Portfolio 2026
Where
visual art meets
writing.
A multidisciplinary studio exploring the spaces between visual expression and the written word. Scripted visibility.
Selected Artwork
An ongoing exploration of form, (text)ure, and interactivity across digital media.
Nonwords
An online exhibition exploring language at the edge of meaning — where image and word dissolve into one another.
Enter Exhibition →Thoughts & Essays
Writing is another way of bringing visibility. Here I collect some art theory, thoughts on creative process, and poetry.
Toward a Phenomenology of Scripted Visibility
The viewer attempts to read the script, but the script refuses. This refusal places the viewer back into their body, into the sensuous thickness of looking.
Read Article →Opacity and Appearance: Legibility and Illegibility in Modern and Contemporary Visual Art
Art, like perception, is never complete disclosure. Every stroke, every shadow, every zone of color is an act of unconcealment that also guards a mystery. In this sense, the illegible is not an aesthetic failure but the condition of genuine appearance — the darkness from which visibility arises.
Read Article →(Un)cited/sighted/sited
The title I have given for myself—(Un) cited/sighted/sited—is not a trick exactly, though it is certainly a mischief.
Read Article →Plant Murmurs and Scripted Visibility: Some Rambling Notes Towards a Phenomenology of the Half-Seen and Half-Heard
Instead of asking what it means for the visible to become script-like, I am now asking what it means for the inaudible life of a plant to become voice-like.
Read Article →I am a visual artist and writer exploring the intersection of language, text, image, materiality, and subjective space.
Based in the Pacific Northwest, my studio practice moves fluidly between digital art, Augmented Reality, video art, and the written word.
My work has been featured in several independent galleries and literary journals, always with a focus on creating invitational, interactive experiences for the viewer or reader.
I'm exploring spaces—both physical and intellectual—between words and non-words.
When not in the studio, I am likely walking in the woods, birding, or searching for the perfect shade of grey.
Contact me
Available for commissions, collaborations, and exhibitions.
Feel free to reach out about upcoming exhibitions, collaboration ideas, or commissioned work.
ger [at] gerkilleen [dot] net Instagram