Photo by: Wiafe Mensah-Bonsu © 2012, Chelsea, NY

B I O

DC Morale was born in 1974. In 1998 she graduated from the Art Center College of Design with a major in Illustration in Pasadena, CA. In 2005 she moved to New York and continued her studies at the Art Students League, Grand Central Academy of Art and Janus Collaborative.

DC Morale was exposed to art as a teenager. She started art early by filling sketchbooks with one portrait after another and developed a love for drawing people which eventually expanded into painting a broad spectrum of things. Her paintings are characterized by broad brushstrokes, a bold application of paint and vivid color.

Morale has exhibited work in both solo and group exhibits in California, Chicago, Dallas and New York.

E D U C A T I O N

1998
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, BFA

2005 - 2011
Grand Central Academy, Janus Collaborative, Art Students League, NYC, NY

E X H I B I T I O N S

2024
96th Grand National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club – New York, NY

2022
The Healing Power of Color, Online Exhibition, Manhattan Arts International – New York, NY

2020
Drawing in a Time of Social Distancing, Online Exhibition, LIC Artists Drawing Show – LIC (Queens), NY

2019
RAW Gallery, The Factory LIC – Queens (LIC), NY

2016 - 2017
Henry DeFord III Gallery, CitiGroup Building – Queens (LIC), NY

2013
Single Fare 3, RH Gallery, – New York, NY

2012
NYSE’s Got Talent, The New York Stock Exchange – New York, NY

2011
Best of Anniversary Show, The Greenpoint Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
Greetings, Culturefix – New York, NY
Photography VS Drawing, The Greenpoint Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
Salon Show, The Greenpoint Gallery – Brooklyn, NY

2009
Jesus Uncensored, NYU Kimmel Center, Group Show – New York, NY
Depiction, Redeemer Center for Faith and Works – New York, NY

2008
First Fruits, Redeemer Center for Faith and Works – New York, NY

2005
Untitiled, Goldstar, – Chicago, IL

2003
Untitiled, Goldstar – Chicago, IL
Solo Show – God’s Children, Lemmings – Chicago, IL

2002
Solo Show – God's Children, Gallery Cabaret – Chicago, IL

1998
Noncommercial Art by Commercial Artists, La Luz de Jesus – LA, CA
The Best of the West, Zero One Gallery – LA, CA

1997
Body and Soul, Cove Gallery at Art Center – Pasadena, CA

1995
Twelfth Annual Juried Exhibit /D-Art, The Society of Illustrators – Dallas, TX

1991
Reflections of War and Peace, Stout McCourt – Dallas, TX

1990
The Electra Malone Show, Creative Arts Center – Dallas, TX

P R E S S / P U B L I C A T I O N S

– Art Food Home, 2020
– The New York Optimist, 2018
– North Light Books; Strokes of Genius 7: Depth, Dimension + Space, 2014
– i Artistas, Facebook Fall 2014
– Art Journey: People; North Light Publications, 2013
– Manifest, International Drawing Annual INDA 8
– Poets and Artists Magazine, September 2012 issue
– Cardus/1000 words, Hamilton, ON, 2009
– CRS-Center for Remembering and Sharing, New York, NY, 2008
– Fshbwl.com, Article by Dawn Wheat, Denver, CO, 2008
– Chupacabra: Goat Sucker Paperback – January 1, 1997, by Rob Clayton