Morgan Auten

Morgan Auten (b. 1987, Gainesville, GA) is an abstract painter and elementary art teacher from northeast Georgia. She is an art educator with 12 years experience. Art education is not just a means to an end for Morgan, but also a passion. She loves teaching creativity to kids and showing them all that they are capable of. Morgan’s work is bold, calming, thoughtful, filled with intention, and beauty. Through her own joyful take on color and shape, she explores the intersections between individuality and womanhood, and power and patriarchy. Currently, Morgan resides in Gainesville, Goergia with her partner Joshua and twin children.

Morgan’s work was featured in ‘Group Effort,’ on view August 10-September 1, 2024.

“I strive for the paintings to invite the viewers to linger. What do you see below the first layer of paint? When you stay longer and look, there is so much to be discovered.”