Garth Weiser (born 1979) is an artist based in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

. Weiser was born in

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

. He makes

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

s which mix stark geometric patterns with textured paint surfaces. His work is a mixture of figurative and abstract imagery and references art and design from the 1980s and 1990s. Weiser received his MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts in 2005, after receiving his BFA from Cooper Union. He is currently married to artist Francesca DiMattio.

Notable exhibitions

2002 *''Native'', The House Gallery, Miami *''Collector's Choice'', The Nelson Fine Art Museum, Tempe 2003 *''New Paintings'', Coos Bay Art Museum, Oregon 2004 *''And One For Grandma'', Capsule Gallery, New York 2005 *''Folk Machine'', Guild & Greyshkul, New York *''Greater New York'', PS1 MoMA, Long Island City 2006 *''Jessica Stockholder - Jedediah Caesar - Markus Amm - Garth Weiser'', Galerie

Nathalie Obadia Nathalie Obadia (born 14 March 1962) is a French art gallery owner. She specialises in contemporary art. Early life She was born in Toulouse, France. As a teenager, Nathalie Obadia completed an internship at Daniel Varenne, in Genova, and Adri ...

, Paris *''The Manhattan Project'', Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami *''The Difficult Shape of Possible Images'', ZieherSmith, New York 2007 *''Blackberrying'', Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen 2009 *Solo exhibition,

Casey Kaplan gallery Casey Kaplan is a contemporary art gallery in New York City, in the United States. History The gallery was founded in 1995 in a , one-room space located on the upper floor of a cast iron loft building on Broadway, before moving to Greene Street ...

, New York 2011 *Solo exhibition, Casey Kaplan, New YorkReviews: Garth Weiser
'' Art in America'', August 27, 2011. Retrieved 2013-05-13.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Weiser, Garth Living people 1979 births Columbia University School of the Arts alumni Artists from Montana Painters from New York (state) Cooper Union alumni