Dolan Geiman is a nationally recognized mixed media artist known for intricate collage works using salvaged materials found through a lifetime of exploration. Born and raised in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Geiman’s formative years were defined by outdoor adventures. The rambling spirit of Geiman’s childhood is still alive today in every one of the artist’s contemporary western creations. Though best known for his large-scale paper collages and metal wall sculptures, Geiman also creates paintings, screenprints and three-dimensional sculptures. Together, Dolan Geiman’s art showcases a wide range of media and subjects — all celebrating Mother Nature and the rugged American landscape.
I would love to be able afford a bison or deer sculpture!!! Find him on Instagram.
Meet Dolan Geiman Voyage Dallas interview
I was born and raised in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in a house built in the late 1700s. A former Civil War hospital and dance hall surrounded by 17 acres of farmland, woods, and creek, it laid the foundation for a career and portfolio fueled by nature, nostalgia, and storytelling. My father worked for the USDA Forest Service in the summers between teaching, so our family moved to a cabin in the woods each summer. Days-filled with outdoor exploration as a child carry-forth in my love to ramble along back-roads in search of materials to rescue in the name of art. In 2002 I moved to Chicago on a whim and days later met my life-long partner in life and work, Ali Marie. People ask about your “big break” as an artist; that wintery night when she walked up the steps to witness what sort of shenanigans I was concocting in my living room apartment gallery was probably just that.
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