Pittsburgh, PA
About Morgan Overton:
Morgan Overton (b. 1993, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose work is a reclamation of history and humanity. She create across a range of paint, drawing, and mixed mediums to interrogate the intersections of identity, power, and resilience – merging portraiture, abstraction, and symbolism to weave visual narratives that center Black and Global Majority voices. Rooted in her background in social action, psychology, and politics, her art is a platform for generational storytelling with the hope of collective liberation. From the University of Pittsburgh, Morgan earned a Masters in Social Work with a focus in community organization and social action, and a Bachelors in Psychology with a Minor in Studio Art.
