Martin Geiger
Martin Geiger is a figurative painter and draughtsman who works and lives in Staunton, Virginia. He received an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant in 2018 and graduated in 2019, after four years, from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
He currently teaches at the Beverly Street Studio School in Staunton, VA and has taught at the Currier Museum in New Hampshire and Winslow Art Center in WA. He works part-time at Bronzecraft Foundry in Waynesboro, VA.
He currently teaches at the Beverly Street Studio School in Staunton, VA and has taught at the Currier Museum in New Hampshire and Winslow Art Center in WA. He works part-time at Bronzecraft Foundry in Waynesboro, VA.
Education/Experience
-Fork Union Military Academy, Class of 2015
Co-Captain of Fork Union Military Academy Swim Team 2014-2015
Head Bugler, Fork Union Military Academy Corp of Cadets, 2014-2015
-Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Certificate Program, Fall 2015-Spring 2019
- Bronzecraft Foundry, Waynesboro VA, Apprenticeship promoted to Head Assistant, Fall 2019-Present
- Mount Gretna School of Art, Non-collegiate Seminar Student, Summer 2020
Awards and Honors
Franklin C. Watkins Grant (PAFA) 2017
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant 2018
Jimmy Lueders Prize (PAFA) 2018
Charles Toppan Drawing Prize (PAFA) 2018
Arthur de costa prize Honorable mention (PAFA) 2018
Gamblin Paint Prize (PAFA) 2018
August Cook Prize (PAFA) 2018
Earl T Donelson Painting Award (PAFA) 2018
Gilbert M Cantor Scholarship (PAFA) 2018
Lance Roy Lauffer Prize (PAFA) 2019
Best in Show, Lynchburg Art Club Paint-out, 2019
Best in Painting, Bath County Art Festival, 2019
Featured Artist, Art Unlocked VA, 2020
Manifest Gallery International Painting Annual 9, Selected participant, 2020
Best of Show, Plein Air Roanoke, 2021
Trustee on the SAAC Board of Trustees, Staunton Augusta Art Center, 2022-present
Group Exhibitions and Festivals
2017, 2018-Bath County Art Festival, Bath Co, VA
2018-Lynchburg Art Festival, Lynchburg, VA
- PAFA 117th Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
- Oxford Art Alliance National Juried Show, Oxford, PA
- Manifest Gallery Plein Air Exhibition, Cincinnati OH
2019- Pafa 118th Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia PA
- Fall Foliage Festival, 1st in Painting, Waynesboro VA
2020- Market Street Gallery Co-exhibit, Roanoke, VA
- Art Unlocked VA, Mcguffey Art Center, Charlottesville VA
2021- New Members Show, Mcguffey Art Center, Charlottesville VA
- Steven Francis Fine Art Gallery, Lynchburg VA
- Plein Air Roanoke Gala Exhibition, Gallery 202, Roanoke, VA
- “Atmospheres” exhibition, Alexander Heath Contemporary, Roanoke,
Two-Person Exhibitions
2019- “Inside, outside” Beverly Street Gallery, Staunton, VA
2021- “Frank Hobbs and Martin Geiger”, Steven Francis Fine Art, Lynchburg, VA
2022- “Tables and Spaces”, Flippo Gallery at Randolph Macon College, Ashland, VA
Solo Exhibitions
2021- “Narrating the Observed” Solo Exhibition, Staunton Augusta Fine Art Center, Staunton VA
Teaching Experience (Non collegiate)
-2019-Present Beverley Street Studio School Instructor
-2021 Winslow Art Center Instructor
-2021-Present Currier Museum of Art Instructor
Bibliography
-PLEIN AIR: Art Made Outdoors, http://aeqai.com/main/2018/12/plein-air-art-made-outdoors/
-Art Unlocked Featured Artist Highlight, Backyard Morning by Martin Geiger — Art Unlocked
- International Painting Annual 9, Manifest Gallery, www.manifestgallery.org/inpa
- Laura Peters “Staunton artist following in his family’s footsteps” Staunton News Leader Sept 5, 2021
-Fork Union Military Academy, Class of 2015
Co-Captain of Fork Union Military Academy Swim Team 2014-2015
Head Bugler, Fork Union Military Academy Corp of Cadets, 2014-2015
-Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Certificate Program, Fall 2015-Spring 2019
- Bronzecraft Foundry, Waynesboro VA, Apprenticeship promoted to Head Assistant, Fall 2019-Present
- Mount Gretna School of Art, Non-collegiate Seminar Student, Summer 2020
Awards and Honors
Franklin C. Watkins Grant (PAFA) 2017
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant 2018
Jimmy Lueders Prize (PAFA) 2018
Charles Toppan Drawing Prize (PAFA) 2018
Arthur de costa prize Honorable mention (PAFA) 2018
Gamblin Paint Prize (PAFA) 2018
August Cook Prize (PAFA) 2018
Earl T Donelson Painting Award (PAFA) 2018
Gilbert M Cantor Scholarship (PAFA) 2018
Lance Roy Lauffer Prize (PAFA) 2019
Best in Show, Lynchburg Art Club Paint-out, 2019
Best in Painting, Bath County Art Festival, 2019
Featured Artist, Art Unlocked VA, 2020
Manifest Gallery International Painting Annual 9, Selected participant, 2020
Best of Show, Plein Air Roanoke, 2021
Trustee on the SAAC Board of Trustees, Staunton Augusta Art Center, 2022-present
Group Exhibitions and Festivals
2017, 2018-Bath County Art Festival, Bath Co, VA
2018-Lynchburg Art Festival, Lynchburg, VA
- PAFA 117th Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
- Oxford Art Alliance National Juried Show, Oxford, PA
- Manifest Gallery Plein Air Exhibition, Cincinnati OH
2019- Pafa 118th Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia PA
- Fall Foliage Festival, 1st in Painting, Waynesboro VA
2020- Market Street Gallery Co-exhibit, Roanoke, VA
- Art Unlocked VA, Mcguffey Art Center, Charlottesville VA
2021- New Members Show, Mcguffey Art Center, Charlottesville VA
- Steven Francis Fine Art Gallery, Lynchburg VA
- Plein Air Roanoke Gala Exhibition, Gallery 202, Roanoke, VA
- “Atmospheres” exhibition, Alexander Heath Contemporary, Roanoke,
Two-Person Exhibitions
2019- “Inside, outside” Beverly Street Gallery, Staunton, VA
2021- “Frank Hobbs and Martin Geiger”, Steven Francis Fine Art, Lynchburg, VA
2022- “Tables and Spaces”, Flippo Gallery at Randolph Macon College, Ashland, VA
Solo Exhibitions
2021- “Narrating the Observed” Solo Exhibition, Staunton Augusta Fine Art Center, Staunton VA
Teaching Experience (Non collegiate)
-2019-Present Beverley Street Studio School Instructor
-2021 Winslow Art Center Instructor
-2021-Present Currier Museum of Art Instructor
Bibliography
-PLEIN AIR: Art Made Outdoors, http://aeqai.com/main/2018/12/plein-air-art-made-outdoors/
-Art Unlocked Featured Artist Highlight, Backyard Morning by Martin Geiger — Art Unlocked
- International Painting Annual 9, Manifest Gallery, www.manifestgallery.org/inpa
- Laura Peters “Staunton artist following in his family’s footsteps” Staunton News Leader Sept 5, 2021
