Matthew Geller
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Born: New York City
Lives: New York City
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University of Delaware, MFA 1978
Connecticut College, BA, 1976
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PUBLIC ART
2012 Myrtle Avenue Plaza, Commission, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
2012 "Bewitched", Municipal Court & Police Station, Commission, Austin, Texas
2012 "Pepper & Tar", Downtown Lexington Public Art Initiative, Commission, Lexington, KY
2011 "The Huddle", New Mexico School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Commission, Albuquerque, NM
2011 Happy Valley Byway, Commission, North Carolina Public Art Program, Patterson, NC
2011 "Nottingham Falls", Ward 11, Commission, Cleveland, Ohio
2011 "Nautical Swing", Hunters Point Shipyard, Commission, San Francisco, CA
2010 "Woozy Blossom (Platabus nebulosus)", Katonah Art Museum, Katonah, NY (a project of the Creative Capital)
2009 �Open Channel Flow�, Sabine Street Water Pump Station, Commission, Houston, Texas
2006 �Awash�, Collect Pond Park, Downtown Manhattan, New York City Department of Parks, Lower Manhattan
Cultural Council
2006 "Babble. Pummel & Pride", Evergreen House at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
2005 "Whether you love me or not", Wave Hill, The Bronx, NY
2004-5 "Sixty Weak Knees", Commission, Arthouse, Austin, TX
2004 "Little white pearls in a puddle, Summer Palace Garden, Dusseldorf, Germany
2003 "Foggy Day, Cortland Alley, Downtown New York City, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, a project of the Creative Capital, NYC
2002 "Feed for a fine line", Church Street, Downtown New York City, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
2002 Six permanent installations, Commission, Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City, NY
1999 "Failing to seek shelter, they...�, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
1997 "Longer Island", Projects 97, Islip Art Museum, Long Island, NY
1995 �Biography Memorials�, Woodlawn Cemetery & Bronx Council on the Arts
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2010 "Woozy Blossom (Platabus nebulosus)", Katonah Art Museum, Katonah, NY
2005-6 "Almost. Again. Almost. One more time." Maiden Lane Exhibition Space, NYC
1998 "Basements", Hans Knoll Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1998 "Continuously harder forever", U.F.F. Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1996 "Stories contrary to the way they appear", Revolution, Detroit, MI
1995 "Reciprocal Discovery", Revolution, Detroit, MI
1991 "The Activity of Watching Television", Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
1990 "From Receiver to Remote Control: The TV Set", The New Museum of Contemporary Art
1988 "Split Britches", New Television Series, PBS
1987 "Bees & Thoroughbreds", New Television Series, PBS
1985 "Everglades City", The Kitchen Center at Squat Theater, NYC
1985 "Everglades City", Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
1985 "Everglades City", UC Video, Minneapolis, MN
1982 "October New York Post", Printed Matter, NYC
1982 "Or run to ground zero", Messages to the Public, Spectacolor Board, Public Art Fund, NYC
1981 "Difficulty Swallowing", Printed Matter, NYC
1980 "Last War III", Mudd Club, NYC
1980 "Times Square Show", WNEW-TV
1979 Center Gallery, Bucknell University
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2010 �Summer Shorts�, Electric Arts Intermix, NYC2009
�Looking at Music: Side 2�, Museum of Modern Art, NYC
"Civic Duty: Building Art, Building Houston", 125 Gallery, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, TX
2008
"Art in the Public Sphere: Singular Works, Plural Possibilities", University Gallery, U of Massachusetts
2007
"For Being Open: A Celebration of 30 Years", Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI2006
"Outdoor Sculpture Biennial", Evergreen House at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore*
"The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene 1974-1984, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg; Grey Art Gallery & Fales Library, New York University
2005
"Meteorologic Phenomena", Wave Hill, NYC*
"Times Square Show", Alamo Cinema Drafthouse Downtown, Austin, TX
2004
�Wildlife�, Summer Palace, D�sseldorf, Germany*
�The Duce: (Nearly 100 Years of Times Square, Ocularis, NYC
2003
"Summer Repertory: Everglades City", MOMA, NYC
2002
�Looking In�, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council*
�Permanent Installations�, Long Island Children's Museum*
2001
"The Hagie C", Kunst Kanaal, Amsterdam
2000
�Video Time�, Museum of Modern Art, NYC
�Living with the Dutch�, London, England
�Holiday�, Revolution Gallery, Detroit
�Kid Pix�, FX Gallery, Boston, MA
1999
�Space�, Witte de With, Rotterdam*
�Three Suitcases / Tres Maletas�, Art & Idea, Mexico City
�World Views� Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, World Trade Center, NYC
�The Apartment Show�, Curated by Zach Feuer, Boston
1998
�House Show�, USM, Hamburg, Germany
�Giftland�, Printed Matter
Contemporary Art Fair, Chateau Marmont, Revolution Gallery, Los Angeles
�Small Works�, Parsons School of Design
�Foundations�, Pratt Institute
1997
�Projects 97�, Islip Art Museum, Long Island, NY
�Wish You Were Here Too�, 83 Hill Street, Glasgow, Scotland
�No Wave Cinema, 1978-87�, Fiction, Inc., Tokyo
1996
�No Wave Cinema, 1978-87�, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
�Cultural Economics�, Drawing Center, NYC
�Human Technology�, Revolution, Detroit, MI
�Giftland V: Democracy�, Printed Matter, NYC
1995
�Biography Memorials�, Woodlawn Cemetery & Bronx Council on the Arts
The Sculpture Center at Roosevelt Islamd
1994
The Sculpture Center, NYC
�The Future of the Book, the Book of the Future�, Florida State U. Gallery
1993
�Good and Plenty�, Art in General, NYC
�Aides Project�, Museum of Modern Art, NYC
�Giftland�, Printed Matter
�Artists' Books�, Smithsonoan Institute
Pat Hearn Gallery, NYC
1992
American Academy in Rome
�Giftland�, Printed Matter
1990
�Learn to Read Art: Artists� Books�, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada
�New Narratives�, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
�New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival�, Biograph Theater, NYC
1989
�New Narratives�, International Center for Photography, NYC
1988
�21 Years of Independents�, Museum of Modern Art , NYC
Rotterdamse Kunst Stichting
American Film Institute Video Festival
�II Bienal De Video�, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellin
1987
�Selections from the Video Study Center�, Museum of Modern Art, NYC
�Video Discourse: Mediated Narratives�, La Jolla Museum, California
1986
�Resolution: A Critique of Video Art�, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
�MASS�, Group Material, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC
�TV�s Impact on Contemporary Art�, Queens Museum
�New York City Video�, Artspace, First Australian Video Festival
1984
�Mediated Narratives�, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
�So There, Mr. Orwell�, Laforet Museum, New Orleans
I Saw It On TV, Subway Posters, Group Material
Ghostbusters, �Greetings From New York�, photo-postcards, Colab. Projects
�What Are You Waiting for?�� 911, Seattle, WA
�The Second Link�, Long Beach Museum of Art, CA
�The Second Link�, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
1983
�1983 Biennial�, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
�1984�, Ronald Feldman Gallery
�A.More Store�, Collaborative Projects, Jack Tilton Gallery, NYC
�The Ritz�, Washington Project on the Arts
�The Second Link�, Museum of Modern Art, NYC; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; A Space, Toronto; Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Canada
�A.More Store�, Collaborative Projects, Young Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
1982
�New Imagery�, Museum of Modern Art, NYC
�New Work, New York�, Long Beach Museum of Art
�Return/Jump�, The Kitchen Center
�A.More Store�, Collaborative Projects, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NYC
�Fashion Moda Store�, Documenta, Kasel, Germany
�Ola De Calor�, Museum del Bario
�Record Covers�� White Columns, NYC
1981
�Kitchen Presents�, Museum of Modern Art, Jerusalem
�Kitchen Presesnts�, Berkeley Museum
�Colab Two Suitcase Show�, And/Or, Seattle
�Page as Alternative Space�, Franklin Furnance
�The Teu-Gum & the 16 Italians Show�, Curator: John M. Armleder, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva
1980
Moderna Musset, Stockholm
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Einhoven
�The Times Square Show�, Collaborative Projects
�Animals Living in the City�, ABC No Rio, NYC
�Real Estate Show�, Collaborative Projects
1979
�Manifesto Show�, Collaborative Projects
�Batman Show�, Collaborative Projects
1978
�Dividend�, Artpark, Lewiston, NY
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�Open Channel Flow�, Commissions, Sculpture, May, 2010
"U.S. Recent Project", Public Art Review, Fall/Winter 2009, pg 96
Britt, Douglas, �Public Art? You�re showering in it�, Houston Chronicle, October 2, 2009
Britt, Douglas, �Matthew Geller�s �Open Channel Flow��, chron.com, December 14, 2008
Britt, Douglas, �Civic Art Greatnesss�, Houston Chronicle, December 9, 2008, pgs. E1, E8
"U.S. Recent Project", Public Art Review, Spring/Summer 2007, pg 93
Chamberlain, Lisa, �Square Feet: An Art Gallery in the Lobby�, New York Times, March 7, 2007
Moody, Tom, �Public sculpture that actually is good��, digitalmediatree.com, Sept. 13, 2006
Owens, Barry, "Artist-Style 'Nature' Blooms Downtown", The Tribeca Trib, Sept. 2006
Bowes, J., "Garden State", Baltimore City Paper, July 5, 2006
McNatt, Glen, "Outsider Art", The Baltimore Sun, June 28, 2006, pg. E1
Giuliano, Mike, "Art on the Side", Lifetime.com, June 9, 2006
Robinson, Walter, "Weekend Update", www.Artnet.com, Dec 12, 2005
Ambach, Markus & Richter Velag, Wildlife:Ein Garten von f�r K�nstler, 2005, pg. 110
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, "Reviews: Southwest-Austin", Art Papers, Mar/Apr 2005, pg. 55.
Barness, Michael, A Whole New Perspective on the Year's Best Entertainment", Austin American-Statesman, Jan 8, 2005
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, "Arts: Best of 2004, Austin American-Statesman, Dec 30, 2004
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, "Arthouse' 'Lounge' invites lounging", Austin American-Statesman, Dec 8, 2004
Fares, Robert, "Communing in the Air", The Austin Chronicle, Nov 26, 2004
Moody, Tom, �Matthew Geller Foggy Day Fox Broadcast�, digitalmediatree.com, July 11, 2004
�Creative Capital Projects�, Creative Capital, 2004 (catalog)
"Question of the Week", LowerManhattan.info, lowern.manhattan,info, Dec 30, 2004
Haber, John, "Guilty Pleasure", harberarts.com, Fall 2003
"Engaging the Audience in New Media and Information Art", NYFA Interactive�"Biweekly Arts News", Oct 15, 2003
Editorial, �Of Fog and Monkeys�, The New York Sun, Oct 8, 2003
Catton, Pia, Fog, �Art or a Waste of Tax Money?�, The New York Sun, Oct 8, 2003
Aria, Barbara, �Artist�s Fog Transforms Foresaken Alley�, The Tribeca Trib, Nov 2003
Moody, Tom, �Matthew Geller � Art Fog�, digitalmediatree.com, Oct 8, 2003
Chris, Cynthia, Is the Personal Political?", Printed Matter, Inc. Catalog, 2003, 1986/7
"Styles of Collecting, Styles of the Book", New Jersey Books Arts Symposium 2003, libraries.rurgers.edu, 2003
Silveira, Paulo, A P�gina Violada � Da Termur� In�ria na Termur�, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Suc, Brazil, pgs. 99-101, 2001.
"Space #1", Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, 2000 (catalog)
Wiite de With, "Kids", een kunst cd-rom voor leerlingen V.O., 2000
Jager, Hans Den Hartog, �Conceptuele koketterie en vrijblijvendheid�, NRC Handelsblad, 1 May 1999
De Rooij, Marie Jeanne, �Beeldende Kunst�, De Groene Amsterdammer, Week 17, 1999
Engel, Beate, �Space im Witte de With�, Besprechungen, June 1999, p. 41.
Welling, Dolf, �Internationale tentoonstelling over �Ruimte� in Witte de With�, June 1999
�Ruimte ter discussie II�, Archined / Nieuwsoverzicht Archief, 16 Apr 1999
�Hans Knoll Gallery�, Budapest Sun, Aug 8, 1998
Cotter, Holland, �Sculpture Not Meant to Last Forever�, New York Times, 18 Aug 1995, p. C1, C22.
�Roosevelt Island�, New York Magazine, �26 June 1995.
Annual Exhibition, American Academy in Rome (catalog), 1992.
Learn to Read Art: Artists' Books, Art Gallery of Hamilton, curator: Wendy Woon (catalog), 1991.
Lister, Ardele, "Ardele Lister on Matthew Geller", Felix, Vol.1, No. 1, 1991
Rimanelli, David, �From Receiver to Remote Control�, Art Forum, Feb 1991, p. 122.
Cottingham, Laura, �From Receiver to Remote Control�, Contemporanea, Jan 1991, p. 92.
Jacobi, Fritz, �From Receiver to Remote Control: The TV Set�, Television Quarterly, Vol. XXV, No. 3, 1991.
Zorpette, Glenn, �Tubes and Chips�, Art News, Jan 1991, p. 26.
�Watching Television�, On-The-Town, May 1991, p. 26.
Butler, Ruth, �Small screen, big impact�, The Grand Rapids Press, 10 May 1991, p. 3, 8.
�Exhibitions�, Media Matters, Nov/Dec 1990.
Larson, Kay, �Art�, New York Magazine, Nov 12, 1990, p. 32.
Levin, Kim, �Choices�, The Village Voice, Oct 30, 1990.
�Technology on Display�, The Journal of Art, Oct 1990.
�Newsline Reviews�, Newsline, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture), Oct 1990, p. 8.
�Television Exhibition�, World Daily, (NYC Chinese language daily), Oct 29, 1990, p. 1.
Gilbert, Elizabeth, �Just Popping By�, Downtown Express, , Oct 1-16, 1990.
Wachunas, Tom, �TV and Its Setting Becomes Theme of Museum Show�, The Villager, Oct 18, 1990, p.5-6.
Swartzman, Alan, �Going On About Town�, The New Yorker, Oct 15,1990, p. 20.
Sherman, Beth. �A Must-See TV Show�, Newsday, Oct 11, 1990, p.2.
Mahoney, Robert, �From Receiver to Remote Control: The TV Set�, Art & Antiques, Dec, 1990, p.114.
Aletti, Vince, �TV Through the Ages�, The Village Voice, Oct 9, 1990.
Flam, Jack, �Boob Tubes and Microchips in a New Light�, The Wall Street Journal, Oct 5, 1990.
Brown, Patricia Leigh, �Where to Put the TV Set? There are Still No Easy Answers�, The New York Times, Oct 4, 1990, p. 8.
Brown, Patricia Leigh, TV After 50 Years: In Search of a Shape�, The New York Times, Oct 4, 1990.
Grunberg, Andy, �Focusing on Televisions as Objects, Not Media�, The New York Times, Sept 14, 1990.
�Upfront�, Vogue, Sept 1990, p. 110.
�TVs at An Exhibition.� This Week in Electronics, Sept 24, 1990.
Larson, Kay, �Museums�, New York Magazine, Sept 10, 1990, p. 48.
Mannes, George, �Box Populi�, Video Review, Sept 1990.
�The New Museum of Contemporary Art Presents From Receiver to Remote Control: The TV Set�, Inside Manhattan Cable TV, Fall 1990.
Greber, Dave, �Your TV, Your Home: The Promise of Utopia�, Take One, June 1990, p. 5.
National News, CNN / Cable News Network, 1990
ShowBiz Report, CNN / Cable News Network, 1990
Entertainment News, A&E; / Arts & Entertainment Cable Network, 1990
VideoFest '89, Berlin Film Festival (catalog), 1989
Reynaud, Berenice, �Independents�, New Video , p. 17 (catalog), 1989
�II Bienal De Video�, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellin (catalog), 1988
Ethique & Television, 4 Manifestation Internationale de Video et TV (catalog), 1988
Hoptman, Laura, �Remote Control�, Afterimage, Mar 1987, p. 21-22.
Wallis, Brian, "The Politics of Representation", Printed Matter Catalog, 1986/7
Wallace, John, �Innovation Is a Primary Color On the Video Artist's Palette�, New York Times, 19 Apr 1987, p. 29,
Resolution: A Critique of Video Art, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition (catalog), 1986
Knight, Christopher, �Project on Video�, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, May 7, 1986, p. B6.
Television's Impact on Contemporary Art, The Queens Museum (catalog), 1986
Sturken, Marita, "Televisions Fictions: An Interview with Ed Bowes", Afterimage, Vol. 13, No. 10, May 1986.
New York City Video, Artspace, First Australian Video Festival (catalog), 1986.
Hoberman, J., Village Voice, �Centerfold�, Apr 23, 1985, p. 62.
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-Year in Review�Best Public Art in 2010, Public Art Network, Americans for the Arts
- Water, Light, Ice�, Public Art Commission National Finalist, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2010 (pending)
� Myrtle Plaza, Public Art Commission National Finalist, New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs, 2010 (pending)
� Swing Space Program, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 2008
� Foundation for Contemporary Art Grant, 2006
� �Year in Review�, Best Public Art in 2006, Public Art Network, Americans for the Arts
� Grants for Art in Public Places, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 2006
� New York Foundation for the Art Artists' Fellowship in Sculpture, 2005
� U.S. Chapter of the International Association of Art Critics 2005 Best Architecture or Design Show nomination
� �Year in Review�, Best Public Art in 2003, Public Art Network, Americans for the Arts
� Fund for Creative Communities Grant, 2001
� Manhattan Community Arts Fund Grant, 2001
� Creative Capital Foundation Grant, 1999-2000
� The Greenwall Foundation Grant, 2000
� Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation Grant, 2000
� World Views Studio, World Trade Center, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 1998-9
� Artslink Grant, a program of CEC International Partners, 1997-8
� Rome Prize Fellowship in Visual Arts, American Academy in Rome, 1991-1992
� Foundation for Independent Video & Film Grant, Donor Advised Fund, 1989
� National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship, 1989, 1987
� Jerome Foundation Film/Video Grant, 1989
� Corporation for Public Broadcast, INPUT Travel Grant, 1989
� Art Matters Grant, 1988
� New York Foundation for the Arts Artist's Fellowship, 1988
� WGBH/WNET "New Television" Finish Funds Grant, 1987, 1985
� New York State Council on the Arts, TV/Media Production Grant, 1986, 1984, 1982
� National Endowment for the Arts, Media Arts Production Grant, 1987
� Creative Artists Public Service (CAPS) Fellowship, 1984
� Beard's Fund Grant, 1982
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"Gina and Gabe", MYWAYS, editors: David Gray & Rita McBride, Whitney Museum & Printed Matter, 2005
From Receiver to Remote Control: The TV Set, 144-page book, co-editor: Reese Williams, Publisher: The New Museum of
Contemporary Art, 1990
�Windfalls�, Just Another Asshole, #3, JAA Press, 1984
Hidden Away in a Musty Chamber, Wedge Magazine, Vol. 3., Wedge Press, 1983
1983 Engagements, 56-page book, Works Press, 11�x4 1/4�, edition: 750, 1982
�Difficulty Swallowing�, Bomb , #2, Center for New Art Activities, 1981
Difficulty Swallowing:A Medical Chronicle, 160-page book, Works Press: New York, 1981
1981 Engagements, 56-page book, Works Press, 11�x4 1/4�, edition: 250, 1980
�David�, Spanner, #3, photographs, 1981
�Telefirenze�, Video/Film Extra, Sept, 1981
�Italy Pixs�, Semiotext(e), Vol. 3, No. 3, photographs, 1981
Collaborative Projects 1977-80, 415-page book, Editor, 1981
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