Morgan Allender
Resides in Melbourne, Victoria 
Qualifications
2004 Bachelor Fine Art (Honours), Adelaide Central School of Art, SA 
  Digital Imaging, Technology School of the Future, SA
2002 Summer School, Painting, National Art School, NSW
Solo Exhibitions
2006 the Flood, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, VIC
  Girls on Ice, Big Star Gallery, Adelaide, SA
  Girls on Ice, Fifth Floor Project, Adelaide City Council, SA
2005 When the Earth Moves, Project Space, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
  I fell down the mountainside (with you), Big Star Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Group Exhibitions
2006 The Fleurieu Peninsula Youth Scholarship, Penny’s Hill Winery, McLaren Vale, SA
2005 Here We Are, Adelaide Central Gallery 2, Adelaide, SA
  Hatched, National Graduate Exhibition, Perth Institute Contemporary Art, WA 
  Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition ‘04, Torrens Parade Drill Hall, SA 
  Meanwhile, Adelaide Central Gallery2, Adelaide, SA
  South Australian Government Artwork Hire Scheme, Arts SA offices, Adelaide
  Spring Art, Loreto College, Adelaide, SA
2004 Petrified Nature, Downtown art space, Adelaide, SA
  Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition ‘03, Torrens Parade Drill Hall, SA
  Fleurieu Peninsula Art Prize, Hardy’s Tintara Winery, SA
  Fleurieu Peninsula Mitsubishi Scholarship, Dridan Fine Arts, SA
  Still Life, Dridan Fine Arts, Adelaide, SA
  Workings, FAD Gallery, Adelaide, SA
2003 Landscapes, Studio Gallery, Adelaide Central Gallery2, Adelaide, SA
  Artbeat, Promenade Gallery, Flinders Medical Centre, SA
  South Australian Living Artists’ Week Exhibition, Dridan Fine Arts, Adelaide, SA
  8x8, Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide, SA
  Spring Art, Loreto College, Adelaide, SA
  Coming Home, Dridan Fine Arts, Adelaide, SA
Awards & Grants
2006 Fleurieu Peninsula Youth Scholarship
2005 The Advertiser “Oscart” award for best emerging painter, SA
2004  Finalist, Fleurieu Peninsula Art Prize
2000 Pro Hart full Scholarship for Bachelor Fine Art (5 years)
Bibliography
2005 Lance Campbell, 'Artist in Residence, Morgan Allender', SA Life Magazine, October 2005, pg 114
  Wendy Walker, 'I fell down the mountainside (with you)', The Adelaide Review
2004 Sera Waters,  'Petrified Nature: Julia Robinson and Morgan Allender', Artlink, Vol 25, No. 1
  Lisa Harms, 'Out There: Graduate Shows 2004', Australian Art Collector, Issue 30, October-December 2004, pg 235
  Patrick McDonald, 'Artist with a fresh insight on life', The Advertiser, Wednesday 3 November 2004, pg 15
  Wendy Walker, 'Birds and the Buzz', The Advertiser, Friday 5 November 2004, pg 77
  Sera Waters, Petrified Nature, dB Magazine, Issue 344, 3-16 November 2004, pg 42 
  Adelaide Weekender, Channel 7, Episode 2/014, aired Sunday 7 November 2004