Garth Weiser (born 1979) is an artist based in

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. Weiser was born in

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. He makes

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s which mix stark geometric patterns with textured paint surfaces. His work is a mixture of figurative and

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imagery and references art and design from the 1980s and 1990s. Weiser received his MFA from

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in 2005, after receiving his BFA from

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. He is currently married to artist

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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

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, 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, New York 2011 *Solo exhibition, Casey Kaplan, New YorkReviews: Garth Weiser
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'', 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