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Melvin Geisenhofer

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Melvin Geisenhofer
Melvin Geisenhofer

Born in 1941, Melvin Geisenhofer has been a fixture at the Creativity Explored studio since 1985.

Expressive color and repetition characterizes Geisenhofer’s artwork. With oil pastel or acrylic paint and ink, he creates complex compositions of marks combined with some figurative elements. In the past his works had more recognizable faces often with wide, toothy grins. Now Geisenhofer tends to abstract and obliterate the faces with layer upon layer of marks in a thick network. He has also recently been painting on larger canvases resulting in looser, less constrained pieces. As his instructor observes, “his work is expressionistic and dense, yet it often retains a lightness.”

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2008

    • Finders Keepers, Creativity Explored

  • 2007

    • Super Heroes Super Villains, Creativity Explored
    • Transmissions, Creativity Explored

  • 2006

    • Nature Rules, Creativity Explored
    • Outsider Art Fair, New York City
    • Avalon Mission Bay Permanent Collection, San Francisco
    • Nature Rules, Creativity Explored

  • 2005

    • Aliens: The Green Ones, Creativity Explored
    • Gesture, Creativity Explored

  • 2003

    • Lit, Creativity Explored

  • 2002

    • Seeing Behind the Face, Creativity Explored

  • 2001

    • Spirit of Sound, Creativity Explored

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