Tesa Morin
Born in Spain.
Lives and works in Texas.
Earned a BFA in studio art with a photography major and painting minor emphasis.
Earned an MFA in photography with a computers in art minor.
Loves to travel with family and friends.
Actively practices Unitarian Universalism.
Promotes local vegan lifestyle here.
Born in Spain.
Lives and works in Texas.
Earned a BFA in studio art with a photography major and painting minor emphasis.
Earned an MFA in photography with a computers in art minor.
Loves to travel with family and friends.
Actively practices Unitarian Universalism.
Promotes local vegan lifestyle here.
Found, created, and applied lines cross spaces in brightly colored paintings and photographs that notice how boundaries separate pieces of land, people from others, and ultimately allow individuals to find and to define themselves. Black birds perch upon and interact with the boundaries as a stand-in for human nature. Tesa Morin’s series titled Borders/Boundaries (2018-present) illustrates her studies of physical and psychological boundaries.
Morin’s artworks reflect her own life on the borders. She was born in Spain to American parents. As a small child, she left Spain with her mother and younger brother before the end of her father’s assignment to avoid the unrest of the post-Franco era and newly formed democracy. This personal history informs Morin’s experience as a Texan and an artist. She considers immigration, relocation, and the ubiquitous Wall at the Texas border with Mexico in her work. It is an undercurrent that runs throughout the series.
Other themes that appear alongside immigration include division of power, energy, and social status. As a woman in Texas, these meaningful issues push forward through news headlines and not-so-public stories. Texas changes boundaries through policies and creates power struggles so often that it feels unsurprising. Tesa Morin contemplates and illustrates the dynamics of these types of borders and boundaries through art making.