Geo Wyex, fka Geo Wyeth (born 1984) is a primordial ooze musician, performer, and visual artist known for songs, performances and

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works that explore, augment, and reimagine the material poetic articulations of absence. His work often features characters, outcasts and alienated trans / queer subjects, and the cosomologies that come out of such positionality. Based in

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, the Netherlands (2017)

Early life and education

Geo Wyex was born in

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in 1984 and grew up in

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New York City and Montclair, New Jersey. He received a BA from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

Work

Wyex's work combines installation, music and performance in which handmade sets and unusual costumes join with absurd storytelling in performances that break down the boundaries between the audience and the performer and create an experience of communal intimacy.

Awards and fellowships

Among the honors which Geo Wyex has earned are: * Dolf Henkes Prijs Rotterdam, NL -(2021) * Mondriaan Fonds Deltaworkers Residency (2019) *

Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school supports ...

Residency (2015) *Art Matters Foundation Grant (2012) *

Jerome Foundation James Jerome Hill II (March 2, 1905 – November 21, 1972) was an American filmmaker and artist known for his award-winning documentary and experimental films, one of which won him an Academy Award. Career Hill was the child of railroad executiv ...

Travel and Research Grant (2011)

Selected performances

Wyex has presented

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at art institutions including

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, The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam,

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, LA MoCA. * 2024 - "Nobody Wade Never Too Much" - JOAN Gallery,

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, USA * 2018 - ''I'm A Chip/Make This Music Disappear'' - Buda Kunstencentrum,

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, NLD * 2017 - ''Juice CrosxxxSing'' -

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, USA * 2016 - ''Storm Excellent Salad'' -

, USA

References

External links

Geo Wyeth Interview in Huffington Post
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