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Meghan Gerety
Artist Statement
The contemplative nature of Meghan Gerety’s work reflects both her practice of Eastern philosophy and her immersion in the history of modern and contemporary painting. The subject of her work is the landscape. Based on photographs, collected from her travels, her landscapes fuse the exploration of inner-self with the gestural energy of action painting. Inspired by Eastern philosophies, Meghan’s work plays on the notion of time, whereas any manual or intellectual work that brings a person out of his/her state of passivity is part of the process of Enlightenment. In addition to its embrace of Eastern practices, her work also recalls the work of the Abstract Expressionists and contemporary artists such as Brice Marden. Serving as an arena for this union of East and West, her self-reflective landscapes are constantly changing. Fusing the spiritual with the physical, they depict a world which is real but not realistic; a meditative space unburdened by gravity or perspective: a place of balance and harmony.
Bio
Born in New Haven, CT 1970
Atelier Clouet, Paris 1988
BFA, Barnard College, Columbia University 1992
Lives and works in New York City
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
2004 PentiMenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Eventide, Reddot, New York, NY
2002 White Room, White Columns, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
Salon Nouveau, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna, Austria
Leaded: the Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite, University of Richmond Museum, Richmond, VA
2006
A Natural Perspective, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
Everything White+Black, Nathan A. Bernstein & Co., Ltd., New York, NY
2005
this must be the place, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Hudson, NY
Select III, The Washington Project for the Arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2004
A Studio Show No.3, the central house, London, UK
Night at Olana, Benefit, New York, NY
White Columns Benefit, New York, NY
"NADA art fair", John Connelly Presents, Miami Beach, FL
2003
7 Walls 8 Views, Arena, New York, NY
A Night at Olana, preview at Sotheby’s, New York, NY
2002
Scratch, Arena, New York, NY
Proper Villains, curated by David Hunt, New Haven, CT
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, Low Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
White Columns Benefit, New York, NY
Living with Art, Reddot, New York, NY
2001
In The Landscape, Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY
when the cats away…, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
Arcadia, Paton Gallery, London
2000
Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Wales, UK
White Columns at Meat Market Art Fair, New York, NY
In the Midst of Our Mortal Faults..., Project for Open City Magazine
1999
Transparency, Yes, No or Don’t Know, curated by Ricci Albenda, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Architorture, White Columns, curated by Paul Ha, New York, NY
Jay Grimm Gallery, New York, NY
culturama, curated by GenArt, New York, NY
1998
Fear Inflator, curated by Thomas Sandbichler, with GreenNaftali Gallery, New York, NY
Momenta Art, Williamsburg, NY
Flat Files, Pierogi 2000, Williamsburg, NY
1997
Meghan Gerety/Todd Shroeder, 407, New York, NY
wall-drawing installation, Lauren Wittels Gallery (office), New York, NY
Accepted in The Other American Cinema Festival
1995
Inaugural Show, Momenta Art, Williamsburg, NY
Bibliography
Quinlan, Eileen, ‘Top Ten’, Artforum, Januray 2007, p. 80
Morgan, Susan, ‘Reel-Life Color’, Metropolitan Home, Dec 2006/Jan 2007, p.110, illus.
Young, Andy, ‘The New Alchemists’, Men’s Vogue, Nov/Dec 2006, p.198, illus.
Boas, Natasha, ‘Modern Landscapes’, Domino Magazine, September 2006, p. 69, illus.
California Home & Design, September 2006, p. 4, illus.
‘Arts & Entertainment: Going Out’, New York Times, March 27, 2005, p.10
‘Arts & Leisure: Also Upcoming’, Greenwich Post, March 31, 2005, p.10B
‘Exhibitions and Antiques’,The Record-Review, April 1, 2005, p. 20
Fallon, Roberta, 'Season's ticket', Philadelphia Weekly, Oct. 27, 2004, illus. p.57
Rothman, Sabine, ‘Dressing the Bed’, House & Garden, October, 2004, illus. p.96
Oneacre, Alison, Hallowed Walls, Women’s Wear Daily, Feb. 4, 2003
Griffin, Tim, Critics’ Picks, Time Out New York, Issue No.355, July 18-25, 2002, p.81
Schmerler, Sarah, Answer yes, no, or don’t know, Time Out New York, Feb.18-25, 1999
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