Atlanta, GA, USA

Frank Morrison

Artist , Frank Morrison LLc

Atlanta, GA, USA

Frank Morrison started his journey as a graffiti artist in New Jersey, tagging walls with spray paint. It wasn’t until he visited the Louvre Museum in Paris with his dancing group, that he realized painting was his true creative path. His work has been featured at Art Basel, Scope Miami, and Red Dot art fairs, and shown at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Richard Beavers Art Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y. He is the illustrator of over 20 children’s books, including the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winners "Standing in the Need of Prayer" and "R-E-S-P-E-C-T," the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award winner "Jazzy Miz Mozetta," and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor books, "Little Melba and her Big Trombone" and "Let the Children March." Frank was a Society of Illustrators’ Original Art Silver Medal Honoree two years in a row for "The Roots of Rap" and "R-E-S-P-E-C-T." His debut author-illustrated picture book is "Kick Push."

Sessions

Mainstage

Illustration and Fine art

Friday, July 17, 11:45 am – 12:05 pm

Frank Morrison will dive into the world of working as both a fine artist and an illustrator, exploring the balance required to move between the two. The duality of these practices ripples through each season of my creative life—whether it’s the vibrant, narrative-driven colors of illustration or the structural, compositional depth found in fine art. Surprisingly, they share more in common than most people realize. The discipline learned from both worlds blends together, each strengthening and complementing the other, shaping a fuller and more dynamic artistic voice.