Artist Information:
Janna Geary
Pasadena, CA
United States
Member Since: Feb 2004
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Artist Statement:
“My work has a voice…one that uses a “loudspeaker” to communicate, and lives a much more flamboyant existence. My new work offers a realistic assessment of humanity’s fears and a broadened spectrum on which of those fears or experiences exist, and whom they belong to. The purpose of my art is to be a kind of “social therapy” that functions through acknowledging experiences, emotions, or subject matter that is uncomfortable, and then re-presenting it to my audience in a matter in which they are forced to observe it…sometimes through a different perspective, and sometimes through their own.
After being asked, “Why are you trying to protect your audience?” I realized, not only was I trying to protect my audience, but more importantly I was trying to protect myself from what was really happening in my life. The discoveries I was “silently” making were actually repressing my creative process, and the shift to challenge that protection is uncovering an intellectual side to my work, in which I also become aware of my own motives for my painting. Through the process of witnessing humanity (and inhumanity for that matter), I have developed a much greater understanding of an...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003 "Tease Show" Greenlight Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA
2001 "Passion's Timeline" Che Cosa, Detroit, MI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 Zear Satellite Galleries, Long Beach, CA
2004 "Los Angeles Open" Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood, CA
2004 "FARfetched Benefit Art Auction", Los Angeles, CA
2003 Silver Lake Art Crawl,Los ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Collections:
2000 3Z Salon
1999 Paul Gogo
2000 Elizabeth Geary
2000 Michelle and Terry McQuade
2001 Debbie Maniscalco
2001 Joe and Sue Memminger
2001 Bosef Xavier
2002 Bill & Francis Higginbottom
2002 Eric Schissel
2003 Elizabeth Geary
2003 Engel Theoford
2003 Phillip Brown
2004 Shannon O’Shea
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Commissions:
1997 Soundstage Café
1997 Subwave
1998 Flavoritz Cafe
1998 Wonder World
1998 Lexington Orchard
1998 Fred Grande Ford
1999 Louis’ Chophouse
1999 Luigi’s Downtown
2000 Parkway Café
2000 3Z Salon
1998 Dean Tagliavia
1999 Mario Olgiati
2000 Maryann and Michael Bolton
2000 The Poupard’s
2001 Joe and Sue ...
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Janna Geary's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to Janna Geary's Portfolio. Browse Geary's body of work: “My work has a voice…one that uses a “loudspeaker” to communicate, and lives a much more flamboyant existence. My new work offers a realistic assessment of humanity’s fears and a broadened spectrum on which of those fears or experiences exist, and whom they belong to. The purpose of my art is to be a kind of “social therapy” that functions through acknowledging experiences, emotions, or subject matter that is uncomfortable, and then re-presenting it to my audience in a matter in which they are forced to observe it…sometimes through a different perspective, and sometimes through their... | |
Odeus, 2005 Mixed Media, 108 x 59 X 10 inches Price: US$ 32000 €: 20440 UK £: 15842 ¥en: 3178435

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Fuck It, 2003 Acrylic Painting, 72 x 54 X 4 inches Price: US$ 60000 €: 38325 UK £: 29704 ¥en: 5959566

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LIVING OUT LOUD, 2001 Acrylic Painting, 48 x 65 X 4 inches Price: US$ 38000 €: 24272 UK £: 18813 ¥en: 3774391

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Surfaced, 2006 Mixed Media, 78 x 39 X 10 inches Price: US$ 17900 €: 11433 UK £: 8861 ¥en: 1777937

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ATTACK OF THE CANDY STORE, 2003 Acrylic Painting, 80 x 50 X 4 inches Price: US$ 42000 €: 26827 UK £: 20793 ¥en: 4171696

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MASSACRE OF THE MIND, 2004 Acrylic Painting, 63 x 41 X 4 inches Price: US$ 32000 €: 20440 UK £: 15842 ¥en: 3178435

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