ZACHARY KEETING
Born in Germany (1973), Zachary Keeting lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut. He received his BFA from Alfred University in 1995, and his MFA from Boston University in 1998. He has shown his work in group and solo exhibitions nationally (New York, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Boston) and internationally (Ottawa and Dusseldorf). Keeting has participated in numerous residency programs including Yaddo, The Millay Colony, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and The Santa Fe Art Institute. He was the recipient of The Connecticut Office of the Arts Fellowship in 2012, and an Amici Scholarship in 2006. He is represented by Giampietro Gallery. He has been reviewed in Art in America and other online publications. He co-founded Gorky’s Granddaughter (an interview project) in 2010 with Christopher Joy. He co-founded Improvised Showboat (a curatorial endeavour) in 2014 with Lauren Britton. He currently teaches painting at The Educational Center for the Arts.
Education
1998
MFA Boston University, Boston, MA Studied with John Walker, John Moore, Alfred Leslie
1995
BFA Alfred University, Summa Cum Laude Alfred, NY Studied with Mary Lum, Mario Prisco, William Contino
1990
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Saturday Program
Selected Exhibitions
2017
Giampietro Gallery, Two Person Exhibit – What A Simple Thing It Seemed, That Vast Yellow Light Sailing Slowly; New Haven CT Geoffrey Young Gallery, Group Exhibit – All Things Great And Small; Great Barrington MA Park Place Gallery, Group Exhibit – The Landscape Show; Brooklyn NY Gallery Souterrain, Group Exhibit – Mighty Mini’s; West Cornwall CT
2016
Life On Mars, Group Exhibit – An Occasional Dream; Brooklyn NY
Torrance Art Museum, Group Exhibit – Sibling Rivalries; Torrance CA
Silvermine Arts Center, Group Exhibit – Thunder Umbrella; New Canaan CT
UBS Gallery, Group Exhibit – Drishti A Concentrated Gaze; New York, NY
2015
Fred Giampietro Gallery, Two Person Exhibit – Rockless Volume; New Haven CT
Dartmouth College, Group Exhibit – Repeat; Hanover NH
The People’s Garden, Group Exhibit – Paintings In Trees; Brooklyn NY
Russian Consulate, Group Exhibit – Tribute To Mayakovsky; New York, NY
2014
Boston University Alumni Exhibit – Convergence; Boston MA
Morgan Lehman Gallery, Group Exhibit – Conversations; New York NY
Artspace, Group Exhibit – Smart Painting; New Haven, CT
2013
Fred Giampietro Gallery, Solo Exhibit – Recent Paintings; New Haven, CT
John Slade Ely House, Group Exhibit – Handful of Art; New Haven, CT
Metro Show Art Fair, Giampietro Booth; New York, NY
2012
Fred Giampietro Gallery, Group Exhibit – Chromacosm; New Haven, CT
Scope Art Fair, Giampietro Booth; New York, NY
2011
Mass Moca / Cabinet, Group Exhibit – An Exchange with Sol LeWitt; MA / NY
Artspace, Group Exhibit – Scrawl; New Haven, CT Art/Place, Group Exhibit – The Guy Show; Fairfield, CT
2010
Haskins Laboratory, Group Exhibit – Mind Sets; New Haven, CT
Vaudeville Park, Group Exhibit – True Singing is a Different Breathing; Brooklyn, NY
Fort Point Gallery, Group Exhibit – Dating Gorky’s Granddaughter; Boston, MA
New Haven Theatre Co., Group Exhibit – Art Sync 1; New Haven, CT
2009
Carroll and Sons, Group Exhibit – Boston Drawing Project; Boston, MA
ArtSpace Hartford, Group Exhibit – Maniac; Hartford, CT
Artspace, Solo Exhibit – Fussing and Fighting; New Haven, CT
Pilot Pen Invitational, Group Exhibit; New Haven, CT
2008
Lawn Club, Solo Exhibit – Recent Paintings; New Haven, CT
2007
Spring Arts Collective, Group Exhibit; Los Angeles, CA Studio 70, Group Exhibit; New Haven, CT
2006
Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Solo Exhibit – Ricochet; Ottawa, ON
Temporary, Group Exhibit; Düsseldorf, Germany
2005
Apartment, Solo Exhibit – Transparent Radiation; Pittsburgh, PA 2004 Evos, Group Exhibit; Lowell, MA
2002
Cambridge Art Association, Group Exhibit; Cambridge, MA Visual Research Gallery, Group Exhibit; New Haven, CT
2001
Hampden Gallery, Group Exhibit; Amherst, MA
Residencies
2011
Artist-in-Residence, VCCA; Amherst, VA
2010
Artist-in-Residence, Yaddo; Saratoga Springs, NY
Artist-in-Residence, Petrified National Forest, AZ
2009
Artist-in-Residence, Byrdcliffe; Woodstock, NY
2006
Artist-in-Residence, Montana Artists Refuge; Basin, MT
2005
Artist-in-Residence, Santa Fe Art Institute; Santa Fe, NM
2001
Artist-in-Residence, Pouch Cove; Newfoundland, Canada Artist-in-Residence, Millay Colony; Austerlitz, NY
2000
Artist-in-Residence, Woodstock School of Art; Woodstock, NY
Online Projects
2010 – 2015 Gorky’s Granddaughter
Teaching
2011 Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Visiting Artist; Hartford, CT
2006 – 2013 Educational Center for the Arts, Painting Instructor; New Haven, CT
Awards
2006 Amici Scholarship
Publications & Press
2013
Two Coats of Paint (September 25) review by Sharon Butler Painters’ Table (September 10) in conversation with Brett Baker KCLOG (September 23)
2011
Two Coats of Paint (May 5) review by Sharon Butler
2010
Time Out Boston (November 9) review by David Wildman New Haven Independent (July 16) review by Stephen Kobasa
2009
Rojo Magazine
2008
Studio Visit Magazine