Working from both life and personal photographs, Keep illuminates the intricacies of simple scenes: light falling in a quiet room, the shapes that a modest object casts onto the sidewalk, infinite beads of water resting in a spiderweb.
Claudia Keep’s (b. 1993) paintings reveal the intimate complexity of everyday moments. Composed of soft lines and shapes, they convey impressions of the ordinary that are curiously lucid. Ranging from scenes passing by like the somber warmth of a bedroom light, crumpled sheets rippled in the form of an avalanche, or the mesmerizing glare of a butterfly's wings —Keep renders these moments sacred. This record of detail rescues the humblest of beauty from invisibility, by its nature an invitation to look more closely.
Her upcoming and recent exhibitions include Chateau La Coste, FR (2024, group); Galerie Marguo, Paris, FR (2024, solo); 1226 Gallery, Dallas, TX (2024, solo); Parker Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2023, solo) and MARCH, New York, NY (2023, solo). Keep has also exhibited at Blum & Poe (Los Angeles, CA), Venus Over Manhattan (New York, NY), Fortnight Institute (New York, NY), and The Painting Center (New York, NY). Keep’s work has been featured in The Paris Review, Plant Magazine, and Harper’s Magazine, among others.
Born 1993 in Low Moor, Virginia, US. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Education
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Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, BA |
Solo Exhibitions
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2024 |
Galerie Marguo, Somehow, Somewhere, Someway, Paris, FR |
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1226 Gallery, In Bed, Dallas, TX |
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2023 |
Parker Gallery, Almanac, Los Angeles, CA |
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2022 |
March Gallery, Aubade, New York, NY |
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Tif Sigfrids, Day In, Day Out, Athens, GA |
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2021 |
Tops Gallery, Claudia Keep, Memphis, TN |
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March Gallery, Night Moves, New York, NY |
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2019 |
Galerie Ulysses, Johns Friends, Vienna, Austria |
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UK Medical Center Gallery, Day in Maine, Lexington, KY |
Group Exhibitions
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2024 |
Margot Samel, New York, NY (Upcoming) |
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Château La Coste, Une Chambre à Soi, Aix-en-Provence, France |
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2023 |
Galerie Marguo, ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai, China |
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Galerie Marguo, Art Paris 2023, Paris, France |
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Cob Gallery, Night light, London, UK |
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2022 |
Scroll / The Hole, The Midnight Hour, New York, NY |
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Blum & Poe, When the Sun Loses Its Light, Los Angeles, LA |
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Tif Sigfrids, Speed to Roam, Athens, GA |
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2021 |
LAUNCH F18, Stonebreakers, New York, NY |
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March, Pre- Renovation, New York, NY |
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Reyes Finn, The Language of Flowers curated by Phillip March Jones, Detroit, MI |
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Fortnight Institute, The Lonely Ones, New York, NY |
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2020 |
The Painting Center, The Blues, New York, NY |
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Auxier Kline, Lean Out the Window,, New York, NY |
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2019 |
Ablebaker Contemporary, The Missing Half-Second, Portland, ME |
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2015 |
New York Studio School, Living Threads, New York, NY |
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2014 |
The Painting Center, 20th Anniversary Exhibition, New York, NY |
Collections
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Fidelity Investments Collection, USA |
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Progressive Collection, USA |
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University of Kentucky, USA |
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Claudia KeepApril 12th, 8:04 PM, When the Moon Hits Your Eye, 2024Oil on masonite panel25.4 x 30.5 cm (10 x 12 in)
27.4 x 32.5 cm (10.8 x 12.8 in) framed -
Claudia KeepApril 8th, 6:45 AM, Blue Morning, 2024Oil on masonite panel30.5 x 25.4 cm (12 x 10 in)
32.5 x 27.4 cm (12.8 x 10.8 in) framed -
Claudia KeepAugust 23rd, 4:07 PM, As the Sun Hits, 2024Oil on masonite panel30.5 x 25.4 cm (12 x 10 in)
32.5 x 27.4 cm (12.8 x 10.8 in) framed -
Claudia KeepBrooklyn Hibiscus, 2024Oil on Masonite panel20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in)
22.3 x 27.4 cm (8 ¹³⁄₁₆ x 10 ¹³⁄₁₆ in) -
Claudia KeepDecember 2nd, 11:16 AM, Bird Bath, 2024Oil on Masonite panel20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in)
22.3 x 27.4 cm (8.8 x 10.8 in) framed -
Claudia KeepJuly 1st, 12:55 PM, Swimmer, 2024Oil on masonite panel25.4 x 30.5 cm (10 x 12 in)
27.4 x 32.5 cm (10.8 x 12.8 in) framed -
Claudia KeepMay 16th, 12:15 PM, Unmade Bed, 2024Oil on masonite panel30.5 x 25.4 cm (12 x 10 in)
32.5 x 27.4 cm (12.8 x 10.8 in) framed -
Claudia KeepOctober 22nd, 10:18 PM, Orange Slices After Dinner, 2024Oil on masonite panel25.4 x 30.5 cm (10 x 12 in)
27.4 x 32.5 cm (10.8 x 12.8 in) framed -
Claudia KeepWaves, 2024Oil on Masonite panel30.5 x 35.6 cm (12 x 14 in)
32.5 x 37.6 cm (12 ¹³⁄₁₆ x 14 ¹³⁄₁₆ in) -
Claudia Keep9:16 PM, Glass of Water at Bernie's, 2023Oil on masonite panel25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in)
27.6 x 22.5 cm (framed) -
Claudia KeepDriving Home from Canada, 2023Oil on masonite panel30.5 x 40.6 cm (12 x 16 in)
32.7 x 42.9 cm (framed) -
Claudia KeepSeptember 7th, 10:06 AM, Red Admiral on the Sidewalk, 2023Oil on masonite panel20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in)
22.3 x 27.4 cm (8.8 x 10.8 in) framed -
Claudia KeepPink Half-Moon Over Newark, 2022Oil on masonite panel25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in)
27.6 x 22.5 cm (framed) -
Claudia KeepSun Through the Clouds, 2022Oil on masonite panel30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in)
32.5 x 25 cm (framed) -
Claudia KeepWhite Clover, 2022Oil on Masonite panel20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in)
22.5 x 27.6 (framed)
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The Plant: Claudia Keep Cover Issue 21 Spring/Summer 2024
The Plant Magazine, 17 May 2024 -
Frieze: Joseph Lee’s Top 5 Picks from Frieze Los Angeles Viewing Room 2024
Frieze , 22 Feb 2024 -
The Cut: Women Artists to Watch at Frieze Los Angeles
Evan Nicole Brown, The Cut, 21 Feb 2024 -
The Paris Review: Young, Slender, Blond, Blue-Eyed
Édouard Louis, The Paris Review, 22 Jan 2024 -
Whitewall: In Aubade, Claudia Keep Captures What it Feels to Exist
Andrew Huff, Whitewall, 9 Jan 2024 -
Artillery: Gallery Rounds: Claudia Keep
Sebastian Zinn , Artillery, 20 Dec 2023 -
Harper's Magazine: Trapdoor Where the past overtakes you
Kathleen Alcott, Harper's Magazine, 1 Dec 2023 -
FAD: Claudia Keep Talks To Phillip Edward Spradley
Phillip Edward Spradley, FAD Magazine, 31 Aug 2023
