Morgain Bailey
Select Exhibitions and Public Art Events
Queer Photo Walks, ME, in collaboration with Out in the Open, 2024
Dyke+ ArtHaus, PA, 20 (Dyke Artists) Over 40, 2024
Bureau of General Services, Queer Division, NY, Dyke+ ArtHaus Visits the Bureau, 2024
Northeastland Hotel, ME, Color Fields, paintings of northern Maine landscapes, 2024
The Common Gallery, ME, in/Visible, portraits of rural LGBTQ+ belonging, 2024
Photographic Center Northwest, WA, Chase The Light, 2024
Los Angeles Center of Photography, annual fundraising gala and auction, 2022-‘24
Artemis Gallery, ME, Spring Show, 2023, '24 and '25
The Humid, GA, Dewpoint, an immersive photography experience, 2022
Revolve/Ramp Gallery, NC, Six Feet: Boundaries, Belonging, Becoming, 2021
The Gallery, ME, Water/Shed, 2020
Click! Photography Festival, NC, Six Feet Photography Project, 2020
Emery Arts Center, ME, Detour, 2020
Carrabassett Valley Library, ME, Appalachian Trail Paintings, solo show, 2020
Don’t Take Pictures, Online Exhibition, Dive In, 2019
Fulcrum Gallery, WA, Progression, 2011
Tacoma Art Museum, WA, Mighty Tacoma, 2010
University of California, Berkeley, CA, Growing Up In Poverty, 2003
Positions in Arts and Culture Organizations
Pride Aroostook, ME, co-chair: 2023-'24, board member: 2024
Los Angeles Center for Photography, CA, photography instructor. 2022-‘24
Kinship Photography Collective, NC, member, Board of Connectors. 2020-‘23
Kinship Photography Collective, NC, photography instructor. 2020-‘23
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, CO, photography instructor. 2021-‘22
Houston Center for Photography, TX, photography instructor. 2021-‘22
Art Studio Assistant and Manager, freelance, CA. 1990-2003
509 Cultural Center, CA, gallery intern. 1997
The San Francisco Center for the Book, CA, printmaking and development intern. 1997
Studio One Community Art Center, CA, photo darkroom lab instructor, 1991
Recent Grants
2024: Aroostook Creative Network Micro Grant, ME
2024: Out in The Open Fellowship, public art project, ME
2024: SPACE & Kindling Fund Grant, project research and development, ME
Publications
2024: art all around us, A Kid's Guide to Finding Art in Everyday Places, by Xiao Situ. Contributing Artist
2023: Flower Child, a performance in ten pages. (self-published zine)
2023: Borderline Press, Common Ground. Contributing Artist
2023: Maine Arts Journal, Spring 2023: Truth and Lies, Member’s Showcase. Contributing Artist
2021: Maine Museum of Photographic Arts: Antidote, Winter Edition. Contributing Artist
2021: Unsettled Geographies. (self-published photography book)
2021: Six Feet: Boundaries, Belonging, Becoming: catalog. Lead Designer
2020: Creative Maine: 6 Artists Celebrated. Author and Photographer
2020: Six Feet Photography: Images as Gateway. Curator
2020: The Daily Bulldog, Farmington, ME. Visual Journalist
2016: Terratory Journal: Image Aesthetics: Trash or Transcendental? Author and Contributing Photographer
2014: City Arts Magazine, Seattle: Street of Vinyl Dreams. Photographer
Education
BFA, Interdisciplinary Fine Arts, The San Francisco Art Institute, CA, 1999
Ecotherapy Certificate, Pacifica Graduate Institute, CA, 2023