Aleph Geddis

Works About Exhibition

The sculptural works of Aleph Geddis (b. 1973) live at the intersection of traditional methods and modernist forms, informed by a lifetime fascination with the foundational structures of our world. Growing up on Orcas Island, Aleph spent many hours with his stepfather, a sculptor, carver and builder of wooden boats. Steeped in this rich environment, his early works drew inspiration from the stylized naturalism of Northwest coast Native carvings As his work evolves, there remains a consistent engagement with the simple elegance of natural forms. His recent works are traveling directly into the integral shapes of the Platonic solids, which Aleph experiences as holding a truth beyond human subjectivity, and a magical existence that precedes us and will outlast us, that we get the pleasure of experiencing and interacting

with. A dedicated traveler and artisan, Aleph brings his work with him wherever he goes, continuing to use these forms as a place to explore the paradoxes that surround him, and to make some offering of beauty and integrity back into the world.

CV
Aleph Geddis C.V.
b. 1973
Lives and works in Bali
GALLERY SHOWS
2023 - Sacred Forces: Paper and Wood - Exhibition with Kate Geddes - Must Gallery
2022 - Portals - Group Exhibition - Maia Contemporary Gallery
2020 - Stranded - Group Exhibition - The Slow Gallery
2020 - Raga Rhythm - Group Exhibition - Titik Dua
2020 - Fluid Structure - Group Exhibition - Massey Klien Gallery
2019 - In Tandem- Exhibition with Spencer Hansen - Sky Gallery
2018 - Tori - Solo Exhibition - The Slow Gallery
2017 - Hard/Soft - Exhibition with Robert Moore - Heiser Gallery, Australia
2015 - A New Frontier - Group Exhibition, Bellevue Arts Museum
COMMISSIONS
2018 - Fox Panel - Filson Flagship Store, NYC
2016 - Owl Geometric Totem Pole - Facebook, Seattle
2015 - Large Geometric Totem Pole, Filson’s Flagship Store, Seattle
2014 - Totem Cube Chairs - Totokaelo - Seattle
PRESS
2024 - Soft Geometry in Warm Wood, Sculptures by Aleph Geddis - Design Milk - February 5th 2024 - https://
design-milk.com/warm-geometry-of-wood-sculpted-by-aleph-geddis/
2024 - Esoteric Forms Emerge from Wood in Aleph Geddis’s Enchanting Geometric Sculptures, Colossal, February
29th, 2024, https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/02/aleph-geddis-wood-sculptures/
2020 - Make a Living Living - A chapter on men - Book by Nina Karnikowski - 2020
2018 - Taking Shape - Smith Journal- March 2018
2015 - GRAY No.23 - Gray Magazine, July 28th, 2015 - https://issuu.com/graymag/docs/gray_no._23_
as15/57

2016 - GRAY No.26 - Gray Magazine, February 2nd, 2016 - https://issuu.com/graymag/docs/gray_no._26_fi-
nal/58

2015 - Trade Stories: Aleph Geddis, Wood Sculptor - Filson - November 10, 2015 - https://www.filson.com/blog/
profiles/trade-stories-aleph-geddis/
2015 - The New Frontier at Bellevue Arts Museum - Sight Unseen - April 29th, 2015 - https://www.sightunseen.
com/2015/04/the-new-frontier-at-bellevue-arts-museum/
2015 - In the Carving Shed with Aleph Geddis - EH Works - March 11, 2015 - eh-works.com/blogs/
news/17504837-in-the-carving-shed-with-aleph-geddis
VIDEOS
2017 - Farm League: Aleph Geddis, Wood Carver - Kellen Keane - vimeo.com/209474676
2016 - The Trade//Aleph Geddis - Pigeon Road, Time Inc. - vimeo.com/171654375
2015 - The Form Within Itself//Aleph Geddis Press Ban Productions - vimeo.com/120988593
2015 - Aleph Geddis-Wood Carver - Renata Chebel - vimeo.com/125191889
2012 - Whooly - Spencer Hansen - vimeo.com/34713656