Jayson Keeling - Artist Biography and CV

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Born: Brooklyn, New York
Lives: Brooklyn, New York

Through the use of photography, video, and other related media, Jayson Keeling Creates artworks that provoke and dismantle pop iconography and the accepted politics of sex, gender, race, and religion. His work has been included in exhibitions at the ICA- Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Andy Warhol Museum, El Museo del Barrio, Exit Art, Gavin Brown's Enterprise at Passerby and The Bronx Museum. Keeling has been awarded residencies from the Art Omi International Residency Program in 2012, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in 2009 and 2007, as well as the Apex Art Outbound Residency to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2009.

Education

1986	AA, Fashion Illustration/Art History The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, New York

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2013	Omni Pictures 55 5th Ave., New York, NY 10003, New York, New York (Title Forthcoming) The Fogelman Contemporary, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
2012	See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City all Over! Go Ape Crazy! Third Streaming, NYC, New York
2011	Behind The Green Door Abrons Art Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York, New York 99 and 44/100% Pure Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut Behind The Green Door Abrons Art Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013	ART21/WHAT TIME IS NOW: ART/HISTORY/FILM BMCC/CUNY, New York, New York Glitter and Folds ICA- Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Better Days Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2012	tete-a-tete Rhonna Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois The Bearden Project The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC, New York For Personal Use The Impossible Project in Soho, NYC, New York
2011	The (S) Files El Museo del Barrio, NYC, New York Mixed Messages: A(I)DS, Art + Words La Mama La Galleria, NYC, New York Four Minutes, Thirty-Three Seconds LegalArt, Miami, Florida The Trinidad +Tobago New Media Film Festival New Media Film Festival, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
2010	Bite Third Streaming, NYC, New York Lush Life: Chapter Eight, 17 plus 28 is 32 Scaramouche, NYC, New York Bunny Redux: Contemporary Artists Rethink the Iconic Playboy Bunny, Collaboration with Kalup Linzy The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
2009	30 Seconds Off an Inch The Studio Museum In Harlem, New York, New York The Queens International 4 The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York
2008	Summer Mixtape Volume 1: The Get Smart Edition Exit Art, New York, New York VIDEOSTUDIO The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York Open Studios, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, New York
2007	Wu-tang / Googoplex Show (Congress) Gavin Browns Enterprise at Passerby At Passerby GBE at Passerby Passerby, New York, New York
2006	Harlem Postcards The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York

Selected Bibliography

2012	Kates, Natalie. "Jayson Keeling: Studio Visit and Interview/Varga Magazine", Varga Magazine, 3/29/2012 Margevicius, Sam. "Jayson Keeling: Studio Visit", studiovisit.com, 4/1/2012 McKinnis, Sam. "Jayson Keeling: City All Over", Eastvillageboys.com (online)
2011	Norman, Lee-Anne. "Jungle Love", Artslant NYC Merjian, Ara H.. "Mixed Messages, Critics Picks, Artforum.com", Artforum.com Miller, leigh -Anne. "The Lookout: A Weekly Guide To Shows You Don't Want to Miss, Art in America", Art in America
2010	Heing, Samantha. "Don't bring A Book to an Art Show", The New Yorker Online
2009	Genocchio, Benjamin. "Colorful, Witty, Noisy: A West Indies Melange", The New York Times, December 4, 2009 Carlin, T.J.. "Day Trips to Satisfy Your Art and Travel Bugs", Time Out, July 23- 29 2009 Cotter, Holland. "Queens International 4", The New York Times, April 9, 2009
2008	Gerrity, Jeanne. "Interview: Jayson Keeling", Beautiful/Decay Magazine - The Y Issue, Nov/Dec 2008 Genocchio, Benjamin. "The House Party Spirit in All Its Glory", The New York Times, December 26, 2008
2007	Kalm, James. "Brooklyn Dispatches", The Brooklyn Rail Piccinini, Amalia. "Festival Di Dumbo a Brooklyn", Flash Art Online.it.
2006	Barilant, Claire. "Do You Think I'm Disco", Artforum.com, Critics Pick, Week of February 6, 2006 Cotter, Holland. "Do You Think Im Disco", The New York Times, February 3, 2006 Genocchio, Benjamin. "Exploring Discos Beat", The New York Times, February 19, 2006

Selected Awards and Grants

2012	Artist-in-Residence Art Omi International Residency Program http://artomi.org/, Ghent, New York
2009	Apexart Outbound Residency to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Apexart, New York, New York Swing Space Residency The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, New York
2007	LMCC Workspace Residency Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, LMCC, New York, New York
2006	AIM 27, Artists in The Marketplace Professional Development Fellowship The Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York Emerge 8, Creative Capitol Professional Development Fellowship Aljira A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey hrlm: beautiful people, Harlem Portrait Commission The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York