geoffrey garrison

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Born 1978 Atlanta, USA
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Education and Residencies

2007 - 2008

Fellowship Künstlerhaus Buchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria

2004 - 2006

Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, NL

1996 - 2001

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY

1998 - 1999

Staedelschule - Staatliche Hochschule fuer Bildende Kuenste, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Performances

2006 - present

Performer in The Musts in Sommer Bar, Tanz im August, Berlin (August 14, 2008); Tanz im August, Berlin (August 18, 2007); Spend It, Brussels (April 17, 2007) Sommer Bar, Tanz im August, Berlin (August 27, 2006)

2005 - 2006

Performer in Untitled by anonymous in Tanz im August (14-16 August 2005) HAU2, Berlin, Germany; La Bâtie Festival de Genève (1-2 Sept) Théâtre du Loup, Geneva, Switzerland; Les Hors Série (11 Oct) CCN Montpellier, France; (19-21 Oct) Centre Georges Pompidou Paris, France, among others.

2003 - 2005

Performer in Project by Xavier Le Roy, in Capitals (12-13 September 2003) Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Portugal; Berliner Festwochen (7-8 Oct 2003) Haus der Berliner Festspiele Berlin, Germany; Tanzquartier (1 Nov 2003) Vienna, Austria; NottDance (17 May 2004) Nottingham, UK; Springdance Festival (16 April 2005) Stadsschouwburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

2000

Escaping the Object of Art and Séance in Coal by Any Other Name at American Fine Arts, New York, NY.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009

Videonale 12. Bonn, Germany: Kunstmuseum Bonn.

2008

The Gemini Show. Berlin, Germany: Pampero Apartment.
Freunde und Bekannte. Berlin, Germany: Sparwasser HQ.

2007

Pimp My Walls. Berlin, Germany: Apartment Stefan Schuster.
11th Videonale. Bonn, Germany: Bonn Kunstmuseum.
Beauty Unrealized. Amsterdam, NL: PSWAR.

2006

Beasts of Burden. Berlin, Germany: General Public.
Home For Lost Ideas. Berlin, Germany: General Public.

2005

Untitled Excerpts. Liège, Belgium: Nadja Vilenne Galerie.
Trichtlinnburg: An Urban Affair. Maastricht, The Netherlands: Peron Restaurant.

2004

Intervening the Urban Void Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Public Space with a Roof.
ARTSaha. Omaha, Nebraska. www.ANALOGartensemble.net

2003

3 Models for Improvement (Minor). Halifax, Canada: Eyelevel Gallery.

2001

The Cooper Union Tactical Plan Senior Show, New York, New York: The Cooper Union.

2000

Coal By Any Other Name: The Search for Good Taste. New York, New York: American Fine Arts.

Screenings and Lectures

January 25, 2008

An Infinite Night Innsbruck, Austria: Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen.

March 20, 2006

The Cut at Originalfassung Issue #35. Berlin, Germany: General Public.

January 31, 2006

The Cut in: Private Investigations. Innsbruck, AT: Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen.

Publications

A Natural History of Houston (Notes for a Docudrama on the City Part 3) in Gringo. 2007.

Rumbelsdildsgin in Speaking of Which. ed. Andreasen, Kasper and Lüthi, Louis. Edition Le Comptoir. Liège, Belgium, 2007. pp 8-10

Through Brussels (Notes for a Docudrama on the City Part 1) in The Residents. ed. Gregos, Katerina. Argos Editions. Brussels, Belgium, 2007. pp 110-115

The Cut in Videonale 11. ed. Elben, Georg. Walther König Verlag. Catalogue to the exhibition. Bonn Kunstmuseum. Bonn, Germany, 2007. pp 36-37

The Cut in Yearbook 2005. Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, NL. Jan van Eyck Academie, 2006, pp 54-55.

Edited Screenplay The Cut (Selection) in The white album. We tell ourselves stories in order to live. Liège, BE: Nadja Vilenne, December 2005

Three Models for Improvement (Minor). Hollenberg, Sarah. Catalogue to the exhibition. Eyelevel gallery, Halifax, 2003.

Prime Meridian Walking Tour. in Reol. Otto and Borgens Forlag. Copenhagen, 2001.