NONA AMAYI MORALES

Born in San Diego, CA 1997

Lives and Works in Atlanta, GA

 

EDUCATION

San Francisco Art Institute                                       

2020

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting  Cumulative GPA: 3.847

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2020

• BFA Final Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, Digital Courtyard Gallery

• Poetry as Critical Form, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2019

• A Room of One's Own, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• Corporeal Prison, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• Latinx Hispanic Solidarity, Print Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• Multiples, Print Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• More than 701 Years, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• Avatars// Ghosts, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA

• Story Telling (Individuals show juried by panel), Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• Courtyard Painting Exhibition 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA

• Color Me Vibrant, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2018

• Avatars, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• Alive in Strange Lands, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• Maximal, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• Happy Birthday, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• MFA review performance, Giuliana Funkhouser, Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, San Francisco, CA

2017

• San Diego Cooperative Charter Alumni Art Exhibition, San Diego, CA

• Tomatoes/Potatoes will get you, San Francisco, CA,

• Good Girls Have Sex Too, Art exhibition, San Francisco, CA

• Paint Club, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2015

• Goddess Fest, Trilogy Sanctuary, La Jolla, CA,

• Senior Final Showcase, Liberty Station, San Diego, 2015

• Into the Woods, Shadow puppetry construction and group film project, SCPA, 2014-2015

 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2019

• Corporeal Prison, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

COMISSIONS & PUBLICATIONS

2022

• Book Illustrations, Restorative Midwifery, Nicole Morales and Jamie Mossay. “Each Bead of the Necklace” (part 1, Book Cover), “Restorative Midwifery” (part 2), “Groundwork for Physiology” (part 3), “The Doll in Your Pocket” (part 4), “The Sacred Path” (part 5), “Translator from Would World to Upper World” (part 6), “The Mistress of The Fire” (part 7), “The Return (Crescent Moon Bear)” (part 9), “Fight Flight Freeze” (part 12), “The Salmon and the Disembodied Hands” (part 12)

2021

• Book Illustrations, The Breech Release: Opening Pathways for Midwifery and Prenatal Bodywork, “Ride the Wave” Oil on paper 72"x84"x 0” (Book cover), “Lizard Brain” Watercolor on paper, 8.5”x11” (The Autonomic Nervous System and Polyvagal Theory, Part.3 Chapter 2), “Anterior view skeleton” Ink on paper 8.5”x11” (Anatomy as Relationship, Part.4 Chapter 3)

• Actualités Sage Femme, LES JUMEAUX INFOS PROFESSIONNELLES | Dossier | 23, N° 104 ÉTÉ 2021 ( Twin Pregnancy and Birth Article), Pen and Ink drawing, “Shifting Weight”

2018

• Album cover Art and design, Sahara Grim, “Current of Being” mixed media on paper 72"x56"x 1", link: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/saharagrim/dyDv

 

Catalogues

2020

• San Fransisco Art Institute’s Undergraduate “BFA/BA” Catalogue

 

Awards and Honors

2019 & 2020

• Honors Studios recipient, Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, SFAI

2019

• Ivan Majdrakoff Materials Award, SFAI

2016-2020

• Portfolio Scholarship recipient, SFAI

2015

• Certificate of recognition in Visual Arts