitions
2018 Weird and Wonderful,  The Crypt Gallery, London
2017 Oh Brother Where Art thou? 2: the expedition Files, Burlington Arcade, The Royal Academy of Arts, MAW. SOLO SHOW 
2015   The thing with Images, Goldrausch Künstlerinne, Berlin
2015  DEMIMONDE, Amberwood House Slate projects, London
2014  The Future Can Wait, Victoria House, London
2014   Sunday Salon, Slate Projects, London
2014   MineCraft convention, Various, Moscow
2013   Упоротый лис Solo Show, Etat Libre D’orange, London
2013   A Twisted Summer Nights Dream, Laissez faire/Loungelover, London
2013  Bronze statue unveiling, Khabarovsk, Russia
2013  Solo Show,G-point, Moscow, Russia
2013  Solo show, Museum USSR , Moscow, Russia
2013  Geometria, Solo show and lecture tour, St. Petersburg, Russia
2013   Young Gods, Charlie Smith Gallery, London
2012   Waterstones Window, Piccadilly circus Flagship store, London
2012   Royal Academy Schools show, Piccadilly, London
2012   University of east London fundraising Auction, Ground floor left Gallery, London
2011   Last legs veterinary clinic, Ground floor left, Hackney, london
2011   Exquisite Corpse, Various, New York
2011   Made in East London, Islington metal works, London
2011   Group show, Dalston superstore, London
2011   Premiums, The Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London
2010    Showstudio collaboration with Charlie Le Mindu/ Nick Knight, London 
2010   University of east London fundraising Auction, Ground floor left Gallery, London
2010   Act Art 7, Vauxhall , London
2009  ‘Where to?’, Southbank Centre, London
2009   Litro Live, Serpentine, Hyde park, London
2008   Chanel 4/Saatchi Gallery New Sensations, Old Truman brewery , London
2008   UEL Ba Degree show, Docklands campus, LOndon
2007   UEL Ba Second year show, Docklands campus, LOndon
 
Awards
Sculpture Award Royal Academy schools.
Chelsea Arts Club Trust Award
Final 2: Deutsche Bank Awards
Final 20 Saatchi/Channel 4 New sensations
 
BOOKS
Taxidermy Art by Robert Marbury
Much Ado about stuffing by Adam Cornishe 
Weird and Wonderful Post-Mortem Fairy Tales by Mothmeister 





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