RTS is excited to host a Virtual Artist Talks with Tanja Geis on Wednesday June 10, 2020 7:00-8:00pm.
Zoom Artist Talk Schedule:
2-3 mins introduction of Artist
20-25 mins Artist Talk
10-15 mins Q&A
Please email realtimeandevents@gmail.com to obtain zoom information for this event. Thank you.
Tanja Geis makes paintings, installations, videos that explore human disturbed spaces as zones for the transformation of ecological perception. Geis holds an M.F.A. in Art Practice from University of California Berkeley, an M.R.M. in Marine Management from the University of Akureyri, Iceland, and a B.A. in Fine Art from Yale University. Her work has been exhibited at the Berkeley Art Museum, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, and the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art and various venues in Europe and Asia. She co-founded Wildfjords Artist Residency in Iceland and has taught at University of California Berkeley. Geis’ awards include a Graduate Fellowship at the Headlands Center for the Arts, a Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Award from The San Francisco Foundation, and a Graduate Arts Grant from the University of California Institute for Research in the Arts. She has been an artist-in-residence at Djerassi Resident Artist Program, the Blue Mountain Center and Kala Art Institute. Geis was born in Hong Kong and lives in Berkeley, CA.