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CHARLES GEIGER

 

www.charlesgeiger.com

 

Lives and works in Poughkeepsie, New York

 

 

Exhibitions:

2022

 Greenville Center For The Creative Arts, "Sights", 3-person exhibition, April 1 - July 25, 2022, Greenville, South Carolina

College of Southern Nevada, "Quasibotanics: Landscapes Of Disquiet", Solo exhibition, July22 - September 17, 2022, Las Vegas, Nevada

 

2021 

Five Points Gallery, "2021", group exhibition, July 3 - August 27, 2021, Torrington, Connecticut

Odetta Digital/SHIM"Page Turner", group exhibition, March 2021  Virtual

 

2020

Stride Arts, "Earthbound", group exhibition, February 2020, New York, New York

Odetta Digital/SHIM"Sea Change", group exhibition, June 2020  Virtual

Copelouzous Family Art Museum"35x35", collected 2020, Athens, Greece

 

2019

Vassar College, "Walls, Borders, Fences", November 2019, Poughkeepsie, New York

Europe Now Journal, "Quasibotanics: Painting as Landscape Ritual"  Issue #30,  October 2019

Boston Center for the Arts,  Boston International Fine Art Show, October 24-27, 2019, Boston, Massachusetts

Hyde Collection, "Artists of the Hudson Mohowk Region", October - December 2019, Glens Falls, New York

NYU Abu Dhabi, "Quasibotanics:: Landscape as Ritual ",  SOLO exhibition  Feb 3 - Feb 28,  2019,  Abu Dhabi, UAE

POK Trolly Barn, "EXPORT 2019",  group exhibition  April  - April,  2019,  Poughkeepsie, New York

Clinton Street Studio, "Quasibotanics:: Smells Like Smoke ",  SOLO exhibition  May 3 - June 28,  2019,  Poughkeepsie, New York

 

2018

Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, "EXPORT",  group exhibition of Chinese and American artists curated by Zhaoman Zeng, July 23 - August 6,  2018,  Poughkeepsie, New York

 

2017

ODETTA Gallery, "Invocations" May 12 - June 18,  2017,  229 Cook Street, Brooklyn, New York:
Matteawan Gallery, "Super Natural", July- August 2017,  436 Main Street, Beacon, New York
Catalyst Gallery, "Art For Aleppo",  April 22 - July, Beacon, New York
Art Centro, "Unmoored2", three person exhibit, March 11 - March 30, 2017,  485 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, New York
THE FALCON "Three Painters, Three Countries",  gallery@thefalcon, February 11 - April 15, 2017 ,  1348 Route 9W Marlboro, New York 

Lawrence Arts Center"12x12 KS", group exhibition, October 27 - December 22, 2017, Lawrence, Kansas
Grey Projects, Video: "The Tunnel", Arts on Division Festival,  September 14 -17, 2017,  Somerville, New Jersey

Clinton Street Studios"Burgeonings" group exhibition, December 1 - January 26, 2017, Poughkeepsie, New York

 

2016

JEJU International Art Fair 2016, October 27 - November 6, 2016, Jeju, South Korea

Silvermine Art Center,"FLOW", Group Exhibition, September 18 - October 29, 2016, New Canaan, Connecticut.

Elizabeth Harris Gallery, Summer Show, June 23 - July 29, 2016, New York, New York

New York Design Center, two person exhibit, June 12 - August 23, 2016, New York, New York

Art Centro, "Unmoored", group exhibition, April 5 - May 5, 2016, Poughkeepsie, New York

Thompson Gallery, "Everywhere Nowhere", group show, April - May, 2016, Cambridge School, Weston, MA

 

2015 

Silvermine Art Center,"Worlds Without End--continued", Group Exhibition, August 2 - September 13th, 2015, New Canaan, Connecticut.

Buddy Warren Inc and Brian Morris Gallery"Worlds Without End", Group Exhibition June 12 - July 26th, 2015, 171 Chrystie Street, New York, New York

The University Art Museum, "Artists of the Hudson Mohawk Region 2015", July 9 - September 5, 2015  SUNY, Albany, New York

Herb & Sue Ann Redl Center for Cancer Care, "Rhizomic Healing", January 1 - April 4, 2015 MidHudson Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, New         York

Storefront Ten Eyck Gallery, "Making History", AiB 2015 Exhibition  April 19 - May 16 324 Ten Eyck Street, Brooklyn, New York

Artsy online Art site

Palmer Gallery, "From Apocalypse to Now" Solo Exhibition, November 5 - November 30, 2015, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York.

Silvermine Arts Center, "65th Art of Northeast", June 6 - July 26, 2015, New Canaan, Connecticut.

Howland Art Center, "Nestor and Friends", June 6 - June 26, 2015, Beacon, New York

 

2014

Odetta Gallery"Eden", July 12 - August 24, 2014, Brooklyn, New York

Galeria Taller Gravura, "dibujar en Frankfurt", September 26 - October 27,  2014, Malaga, Spain

Highline Loft Gallery, group exhibition, "IAF", October 8 - 11, 2014, 5th Floor, 508 West 26 Street, New York

Imogen Holloway Gallery, Group Exhibition,"Top Drawer: Selected works on paper from the gallery's flat file collection", Saugerties, New York, May 2 - June 1, 2014

Silvermine Arts Center, Group Exhibition, "64th Art of the Northeast", May 31 through July 26, 2014,  New Canaan, Connecticut, Curator: Andrew Russeth

Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, group show, "Far and Wide", Woodstock, New York, May 10 - June 8, 2014 Curator: Ian Berry

Heritage Center, Mid-Hudson Arts, 50th Anniversary, Poughkeepsie, New York, Feb - April, 2014

Silvermine Arts Center, Group Exhibition, "New Members", New Canaan, Connecticut, , January 8 - February 16, 2014

Imogen Holloway Gallery, Group Exhibition,"From The Vault", Saugerties, New York, February 7 - March 16, 2014

 

2013

Silvermine Arts Center, Group Exhibition, "In the Layers", New Canaan, Connecticut, November 3 - December 23, 2013

BronxArtSpace, "Fundamental Ephemeris", Group exhibition, Bronx, New York, Sept 1 - 14, 2013

Lake George Arts Project, Solo exhibition: "Quasibotanics", Lake George, New York. October 2013

The Hyde Collection, "Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region", Glens Falls, New York, October 12 - December 29, 2013, Curated by Dan Cameron

Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Group Exhibition, Ashbury, New Jersey, December 1, 2012 - February 15, 2013

Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey, "ViewPoints", April 10 - May 4, 2013.

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, "The Dorsky Collects: Recent Acquisitions 2008 - 2012",New Paltz, New York, January 23 - June 23, 2013, Curated by Wayne Lempka

Schweinfurth Art Center, Group Exhibition, "Made In New York", March 30 - May 12, 2013, Auburn, New York

Silvermine Arts Center, Group Exhibition, "63rd AoNe", April 13 - May 24, 2013, New Canaan, Connecticut, Curated by David Ross

 

2012

 

Katonah Museum of Art, Art to the Point, group exhibition, Katonah, New York, January 15 - February 19, 2012

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Wide Open 3, Brooklyn, New York   March 18 - April 1, 2012.

Westport Art Center, SOLOS 2012, Westport, Connecticut, March 30 - June 12, 2012

BronxArtSpace, Group Exhibition, Bronx, New York, May 2012

Albany International Airport Gallery, More or Less, Albany International Airport, Albany, New York, May 12, 2012 - January 2013

Imogen Holloway Gallery, Paper Works, Saugerties, New York October 2012

Palmer Gallery, Conflict, Destruction, Renewal: Contemporary Artists on War, Vassar College, Group Show, Art and War, Poughkeepsie, New York, October 22 – November 16, 2012 

 

2011

 

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, Hudson Valley Artists 2011: Exercises in Unnecessary Beauty, New Paltz, New York, June 25 - November 13, 2011,Curated by Brian Wallace

Albany Institute of History & Art, 2011 Exhibition by Artists of the Hudson Mohawk -Hudson Region, Albany, New York, July 9 - September 4, 2011

Durham Arts Council, Solo Exhibit: Quasi-Botanics, Durham, North Carolina, August  5 - September 25, 2011.

Garrison Art Center, Group exhibition, Garrison, New York, March 11 - 20, 2011.

Harper College, Small Works, Palantine, Illinois, March 21 - April 20, 2011, Reception: April 14, 2011 6 - 8 pm Juror:  Lanny Silverman, Chief Curator of Exhibitions for the Chicago Cultural Center

Lumen Winter Gallery, NRCA Annual, New Rochelle, New York, March 1 - March 31, 2011.

B.J. Spoke Gallery, Expo 30, Huntington, New York, March 3 - 29, 2011. Reception: March 5, 2011, 6 - 9 pm. Juror: Maura Lynch, Assistant Curator of Drawings, Museum of Modern Art.

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Wide Open 2, Brooklyn, New York   March 12 - March 27, 2011. Juror: Nathan Trotman, Associate Curator, Guggenheim Museum, New York

Open Studio, Poughkeepsie, New York, May 7, 2011, 10 - 6 pm

Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Far and Wide - Woodstock Regional, Woodstock, New York, April 9 - May 8, 2011. Juror: Patterson Sims

Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Solo Exhibit: Quasi-Botanics,  Woodstock, New York, May 14 - June 5, 2011

Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey Studio Montclair 2010 National Juried Exhibition: View Points, June 1 - June 25, 2011

Americas 2011, Northwest Art Center Hartnett Hall Gallery Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota, August 22 - September 29, 2011

 

2010

The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, October 2, 2010  - January 2, 2011 Juror: Charles Desmarais, the Deputy Director for Art at the Brooklyn Museum

Visual Arts Chautauqua Institution, Strohl Art Center, 53rd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Chautauqua, New York June 27 - July 20, 2010 Juror: Kim Foster, Kim Foster Gallery, New York

Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, New York, The Lay of the Land (2), June 5 - June 27, 2010

Open Studio, Poughkeepsie, New York, May 15, 2010

The Cole Art Center, Texas National 2010, Nacogdoches, Texas, April 10 - May 23, 2010, Juror: Judy Pfaff

 

2009 

Katonah Museum of Art, Contemporary Confrontations   Katonah, New York, January 25 - February 22, 2009

Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, The River, Woodstock, New York, April 4 - May 3, 2009

Palm Beach State College, Jan & Jay Dario Gallery, Fifth Annual National Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking Competition, Palm Beach, Florida, April 23 - June 12, 2009

Open Studio, Poughkeepsie, New York, May 16, 2009

Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, National Juried Competition, Loveladies, NJ, July 4 - July 22, Juror:  Shelley Langdale, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, * First Prize

Visual Arts Chautauqua Institution, Strohl Art Center, 52nd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Chautauqua, New York June 28 - July 21, 2009 Juror: Denise Bibro , Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York

Platform SERAï, ZehnA4, in-between lines, Frankfurt, Germany, Sept 22 - Oct 10 exhibition with ZehnA4 group.

BronxArtSpace, Group exhibition, Bronx, New York, Oct 11 - Nov 4

Barrett Art Center, New Directions ’09, Poughkeepsie, New York, Oct 17 - Nov 21, 2009 Juror: Joan Young, Department of Contemporary Art, Guggenheim Museum, New York

 

2008

Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery, Open Competition 2008   Nassau Community College, Garden City, N.Y., January 22 - February 21, 2008 Juror: Kenneth Wayne, Chief Curator, Hecksher Museum of Art

bCOOP Gallery, February 9, 2008, Beacon benefit for  Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Beacon, New York

LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange National XXV Biennial Competition, LaGrange Georgia, March 1 - April 24, 2008

Galesburg Civic Arts Center, GALEX 42, Galesburg, Illinois   March 15 - April 12

 Court Gallery, Ben Shahn Galleries, Currents, William Paterson University, Wayne, N.J., March 24 - April 22, 2008. Juror: Beth Venn, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Newark Museum

Nicolet College Art Gallery, Northern National Art Competition, Rhinelander, WI, July 22 - September 12, 2008

 

2007

Barrett Art Center, New Directions 2006   Poughkeepsie, New York   October 21 -November 18, 2006, Juror: Sara Reisman, Curatorial Fellow, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY

VanBrunt Gallery, Hudson 3, Contemporary Art of Hudson Valley Group Show, Beacon, New York, Jan-Feb 2007

 Tubac Center of the Arts, Aqueous XXII   Tubac, Arizona, Feb 16 - April 1, 2007, * First Prize

1212 Gallery, Manchester National Juried Fine Art Exhibition 2007, Richmond, VA, Feb 23 - Mar 18, 2007, Juror Dr. Jefferson Harrison, Chief Curator, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia

Green Trees Gallery, Northeast Fine Art Juried Exhibition, Northfield, MA, Feb 22 - Mar 25, 2007

B.J. Spoke Gallery. 26th Annual EXPO, Huntington, New York, March 1 – 31, 2007 Juror: Alexandra Schwartz   Assistant Curator, Museum of Modern Art., NYC

Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery   Art on Paper, Annapolis, Maryland, Mar 9 - Apr 15, 2007

LBI Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Works of Art on Paper, Loveladies, NJ, June 30 - July 25, 2007 Juror: Starr Figura, Assistant Curator, Dept. of Prints and Illustrated Books, Museum of Modern Art, NYC

Holter Museum of Art, ANA 35   Helena, Montana, June 4 - August 19, 2007, Juror: Willem Volkersz

Open Studio   June 16-17, 2007 Poughkeepsie, New York

LBC&C, Garden City LBC&C Green Show   Garden City, New York, May 21 - August 31,

 

Kingston Gallery, New Art ’07   Boston, MA   July 6 - August 4, 2007   Juror: Nato Thompson, Associate Curator, MassMoCA

Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, The Halpert Biennial ‘07   Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, July 6 - October 6, 2007

 

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Education

1995   B.S.  Millersville University

1980   B.F.A.  East Carolina University

 

Public Collections

  • Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

 

Public Lectures

  • Vassar College, “Conflict, Destruction, Renewal: Contemporary Artists on War”, Artist Panel, Poughkeepsie, NY October 25, 2012
  • Vassar College, “Art in the Environment: The Seen and Unseen”, Environmental Studies Program, Poughkeepsie, NY November 17, 2011
  • WAAM, “Quasi-Botanics”, Woodstock, NY June, 2011

Reviews/Press/Citation

  • Europe Now Journal, "Quasibotanics: Painting as Landscape Ritual" Issue #30, October 2019
  • ARTS, Botanic Forms Illustrate Painter's Environmental Concerns, by Yifan Wang, November 2015
  • Albany Times Union, "Charles Geiger's 'QuasiBotanics' at Courthouse Gallery",
     by Amy Griffin, October 10, 2013 
  • Poughkeepsie Journal, November 9, 2012
  • Vassar Alumnae/iHub, October, 2012
  • Vassar Info - Vassar College Octover 19, 2012
  • TMI Arts Page, “War from Artists’ Perspective at Vassar”, October 31, 2012
  • Saugerties Times, “Micro and micro in conversation at Imogen Holloway”, October 14, 2012
  • Times Union, September 4, 2012, “More or Less”, Amy Griffin
  • The Millbrook Independent, "War from Artists' perspective at Vassar", October 31, 2012
  • Chronogram, Front Cover, 2012
  • Westport Patch, March 30, 2012
  • Westport News, March 31, 2012
  • Vassar College, The Miscellany News, November 15, 2011, Burcu Noyan
  • SUNY New Paltz, News Pulse, November 17, 2011
  • Woodstock Times, May 12, 2011, Paul Smart
  • Hudson Valley Life, December 23, 2010, Jay Blotcher
  • New York Times, February 5, 2009, Benjamin Gennocchio
  • Times Union, October 4, 2010, Michael Janairo
  • Chautauqua Daily, American Art in the Abstract, June 27, 2009

 

Awards

2020    First Prize, Hyde Collection, Glennfalls, NY 

2018    Dorsky acquisition, Dorsky Museum

2013   Trustee Award, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT

2011   First Prize, NRCA award, New Rochelle, NY

2011   Prize, Albany Institute of Art & History, Albany, NY

2010   First Prize, LBIFA award, Loveladies, NY

2009   Chautauqua prize, Chautauqua, NY

2007   First Prize, TCA Aqueous award, Tubac, AZ