Artist josh keyes talks with host whitney keyes about the inspiration for his surreal artwork
Josh Keyes (born August 17, 1969 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American contemporary artist who makes paintings and prints. He currently works out of Portland, Oregon. His work has been described as "a satirical look at the impact urban sprawl has on the environment and surmises, with the aid of scientific slices and core samples, what could happen if we continue to infiltrate and encroach on our rural surroundings."
Josh Keyes' style is reminiscent of the diagrammatic vocabulary found in scientific textbook illustrations that often express through a detached and clinical viewpoint an empirical representation of the natural world. Assembled into this virtual stage set are references to contemporary events along with images and themes from his personal mythology. Josh Keyes' work is a hybrid of eco-surrealism and dystopian folktales that express a concern for our time and the Earth's future. Josh Keyes was born in Tacoma, Washington. He received a BFA in 1992 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA in 1998 from Yale University. Keyes currently lives and works in Portland Oregon.
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Biography
Keyes earned a bachelor's degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a master's degree in painting and printmaking from Yale University.
Selected Solo Shows
"Signs and Symptoms", The Penny Lucas Gallery, Tacoma, WA, USA (1996)
"Josh Keyes",The Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA, USA (1996)
"Josh Keyes Recent Painting", Hey! Gallery, Oakland, CA, USA (2001)
"Drift", Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA, USA (2003)
"Josh Keyes", George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2007)
"Surface Tension", Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA (2007)
"Side Effects", Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY, USA (2008)
"Mist", OKOK Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA (2008)
"Sprout", David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO, USA (2009)
"Collision", David B. Smithe Gallery, Denver, CO (2010)
"Fragment", Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY, USA (2010)
"The Magician's Garden", FFDG, San Francisco, CA (2011)
"Migration", Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY (2011)
"Above and Below", Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (2012)
"The Circus and the Sea", Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA (2012)
Selected Group Shows
"Industry", Gallery Kultrurhass, Tacoma, WA (1993)
"Group Show", The Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA (1995)
"MFA Candidate Exhibition", Yale University, New Haven, CT (1996)
"Summer in New Haven", Yale University, New Haven, CT (1997)
"MFA Thesis Show", Yale University, New Haven, CT (1998)
"Celebration", !Hey! Gallery, Oakland, CA (2001)
"New Paintings and Drawings", 332, Oakland, CA (2001)
"Phantom Dreams and Lollipop Orbits", Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA (2002)
"New Tales to Tell", San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA (2004)
"Industrial Beauty", George Billis Gallery, New York, NY (2004)
"Recent Work by Lisa Ericson and Josh Keyes", PLU, Tacoma, WA (2004)
"George Billis Inaugural Show", George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2004)
"New Faces", Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2005)
"The Human Zoo", Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA (2005)
"Marking Traces", 33 Grand, Oakland, CA (2005)
"Laugh Out Loud", Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2005)
AAF Contemporary Art Fair New York City, New York, NY (2005)
"Drawn", Art Murmur, Los Angeles, CA (2006)
"Monster Drawing Rally", Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA (2006)
"Overhung 2", Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA (2006)
"Alternate Realities", Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2006)
"Kyle Mock and Josh Keyes", Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA (2006)
"Fecal Face Dot Com", 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2006)
"Unframed", Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2006)
"Natural and Unnatural", Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ (2006)
