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Artworks
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Biography
Kim Keever (b. 1955) is an internationally acclaimed photographer. He is known for his colourful large-scale abstractions, which he creates by pouring paint into a 200 gallon tank of water in his studio. Keever uses his large-format digital camera to capture the resulting clouds of colour as they swirl into different forms and diffuse themselves through the water.
After earning an engineering degree from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, Keever worked briefly as a thermal engineer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He switched careers to become a full-time artist in the mid 1970's, however his previous vocation has continued to inform his work, lending a scientific methodology and investigative process to his artistic practice.
Kim Keever's work has been exhibited internationally in numerous solo and group exhibitions. His work has been widely collected, and can be found in numerous public and private collections, including the Bank of America; Harvard Library; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; Museum of Modern Art, NYC; Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC.
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EDUCATION
BS, Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Temple Emanu-El, Miami, FL
2022
Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2020
Figge Museum, curator, Joshua Johnson, Davenport, IA
Underwater Canvas, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2019
Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, NY
IN FLUX, Tillou Fine Art, New York, NY
Three Dimensional Rorschach, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2018
Water Colors, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallerly, New York, NY
Landscape Dreams I Remember, KMR Gallery, Washington Depot, CT
2016
Art Through a Wall, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2015
Random Events, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, New York, NY
Casa Tua, South Beach, FL
Summer Selections, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2014
Water Painting, Tillou Fine Art, New York, NY
2013
Abstracts, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, New York, NY
Kinz Tillou Fine Art, New York, NY
2012
Tillou Gallery, Litchfield, CT
Underwater-Scapes, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
2011
Charles Bank Gallery, New York, NY
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
David B Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
2010
Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009
Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC
2008
Kinz, Tillou + Feigen, New York, NY
Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007
Kinz, Tillou + Feigen, New York, NY
2006
Kim Keever, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Suspended States, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
2004
All I Ever Knew, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
2003
New Work, Cornell Dewitt Gallery, New York, NY
2002
A Raining Day, Fotogalerie Wein, Vienna, Austria
Photographs, Fassbender Fine Art, Chicago, IL
2001
De Chiara/Stewart, New York, NY
1999
De Chiara/Stewart, New York, NY
Fassbender Fine Art, Chicago, IL
1997
Art Space, Raleigh, NC
1992
Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NYSELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Evolving Site, curator NedGannon, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin
2023
Iris van Herpen Exhibition, curator Cloe Pitiot, Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Louvre), Paris, France
2022
Miami Works, Temple Emanu-El, Miami Beach, FL
Summer Group Show, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, New York, NY
2020
Models of Nature in Contemporary Photography, curator Christine Jadi, Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Berlin, Germany
Tales from the Lens: New Contemporary. Photography, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, NY Method III, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Summer Selections, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Art Cares, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, Canada
In this Together: A benefit…, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, New York, NY
2021
Spring Selections, Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Summertime, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2019
Weather Report, curator Richard Klein, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Models of Nature in Contemporary Photography, Kallmann-Museum, Ismaning, Germany
Models of Nature in Contemporary Photography, Museum Haus Ludwig, Saarlouis, Germany
Models of Nature in Contemporary Photography, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Georgia O'Keefe & Contemporary Art, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Method II, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, Canada
New at Bau-Xi this June, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, Canada
In Flux, Tillou Fine Art, New York, NY
Photography, A Group Show, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, New York, NY
2018
The Beyond: Georgia O'Keefe & Contemporary Art, Chrystal Bridges Museum, NC
Inventory, Method & Concept, Naples, FL
Mother's Day Digital Exhibition, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
New Work, Method & Concept, Naples, FL
2017
Group Show, Orth Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
Waterhouse & Dodd at dcc, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Group Show, Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY
Et In Arcadia Ego, curated by David Molesky, New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
Jamie Harris & Shane McAdams +, Method & Concept, Naples, FL
2015
Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape, University of Richmond Museum, Richmond, VA
The Road to Elysium, Heist Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2014
Altering Space, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
Winter Show, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, New York, NY
Inaugural Exhibition at 960 Madison Ave, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, New York, NY
Art Miami 2014, Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC
2013
Land & Sea, curated by Tim Strazza, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, New York, NY
The Land Before & After Time, Acola Griefen Gallery, New York, NY
Semblance & Guised, Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO
Six Artists, curated by Jacquie Littlejohn, Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY
2012
Otherworldly: Optical Delusions..., Museum of Tourcoing, Lille, France
Beyond Bling, curated by Claire Oliver, Clare Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
The Perfect Storm, curated by Edna Cardinale, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Earthly Delights, curated by Katharine Mulherin, Mulherin + Pollard, New York, NY
2011
Bling, curated by Dru Arstark, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities, curated by David McFadden, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
American Chambers: Post 90s American Art, curated by Inhee Iris Moon, Gyeong Nam Museum of Art, Chawon, South Korea
Deconstructing Nature, curated by J. Greene, Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ
Indexing the World: invention, abstraction and dissonance, curated by Andrew Young, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
Bowery Lane, Charles Bank Gallery, New York, NY
Waterways, Heather Gaudio Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2010
More Photographs than Bricks, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Speak for the Trees, Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, ID
The Garden, McNeil Art Group Project Space, New York, NY
2009
As we Live and Breathe, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Landscape Reimagined: Photographs by Kim Keever, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
Trouble in Paradise, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
2008
Twilight, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland ME
The Sublime Landscape, Project 4, Washington, DC
The Elements: Earth, The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT
Gallery Stable, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago IL
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY
Landscapes for Frankenstein, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Kim Keever and Peter Drake, curated by Mark Strathy, CCSU, New Britain, CT
Global Anxieties: Nine Perspectives on a Changing Planet, The College of Wooster Art Museum, Ebert Art Center, Wooster, OH
2006
Whose Nature? What's Nature?, Sun Valley Center For the Arts, Ketchum, ID
Between Mind and Nature: Exploring Other Realms, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
The Contemporary Landscape, Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Hedonistic Imperative, curated by Graham Guerra, Deborah Colton G, Houston, TX
2005
Beautiful Dreamer, curated by David Gibson, Spaces, Cleveland, OH
Everland, curated by David Gibson, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
Jack the Pelican Presents, Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY
Staging the Real, Projects at Clifford Chance, New York, NY
2004
Multiplicity, Fota House, Fota Island, Ireland
Elsewhere, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
Enchantment, curated by Jennifer McGregor, Wave Hill Gallery, Bronx, NY
Second Nature, curated by Linda Dennis, Fish Tank Gallery, New York, NY
Skies & Scapes, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
Images of Time and Place: Contemporary Views of Landscape, curated by Susan Hoetzel, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2003
Nature Photography, curated by Jay Grimm, JG Contemporary, New York, NY
Supranatural, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Fake, curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Unreal, curated by Mel Watkin, Contemporary Museum of Art/St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2001
Photography: Here and Now, Cornell Dewitt Gallery, New York, NY
Staging Reality: Photography from the West Collection at SEI, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
Mixed Greens Presents, at Schroeder Romero, Brooklyn, NY
Lifelike, curated by Joe Houston, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Plaza Exhibition, curated by Moukthar Kocache, Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
Mixed Greens at Space 201, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Kim Keever & Jason Yi, Safety-Kleen Gallery One, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
Assention, curated by Dr. Petra Gilroy, Diozesan Museum, Freising, Germany
Transporter, curated by Naomi Urabe, Bangkok, Thailand
Almost Something, curated by Andrew Chesler, Catherine Moore Fine Art, New York, NY
1999
Kunst Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Culturama, curated by Vanessa Hattoun, Gen Art, New York, NY
Natural World Observed, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
In View of Nature, curated by Susan Hoetzel, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
Horizontal Verticality, Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX
Three Painter Photographers, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Artists of the Second District, Federal Reserve Bank, New York, NY
1996
O.D.U. Artist Retrospective, Norfolk, VA
1994
Last Picture Show, Brodys Gallery, Washington, DC.
1993
Arachnosphere, curated by Robert Mahoney, Ramnarine Gallery, Long Island City, NY
1990
Art Redux, New England Museum of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
1988
Kaldewey Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1987
Cutting Edge, Patterson Museum of Fine Art, NJ
Recent Acquisitions, Prints & Illustrated Books, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NYBIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
The 1980s Art Scene in New York, book, Tom Warren, P 57
Artist Kim Keever, Monarch Magazine, Teresa Annas
2021
Better Photography, P 54-58
Kastner, Jeffrey and Sina Najafi. "Our Weather: a selection." Cabinet, 2001 (photo)
2020
Johnson, Ken. "Almost Something: Depictive Abstraction." New York Times 28 April
Schneider, John. catalogue essay. Elgin College Arts Center
Hsu, Wesley. "Neither Here Nor There." Bangkok Metro Feb (photo)
Home Design, Underwater Canvas
Forty Years of Artists Books, Kaldewey Press
Art and Antiques, Water Colors, P 27
2019
Weather Report, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
The Octopus Museum, cover
2018
Art & Antiques, John Dorfman
Art and Object, Water Colors from a New Angle
Vue Magazine, The Art Issue, 2018, P. 56-59
The Beyond: Georgia O'Keefe and Contemporary Art, P. 84-87
The Berlin Journal, cover
In the Making Magazine, P. 92-103
USA Art News, blog
The Chromologist
Rational Beauty, blog - Kim Keever, P 1-6
Portfolio Magazine, Germany, P 8-15
Odyssey Magazine, P 55-60
Live Magazine, Jeff Wright, review
Abstract Liquiid Experiments, Inspiration Grid, blog
2017
Juxtapoz Magazine, Keever Dives in, David Molesky
GDF, Global Design Firm, Jay Hillyer, P. 72-85, NYC, 2017
Integrating Studies in Art & Design, Cover
Buzzworthy, "Ethereal Underwater Art, Jessica Bush, blog
These Abstract Prints Turn Phyisics into Art, Gear, Elizabeth Stinton
The Wonder List, blog
The Love Place, interview
New Art Blog, New Jersey City University, Megan Klim
Miss Moss, blog
Lenscratch, blog
La Maison Rebelle, Alyson Leif, blog
Klassik Magazine, interview
Integrating Studies in Art and Design, Jenny Rintoul, cover
Fashionela, Vukota Brajovic interview
2016
Dordfman, John, Art & Antiques, "Fluid Dynamics", April, P. 48-53
Lapham's Quarterly, Abstract image illustrating luck, Summer
Top Shelf, Matchpoint, NY, 2016, P. 144-155
Topshelf book, Jay Hilyer, P 143-154, NYC
"Et In Arcadia Ego", Catalog, 2016, New Museum Los Gatos, CA
Romantic Meditations, Media Theory and British Romanticism, SUNY Press, 2016, (Cover)
Lapham's Quarterly, Luck, David Rose, 2016, P. 27
2016
Dordfman, John, Art & Antiques, "Fluid Dynamics", April, P. 48-53, NYC
2015
Meyer Rus, Architectural Digest, "Perfect Balance", P.147
New Yorker, Underwater kelp photo, Nov. 2, P. 42
2014
Jon Pareles, New York Times, Arts & Leisure, "Clinging to her Every Word", P. 1
Photo Plus, "Abstract Art", P. 34-39, Seoul, South Korea
L. I. Art, "Kim Keever", P. 40-43, (Cover)
New Yorker, "Art Reviews", P. 9
Courrier International, "La Monde en Bocal", P. 54
Fahrenheit 0, "Kim Keever", (Cover)
In The Making Magazine, Interviews with Diego Meijido, P. 92-103
2011
Teresa Annas, "Kim Keever's Scenes from a Fish Tank", The Virginian-Pilot, July 22 (photos)
Jones, Kristin M. "A Small World After All". The Wall Street Journal, June 9
Kino, Carol, The New York Times, "A Peephole Perspective of Tiny Worlds"
The New Yorker, "Goings on About Town", July 12
Gladman Randy R, "Kim Keever at Museum of Arts and Design, The Ministry of Art Affairs, Internet
Matthias Straub, "Eroded Men/Landscapes", Lotto-Magazin und Das Spiel Ums Ganze, (cover and 8 pages)
2010
a novel by Peter Straub, A Dark Matter, Double Day (cover)
van der Does, . "Willekeur als Kracht." Bieneke, August. (photos) Amsterdam, Netherlands
2009
Tucson Museum of Art, Preview Magazine, May 2009, (cover)
Wilson, Michael. "Reviews." Art Forum, March. (photo)
Erickson, Mark St. John. "Luminous Landscapes." Metro Mix Hampton Roads, Feb. 22
Annas, Teresa. "Art." Virginian-Pilot, Jan. 22, 2009. (photo)
2008
Wright, Jeffrey Cyphers. "More Romantic Than a Blue Rose." Chelsea now, Oct. 31
Interview with Lena Vigna, Kohler Foundation, Kohler, WI
2007
Oates, Leah. "The Altered Landscape: An Interview with Kim Keever", New York Arts Magazine, May 2007. (photo)
Jacobs, Joseph. "Environmental Attitudes: Four Under-Recognized Artists Survey Their Surroundings." Art and Antiques Feb. 2007: 97
Pickney, Roger. "The Bare Boughs of Winter Trees." Orion Jan/Feb 2007: 53
2006
Vigna, Lena. "Kim Keever: Suspended States" catalog essay for Kim Keever: Suspended States exhibition. John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI Oct.2005-Feb.2006
Artnet, Alan G. "Paintings are loud and brassy mash-ups of pop, Old Master." Chicago Tribune 15 Sept. 2006
2005
Leffingwell, Edward. Art in America Oct. 2005: 172. Angrist, Laurel. New York Press, Feb. 9-15 2005. <http://www.nypress.com>
Cyphers Wright, Jeffrey. "Romancing the Tones." OffOffOff 12 Jan. 2005 <http://www.offoffoff.com/art/2005/kimkeever.php>
Art World Feb. 2005
Hrbacek, Mary. "Kim Keever at Feigen Contemporary." The New York <http://thenewyorkartworld.com/pastIssue/FebEditorial2005.html>
"Readings." Harper's July 2005. (photo)
Vigna, Lena. "Interview with Kim Keever." John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Oct. 2005.
2003
MacInnis, Brendon. "Reviews." New York Art World Oct. 2003. (photo)
Cohen, David. "Gallery Going." Artcritical 31 July 2003 <http://www.artcritical.com/DavidCohen/SUN12.htm>
2002
Holg, Garrett. "Reviews." Art News May 2002. (photo)
Daniel, Jeff. "Unreal or the genuine article." St. Louis Post-Dispatch 8 Sept. 2002: A&E section.
Kerman. "Double Take." Riverfront Times 21-27 Aug. 2002:Night & Day Section. Watkin, Mel. catalog essay for Unreal exhibition. Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis Mi.2002.
2001
Nakamura, Marie-Pierre. "Ambience Keever." Art Actuelle Mar. 2001. (photo)
Kastner, Jeffrey and Sina Najafi. "Our Weather: a selection." Cabinet, 2001 (photo)
2000
Johnson, Ken. "Almost Something: Depictive Abstraction." New York Times 28 April
Schneider, John. catalogue essay. Elgin College Arts Center, 2000
Hsu, Wesley. "Neither Here Nor There." Bangkok Metro Feb. 2000. (photo)
1999
Mahoney, Robert. "Synthetic Realism." Time Out New York, Apr. 1999. (photo) White, Kit. "Artist Reviews." Review 15 Apr. 1999.
"Reviews." The Village Voice, 27 Apr. 1999.
Zimmer, William. "The Hudson River School Keeps on Rolling Along." New York Times 17 Oct. 1999, late ed.: 1.
Hawkins, Margaret. "Reviews." Chicago Sun-Times 12 Nov. 1999. (photo)
New York Contemporary Art Report Mar.-Apr. 1999.
Knight, Christopher. Los Angeles Times 26 Nov. 1999.
1997
Greenberg, Blue. "Important Key in Keever Landcapes." Durham Herald Sun, 21 Mar. 1997
1993
Ottmann, Klaus. "The New Spiritual." Arts Magazine Oct. 1993. (photo)
1987
Mahoney, Robert. "Reviews." Arts Magazine 1987. (photo)
Gardner, Colin. Los Angeles Times 15 Feb. 1987.
1986
Potter, Everett. "Reviews." Arts Magazine June 1986. (photo)
Henegan, Darragh. "Art in New York." The Ritz Nov. 1986.
Potter, Everett. "The Paintings of Kim Keever." Arts Magazine 1986.
1984
Gorney, Jay. "The East Village." Feb. 1984.
Levin, Kim. "Chill Out New York." The Village Voice, Aug. 1984.
1983
Robinson, Walter. East Village Eye Nov. 1983.PUBLICATIONS
Vue Magazine, The Art Issue, 2018, P. 56-59
"Et In Arcadia Ego", Catalog, 2016, New Museum Los Gatos, CA
Romantic Meditations, Media Theory and British Romanticism, SUNY Press, 2016, (Cover)
Lapham's Quarterly, Luck, David Rose, 2016, P. 27
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, Random House, NY, 2015, (Cover)
Hot Street, Hot Street Publishing, Halesite, NY, 2014, (Cover)
Tender Data, Face Out Publishing, Austin, TX (Cover)
Blue Earth Review, Minesota State University, 2015, MN, 2015 (Cover)
Experience Painting, Davis Publications, Worcester, MA, 2015
Haruki Murakami, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, 2015, (Cover)
Tender Data, Poetry ensamble, New York, NY 2014
Photo + Magazine, Abstract Image, P. 38, Seoul, South Korea
Adam Finkelstein, The Hand, P. 13, April 2014
Top Shelf, Matchpoint, NY, 2016, P. 144-155
Diego Meijido, In the Making Magazine, University of Vigo, Spain, 2014
L. I. Art, Art Kim Keever, P. 40, Moscow Russia, Spring 2014
Theresa Barbaro, Art: Kim Keever, L.I. Art, Moscow, 2014
Julia Kim, Abstract Image, Photo+, Seoul, South Korea, 2014
Fernanda Plancarte, Kim Keever, Fahrenheit Zero (cover), Mexico City, 2014
Emily Amodeo, Volumetric, Hot Street (cover), Halesite, NY, 2014
Diego Meijido, Interview: Kim Keever, In the Making Magazine, Spain, 2014
David Revere McFadden, Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities, Otherworldly, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY 2011
Brice Brown and Mark Shortlife, The Siennese Shredder, Siennese Shredder Edi- tions, 2010
Andria Friesen. Speak for the Trees. Marquand Books. Seattle, WA. 2010
Spring Edition 2010. Earth Island Journal. Berkley, CA
Neruda, Pablo. Twenty Love Poems & a Song of Desperation. New York: Kaldewey Press, 1989 (linocut prints)
East Village 86. New York: Pelham Press, 1986
East Village 85. New York: Pelham Press, 1985
Yes & No. New York: Kaldewey Press, 1984 (linocut prints)AWARDS
2008
NYFA grantPUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, KS West Collection, Oaks, PA
New England Museum for Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, CT Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY
Patterson Museum, Patterson, NJ
George Washington University Gallery, Washington DC Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
Microsoft
Sacks Fifth Ave
Phillip Morris
Clifford Chance Law Firm
Harvard Library
Bank of America
Healthcare Development Partners