Garth Weiser
{{Short description|American painter}}
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Garth Weiser (born 1979) is an artist based in New York City.
Weiser was born in Montana. He makes paintings which mix stark geometric patterns with textured paint surfaces.[http://www.friezeartfair.com/artists/yearbook/garth_weiser FriezeArtFair.com] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20110716072554/http://www.friezeartfair.com/artists/yearbook/garth_weiser |date=2011-07-16 }} His work is a mixture of figurative and abstract imagery and references art and design from the 1980s and 1990s.[http://www.caseykaplangallery.com/press_release/2007/garth_weiser_2007.pdf press release], [http://www.caseykaplangallery.com CaseyCaplanGallery.com]
Weiser received his MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts in 2005, after receiving his BFA from Cooper Union. He is currently married to artist Francesca DiMattio.
Notable exhibitions
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2002
- Native, The House Gallery, Miami
- Collector's Choice, The Nelson Fine Art Museum, Tempe
2003
- New Paintings, Coos Bay Art Museum, Oregon
2004
- And One For Grandma, Capsule Gallery, New York
2005
- Folk Machine, Guild & Greyshkul, New York
- Greater New York, PS1 MoMA, Long Island City
2006
- Jessica Stockholder - Jedediah Caesar - Markus Amm - Garth Weiser, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
- The Manhattan Project, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami
- The Difficult Shape of Possible Images, ZieherSmith, New York
2007
- Blackberrying, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen
2009
- Solo exhibition, Casey Kaplan gallery, New York[http://www.frieze.com/shows/review/garth_weiser/ Shows: Garth Weiser], Frieze Magazine, February 24, 2009. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
2011
References
External links
- More information from the [http://voltashow.com/index.php?id=1218 VoltaShow.com]
- Garth Weiser on [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/33843 ArtFacts.net]
- Further information from the [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/garth_weiser.htm Saatchi Gallery]
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Category:Columbia University School of the Arts alumni