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Josh Keyes
4096 Piedmont Ave Suite 610
Oakland, CA 94611

joshkeyes.art@gmail.com


Born: Tacoma, WA  1969


Education

MFA 1998     Painting and Printmaking   Yale University School of Art

BFA 1992     Painting and Drawing   The School of the Art Institute of Chicago


Solo Exhibitions

2007     "Surface Tension", Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007     "Josh Keyes", George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2003     "Drift", Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA,

2001     "Josh Keyes Recent Painting", Hey! Gallery, Oakland, CA

1996     "Josh Keyes",The Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA

1996     “Signs and Symptoms”, The Penny Lucas Gallery, Tacoma, WA,


Group Exhibitions

2008      Red Dot Art Fair, represented by Limited Addiction Gallery, New York, NY

2008     "Contested Ground: The Landscape Redrawn", Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA

2008     "John Casey and Josh Keyes", TAG Art Gallery, Nashville, TN

2008     "Gold Rush", Okay Mountain, Austin, TX

2007     "Josh Keyes and Oliver Vernon", Limited Addiction Gallery, Denver, CO

2007     "Artifice of Form", Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA

2007     "Stranger Than Fiction", Hang Art, San Francisco, CA

2007     "Arcadia 2007 Artists Celebrate Trees", California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007     "16th Annual Swap Meet", Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY

2007     "Picks Of The Harvest", Thinkspace Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007     "Overhung 3: Well Hung", Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA

2007     "New Works by John Casey and Josh Keyes", TAG art gallery, Nashville, TN

2007     "Elevation", Limited Addiction Gallery, Denver, CO

2006     "Utopia", 111 Minna, San Francisco, CA

2006     "Boontling All Star Show", Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA

2006      Art 212, George Billis Gallery, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, NY

2006     "Oakland - East Side Story", YBCA, San Francisco, CA

2006     "Drawn", Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA

2006     "Droppin'  Drawers", Okay Mountain, Austin, TX

2006     "Natural and Unnatural", Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ

2006     "Unframed", Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006     "Fecal Face Dot Com", 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006     "Kyle Mock and Josh Keyes", Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA

2006     "Alternate Realities", Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006     "Overhung 2", Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA

2006     "Monster Drawing Rally", Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

2006     "Drawn", Art Murmur, Los Angeles, CA

2005      AAF Contemporary Art Fair New York City, New York, NY

2005     "Laugh Out Loud", Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2005     "Marking Traces", 33 Grand, Oakland, CA

2005     "The Human Zoo", Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA

2005     "New Faces", Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004     "George Billis Inaugural Show", George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004     "Recent Work by Lisa Ericson and Josh Keyes", PLU, Tacoma, WA

2004     "Industrial Beauty", George Billis Gallery, New York, NY

2004     "New Tales to Tell", San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA

2002     "Phantom Dreams and Lollipop Orbits", Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA

2001     "New Paintings and Drawings", 332, Oakland, CA

2001     "Celebration", !Hey! Gallery, Oakland, CA

1998     "MFA Thesis Show", Yale University, New Haven, CT

1997     "Summer in New Haven", Yale University, New Haven, CT

1996     "MFA Candidate Exhibition", Yale University, New Haven, CT

1995     "Group Show", The Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA

1993     "Industry", Gallery Kultrurhass, Tacoma, WA



Bibliography and Interviews


Cover illustration, The Stranger, Vol. 17, No. 28 March 20-26, 2008

Book cover design, Pleiades, Volume 28 Number 1, Pleiades Press, Department of English and Philosophy, University of Central Missouri, 2008

http://libbysniche.blogspot.com/search/label/Interview

ABC 7 News, "Bay Area gives birth to green renaissance, an environmental art movement" February, 20, 2008
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=5969919

SanFrancisco Magazine, "A Collector's Guide to the New Art Market", January 2008

MapMagazine, Issue #2, January 2008 http://www.themapmag.com/

Manny Blocker, "Josh Keyes Interview", The Taste Makers Society, January 24th, 2008
http://ttsmag.com/2008/01/24/josh-keyes/


The Penleaf, Arts, Literature, and Culture, Dec/Jan 2008 http://thepenleaf.com/Back%20Issues.htm

Picnic Magazine, Issue #1, 2008  http://www.picnicmagazine.net/

Theo Konrad Auer,  "Josh Keyes Interview" The Eastsider, December, 2007 http://theeastsider.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/josh-keyes-interview/

The Brilliance, "Josh Keyes Interview", September 19, 2007 The Brilliance!

Artist Profile, Juxtapoz, No. 79, August 2007 Juxtapoz

Helena Nolan, Artist Feature, Hi Fructose Vol. 5, July 2007 http://www.hifructose.com/

George Melrod, Art Ltd., "Josh Keyes artist profile", Art Ltd., July 2007 article

Illustration,  New York Magazine,  The Summer Guide 2007, The New York Magazine, 444 Madison Avenue, 4th Fl. New York, NY 10022 article

Book cover design, Pleiades, Volume 27 Number 2, Pleiades Press, Department of English and Philosophy, University of Central Missouri, 2007

Neil O'Rourke, Pimp Magazine, "Josh Keyes Interview", Pimp Magazine, Vol 10, 2007 article

Zach Smith, "Josh Keyes Interview", Our Art Site.com, May, 2007

Theo Auer, "Studio Visit: Josh Keyes", Fecal Face, Jan. 2007 article

Tonya Warner, "Utopia", Percolator Magazine, Jan. 2007 article

New American Paintings, The Open Studios Press, Dec. 2006

"Featured Artist: Josh Keyes", Jewcy.com, Dec. 8 2006 article

Nicole Wintermyer, "Josh Keyes", Artheadsf, Nov. 2006 article

Van Edwards, "Josh Keyes Interview", Fecal Face, Nov. 2006  article

Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, "Drawing alive and well", The Austin American-Statesman, Oct. 2006 article

Cover illustration, "Beyond Green, Design 2006", LA Weekly, Sept. 2006

Kimberly Chun, "Local Artist", The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Sept. 2006

David Downs,"Josh Keyes and Kyle Mock",  East Bay Express, July, 2006 article

Timothy Buckwalter,  "Critic's Choice", The East Bay Monthly, July, 2006

Peter Frank, "Art Pick Of The Week", LA Weekly, November 12-18, 2004

New American Paintings, The Open Studios Press, Dec, 2003

Ben Meeker, "Fearful Symmetries", The Commencement Art Gallery, May, 1996

Joanna Koss, "South Sounds Profile: Josh Keyes," Art Access, May, 1996

Douglas McLennan, "Three Ways to Feel Surreal", Tacoma News Tribune, April, 1996






 
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