Korynn Morrison | Friend 2026

There is a certain beingness about old trees. They carry their histories openly, written directly into the skin of their bark. Every wound grown around, every knot a turning point, every scar a record of a life fully lived.
This tree is nature’s own canvas. A silent witness to a world in constant motion, it holds the memory of everything that has passed through its shade. In standing before it, we are met with a mirror of our own becoming. A reminder that growth is rarely linear, that strength is built through endurance, and that what appears on the surface is only ever part of the story.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.