Korynn Morrison | The River Beneath The River, 2026

To find this river is to return to the self that existed before the world had its say. It cannot be reached through force, only through the willingness to descend. To excavate, layer by layer, until what was always there is finally free to surface.

Korynn Morrison (b. 1991) is a contemporary Australian artist based on Dharawal Country (southern Sydney, New South Wales). She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from the National Art School (2012) and has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions across Australia and Internationally. Her recent accolades include Winner of the 2026 Revival Emerging Art Prize, finalist selections in the 2026 Inside This box Art Prize, 2025 St Columba’s Art Prize and the prestigious 2025 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award.

Her process-led paintings are a tactile dance of control and surrender. Built in layers, sealed in ritual, and excavated with power tools to reveal a history of perfect imperfection. Through this performative act, she negotiates themes of memory, mortality, destruction and rebirth in response to the landscape and natural world around her. Morrison’s work has been collected for private and corporate spaces across Australia and abroad, including major commissions and public-facing placements.