Matthew Geller Foggy Day

Matthew Geller

Matthew Geller is drawn to overlooked or underutilized environments, which can include anything from private imaginary worlds within brick walls to sprawling back alleys to very public open spaces. Whether the work takes the form of sculpture, installation, public art or video, it is in these environments that he teases out small fragments of narrative by augmenting or amplifying the raw materials of a given place. Geller’s public art works are playful, humorous, unexpected and accessible. Geller’s work has shown in galleries and museums both nationally and internationally. He has received the American Academy in Rome Prize, two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, two New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Greenwall Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts, among others. Upcoming public art commissions include creating an interactive neighborhood pocket-park in Cleveland, an artwork for the new Austin Municipal Court and a piece for the Hunters Point Shipyard. Geller, who lives and works in New York City, is an artist leader in Creative Capital’s Professional Development Program.

http://www.matthewgeller.com, http://www.matthewgeller.com/foggy-day,


Awards & Accomplishments

  • 2011

    Commission

    Geller receives major commission for a permanent installation at Zoo Miami

  • 2010

    Commission

    Geller receives public art commission for the New Mexico School for the Blind & Visually Impaired in Albuquerque, NM

  • 2010

    Commission

    Geller receives public art commission for Lexington, Kentucky Public Art Initiative

  • 2010

    Commission

    Geller receives public art commission for the Hunters Point Shipyard, San Francisco, CA

  • 2010

    Award

    Geller’s Open Channel Flow is selected for “Year in Review“—Best Public Art in 2009, Public Art Network, Americans for the Arts

  • 2006

    Award

    Geller’s “Babble, Pummel & Pride” is selected for “Year in Review“—Best Public Art in 2006, Public Art Network, Americans for the Arts

  • 2006

    Grant

    Geller receives a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Art

  • 2009

    Commission

    Geller receives public art commission for a pocket-park in Cleveland, OH

  • 2008

    Commission

    Geller receives public art commission for the new Municipal Court in Austin, TX

  • 2008

    Commission

    Geller receives public art commission for the Sabine Street Water Pump Station in Houston, TX

  • 2002

    Grant

    Geller receives Greenwall Foundation Grant

  • 2005

    Fellowship

    Geller receives New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

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