{"id":18090,"date":"2000-06-28T21:11:32","date_gmt":"2000-06-29T03:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=18090"},"modified":"2021-02-24T09:48:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T15:48:07","slug":"nadia-morales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/nadia-morales\/","title":{"rendered":"Nadia Rea Morales"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/1999\/02\/248755_10151428018591934_934510541_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19271\" src=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/1999\/02\/248755_10151428018591934_934510541_n-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Nadia Rea Morales\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/1999\/02\/248755_10151428018591934_934510541_n-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/1999\/02\/248755_10151428018591934_934510541_n-337x500.jpg 337w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/1999\/02\/248755_10151428018591934_934510541_n.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a>Bio<\/h3>\n<p>Nadia Rea Morales is a Mexican born artist raised in Utah. While she identifies strongly with both her Mexican and American cultures she often feels like she does not belong to any place. She lives in her mind.<br \/>\nNadia is an artist because she has something to say. She feels that she is not a person that can easily articulate what she has to say with words so she chooses to express herself by creating visual work. Creating art is Nadia\u2019s means of communication.<br \/>\nShe is an artist because she has a compulsion to work with her hands and a need to create.<br \/>\nShe is an artist because she has questions and no answers. She has a strong desire to understand why she creates.<br \/>\nCreation is by far the most beautiful and meaningful part of Nadia\u2019s life and she wishes to master it.<br \/>\nShe will create even if it results in her own destruction.<\/p>\n<h3>Artist Statement<\/h3>\n<p>John Constable wrote, \u201cWe see nothing truly until we understand it\u201d. My images document my search towards better understating the nude figure. I want to depict a more holistic and true picture of the body.<br \/>\nAuthor Kenneth Clark believes, \u201cThe body is not one of those objects which can be made into art by direct transcription\u201d. I still idealize the figure like the great artists before me but I feel that I idealize the less ideal. I photograph the parts of the body that easily go unnoticed and the parts that others prefer not to see. This opens a gateway toward understanding the whole in a new way, the whole at a closer and more brutally honest level.<\/p>\n<h3>Artist Images<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_18091\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ReaMorales_N_Image5-e1361852032505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18091\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18091\" src=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ReaMorales_N_Image5-1024x307.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon,Tess, 24&#8221;x94&#8221;, Pigment Print<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18092\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ReaMorales_N_Image4-e1361852059508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18092\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18092\" src=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ReaMorales_N_Image4-1024x322.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holly,Kevin, 24&#8221;x92&#8221;, Pigment Print<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18093\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ReaMorales_N_Image3-e1361852116420.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18093\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18093\" src=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ReaMorales_N_Image3-1024x319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holly, Roman, Jared, 24&#8221;x90&#8221;, Pigment Print<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18094\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ReaMorales_N_Image2-e1361852176953.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18094\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18094\" src=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ReaMorales_N_Image2-1024x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8211; Jared as a Landscape, 24&#8221;x97&#8221;, Pigment Print<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18095\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ReaMorales_N_Image1-e1361852214624.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18095\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18095\" src=\"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ReaMorales_N_Image1-1024x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dailey as a Landscape, 24&#8221;x97&#8221;, Pigment Print<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bio Nadia Rea Morales is a Mexican born artist raised in Utah. While she identifies strongly with both her Mexican and American cultures she often feels like she does not belong to any place. She lives in her mind. 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