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Robert Lee Morris is a
jewelry designer and
sculptor who attributes much of his inspiration to forms he admires in
nature. His designs have been made in
gold,
silver and
bronze. He is an acknowledged leader of the
art jewelry movement. He has collaborated or designed collections for fashion designers Kansai Yamamoto,
Calvin Klein,
Anne Klein and
Donna Karan.
He was born in
Nuremberg, Germany where his parents were stationed after the end of
World War II. His father was in the
US Air Force. They were also stationed in
Japan when he was nine for 4 years and later in
Brazil. He graduated from
Beloit College with honors in 1969.
Morris was discovered in
1971 by New York gallery owner Joan Sonnebend and first exhibited at her
art jewelry outpost in the
Plaza Hotel called
Sculpture to Wear. Shortly after Sculpture to Wear's closing in
1977, he opened the first edition of Artwear Gallery at 28 East 74th Street on the Upper East Side, near the couture district on
Madison Avenue. Artwear relocated to
SoHo in August
1978. Morris closed Artwear in
1995 and the
RLM Robert Lee Morris Gallery opened in September
1995 at 400 West Broadway, focusing exclusively on Morris' own work.
His career initially took off after being shown on the cover of
Vogue in
1976.
Vogue featured his work for 7 years in 49 consecutive issues.
Known primarily for his high profile collaborations with leading fashion designers, especially
Geoffrey Beene,
Karl Lagerfeld,
Kansai Yamamoto,
Calvin Klein,
Ann Klein,
Michael Kors and
Donna Karan. Morris recently designed Karan's new perfume bottle "Gold", for
Estee Lauder.
Robert Lee Morris recently was awarded the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers, (CFDA). He was also awarded the Coty award in 1981 for his collection for
Calvin Klein, and received two additional CFDA awards for accessory design, one in 1985 and the other in 1994.
He also is a presence on
QVC, where he sells products on air.
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