Geoff McFetridge

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

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Geoff Mcfetridge – A Reasonable Disconnection With the Interconnectedness of All Things, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

50" X 40"
127cm X 101.6cm

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A Kids Guide To Unlearning Shallow Ecology

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Geoff McFetridge – A Kids Guide To Unlearning Shallow Ecology, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

30" X 26"
76.2cm X 66.04cm

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Another Head to Hang our Thoughts In

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Geoff McFetridge – Another Head to Hang our Thoughts In, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

30" X 26"
76.2cm X 66.04cm

G.M0176

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U.R. (Underwater Resistance)

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Geoff McFetridge – U.R. (Underwater Resistance), 2023

Acrylic on canvas

34" X 30"
86.36cm X 76.2cm

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A Learner and A Teacher

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Geoff McFetridge – A Learner and A Teacher, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

34" X 30"
86.36cm X 76.2cm

G.M0179

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A Still Small Voice

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Geoff McFetridge – A Still Small Voice, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

45" X 30"
114.3cm X 76.2cm

G.M0178

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Wearing Each others Clothes

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Geoff McFetridge – Wearing Each others Clothes, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

40" X 40"
101.6cm X 101.6cm

G.M0174

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Learning Anti War From Herbavores but Teaching the Forest About Revenge

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Geoff McFetridge – Learning Anti War From Herbavores but Teaching the Forest About Revenge, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

40" X 50"
101.6cm X 127cm

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Tennis

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Geoff McFetridge – Tennis, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

50" X 40"
127cm X 101.6cm

G.M0175

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My Violent Protector

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Geoff McFetridge – My Violent Protector, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

50" X 40"
127cm X 101.6cm

G.M0172

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Negotiating the 2 Sided Landscape

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Geoff McFetridge – Negotiating the 2 Sided Landscape, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

50" X 50"
127cm X 127cm

G.M0173

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The Image Relies on Positive Thinking, Ottawa OLRT Lyon Station

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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

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Geoff McFetridge – Us as A Landscape, 2021

Acrylic on canvas

40" X 60"
101.6cm X 152.4cm

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In the Cracks of a Dream We See the Waking World

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Geoff McFetridge – In the Cracks of a Dream We See the Waking World, 2021

Acrylic on canvas

40" X 60"
101.6cm X 152.4cm

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A Passenger of the Landscape

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Geoff McFetridge – A Passenger of the Landscape, 2021

Acrylic on paper

64" X 48"
162.56cm X 121.92cm

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Looking Away

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Geoff McFetridge – Looking Away, 2021

Acrylic on paper

64" X 48"
162.56cm X 121.92cm

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Stray Figures

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Geoff McFetridge – Stray Figures, 2021

Acrylic on paper

48" X 64"
121.92cm X 162.56cm

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Sleeping Landscape

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Geoff McFetridge – Sleeping Landscape, 2021

Acrylic on paper

48" X 64"
121.92cm X 162.56cm

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Exactly How I Saw Them

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Geoff McFetridge – Exactly How I Saw Them, 2021

Acrylic on paper

48" X 64"
121.92cm X 162.56cm

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Matt at Home

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Geoff McFetridge – Matt at Home, 2021

Acrylic on paper

10.75" X 12.5"
27.3cm X 31.75cm

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Will at Home

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Geoff McFetridge – Will at Home, 2021

Acrylic on paper

10.75" X 12.5"
27.3cm X 31.75cm

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Image Based Gamelan Encipherment 1

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Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan Encipherment 1, 2020

Acrylic on canvas

33" X 29"
83.82cm X 73.66cm

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Image Based Gamelan 6: We are Screens We are Projectors

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Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan 6: We are Screens We are Projectors, 2020

Acrylic on canvas

50" X 72"
127cm X 182.88cm

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Image Based Gamelan 7: Both Sides of the Middle

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Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan 7: Both Sides of the Middle, 2020

Acrylic on canvas

41" X 72"
104.14cm X 182.88cm

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Image Based Gamelan 8: Right to Left to Right

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Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan 8: Right to Left to Right, 2020

Acrylic on canvas

41" X 72"
104.14cm X 182.88cm

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Image Based Gamelan 9: The Self Ringing Bell

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Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan 9: The Self Ringing Bell, 2020

Acrylic on canvas

34.5" X 35.5"
87.63cm X 90.17cm

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Image Based Gamelan 10: A Visual Gong

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Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan 10: A Visual Gong, 2020

Acrylic on canvas

41.5" X 35.5"
105.41cm X 90.17cm

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Image Based Gamelan 11: Invention is Still Possible

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Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan 11: Invention is Still Possible, 2020

Acrylic on canvas

48.5" X 35"
123.19cm X 88.9cm

Geoff McFetridge

Image Based Gamelan 12: Encryptedecrypted

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Geoff McFetridge – Image Based Gamelan 12: Encryptedecrypted, 2020

Acrylic on canvas

41.5" X 35.5"
105.41cm X 90.17cm

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An Escalator for Understanding

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Geoff McFetridge – An Escalator for Understanding, 2019

Acrylic on gesso canvas

35" X 37"
88.9cm X 93.98cm

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From a Dream: Experiencing a Hexigon

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Geoff McFetridge – From a Dream: Experiencing a Hexigon, 2019

Acrylic on gesso canvas

50" X 40"
127cm X 101.6cm

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A Logo For Parenting

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Geoff McFetridge – A Logo For Parenting, 2019

Acrylic on gesso canvas

40" X 50"
101.6cm X 127cm

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A Poem Unrelated to Words

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Geoff Mcfetridge – A Poem Unrelated to Words, 2019

Acrylic on raw canvas

50" X 40"
127cm X 101.6cm

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Us Experiencing Geometry

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Geoff McFetridge – Us Experiencing Geometry, 2019

Acrylic on raw canvas

50" X 40"
127cm X 101.6cm

Geoff McFetridge

Us as Kerning Not the Font

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Geoff McFetridge – Us as Kerning Not the Font, 2019

Acrylic on gesso canvas

33" X 27"
83.82cm X 68.58cm

Geoff McFetridge

Infinity Is At hand

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Geoff McFetridge – Infinity Is At hand, 2019

Acrylic on raw canvas

27" X 33"
68.58cm X 83.82cm

Geoff McFetridge

A Picture Unrelated to Words

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Geoff McFetridge – A Picture Unrelated to Words, 2019

Acrylic on raw canvas

33" X 27"
83.82cm X 68.58cm

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Us Experiencing a Square

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Geoff McFetridge – Us Experiencing a Square, 2019

Acrylic on gesso canvas

49" X 39"
124.46cm X 99.06cm

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Another Kind of Agreeing

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Geoff McFetridge – Another Kind of Agreeing, 2019

Acrylic on gesso canvas

50" X 40"
127cm X 101.6cm

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A Positive Future Built of Incremental Change

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Geoff McFetridge – A Positive Future Built of Incremental Change, 2019

Acrylic on gesso canvas

84" X " X 72"
213.36cm X 0cm X 182.88cm

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Entering Infinity

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Geoff McFetridge – Entering Infinity, 2019

Acrylic on raw canvas

33" X 33"
83.82cm X 83.82cm

Geoff McFetridge

Two Lines Align

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Geoff McFetridge – Two Lines Align, 2008

Installation at Red Cat Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

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Graphic Design Worlds

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Geoff McFetridge – Graphic Design Worlds, 2011

Installation at the Triennale Design Museum of Milan, Italy

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In The Mind

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Geoff McFetridge – In The Mind, 2008

Installation at Olympic Sculpture Park Pavilion, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA