Michael Morris (artist)

Michael Morris (born 16 May 1942) is a visual artist. He is the recipient of the 2011 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts and the 2015 Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts. Morris was born in Saltdean, England on 16 May 1942, and grew up in Saanich, British Columbia. Morris studied at the University of Victoria and the Vancouver School of Art, where his teachers included Jack Shadbolt, Roy Kiyooka and Don Jarvis. After completing his graduate studies in at the Slade school of Art, he returned to British Columbia. He co-founded the Western Front Society in 1973, and was its director for seven years.