Keith Spencer

My paintings are landscapes, incomplete stories told through a haze of physical, emotional, and temporal distance.

Keith Spencer (b. New Mexico) is a visual artist and translator. In 2009 he was named a goodwill ambassador for Fukushima prefecture, Japan and in 2016 received The Mary Koga Memorial Grant from the Japan America Society of Chicago. Keith was a 2019 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Teaching Fellow, and a participating artist in Overworld, a 2020 online exhibition organized by the Japan Foundation in Mexico. He currently lives in Kyoto, Japan.

[solo]

2020  おぼろ月 - the hazy moon
     Itonowa - Kyoto    

[group]

2022  パスカルの蝶たち：第二章 - Butterflies of Pascal: Chapter II
     K no Ie - Karuizawa

2020  Ultramundos - Overworld - オーバーワルド
     online exhibition - Japan Foundation in Mexico

     禅とアートが交わるとき
     The Blend Inn - Osaka    

     Leaning Out of Windows: Phase 3
     Emily Carr University of Art + Design - Vancouver

2019  Hotel Wall Stew
     Kagan Hotel - Kyoto

     Introspection | Extrospection
     Michael O'Brian Exhibition Commons - Vancouver

2018  Understory

     Ground Floor Art Centre - Vancouver

2019   Kagan Hotel - Kyoto