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Corinne Geertsen | |
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| Born | 1953 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Brigham Young University |
| Known for | Photography, Digital imaging |
Corinne Geertsen (born 1953 in Salt Lake City, Utah[1] is an Arizona artist who creates digital photocollages. Her work has been widely exhibited in museums and galleries in the United States, is in collections worldwide, as well as in the permanent collections of museums.
Personal Life
[edit]Geertsen grew up in Great Falls, Montana[1], the daughter of a psychologist[2]. While in high school she received several American Cancer Society grants for work in genetic mapping research[3]. She became interested in art at an early age and exhibited in the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Education
[edit]Geertsen received her BA and MFA in drawing and printmaking from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. [4]
Work
[edit]Geertsen’s artistic work evolved from drawing and painting to digital experimentation after obtaining a computer and Adobe Photoshop in order to restore old photos of her ancestors.[5][1] She became intrigued with the possibility of creating drama by putting the restored figures in new backgrounds and adding animals, backgrounds, and objects.[5][1] Geertsen maintains a stock of over 50,000 digital images of animals, objects and backgrounds to employ in her work, adding hundreds of Photoshop layers to add textures, shadows, light balance, and visual consistency.[1][6] Thus, the details of her work are realistic, but their combination surreal.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
Geertsen’s work spans more than a century and a half of technology. She uses Civil War and Victorian era studio portraits as source material, and digital cameras and a computer with massive memory. She has said that she enjoys the contrasts and challenges of working with multiple technologies.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). For a brief time, Geertsen’s great-grandfather was Anderson’s business partner, and some of Geertsen’s ancestors are included in Anderson’s work. In 2012, BYU Special Collections commissioned a portfolio of Geertsen’s work using Anderson’s photographs, which now resides in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library.[7]
In 2016, Geertsen was named one of the Phoenix Area’s Top 100 Creatives by Phoenix New Times[8], and in 2020 her work was included in the Arizona Biennial Exhibition at the Tucson Museum of Art.[9]
Projects
[edit]Design for the Tempe, AZ History Museum Time Capsule[8][10]
Portfolio of works based on the photographs of George Edward Anderson, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University[11]
Label for La Debáuche craft beer, Angoulême, France[12]
Book cover for Pigs When They Straddle the Air, by Julie Nichols,[13]
Exhibitions
[edit]SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT, "Corinne Geertsen"
2018 Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT, "Corinne Geertsen"
2016 Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa AZ, "The Footnote Chronicles"
2016 Tempe History Museum, Tempe AZ, "History: What Happens When You’re Not Looking"
2014 Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT, "Beyond Memory"
2012 Kimball Art Center, Park City UT, "Freudian Trip"
2012 Scottsdale Public Arts, Scottsdale AZ, "Corinne Geertsen"
2011 Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler AZ, "Psychological Sophistication and Quirk"
2010 Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa AZ, "Psychological Sightseeing"
2010 Cathedral Center for the Arts, Phoenix AZ, "Geertsen at the Olney"
2010 Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ, "Corinne Geertsen"
2010 Mesa Community College, Mesa AZ, "Corinne Geertsen"
2009 @Central Gallery, Burton Barr Public Library, Phoenix AZ, "Psychological Images of Sophistication and Quirk"
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, "Salmagundi Photography Exhibition"
2021 Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT, "Our Global Climate Emergency"
2020 Pop Santa Fe, NM, "Pop Femme Sugar Coated Strange"
2020 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ, "Arizona Biennial"
2020 Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale AZ, "Arizona Biennial Artists"
2019 Anthony’s Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT, "Certain Women"
2019 Park City, UT, "Making Her Mark: Art by Women"
2019 Tempe Center for the Arts, AZ, "Myths, Maps and Legends"
2018 Haven Gallery, Northport, NY, "Music Box III"
2018 idea Museum, Mesa AZ, "Far Out! "
2018 Shemer Museum, Phoenix, "We Believe"
2018 Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT, "Journeys"
2016 Mesa Community College, Mesa AZ, "50 Years of Collecting"
2016 Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland WA, "Contemporary Showcase"
2016 Meyer Gallery, Park City UT, "Photo Focus"
2016 i.d.e.a Museum, Mesa AZ, "FantaSea"
2013 Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale AZ, "Works on Paper"
2013 Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa AZ, "Weather or Not"
Further Reading
[edit]- "Corinne Geertsen". Corinne Geertsen.
- "Studio Snapshot: Corinne Geertsen". Phoenix Magazine. 2016-09-01.
- "Art & Life with Corinne Geertsen". Voyage Phoenix. 2018-10-25.
- "Mesa Artist Corinne Geertsen on Why Mistakes Are the Best Teachers". Phoenix New Times. 2016-08-30.
- "The Truthful Surreal: Corinne Geertsen at the Springville Museum of Art". 15 bytes. 2015-01-26.
- "Mesa Arts Center celebrates new exhibits with literature-themed festival". Arizona Republic. 2016-09-06.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Thursday in Springville". Provo Daily Herald. 2014-11-05.
- ^ "Art & Life with Corinne Geertsen". Voyage Phoenix. 2018-10-25.
- ^ "Family Matters". City of Tempe. 2012-06-23.
- ^ "The Truthful Surreal: Corinne Geertsen at the Springville Museum of Art". 15 bytes. 2015-01-26.
- ^ a b "Studio Snapshot: Corinne Geertsen". Phoenix Magazine. 2016-09-01.
- ^ "Flypaper Textures Interview with Corinne Geertsen". Flypaper Textures. 2010-04-27.
- ^ "L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library". Wikipedia. 2021-07-05.
- ^ a b "Mesa Artist Corinne Geertsen on Why Mistakes Are the Best Teachers". Phoenix New Times. 2016-08-30.
- ^ "Arizona Biennial 2020". Tucson Museum of Art. 2020-10-01.
- ^ "Tempe Time Capsule". Tempe History Museum. 2016-09-13.
- ^ "Corinne Geertsen Photo Composites". BYU Library. 2012-10-13.
- ^ "ΨΠΘ". La Debáuche Brasserie. 2020-10-30.
- ^ "Pigs When They Straddle the Air". Julie Nichols. 2016-06-02.