Curriculum Vitae

Martin Geiger

Born Jan, 14, 1997

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
2017-
Franklin C. Watkins Grant (PAFA)

2018-
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

Jimmy Lueders Prize (PAFA)

Charles Toppan Drawing Prize (PAFA)

Arthur de costa prize Honorable mention (PAFA)

Gamblin Paint Prize (PAFA)

August Cook Prize (PAFA)

Earl T Donelson Painting Award (PAFA)

Gilbert M Cantor Scholarship (PAFA)

2019-
Lance Roy Lauffer Prize (PAFA)

Best in Show, Lynchburg Art Club Paint-out

Best in Painting, Bath County Art Festival

2020-
Featured Artist, Art Unlocked VA

Manifest Gallery International Painting Annual 9, Selected participant

2021-
Best of Show, Plein Air Roanoke

2022-
Best of Show, Plein Air New Bern

First Place, Plein Air Roanoke

Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

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, VA

2022- “New Realism”, Steven Francis Fine Art and Virginian Hotel, Lynchburg VA

Two-Person Exhibitions
2019- “Inside, outside” Elizabeth Geiger and Martin Geiger, Beverly Street Gallery, Staunton, VA

2021- “Frank Hobbs and Martin Geiger”, Steven Francis Fine Art, Lynchburg, VA
Fred Nichols Gallery, Barboursville, VA

2022- “Tables and Spaces”, Elizabeth Geiger and Martin Geiger, Flippo Gallery at Randolph Macon College, Ashland, VA
2023-”Continuum” Martin Geiger and Lincoln Perry, Steven Francis Fine Art, Lynchburg 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

-2021 Winslow Art Center

-2021-2022 Currier Museum of Art

-2022 Penn Studio School

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

– 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

– “Five to Watch” Fine Art Connoisseur, January/February Edition 2023