Mat Geisler

Artist Statement


Mat Geisler comes from a strict religious German family. His father is a pastor and his mother a nurse. Having moved frequently as a child, he is fascinated with Heimat (home), Raum (space) and digital culture. Growing up in the 2000s, he is influenced by a Religious upbringing, science fiction, 90s computer games and life in a tiny village. Often observing the world as a quiet child, his visual worlds move between the metaphysical and the trivial. Gestural forms quote characters & pictorial symbols from pop culture, religion and the internet as well nature, creating a snapshot of life in the 21st century. He merges recurring motifs, between organic structures, whimsical gestures, stars and morphing comic figures into intricate image-plates. Graduated from the HGB Leipzig he lives and works in the city of LE (DE).


Vita


*1985, lives and works in Leipzig (DE).

Education


2015 Diploma
2015 – 2010 Studies Illustration – Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
2010 – 2009 Studies in London Illustration – Camberwell College of Arts
2009 – 2007 Studies Graphic Design – Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
2007 – 2006 Studies teaching degree Theology/Fine Arts – University of Siegen

Exhibitions


03/2025 Vortex, Galerie Filser & Gräf (Munich, DE)
09/2024 Pick ‘N’ Mix, Studio Bubec (Prague, CZ)
09/2024 Do You Ever Dream Of Your Phone?, Porte (Leipzig, DE)
07/2024 Cave, Ars Avanti e.V. (Leipzig, DE)
05/2024 Art Safari 2024, Studio Bubec (Prague, CZ)
12/2023 Wintersalon, Shower Galerie (Leipzig, DE)
09/2023 Let’s print in Leipzig · LAB, Museum für Druckkunst Leipzig (Leipzig, DE)
05/2023 Scribo Oculus Mentis, Shower Galerie (Leipzig, DE)
03/2023 Unwucht, Galerie Filser & Gräf (Munich, DE)
11/2022 Peepshow, Ortloff Smartphonebar (Leipzig, DE)
09/2022 Portal, Plateau (Leipzig, DE)
09/2022 Drawing Wow 3, minusoneoffspace (Wien, AT)
06/2022 Ad Astra, periscope (Salzburg, AT), Performance
09/2019 Grateful Park, Pilotenküche (Leipzig, DE)
08/2019 Hungry Dungeon Friends, KKW (Leipzig, DE)
07/2019 DRAWINGS OF TODAY, Gallery At The Window (Paris, FR)
10/2017 Grund, KTR Gallery (Leipzig, DE)
07/2017 Pause, Vary (Leipzig, DE)
05/2017 A Space Odyssey: 5 Jahre Raum.Weisz, Raum Weisz (Leipzig, DE)
04/2014 Imaginäres Museum, Egyptian Museum (Leipzig, DE)
10/2013 Prints / made in Leipzig, University of Fine Arts (Budapest, HU)
09/2013 Freudenhaus 24h, PopUniversell e.V. (Leipzig, DE) Performance
03/2013 I want to believe, Delikatessenhaus (Leipzig, DE)
11/2012 Mat(t)hias, Raum Weisz (Leipzig, DE), Performance
02/2012 Student Prize Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig