about
Morgan Bukovec (b. 1996) is a mixed media artist, educator, and collector of things from Cleveland, Ohio. In 2018, she was awarded bachelors degrees in both Fine Arts and Arts Education from the University of Dayton and since has worked with several community art spaces in Cleveland including moCa Cleveland, Spaces, Community Arts Center, Kaiser Gallery and Headspace Gallery, providing art engagement and workshops. Bukovec is interested in how art builds empathy through storytelling, which inspires her interdisciplinary art practice.
Bukovec works with found objects across mediums including collage, textiles, and installation, focusing on the themes of identity, storytelling, and fleeting moments and objects across time. Bukovec was recently awarded a 2024 Emerging Artist Solo Exhibition at the McDonough Museum of Art in Youngstown, Ohio and invited to participate in a group exhibition at The Muckenthaler Cultural Center titled Unsavory, which highlights the food and service industry.
Bukovec was awarded a gift grant by the Kanyer Art Collection to complete her 100 work series: are you on the menu (@serviceindustrystitchproject). This series is the result of the past decade of her work in the service industry, aiming to highlight the power of words and personal reclamation. This work has been featured in publications such as: Teen Vogue, 86 Logic, CAN Journal, and Sidecar Junkaroo.
She is currently living and working in Columbus, Ohio, expanding her creative endeavors and building her online community that is Lava Lamp Lounge. Along with building “The Lounge,” Morgan is hosting a community arts event to support local creators and small buiz owners in Lake County, Ohio at Headlands Beach State Park - Lake Side Flea.
