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Megan Geckler Born 1975, lives and works in Los Angeles EDUCATION 2001 Masters in Fine Arts, Sculpture Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 1998 Bachelors in Fine Arts Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA 1997 Glasgow School of Art Summer Abroad Program SOLO EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS 2013 "Rewritten by machine on new technology"; Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA "No chance to look backwards and see"; Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA), Salt Lake, UT 2012 "Megan Geckler for Target at the People en Español Festival"; Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX Megan Geckler for bobble; McCormick Convention Center, Chicago, IL Flag Tag; TED:Active, Palm Springs, CA 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 Theres lights and sounds and stories, musics 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 its 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 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 Af?nity; Coagula Art Projects, Los Angeles Curated by Mat Gleason Inland Speci?c, 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 / PRESS Novak, Marcus; "Megan Geckler | Installations"; .itsliquid; February 27, 2013 Towers, Kyle; “Megan Geckler Uses Flagging Tape for this Colorful Display”; TrendHunter; February 24, 2013 Olda, Danny; "The Surveyor Tape Installations of Megan Geckler"; Beautiful/Decay; February 22, 2013 Jobson, Christopher; “A Giant Geometric Vortex of Colored Tape by Megan Geckler”; Colossal; February 21, 2013 Michno, Christopher; “Megan Geckler: Rewritten by Machine on New Technology” (Catalog); Lancaster Museum of Art and History; January 2013 Associated Press (AP); “5 Free things to do in the Salt Lake City Area”; Fox news; January 13, 2013 Yoo, Alice; “Megan Geckler’s New Criss-Crossing Tape Sculptures”; My Modern Met; January 11, 2013 Breaux, Adrienne; "Megan Geckler's Installation at UMOCA: "No chance to move backwards and see"; 2ModernBlog; December 7, 2012 Katz, Marni; "Deconstruction: Megan Geckler for bobble"; Design Milk; May 8, 2012 "Tejiendo Estructuras Delimitando Espacios" ("Weaving Structures Unlimited Spaces"); Decoration Digest; April 10, 2012 Gandy, Jessica; "Meet super awesome artist Megan Geckler" (Interview); Hey Girl Hey - BC Footwear Blog; April 4, 2012 "Megan Geckler: Flagging tape installation for bobble"; designboom; March 31, 2012 "bobble is 2!"; bobble blog; March 29, 2012 Breaux, Adrienne; "Artist Megan Geckler's Bold Bobble Installation!"; 2ModernBlog; March 28, 2012 Wylie, Erin; “This Week in Weddings”; Martha Stewart Weddings; January 20, 2012 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 DiMichele, David; ABEX RETURNS: The Sequel in LA: Its not just about paint anymore; Artillery Magazine, Vol. 5, Issue 4, March/April 2011, pgs. 28-32 Shan, Tara; “’Spread the Ashes of the Colors,’ Installation by Megan Geckler”; CubeMe; February 1, 2011 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 Speci?c, 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