Megan Geckler

The bulk of my work lies within the area located between art and design. Each space in which I work informs the optical order and systematic reasoning that is the foundation for my process. An entryway offers multiple pathways and destinations - each with their own readymade focal point, a soffit becomes the departure point of the piece and the work speaks of the architectural facet and quirks of the space. A shipping container's depth and repetition of indentations becomes the inspiration for a giant swirling aperture into an endless tunnel. Upon completion, these architectural site-specific installations share the cool slick look of advertisements, backdrops for fashionable clothing, and high design products. Made of translucent plastic, they simulate and reference our idea of "the future" and camouflage the handmade quality of the work.

The site-specific architectural installations are assembled from thousands of strands of flagging tape, a colorful plastic ribbon utilized by surveyors to demarcate space on construction sites. This anonymous material is located on the periphery of our everyday life, manufactured in a wide array of colors and coded for multiple practical uses. When distanced from their intended applications, ...

Megan Geckler

Born 1975, lives and works in Los Angeles


EDUCATION

2001 Master’s in Fine Arts, Sculpture – Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
1998 Bachelor’s in Fine Arts – Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Glasgow School of Art – Summer Abroad Program


SOLO EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS

Upcoming
“Megan Geckler”; Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA), Salt Lake, UT
"Megan Geckler"; Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA

2012
“Megan Geckler for bobble”; McCormick Convention Center, Chicago, IL
“Flag Tag”; TED:Active, Palm Springs, CA

2011
“A fraction of the sum”; Andi Campognone Projects, Pomona, CA
“Lay it down and start up”; Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Los Angeles
“Megan Geckler”; Nike Vault, LA Live at the Staples Center, Los Angeles
“Seeing thoughts in repeat”; Urban Outfitters, Space 15 Twenty, Los Angeles
“There’s lights and sounds and stories, music’s just a part”; PØST, Los Angeles

2010
“Spread the ashes of the colors”; The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
“Every move you make, every step you take”; Pasadena Museum of California Art
“Twisted under, sideways down”; LAX Airport / DCA Public Art Program, Los Angeles

2009
“Straddle...