Ascension by Jonathan Morgan explores the internal drive to grow, transform, and rise beyond limitation.
The vertical composition suggests upward movement and progression, guiding the viewer’s eye along a path that feels both intentional and evolving. The form reflects a journey rather than a destination, capturing a moment of becoming rather than arrival.
Morgan’s work is rooted in the belief that art serves as a physical expression of internal experience. His sculptures often emerge from a need to give form to thoughts, emotions, and personal transformation. In Ascension, that impulse is expressed through structure and movement, where the piece becomes a reflection of growth shaped by challenge and persistence.
Over time, Morgan has found that his work resonates with individuals navigating their own turning points. The sculpture offers a tangible representation of struggle, identity, and aspiration, allowing viewers to connect their own experiences to the form. It becomes not just an object, but a marker of where someone has been and where they hope to go.
Based in Utah, Morgan continues to create work that bridges personal narrative and universal meaning. His sculptures are driven by purpose and reflection, using material and form to express the ongoing process of becoming. Through this work, he invites viewers to consider their own path and the forces that shape it.
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Hemeroscopium – 2024
$12,600 – 31” X 21” X 13” – Bronze
Sponsored by Southern Utah Wine Guild
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“Hemeroscopium” is an allusion to a place that exists only in our minds, in our senses, that is ever-changing and mutable but nonetheless real. When confronted with something seemingly incomprehensible, we often fail to understand because we focus on explanations from our own individual perspectives and experiences. A purposeful break to emphasize incompleteness interrupts this sculpture’s story. That void honors the idea that there’s a beauty in not knowing everything, and an opportunity to bridge that gap through learning and understanding from each other. The moment we dig in and ignore the world’s diversity is the moment we deny ourselves progression. Hemeroscopium provides the secret to keep our minds open and curious. Though this sculpture is of a mermaid, a creature that doesn’t exist, perhaps we can agree that something fictitious can open our minds to the prospect that we don’t know everything.
