Jayson Keeling lives and works in New York, NY.

Education

1986   AAS, The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions

• 2012   The Jones Alumni Gallery at The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN  
• 2011   SEE JUNGLE! SEE JUNGLE! GO JOIN YOUR GANG YEAH, CITY ALL OVER! GO APE CRAZY! Third Streaming, New York, NY
• 2009   Behind The Green Door, Abrons Art Center Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
• 99 and 44/100% Pure, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
• 2008   Jayson Keeling and Fredrick Hayes, Number 35 Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2012   The Bearden Project, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; organized by Lauren Haynes
• Next Generation, Contemporary Wing, Washington, D.C.; curated by Lauren Gentile        
• 2011   “Four Minutes, Thirty-Three Seconds”, LegalArt, Miami, FL; curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud
• The (S) Files 2011, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY (catalog)
• The Trinidad +Tobago New Media Film Festival, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
• Mixed Messages: A(I)DS, Art + Words, La MaMa la Galleria, New York, NY: curated by John Chaich (catalog)
• Edouard Glissant: Inhabit his Name, Recess Activities, New York, NY (performance)
• Low Lives 3, Aljira A Center for Contemporary Art, NJ. (Performance)
• BAMart, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY
• The Perfumed Handkerchief, The Flux Factory, New York, NY  
• 2010   BITE, 3RD Streaming, New York, NY; curated by Zulema Griffin, Yona Backer and Junichi Masuda
• Lush Life, New York, NY, Scaramouche, New York, NY; curated by Omar-Lopez Chahoud and Franklin Evans
• Bunny Redux: Contemporary Artists Rethink the Iconic Playboy Bunny, collaboration with Kalup Linzy, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg, PA; curated by Aaron Baker, Eric Shiner and Ned West
• Jamaica Flux: Workspaces and Windows, The Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Queens, NY; curated by Heng-Gil Han (catalog)
• Ligne Roset, Ligne Roset New York, New York, NY; curated by Michael Selinger
• In The City: Memory, Places and Spaces, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
• Hope- A-Holic, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY; curated by Patrick Grenier
• Touching Feeling, culturehall.com, New York, NY; curated by Erin Sickler
• 2009   30 Seconds Off an Inch, The Studio Museum In Harlem, NY; curated by Naomi Beckwith (catalog)
• Rockstone and Bootheel: Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT; curated by Kristina Newman-Scott and Yona Backer (catalog)
• Unseen Force, Culture Hall.com, New York, NY; curated by Ian Cofre
• Oh Snap, Envoy Enterprises, New York, NY; curated by Spank Magazine
• Racism: An American Family Value, The Center For Book Arts, New York, NY (catalog)
• Lips Like Sugar Walls, Collaboration with Alison Ward and the Ruffian Arms, Dixon Place, New York, NY; curated by Edwin Ramoran
• Ligne Roset, Ligne Roset New York, New York, NY; curated by Michael Selinger
• Everyman’s an Angel, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
• Pulse, Taller Bourica, New York, NY
• Perception as Object, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY         
• Queens International 4, The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY; curated by Jose Ruiz and Erin Sickler (catalog)
• 2008   The Labyrinth Wall: From Mythology to Reality, Exit Art, New York; curated by Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo
• VIDEOSTUDIO, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; organized by Naomi Beckwith, Lauren Haynes and Thomas J. Lax (brochure)
• The B-Sides, Aljira A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ; curated by Edwin Ramoran (catalog)
• The Red Badge of Courage Revisited, The Newark Arts Council, Newark, NJ; curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud (catalog)
• Homecoming, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
• Summer Mixtape Volume 1: The Get Smart Edition, Exit Art, New York, NY; curated by Herb Tam and Lauren Rosati
• In Transit, Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Omar-Lopez Chahoud
• Deadliest Catch: Hamptons, South Hampton, NY; curated by Michael Sellinger
• The Beautiful Ones, Aljira A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
• Open Studios, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, LMCC, New York, NY
• LMCC Screenings, 92^nd Street Y, New York, NY; curated by Melissa Levin
• Garveyism, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Derrick Adams (brochure)
• 2007   Wu-tang / Googoplex Show (Congress) Gavin Brown’s Enterprise At Passerby, New York, NY; curated by Darrin Bader                             
• Sex in The City, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Dean Daderko
• Exposure, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Patrick Grenier
• The Red Carpet Treatment, Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL
• Six Degrees of Separation, Paul Sharpe Contemporary, New York, NY
• AIM 27, The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY (catalog)
• EMERGE 8, Aljira A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ (catalog)
• 2006   If A Cat Gives Birth to Kittens in an Oven, Are They Kittens or Biscuits, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Dean Daderko
• Harlem Postcards, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; organized by Rashida Bumbray
• Do You Think I’m Disco, collaboration with Kalup Linzy. Longwood Arts Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx, NY; curated by Edwin Ramoran
• Beauty Shop, Soul Gallery, Miami, FL
• 3^rd Wave: The Planet of Brooklyn Transitions, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY        
• 2005   Crossroads, Jayson Keeling, Cass Bird and Marco Tawil, Jan Larsen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Rashaad Newsome                     
• 2003–2006    Up Your Sleeve, The Dublab Covers Project, los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; San Diego, CA; Kyoto, Japan; Ghent Belgium; Amsterdam, Holland; New York, NY; Chicago, IL; London, UK; Barcelona, Spain
• 2001   Bigger Than Hip-Hop, Rush Arts Gallery, NY; curated by Derrick Adams

Awards, Commissions and Residencies

• 2012   Gantt/McColl Artist-In-Residence Program, Charlotte, NC
• CCNY Darkroom Residency, Runner-up Key Holder Resident, New York, NY
• 2010   The Laundromat Project Print Edition, Jean-Yves Noblet Editions, New York, NY
• 2009  Apexart Outbound Residency, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia                             
• Swing Space Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
• 2008 Smack Mellon Hot Picks, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY    
• 2007 LMCC Workspace Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
• 2006   AIM 27, Artists in The Marketplace Professional Development Fellowship, New York, NY (catalog)
• Harlem: Beautiful, Portrait Commission, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
• Emerge 8, Creative Capitol Professional Development Fellowship, Aljira A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ (catalog)

Curatorial Project

• Automatic for The People: John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres, Aljira A Center For Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ

Lectures and Panels

• 2011   Jayson Keeling In conversation with Rich Blint and Greg Tate, Third Streaming, New York, NY
• Seoul Food: Apexart Outbound Residents Talk Shop, Apex Art, New York, NY
• 2009   Racism: An American Family Value, Artists Talk, The Center For Book Arts, New York, NY
• Artists Talk, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
• Resident Alien, Artists Talk, Sonfija Grandakovska, Jayson Keeling, Edwin Ramoran, Apex Art, New York, NY
• Artist Talk, Goethe-Institute, Gebre Kristos Desta Modern Art Museum in conjunction with The Asni Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Bibliography

• 2011   Carlin, Tova, It’s Getting Hairy in Here, Time Out, New York, NY (reproduction)
• Lee Ann, Jungle Love, Artslant NYC, Picks & Perspectives This Week, New York, NY (reproductions)
• Merjian, Ara H., “Mixed Messages”, Critics Picks, Artforum.com (reproduction)
• 2010   Bischoff, Dan, Automatic for the People: John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres; Where The Real Becomes the Fantastic, The NJ Star-Ledger, Sunday, November 14, 2010
• Henig, Samantha, Richard Price: “Don’t Bring A Book To An Art Show,” The New Yorker Online, August 14, 2010 (reproduction)
• Cotter, Holland, “Lower East Side Tale, Refracted Nine Times,”
• The New York Times, July 8, 2010.
• Townsend, Tyrus, Interview: Jayson Keeling, Bleu Magazine Summer/Fall 2010 (reproduction)
• Grantham, Tosha, “30 Seconds Off an Inch,” IRAAA, The International Review of African American Art, Vol. 23 No. 1/2010 (reproduction).
• Adams, Ann-Marie, “ Rockstone and Bootheel Speaks Poignantly Amid Noise,” The Hartford Guardian, March 15, 2010.
• Kates, Natalie, Jayson Keeling Studio Visit and Interview, THESTYLECURATOR.COM, January 20, 2010 (Video)
• 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 New York, July 23-29 2009 (reproduction)
• Catlin, Roger, All That Glitters, The Hartford Courant, June 18, 2009 (reproduction)
• Cotter, Holland, “Queens International 4, The New York Times,” April 9, 2009.
• 2008   Genocchio, Benjamin, “The House Party Spirit in All Its Glory, The New York Times,” December 26, 2008.
• Bischoff, Dan House Party Enviornment Captured in New Exhibition, The Star Ledger, Newark, NJ, December 13, 2008
• Gerrity, Jeanne, “ Interview: Jayson Keeling, The Y issue, Beautiful/Decay magazine,” (reproduction).
• Bischoff, Dan Visions of Life and Death, The Star Ledger, Newark, NJ (reproduction)
• 2007   Kalm, James, “Brooklyn Dispatches,” The Brooklyn Rail.
• Piccinini, Amalia, “Festival Di Dumbo a Brooklyn,” FlashArt online.it (reproduction).
• Genocchio, Benjamin, From Young Story Tellers, A Playful Tone, The New York Times, August 26, 2007 (reproduction).
• Genocchio, Benjamin, From Simple Snapshots To High Concepts. The New York Times, April 2, 2007
• 2006   Ross, Susan, More, More, More: Asks Do You Think I’m Disco, NY Arts Magazine, May/June 2006, Vol. 11 No. 5/6
• Genocchio, Benjamin, “Exploring Disco’s Beat, The New York Times,” February 19, 2006.
• Barilant, Claire, “Do You Think I’m Disco,” Artforum.com, Critics Pick, week of February 6, 2006 (reproduction).
• Cotter, Holland, “ Do You Think I’m Disco, The New York Times,” February 3, 2006
• 2005   “Portrayal of segments of Jamaican Society at a Crossroad,” Caribbean Life, July 26, 2005 (reproduction)