Paul Morris is a New York City-based artist and the founder of Leeloo + Zohan. His practice spans photography, digital collage, archival reconstruction, and textile design—each piece made to order in editions of 100.
Background
Paul studied at Parsons School of Design (1997), where he developed the eye for overlooked beauty that still shapes his work today. The geometry of a vintage NYC postcard. The texture of an 1870s botanical plate. The quiet drama of a photograph taken at the right hour in the right light. These are the materials his work returns to, year after year.
The Leeloo + Zohan studio
The studio takes its name from Paul's cats—the unlikely muses present for every late night and every creative breakthrough. It's a design studio first, not a fashion brand. The work is silk scarves, fine art prints, and objects—each one made to order in an edition of 100, then returned to the archives.
Source material ranges from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Library of Congress archives to vintage postcard collections and original photography. Every piece is designed, composed, and printed with the same rigor the underlying material deserves—because what ends up on silk or archival paper should be worth keeping.
What the studio produces
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Silk scarves—editions of 100 on 100% silk habotai. Three sizes, made to order, shipped to order.
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Fine art prints—made-to-order photography and compositions on Fuji Crystal Archive paper, acrylic-mounted and ready to hang.
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Custom + trade—corporate gifting, interior design trade, wholesale inquiries. See our wholesale page.
Selected series
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Vintage Postcards—NYC architecture from the 1900–1930 golden age, reconstructed into modern textiles.
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Smithsonian Botanicals—19th-century botanical illustrations from the Smithsonian American Art Museum archive, recolored and recomposed.
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American Folk Art—quilts, samplers, and stencil motifs translated into silk.
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Founders Series—two designs built around the cats the studio is named for.
Contact
Press, gallery, trade, or custom inquiries: info@leeloozohan.com. Studio visits by appointment. Social: Instagram, paulmorrisartist.com.
