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1964 M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1960 B.A., San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
1984 Hand Hollow Fellowship
1980-81 National Endowment of the Arts, Artist Fellowship
1962-63 Teaching Fellow, UCLA
1963-64 Teaching Fellow, UCLA
1996 Magnetic Field/Color Compression, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Tension and Structure, Art Works Gallery, Riverside, CA
1990 Floating Corridor of Forbidden Entry, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
The Works Gallery, Crystal Court, Costa Mesa, CA
1987 The Works Gallery Long Beach, CA
1986 Light Shadow/Counter Balance, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1984 Recent Sculpture, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983 Recent Sculpture, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Horizontal Jeopardy, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
Recent Sculpture, Neil G. Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Double Gravity Bend, El Camino College, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Empirical Alchemy, El Camino College, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Liquid Art, Climatic Extremes, S.O.M.A. Arts, San Francisco, CA
1999 Climatic Extremes, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
1997 Process Art West Coast 70s and 80s, Todd Madigan Gallery, Cal State University, Bakersfield
and Bakersfield Museum, Bakersfield, CA
1996 Instrument to Identity Space, Riverside Museum, Riverside, CA
Magnetic Field, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1995 Magnetic Field, Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, CA
1990 Floating Corridor of Forbidden Entry, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1983 Triple Jeopardy, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA
1982 Brice Crevice, Site Sculpture for San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1981 Surf Line Erosion, Irvine Cove, Laguna Beach, CA
Surf Line Erosion Seimulation, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA and
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
1979 White Water Deflection, Palm Springs, CA
White Water Deflection Simulation, ARCO Center for Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Tidal Erosion Simulation, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
Floating Glass Wall, P.S.I. Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York, NY
1978 Tidal Erosion, Newport Beach, CA
Long Beach, Drainage Erosion, Long Beach, CA
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2010 Cross-Pollination, The Art of Collaboration, El Camino College, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Melting Point, El Camino College, Los Angeles, CA
2005 All California Invitational Exhibition, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2004 Liquid Art, Climatic Extremes, S.O.M.A. Arts, San Francisco, CA
2003 Invitational Sculpture Exhibit, Coastline College, Costa Mesa, CA
Chloroform, Panties and Peanut Butter Southern California Drawings,
San Bernardino Valley College, San Bernardino, CA
1999 Southern California Environments, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
1998 Forces of Nature, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
1997 Process Art West Coast 70s and 80s, Todd Madigan Gallery, Cal State University, Bakersfield
and Bakersfield Museum, Bakersfield, CA
1996 Instrument to Identity Space, Riverside Museum, Riverside, CA
1995 In Motion, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Metaphorical Space, Ann Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1994 Too Cool/L.A. Finish Fetish and Assemblage, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
1993 Seventy Fifth Anniversary Gifts, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Visions Transformed, Ann Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1992 Spirit of Matter, The Works Gallery, Crystal Court, Costa Mesa, CA
Real Space, The Works Gallery, Crystal Court, Costa Mesa, CA
1991 Visions Transformed, Ann Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1990 Artists and the Environment, The Armory, Pasadena, CA
1989 Forms and Space, Valerie Miller Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
Artist/Works II, The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Sculpture: Visions Transformed, Ann Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1988 Five Contemporary Artists From America, Sun Gallery, curated for the 1988 Olympic Games
Seoul, Korea
Orange County Invitational, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
1987 Southern California Artists, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (circulated: Los Angeles
Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA)
Six Gallery Artists, Grayson Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986 Artist/Works, The Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA
California Autumn, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Accent on Glass, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Strata: Time/Time Exposure, L.A. Center for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, CA
Art Out: Proposals and Documentation of Completed Works Installed in Public Places,
Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
1984 Natural Elements in Sculpture Park, an Exhibition and Proposal for Public Sculpture on the Beach
in Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
A Broad Spectrum, Contemporary Los Angeles Painters and Sculptors 1984, curated for the
Olympics, Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
1983 Urban Sculpture, Architectural Concerns, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Downtown L.A. Between the Freeways, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
X-Change, Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA
Breaking and Entering, Josef Gallery, New York, NY
Construction, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA
1982 Forgotten Dimension, A Survey of Small Sculpture in California, International Sculpture
Conference, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA
Art as Alchemy, California State University Dominguez Hills, Dominguez Hills, CA
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1981 California: The State of Landscape, 1872-1981, Newport Harbor Museum of Art,
Newport Beach, CA (circulated: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA)
The Intimate Object, Downtown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1980 Six Los Angeles Sculptors: Davis Davy, Dill, Geyer, Todd, Valentine, International Sculpture
Conference, Federal Reserve Building, Washington, D.C. (circulated: Federal Reserve Bank,
Los Angeles, and Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, CA)
Six Los Angeles Sculptors, Pro-Tech-McIntosh Gallery, Washington D.C.
1979 Artists Investigate the Environment, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park,
Los Angeles, CA
Ground Works and Projects of the Seventies, P.S.I. Institute for Art and Urban Resources,
New York, NY
High Voltage, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
Documentation as Art/Art as Documentation, ARCO Center for Visual Art, Los Angeles, CA
West Coast Clay Spectrum, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA
1977 One Hundred Current Directions in Southern California Art, Los Angeles Institute of
Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Definition Clay, Los Angeles, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
1976 California/L.A. Design’76, California Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
1975 Clay Works in Progress, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Clay: Geyer, McMillan, Sanders, Shep, Soldate, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA
1974 Ceramics and Glass, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Ceramic Conjunction, Brand Art Center, Glendale, CA
Invitational Drawing Show, 58F Plaza, Orange, CA
1973 Ceramic Conjunction, Brand Art Center, Glendale, CA
Kienholz, Lyn, L.A. Rising, SoCal Artists before 1980, December 2010
Geer, Suvan, Melting Point, Art Scene, December 2009
Pagel, David, Gravity’s Grip, Los Angeles Times, June 14, 1996
Zimmerer, Kathy, George Geyer and Robilee Federik at Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Art Week, August 1996
Geer, Suvan, George Geyer, Art Scene, June 1996
Knaff, Deborah, Fragile Balance of Power, The Press-Enterprise, April 28, 1996
Sullivan, Meg, Quake Jolts Artist Sense of Creativity, Daily News, October 21,1990
Frank, Peter, Art Pick of the Week, Forbidden Entry, L.A. Weekly, October 25, 1990
Bulmer, Marge, Forbidden Entry, Art Scene, September 1990
O’Brien, John, Rooms With a View 2, Visions, Winter 1990
Muchnic, Susan, A Plea and Visual Punch in Artists and the Environment, Los Angeles Times, April 13, 1990
Nixon, Bruce, The Risk of Passage, Art Week, October 1990
Snow, Shana, Quake’s Destruction Opens Door for Sculptor, Los Angeles Times, October 17, 1990
Geer, Suvan, Empirical Investigations of Beauty, Art Week, April 1987
McKenna, Kristina, The Art Galleries, Los Angeles Times, April 17, 1987
Helfrey, David, George Geyer, Modern-Day Phoenixes, Visions, Fall 1987
Gottlieb, Shirley, Works of Art at the Works Gallery, Long Beach Press Telegram, September 15, 1986
Menzies, Neil, George Geyer, Investigations of Precarious Structures, Art Week, May 1983
Wilson, William, Carrying Downtown to the Desert, Los Angeles Times, January 29, 1983
Wilson, William, The Galleries, Los Angeles Times, May 20, 1983
Wertz, Melinda, Blowin’ in the Wind, George Geyer at Neil G. Ovsey Gallery, Art News, March 1982
Ballatore, Sandy, George Geyer and Tom McMillan at San Jose State, Images and Issues,
November/December 1982
Wilson, William, Spectrum of California Landscape, Los Angeles Times, April 12, 1981
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Hugo, Joan, Here Today, Art Tomorrow, Five Lessons on the Beach, Images and Issues, Spring 1981
Hugo, Joan, Metamorphic Erosion, Art Week, February 1981
Hugo, Joan, Public Space Risky or Safe, Art Week, November 1980
Luis, Louise, Facts, Art and Mother Earth, Art Week, June 1979
Muchnic, Susan, Two Shows: From Trivia to Trenchant, Los Angeles Times, June 22, 1979
Muchnic, Susan, High Voltage at California State University Northridge, Los Angeles Times, November 10, 1978
Luis, Louise, Environmental Perspectives, Art Week, April 1978
Levin, Elaine, New Forms in Clay/Going Against Tradition, Art Week, March 1977
Ballatore, Sandy, California Clay Rush, Art in America, July/August 1976
Seldis, Henry, Process as Opposed to Object, Los Angeles Times, August 4, 1975
Ballatore, Sandy, Clay In Progress, Art Week, August 1975
Plagens, Peter, Clay Works in Progress, Art Forum, October 1975
Ronald Reagan, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
Bank of America, San Diego, CA
Bank of America, Redlands, CA
Bank of America, Los Angeles, CA
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Latham & Watkins, National Corporate Headquarters, Los Angeles, CA
Southern California Gas Company, Corporate Headquarters, Los Angeles, CA
Baker Pacific Corporation, Long Beach, CA
Kornwasser & Friedman, Los Angeles, CA
O’Hill Properties, Newport Beach, CA
Del, Rubel, Shaw, Mason & Derin, Los Angeles, CA
Bernie Lewak and Associates, Los Angeles, CA
Tressa Miller Company, Los Angeles, CA
Neal Mezies Company, Los Angeles, CA
First Capital Life Insurance Company, San Diego, CA
EF Hutton & Co., San Diego, CA
Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, Newport Beach, CA
Stewart/Romberger & Associates, Los Angeles, CA
First Interstate Mortgage Company, Pasadena, CA
Executive Life Insurance Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
Gene Bonas Construction and Company, Company Headquarters, Anaheim, CA
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
Gendell, Raskoff, Shapiro & Quittner, Los Angeles, CA
Bankers Trust and Company, Los Angeles, CA
Manate, Phelps, Rothenberg & Tunney, Corporate Headquarters, Los Angeles, CA
John, Dern, Mason, and Floum, Corporate Headquarters, Los Angeles, CA
Marilyn Pink, Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
M.G.H.M. & Associates, Costa Mesa, CA
Mumsey Nimeroff, Fine Art, Bevery Hills, CA
Hollywood Rentals, Corporate Headquarters, Sylmar, CA