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Morpheus Gallery specialized in fantasy art and surreal art. We are your online venue for purchases of our fine art publications and works of art from the surreal and fantastique painters we work with. Morpheus Fine Art has been publishing and exhibiting works of visionary art for over twenty years, under the guidance of James Cowan. Morpheus publishes and sells works by artists Dariusz Zawadzki, Zdzislaw Beksinski, Jacek Yerka, Geoffrey Gersten, Judson Huss, De Es Schwertberger, alexander Mikhalchuk and others.

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Morpheus SURREAL ART
8020 S. Rainbow Blvd. #342
Las Vegas, NV 89139

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Morpheus SURREAL Art History

James Cowan had always been appreciative of the works of Bosch, Brueghel, and Dali. It was upon seeing surreal artork in Robert Guccione's Omni magazine while in the Masters Program in Cinema at USC, that his life would eventually take a turn. Cowan was amazed at the talent of contemporary fantastic artists and decided to become involved in publishijng and showing their work.  Later, Omni would do a feature on Morpheus and its artists.

James Cowan began Morpheus Fine Art in 1989, with the publication of a series of art posters, and expanded from there.

 

Luminaries such as Clive Barker, Guillermo del Toro, Terry Gilliam, Ray Bradbury, Ridley Scott and Harlan Ellison have all contributed introductions or key commentaries on Morpheus artists. The firm is proud to also have published the massive retrospective The Essential Ellison, the most thorough collection of award-winning fantasist Harlan Ellison's highly regarded writing. Morpheus' titles include: Giger's Alien (introduction by Ridley Scott), H.R. Giger's Biomechanics (introduction by Harlan Ellison), H.R. Giger's Necronomicon I and II (introduction by Clive Barker), H.R. Giger's Retrospective, H.R. Giger's Film Design (introduction by Ridley Scott), Species Design, The H.R. Giger Calendar, The Essential Ellison, Stars by Sebastian Kruger, Stones by Kruger, The Alien Life of Wayne Barlowe, Barlowe's Inferno, Brushfire, The Fantastic Art of Jacek Yerka, Mind Fields: The Art of Jacek Yerka and the Fiction of Harlan Ellison, River of Mirrors: The Art of Judson Huss, Heavy Light: The Art of De Es, and The Fantastic Art of Beksinski.

Harlan Ellison, Jacek Yerka, and James Cowan at Morpheus Gallery

Harlan Ellison and Jacek Yerka
James Cowan and Terry Gilliam at Morpheus Gallery

James Cowan and Terry Gilliam

Morpheus also published The H.R. Giger Calendar and The Morpheus Calendar of Fantastic Art for several years. The later calendar included works by Antoni Kowalski, Ernst Fuchs, Artik Brauer, Robert Venosa, Brom, Gerard Di Maccio, Clive Barker, Christophe Vacher, Mati Klarwein, Marc Fishman, Wolfgang Grasse, Olga Spiegel, Wolfgang Maria Ohlhauser, as well as works by masters of the fantastic from years and centuries past, such as Hieronymus Bosch, Rene Magritte, and Salvador Dali.

Galerie Morpheus was opened in Beverly Hills in the 1990s. The gallery was the first to exhibit works by Sebastian Kruger, Zdzislaw Beksinski, Judson Huss, and Jacek Yerka in the United States.

In addition to the gallery program, Morpheus began publishing books and prints for Beksinski, Yerka, De Es Schwertberger, Wayne Barlowe, and Judson Huss, in addition to Giger. Exhibitions would typically garner hundreds of attendees. The physical gallery was closed when the firm moved to Las Vegas, where it currently functions as a publisher and manager of artists. Morpheus maintains its online gallery, and supplies fantasy art to physical galleries throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.

James Cowan, Clive Barker, Judson Huss at Morpheus Gallery

James Cowan, Clive Barker and Judson Huss
James Cowan and Guillermo del Toro at Morpheus Gallery

James Cowan and director Guillermo del Toro

A seminal experience for Cowan was his involvement in the exhibition of The Fantastique and Visionary. This expansive show and gathering of master artists too place in Venice, Italy in 1994. Participants included Schwertberger, Giger, Bruno Weber, Ernst Fuchs, Mati Klarwein, Laurie Lipton, and Claude Verlinde. Works by Michel Henricot, Sergio Zanni, Alex Grey, Jose' Hernandez, and Wolfgang Hutter were exhibited. Symposiums were chaired by the charsmatic Professor Fuchs, of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, and one of the great living masters.

It was Mati Klarwein who introduced Cowan to the works of Judson Huss, and a book deal was struck with Judson Huss within an hour of their meeting. The fantastic environment of Venice, mixed with the company of fantastic artists, made for the experience of a lifetime. Subsequent trips abroad enabled Cowan to develop relationships with Ernst Fuchs, Bruno Weber, De Es Schwertberger, Arik Brauer, Jacek Yerka, Zdzislaw Beksinski, and others.

James Cowan of Morpheus, De Es Schwertberger,  and Judson Huss in Venice  Bruno Weber, H.R. Giger, and James Cowan  of Morpheus Fine Art

James Cowan, De Es and Judson Huss                       Bruno Weber, H.R. Giger, and Morpheus' James Cowan in Venice, Italy.

James Cowan, Jota Leal and Geoffrey Gersten in Santa Monica, CA

James Cowan, Jota Leal and Geoffrey Gersten in Santa Monica, CA

Morpheus has recently added the unique talents of Dariusz Zawadzki, Jota Leal and Geoffrey Gersten. Morpheus supplies various galleries with fantasy art, and assists collectors with developing their passion for surreal and fantastic art. Showings at our location in Las Vegas are by appointment. Morpheus is currently developing book projects for Jota, Zawadzki, and Geoffrey Gersten.

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