Melvin Geisenhofer
1941 - 2016 ∙ CE artist
Melvin Geisenhofer was a fixture at the Creativity Explored studio for over 20 years. Expressive color and repetition characterizes most of Geisenhofer's artwork. With oil pastel or acrylic paint and ink, the artist would create complex compositions of marks combined with figurative elements. Earlier works had more recognizable faces often with wide, toothy grins while Geisenhofer's later paintings tended to diffuse or obliterate the faces with layer upon layer of marks in a thick network.
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2010
Spectrum, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2009
Inscriptions, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2008
Fibrocosm, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
The Untitled, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Finders Keepers, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2007
Super Heroes Super Villain, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2006
Nature Rules, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2005
Aliens: the Green Ones, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2004
Functionable, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Gesture, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2003
LIT: Lamps, Lanterns, and Shadow, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Japanese Rock n' California Roll, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA