Victoria Morton (b. 1971 Scotland) is a young innovative painter who incorporates sculpture, object, photographs and video into her art. Morton continuously investigates the relationship between the viewer and the work. Her canvases are vivid and unite delicate luminosity and bold flamboyance as she combines diverse art historical influences, fashion, and experimental musical composition with personal expression. As well as exhibiting her own work, Morton has made collaborative work as a member of the performance and installation group Elizabeth Go and plays in the band, Muscles of Joy.

Victoria Morton studied painting at Glasgow School of Art from 1993, which she followed with an MA. Her work has been shown at Inverleith House, Edinburgh, Sadie Coles HQ and Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Modern Institute, Glasgow; Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York; Galerie Enja Wonneberge, Kiel and S.M.A.K., Gent. Group exhibitions include Glasgow In Viaggio, Museo Corta Alta, Fossombrone, Italy, 2004, and Painting Not Painting with Jim Lambie, Julie Roberts, and Richard Slee at Tate St. Ives, Cornwall, 2003. In 2002, Morton was commissioned by the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh to create new paintings. A monograph of her work was published by Fruitmarket Gallery to coincide with the exhibition. A catalogue of her exhibition at Inverleith House, Edinburgh was published in 2011.Victoria Morton lives and works in Glasgow Scotland and Fossombrone, Italy.

Victoria Morton spent much of her 2009 residency in the museum’s galleries taking photographs and immersing herself in the collections of paintings, rare books. Morton was deeply inspired by the dialogue with old masters in the museum and by Isabella Gardner’s distinctive and idiosyncratic gallery installations which include a wide range of art objects. She researched the textile collection, both on-site and off, and painted several small works during her residency. Morton returned in 2010 for two weeks to continue her exploration into the collection of textiles and books. This included several articles of clothing and costumes collected by Mrs. Gardner as well as a special edition of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven with translation by Mallarme and lithographs by Manet. She returned again in September 2011 to prepare for her exhibition in the new Special Exhibition Gallery which opens in January 2012.