Josh Keyes

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."[1]

For the American football player, see Josh Keyes (American football).

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 works in Portland Oregon.

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 Le 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) 1789.com rda
  • "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)
  • "Droppin' Drawers", Okay Mountain, Austin, TX (2006)
  • "Drawn", Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA (2006)
  • "Oakland - East Side Story", YBCA, San Francisco, CA (2006)
  • Art 212, George Billis Gallery, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, NY (2006)
  • "Boontling All Star Show", Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA (2006)
  • "Utopia", 111 Minna, San Francisco, CA (2006)
  • "Elevation", Limited Addiction Gallery, Denver, CO (2007)
  • "New Works by John Casey and Josh Keyes", TAG art gallery, Nashville, TN (2007)
  • "Overhung 3: Well Hung", Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA (2007)
  • "Picks Of The Harvest", Thinkspace Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2007)
  • "16th Annual Swap Meet", Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY (2007)
  • "Arcadia 2007 Artists Celebrate Trees", California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2007)
  • "Stranger Than Fiction", Hang Art, San Francisco, CA (2007)
  • "Artifice of Form", Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA (2007)
  • "Josh Keyes and Oliver Vernon", Limited Addiction Gallery, Denver, CO (2007)
  • "Gold Rush", Okay Mountain, Austin, TX (2008)
  • "John Casey and Josh Keyes", TAG Art Gallery, Nashville, TN (2008)
  • "Contested Ground: The Landscape Redrawn", Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA (2008)
  • Red Dot Art Fair, represented by Limited Addiction Gallery, New York, NY (2008)
  • "Freak of Nature", 111 Minna, San Francisco, CA (2008)
  • "This is China", BLVD Gallery, Seattle WA (2008)
  • Aqua Art Miami, Represented by David B. Smith Gallery, Miami, FL (2008)
  • "Natural Selection", Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA (2009)
  • "Animal Instinct", Allegory, Allusion, and Anthropomorphism, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI (2011)
  • "Habitat", Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO (2011)
  • "Outlandish", Bedford Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA (2011)
  • "Dark Water", Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (2011)
  • "5 Years Anniversary Show", Breeze Block Gallery, Portland, OR (2011)
  • "Lush Life 3", Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA (2011)

Limited Edition Prints
  • Above and Below, Tiny Showcase (Providence, Rhode Island, United States), 2006 [Edition of 100]
  • Treadmill, Limited Addiction Gallery (Denver, Colorado, United States), 2007 [Edition of 50]
  • The Magician's Garden #3, Tiny Showcase (Providence, Rhode Island, United States), 2007 [Edition of 200]
  • Tic Toc, Limited Addiction Gallery (Denver, Colorado, United States), 2007 [Edition of 50]
  • Watcher #3, Limited Addiction Gallery (Denver, Colorado, United States), 2008 [Edition of 150]
  • Weaving, Tiny Showcase (Providence, Rhode Island, United States), 2008 [Limited edition time release]
  • Thunder, Limited Addiction Gallery (Denver, Colorado, United States), 2008 [Edition of 100]
  • Guardian I, Limited Addiction Gallery (Denver, Colorado, United States), 2008 [Edition of 100]
  • The Call I, Limited Addiction Gallery (Denver, Colorado, United States), 2009 [Edition of 750]
  • Entangle I, Limited Addiction Gallery (Denver, Colorado, United States), 2009 [Edition of 50]
  • Entangle II, Limited Addiction Gallery (Denver, Colorado, United States), 2009 [Edition of 50]
  • Scorch II, Limited Addiction Gallery (Denver, Colorado, United States), 2009 [Edition of 50]
  • Incubate, Limited Addiction Gallery (Denver, Colorado, United States), 2010 [Edition of 50]
  • Shedding, Limited Addiction Gallery (Denver, Colorado, United States), 2010 [Edition of 50]
  • Totem II (Raven Steals the Light), Tiny Showcase (Providence, Rhode Island, United States), 2010 [Limited edition time release]
  • Lifted, Limited Addiction Gallery (Denver, Colorado, United States), 2010 [Edition of 50]
  • Last Kiss, Limited Addiction Gallery (Denver, Colorado, United States), 2010 [Edition of 250]
  • Sowers, Limited Addiction Gallery (Denver, Colorado, United States), 2010 [Edition of 350]
  • Evacuation, Tiny Showcase (Providence, Rhode Island, United States), 2011 [Limited edition time release]
  • The Cerberus Project, Josh Keyes (Portland, Oregon, United States), 2011 [Edition of 100]
  • Scorch I, Ken Harman (San Francisco, California, United States), 2011 [Edition of 350]
  • Stampede, Josh Keyes (Portland, Oregon, United States), 2011 [Edition of 350]
  • The Collector, Tiny Showcase (Providence, Rhode Island, United States), 2012 [Limited edition time release]
  • Sirens, Josh Keyes (Portland, Oregon, United States), 2012 [Edition of 150]
  • Exodus I, Roq La Rue Gallery (Seattle, Washington, United States), 2012 [Edition of 50]
  • Lifted II, Josh Keyes (Portland, Oregon, United States), 2013 [Edition of 150]

References
  1. Environmental Graffiti - Josh Keyes: The Art of Nature Archived 2008-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
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