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Born: Tacoma, WA 1969
Currently lives and works in Oakland, CA
EDUCATION:
1998 MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University School of Art
1992 BFA in Painting and Drawing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
“MIST” at OKOK Gallery, Seattle, WA (Oct.)
“Side Effects” at Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY (June-July)
2007
“Surface tension” at Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Oct.)
“Josh Keyes” at George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Feb.)
2003
“Drift” at Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2001
“Josh Keyes Recent Painting” at Hey! Gallery, Oakland, CA
1996
“Josh Keyes” at The Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA
“Signs and Symptoms” at The Penny Lucas Gallery, Tacoma, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
“Overdose” Group Exhibition at Copro Nason Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (April)
Southern Exposures 9th Annual Monster Drawing Rally at Verdi Club, San Francisco, CA (Feb.)
“Group Exhibition Part 1” at David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO (Jan.-Feb.)
2008
Red Dot Art Fair, represented by Limited Addiction Gallery, New York, NY (March)
“Contested Ground: The Landscape Redrawn” at Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA (Feb.-Aug.)
“John Casey and Josh Keyes” at TAG Art Gallery, Nashville, TN (Feb.)
“Gold Rush” at Okay Mountain, Austin, TX (Jan.)
2007
“Picks Of The Harvest” at Thinkspace Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Nov.)
“Josh Keyes and Oliver Vernon” at Limited Addiction Gallery, Denver, CO (Oct.-Nov.)
“Artifice of Form” at Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA (Sept.-Oct.)
“Stranger Than Fiction” at Hang Art, San Francisco, CA (May)
“Arcadia 2007 Artists Celebrate Trees” at California Modern gallery, San Francisco, CA (April)
“16th Annual Swap Meet” at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY (March-April)
“Overhung 3: Well Hung” at Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA (March-April)
“New Works by John Casey and Josh Keyes” at TAG Art Gallery, Nashville, TN (March)
“Elevation” at Limited Addiction Gallery, Denver, CO (Feb.-March)
2006
“Utopia” at 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Nov.-Dec.)
“Natural and Unnatural” at Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ (Dec.)
“Boontling All Star Show” at Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA (Nov.-Dec.)
“Oakland – East Side Story” at YBCA, San Francisco, CA (Oct.-Dec.)
“Drawn” at Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA (Oct.)
“Droppin’ Drawers” at Okay Mountain, Austin, TX (Oct.-Nov.)
Art 212, George Billis Gallery, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, NY (Sept.)
“Unframed” at Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Fecal Face Dot Com” at 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Aug.)
“Kyle Mock and Josh Keyes” at Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA (July)
“Alternate Realities” at Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Overhung 2” at Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA (March-April) “Drawn” at Art Murmur, Los Angeles, CA (Feb.-March)
“Monster Drawing Rally” at Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA (Feb.)
2005
AAF Contemporary Art Fair New York City, New York, NY (Oct.)
“Laugh Out Loud” at Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Marking Traces” at 33 grand, Oakland, CA (Aug.-Sept.)
“The Human Zoo” at Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA (Feb.)
“New Faces” at Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
“George Billis Inaugural Show” at George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Recent Work by Lisa Ericson and Josh Keyes” at PLU, Tacoma, WA
“Industrial Beauty” at George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
“New Tales to Tell” at San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
2002
“Phantom Dreams and Lollipop Orbits” at Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2001
“New Paintings and Drawings” at 332, Oakland, CA
“Celebration” at Hey! Gallery, Oakland, CA
1998
“MFA Thesis Show” at Yale University, New Haven, CT
1997
“Summer in New Haven” at Yale University, New Haven, CT
1996
“MFA Candidate Exhibition” at Yale University, New Haven CT
1995
“Group Show” at The Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1993
“Industry” at 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
Libby Nicholaou, "Josh Keyes Interview", Libby's Niche, March 5th, 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
Illustration, New York Magazine, The Summer Guide 2007, The New York Magazine, 444 Madison Avenue, 4th Fl. New York, NY 10022
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
Zach Smith, "Josh Keyes Interview", Our Art Site.com, May, 2007
Theo Auer, "Studio Visit: Josh Keyes", Fecal Face, Jan. 2007
Tonya Warner, "Utopia", Percolator Magazine, Jan. 2007
New American Paintings, The Open Studios Press, Dec. 2006
"Featured Artist: Josh Keyes", Jewcy.com, Dec. 8 2006
Nicole Wintermyer, "Josh Keyes", Artheadsf, Nov. 2006
Van Edwards, "Josh Keyes Interview", Fecal Face, Nov. 2006
Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, "Drawing alive and well", The Austin American-Statesman, Oct. 2006
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
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