CV
Education
-(2015-2019)
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Certificate
-(Summer 2020)
Studied at the Mt Gretna School of Art
Grants & Awards
2017
-Franklin C. Watkins Grant
2018
-Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
-Gilbert M Cantor Scholarship, PAFA
2019
-Lauffer Prize, PAFA
2022
-Best of Show, Plein Air New Bern, New Bern NC
-Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2023
-Artist Choice award, Plein Air Easton
Solo Exhibitions
- "Narrating the Observed" Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton VA (2021)
Two Person Exhibitions
-"Inside, Outside" Beverly Street Gallery, Staunton VA (2019)
-"Frank Hobbs and Martin Geiger" Steven Francis Fine Art, Lynchburg, VA (2021)
Fred Nichols Gallery, Barboursville, VA (2022)
-"Tables and Spaces" Martin Geiger and Elizabeth Geiger, Randolph College, VA (2022)
-"Continuum" Lincoln Perry and Martin Geiger, Steven Francis Fine Art, Lynchburg, VA (2023)
- "Elizabeth, Philip, and Martin Geiger" (Three-person) Woodberry Forest School, Orange, VA (2023)
- "Richard Crozier and Martin Geiger" Steven Francis Fine Art, Lynchburg, VA (2023)
Group Exhibitions
- PAFA Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia PA (2018, 2019)
- Oxford Art Alliance National Juried Show, Oxford PA (2018)
- Manifest Gallery Plein Air Exhibition, Cincinnati OH (2018)
- BSSS Faculty Show, Beverly Street Gallery, VA, 2020
- Art Unlocked exhibit, Mcguffey Art Center, Charlottesville VA (2020)
- New Members Show, Mcguffey Art Center, Charlotteville VA (2021)
- "Atmospheres", Alexander Heath Contemporary, Roanoke VA (2021)
-"New Realism", Steven Coates Fine Art, Lynchburg VA (2022)
Bibliography
- PLEIN AIR: Art Made Outdoors, http://aeqai.com/main/2018/12/plein-air-art-made-outdoors/
- International Painting Annual 9, Manifest Gallery, www.manifestgallery.org/inpa
-Art Unlocked Featured Artist,
https://artunlocked.org/bid/backyard-morning
- Laura Peters “Staunton artist following in his family’s footsteps” Staunton News Leader Sept 5, 2021
- Rachel Mahoney “Lynchburg exhibit reunites an artistic community in Virginia” Cardinal News Nov 17, 2022
- “Ultimate guide 2023; The Best of the Best” Plein Air Magazine, December 2022
Martin Geiger
Born 1997
Studied in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for four years at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and now lives in Staunton, Virginia.
He is head assistant at Bronzecraft Foundry as well as an instructor at the Beverly Street Studio School and a trustee on the board of the Staunton Augusta Art Center, He recieved two Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants, one in 2018 and one in 2022.