Download CVGeoff 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 (2019); Half Gallery, New York (2018); V1 Gallery, Copenhagen (2016); PlayMountain, Tokyo (2013); and Heath Gallery, Los Angeles (2011). McFetridge has also been included in museum exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Santa Monica Museum of Art, the Walker Art Center, the Yale University Art Museum, and The Geffen Contemporary at MoCA Los Angeles. McFetridge currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Geoff McFetridge
The Image Relies on Positive Thinking, Ottawa OLRT Lyon Station
The Image Relies on Positive Thinking, 2019
Ottawa OLRT Lyon Station, Ottawa, Canada
Geoff McFetridge
Us as A Landscape
Us as A Landscape, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
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Geoff McFetridge
In the Cracks of a Dream We See the Waking World
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
A Passenger of the Landscape, 2021
Acrylic on paper
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Geoff McFetridge
Looking Away
Looking Away, 2021
Acrylic on paper
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Geoff McFetridge
Stray Figures
Stray Figures, 2021
Acrylic on paper
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Geoff McFetridge
Sleeping Landscape
Sleeping Landscape, 2021
Acrylic on paper
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Geoff McFetridge
Exactly How I Saw Them
Exactly How I Saw Them, 2021
Acrylic on paper
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Geoff McFetridge
Matt at Home
Matt at Home, 2021
Acrylic on paper
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Geoff McFetridge
Will at Home
Will at Home, 2021
Acrylic on paper
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Geoff McFetridge
Image Based Gamelan Encipherment 1
Image Based Gamelan Encipherment 1, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
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Image Based Gamelan 6: We are Screens We are Projectors
Image Based Gamelan 6: We are Screens We are Projectors, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
Geoff McFetridge
Image Based Gamelan 7: Both Sides of the Middle
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
Image Based Gamelan 8: Right to Left to Right, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
Geoff McFetridge
Image Based Gamelan 9: The Self Ringing Bell
Image Based Gamelan 9: The Self Ringing Bell, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
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Image Based Gamelan 10: A Visual Gong
Image Based Gamelan 10: A Visual Gong, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
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Image Based Gamelan 11: Invention is Still Possible
Image Based Gamelan 11: Invention is Still Possible, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
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Image Based Gamelan 12: Encryptedecrypted
Image Based Gamelan 12: Encryptedecrypted, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
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An Escalator for Understanding
An Escalator for Understanding, 2019
Acrylic on gesso canvas
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From a Dream: Experiencing a Hexigon
From a Dream: Experiencing a Hexigon, 2019
Acrylic on gesso canvas
Geoff McFetridge
A Logo For Parenting
A Logo For Parenting, 2019
Acrylic on gesso canvas
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A Poem Unrelated to Words
A Poem Unrelated to Words, 2019
Acrylic on raw canvas
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Us Experiencing Geometry
Us Experiencing Geometry, 2019
Acrylic on raw canvas
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Us as Kerning Not the Font
Us as Kerning Not the Font, 2019
Acrylic on gesso canvas
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Infinity Is At hand
Infinity Is At hand, 2019
Acrylic on raw canvas
Geoff McFetridge
A Picture Unrelated to Words
A Picture Unrelated to Words, 2019
Acrylic on raw canvas
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Us Experiencing a Square
Us Experiencing a Square, 2019
Acrylic on gesso canvas
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Another Kind of Agreeing
Another Kind of Agreeing, 2019
Acrylic on gesso canvas
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A Positive Future Built of Incremental Change
A Positive Future Built of Incremental Change, 2019
Acrylic on gesso canvas
Geoff McFetridge
Entering Infinity
Entering Infinity, 2019
Acrylic on raw canvas
Geoff McFetridge
Two Lines Align
Two Lines Align, 2008
Installation at Red Cat Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Geoff McFetridge
Graphic Design Worlds
Graphic Design Worlds, 2011
Installation at the Triennale Design Museum of Milan, Italy
Geoff McFetridge
In The Mind
In The Mind, 2008
Installation at Olympic Sculpture Park Pavilion, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
