Geoff McFetridge (b. 1971, Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is interested in how images exist in-between or outside of language, and in turn how this encourages more open-minded approaches to cognition. In his paintings, images become language; in the artist’s words, “it should feel like something, rather than look like something.” In the pictorial spaces he creates, definitions are less finite and can slip between interpretations. As indicated by their titles, many of his paintings whimsically play with the bodily experience of design, using simplified figures to both think about forms and collective experiences.
McFetridge received his BFA from the Alberta College of Art and Design and his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. McFetridge was part of the infamous Beautiful Losers exhibition which debuted in downtown New York in 1991 and went on to tour the world. He has continued to exhibit in international galleries including Cooper Cole, Toronto; Contemporary Calgary, Calgary; Half Gallery, New York; V1 Gallery, Copenhagen; Gallery Target, PlayMountain, Tokyo; and Heath Gallery, Los Angeles. McFetridge has also been included in museum exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; the Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Yale University Art Museum, New Haven; Museum of African American Art (MAAA), and The Geffen Contemporary at MoCA; Los Angeles. McFetridge currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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A Reasonable Disconnection With the Interconnectedness of All Things
Geoff Mcfetridge – A Reasonable Disconnection With the Interconnectedness of All Things, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
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Geoff McFetridge
A Kids Guide To Unlearning Shallow Ecology
Geoff McFetridge – A Kids Guide To Unlearning Shallow Ecology, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
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Geoff McFetridge
Another Head to Hang our Thoughts In
Geoff McFetridge – Another Head to Hang our Thoughts In, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
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U.R. (Underwater Resistance)
Geoff McFetridge – U.R. (Underwater Resistance), 2023
Acrylic on canvas
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A Learner and A Teacher
Geoff McFetridge – A Learner and A Teacher, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
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A Still Small Voice
Geoff McFetridge – A Still Small Voice, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
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Wearing Each others Clothes
Geoff McFetridge – Wearing Each others Clothes, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
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Learning Anti War From Herbavores but Teaching the Forest About Revenge
Geoff McFetridge – Learning Anti War From Herbavores but Teaching the Forest About Revenge, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
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Geoff McFetridge
Tennis
Geoff McFetridge – Tennis, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
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My Violent Protector
Geoff McFetridge – My Violent Protector, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
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Geoff McFetridge
Negotiating the 2 Sided Landscape
Geoff McFetridge – Negotiating the 2 Sided Landscape, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
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The Image Relies on Positive Thinking, Ottawa OLRT Lyon Station
Geoff McFetridge – The Image Relies on Positive Thinking, Ottawa OLRT Lyon Station, 2019
Ottawa OLRT Lyon Station, Ottawa, Canada
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Us as A Landscape
Geoff McFetridge – Us as A Landscape, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
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In the Cracks of a Dream We See the Waking World
Geoff McFetridge – In the Cracks of a Dream We See the Waking World, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
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Geoff McFetridge
A Passenger of the Landscape
Geoff McFetridge – A Passenger of the Landscape, 2021
Acrylic on paper
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Geoff McFetridge
Looking Away
Geoff McFetridge – Looking Away, 2021
Acrylic on paper
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Geoff McFetridge
Stray Figures
Geoff McFetridge – Stray Figures, 2021
Acrylic on paper
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Geoff McFetridge
Sleeping Landscape
Geoff McFetridge – Sleeping Landscape, 2021
Acrylic on paper
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Geoff McFetridge
Exactly How I Saw Them
Geoff McFetridge – Exactly How I Saw Them, 2021
Acrylic on paper
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Matt at Home
Geoff McFetridge – Matt at Home, 2021
Acrylic on paper
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Geoff McFetridge
Will at Home
Geoff McFetridge – Will at Home, 2021
Acrylic on paper
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Geoff McFetridge
Image Based Gamelan Encipherment 1
Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan Encipherment 1, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
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Image Based Gamelan 6: We are Screens We are Projectors
Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan 6: We are Screens We are Projectors, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
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Image Based Gamelan 7: Both Sides of the Middle
Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan 7: Both Sides of the Middle, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
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Image Based Gamelan 8: Right to Left to Right
Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan 8: Right to Left to Right, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
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Image Based Gamelan 9: The Self Ringing Bell
Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan 9: The Self Ringing Bell, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
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Image Based Gamelan 10: A Visual Gong
Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan 10: A Visual Gong, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
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Image Based Gamelan 11: Invention is Still Possible
Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan 11: Invention is Still Possible, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
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Image Based Gamelan 12: Encryptedecrypted
Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan 12: Encryptedecrypted, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
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An Escalator for Understanding
Geoff McFetridge – An Escalator for Understanding, 2019
Acrylic on gesso canvas
Geoff McFetridge
From a Dream: Experiencing a Hexigon
Geoff McFetridge – From a Dream: Experiencing a Hexigon, 2019
Acrylic on gesso canvas
Geoff McFetridge
A Logo For Parenting
Geoff McFetridge – A Logo For Parenting, 2019
Acrylic on gesso canvas
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A Poem Unrelated to Words
Geoff Mcfetridge – A Poem Unrelated to Words, 2019
Acrylic on raw canvas
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Us Experiencing Geometry
Geoff McFetridge – Us Experiencing Geometry, 2019
Acrylic on raw canvas
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Us as Kerning Not the Font
Geoff McFetridge – Us as Kerning Not the Font, 2019
Acrylic on gesso canvas
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Infinity Is At hand
Geoff McFetridge – Infinity Is At hand, 2019
Acrylic on raw canvas
Geoff McFetridge
A Picture Unrelated to Words
Geoff McFetridge – A Picture Unrelated to Words, 2019
Acrylic on raw canvas
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Us Experiencing a Square
Geoff McFetridge – Us Experiencing a Square, 2019
Acrylic on gesso canvas
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Another Kind of Agreeing
Geoff McFetridge – Another Kind of Agreeing, 2019
Acrylic on gesso canvas
Geoff McFetridge
A Positive Future Built of Incremental Change
Geoff McFetridge – A Positive Future Built of Incremental Change, 2019
Acrylic on gesso canvas
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Entering Infinity
Geoff McFetridge – Entering Infinity, 2019
Acrylic on raw canvas
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Two Lines Align
Geoff McFetridge – Two Lines Align, 2008
Installation at Red Cat Gallery, Los Angeles, USA