Resume
Megan Geckler
Born 1975, lives and works in Los Angeles
EDUCATION
2001 Master’s in Fine Arts, Sculpture – Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
1998 Bachelor’s in Fine Arts – Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Glasgow School of Art – Summer Abroad Program
SOLO EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS
Upcoming
“Flag Tag”; TED:Active, Palm Springs, CA
“Megan Geckler”; McCormick Convention Center, Chicago, IL
“Megan Geckler”; Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA), Salt Lake, UT
2011
“A fraction of the sum”; Andi Campognone Projects, Pomona, CA
“Lay it down and start up”; Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Los Angeles
“Megan Geckler”; Nike Vault, LA Live at the Staples Center, Los Angeles
“Seeing thoughts in repeat”; Urban Outfitters, Space 15 Twenty, Los Angeles
“There’s lights and sounds and stories, music’s just a part”; PØST, Los Angeles
2010
“Spread the ashes of the colors”; The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
“Every move you make, every step you take”; Pasadena Museum of California Art
“Twisted under, sideways down”; LAX Airport / DCA Public Art Program, Los Angeles
2009
“Straddle the line, in discord and rhyme”; Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
2008
“When all of the water is gone, the feeling lingers on”; Lather, Old Town Pasadena, CA
“Here in my car where the image breaks down”; Lendrum Fine Art, Hollywood, CA
“And when it’s over, set aside a moment to forget”; Arts Council for Long Beach, Mobile Exhibits, Long Beach
“Set a course for wayward schemes”; Bert Green Fine Art, Project Windows 5th and Main Streets, Downtown Los Angeles
2007
“Where the lights unravel”, Vincent Price Museum, East LA College, Monterey Park, CA
2006
“Fill it up and pour it down the inside”, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2004-2005
“Web in front”, University of LaVerne, LaVerne, CA
2001
“Automatic”; Miller-Durazo, Los Angeles
“Perspective”; East Gallery, Claremont
2000
“I want specifics on the general idea”; East Gallery, Claremont
“Multiphrenia”; Dillingham-Caples Gallery, Claremont
1998
“Smoothed in and spaced out”; Tyler Hall, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
“Color Theory”; Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, CA – Curated by Katrina Traywick
2011
“Avant-LA” (Through looking back you may go blind), Los Angeles – Curated by Mat Gleason
“Playtime” (I laughed under my breath, over your shoulder); See Line Gallery, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA – Curated by Leonardo Bravo and Janet Levy
2010
“Megan Geckler is a gem”; 7 Artists 7 Rings, The Huffington Post (online) – Curated by Rebecca Campbell and Nicole Walker
“Megan Geckler and Carrie Ungerman”; The Windward School, Culver City, CA
2009
“Megan Geckler” – Visual Artists Salon at the National Performance Network (NPN) and Visual Artist Network (VAN) Annual Meeting; Knoxville, TN
2007
“Staying Alive”; Winslow Garage; Los Angeles
“FR8”; Art on the Waterfront, Commissioned by the City of San Pedro
2006
“From America”; Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)- Minsk, Belarus, Russia
“The Megan Show”; The Hive, Los Angeles
2005
“Tarfest”; Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles
2003
“Ninth Annual Holiday Show ”; Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
“Tinseltown”; domestic setting, Los Angeles
“The more you know, the less you need”; Ruth Bachofner Gallery
“Megan Geckler and Paul Yanko”; Superior, Cleveland, OH – Curated by Bill Radawec
“Gridlock”; West LA Community College Gallery – Curated by Kristina Newhouse
“Merge”; ANDLAB, Los Angeles – Curated by Jennifer Faist
“Sequel”; domestic setting, Los Angeles
2002
“Valedictories”; Raid Projects, Los Angeles
2001- 2002
“Big Plastic”; Armory Center of the Arts, Pasadena, CA – Curated by Jay Belloli and Linda Centell
2001
“MacGyver”; Crazy Space, Santa Monica – Curated by Mary Leigh Cherry
“Ten by Ten”; Miller-Durazo, Los Angeles
2000
“Seizure”; Artplace, Los Angeles
“Southern California Open 2000”; Gallery 825, Los Angeles – Juried by Carole Ann Klonarides
“Affinity”; Coagula Art Projects, Los Angeles – Curated by Mat Gleason
“Inland Specific, Installation Artists Living in the San Gabriel Valley”; Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona College, Claremont – Curated by Rebecca Mc Grew
“Wall Space”; Miller-Durazo, Los Angeles
“Mixed Media 2000”; Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
FUNDRAISERS / BENEFITS
2012 “ARTrageous”, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
2004-2012 “Incognito”; Santa Monica Museum of Art – Curated by Elsa Longhauser
2007 “HAUSguests – A Benefit for the Region of Darfur”; Brewery Project Space, Los Angeles
PUBLICATIONS
Michno, Christopher; “Megan Geckler: ‘A Fraction of the Sum’ at Andi Campognone Projects”; Art Ltd.; January 2012
Frank, Peter; “From Vivaldi to Vivid Pop Art”; Huffington Post; January 6, 2012
Dambrot, Shana Nys; “The Art of Math”; LA Canvas; November/December 2011, pg. 16-17.
“Visual Artists Network, 2010″ (Catalog); pgs. 14-17
Breaux, Adrienne; “Megan Geckler: Installing Awesome”; Blog2Modern; March 23, 2011.
“Megan Geckler: seeing thoughts in repeat”; DesignBoom; March 27, 2011.
“Megan Geckler at Urban Outfitters”; homebuildlife: Intelligence from WGSN; March 28, 2011
“UO Interviews Megan Geckler: Seeing Thoughts in Repeat”; Urban Outfitters Blog, March, 2011
DiMichelle, David; “ABEX RETURNS: The Sequel in LA: It’s not just about paint anymore”; Artillery Magazine, Vol. 5, Issue 4, March/April 2011, pgs. 28-32
“Exhibition: Spread the ashes of the colors”; Bob Magazine 097, January 2011 (Korean)
“Performance: Installation par Megan Geckler”, Blog-EspritDesign, December 21, 2010 (French)
Jarz, Hank; “Spread the Ashes of the Colors / Megan Geckler”, ArchDaily, December 27, 2010
“ART>>>Installation colorées par Megan Geckler”, Journal du Design, December 21, 2010 (French)
Luiscercos; “Megan Geckler”, Paperblog, December 20, 2010 (Spanish)
DB, Andrea; “Megan Geckler: Spread the ashes of the colors”, designboom, December 20, 2010
“Spread the ashes of the colors by Megan Geckler”, MOCOLOCO, December 20, 2010
Yates, Christopher; “Works by a half-dozen rising talets dominate spaces inside and outside OSU center”, The Columbus Dispatch, December 5, 2010
“The Wexner Center birthday celebration for arts, gifts, ad something to eat.”, Columbus Examiner, November 24, 2010
“Six Rising Artists in Six Resonant Multimedia Projects, on View Inside and Out at the Wexner”, Artdaily.org, November 6, 2011
Lisbon, Laura; “Megan Geckler” (Catalog); Wexner Center for the Arts
Carmen, Mari; “Megan Geckler”, Elle Mexico, September 2010
“Megan Geckler”; The Australian Financial Review Magazine, August 27, 2010
Franklin, Eric. “Artist of the Day: Megan Geckler”; The Puget News, August 19, 2010
Luna, Natalia; “Rastro Luminoso: Colores Perspectivados”; Blancopop, August 18, 2010
Roseillier, Nicolas; “Go Play”; Rem Eyewear; July 30, 2010
Evad; “The Colors of Megan Geckler”, COLOURlovers, July 28, 2010
Harrington, Margot; “Megan Geckler”, Pitch DESIGN UNION, July 26, 2010
Lo, Jonathan; “Rainbow Plaid by Megan Geckler”; Happy Mundane, July 25, 2010
LaBarre, Suzanne; “Whoa: A Full-On Plaid Rainbow. All The Way”, FastCompany, July 23, 2010
Zellen, Jody; “Megan Geckler, ‘Every Move You Make, Every Step You Take, 2010, Study for Installation”; Artscene
Derringer, Jaime; “Megan Geckler”; Design-Milk, July 22, 2010
“Every move you make, every step you take by Megan Geckler”, MOCOLOCO, July 21, 2010
“Eclectic Color Roundup: Megan Geckler Loves Color, Upcycled Skateboards, Crafts & Spring Reinterpreted”, COLOURlovers, July 19, 2010
Sitko, Jennifer; “Megan Geckler”, Blog2Modern, July 16, 2010
J, Sebastian; “Megan Geckler: Every Move You Make, Every Step You Take Exhbition”, ArchDaily, July 20, 2010
Grady, CC; “Women & Their Work, Women in Rock and Roll, and Megan Geckler”, Glasstire, May 2009
Kaldis, M.; “Tribeza Pick: Straddle The Line In Discord And Rhyme, By Megan Geckler”; Tribeza | Austin; May 2009, pg. 41
Dambrot, Shana Nys; “Reviews – Los Angeles, Megan Geckler: ‘Set a Course for Wayward Schemes’ at Bert Green Fine Art”, Art Ltd., May 2008
Postovoit, Leo; “Geckler Brings L.A. Art to FC Campus”, The Hornet, February 27, 2008
Dambrot, Shana Nys, “Downtown Art Walk”, Flavorpill, Thursday February 14, 2008
Fuentes, Ed, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gallery”, DotDotDash, Thursday, January 10, 2008
Dambrot, Shana Nys, “Staying Alive”, Flavorpill, Issue #231, July 31-August 6, 2007
“LA This Week”, Channel 35, Los Angeles, Aired May 6-11, 2007
Grayson, Erin; “FR8: The Uncontained”, whitehot Magazine, Issue #3, May 2007
Fette; “FR8 – An exhibitions of Works by 24 Commissioned Artists”, The Flog, Wednesday May 16, 2007
Bedford, Christopher; “Megan Geckler –Torrance Art Museum”, ARTFORUM.com Los Angeles Pick; posted October 20, 2006
Evanoski, Uri; “Two in the City”, Culture Radio Station – Belarus, July 4, 2006
“Good Morning Belarus”, Central National ANT Television – Belarus, June 16 and 17, 2006
Newhouse, Kristina; “Sequel at Domestic Setting”, Artnet.com; posted April 17, 2003
Tranberg, Dan; “Works of two artists seem alike, but are quite different”, The Plain-Dealer, May 30, 2003
Harvey, Doug; “Synthetics”, LA Weekly, Nov. 16 – 22, 2001
Felt, Kevin; “Everything Plastic – Vinyl items, recycled, sculpture into art”, The Star, October 14, 2001
Cheng, Scarlett; “A Riot of Colorful Plastic”, L.A. Times, October 11, 2001
Thomas and Betts Corporation; Annual Report 2001
Inland Specific, Installation Artists Living in the San Gabriel Valley (Catalog)
GRANTS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2009
Visual Artists Network Artist in Residence at Women & Their Work (Austin, TX) made possible by the generous support of the National Performance Network
2007
Durfee Artists’ Resource Completion (ARC) Grant in conjunction with “Set a course for wayward schemes”
2004
Honorable Mention, Jurors: Peter Frank, Laurie Frank, Kathy Gallegos, Leora Lutz, Maryna Hruchetska, Wesley Jessup and James Panozzo
2003
Creative Capital Foundation Visual Arts Panel Finalist
2000
Third Place in Show, Juror: Carole Ann Klonarides, Santa Monica Museum of Art
LECTURES / PANEL DISCUSSIONS
2011 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA - Artist Talk
2010 Pasadena Museum of California Art – in conjunction with solo exhibition “Every move you make, every step you take”
2009 Women and Their Work – in conjunction with solo exhbition “Straddle the line in discord and rhyme”
2007 Santa Ana College – Art Forum Lecture Series
2003 Santa Monica Museum of Art – Emerging Artists Education Program for Children
University of LaVerne – in conjunction with solo exhibition “Web in front”
Chaffey College – Materials and Meaning Panel Discussion
2001 The Armory Center for the Arts – Artists’ talk in conjunction with “Big Plastic”
2000 Pitzer College – Environmental Installation Guest Lecturer