About
My paintings are landscapes, stories told through a haze of physical, emotional, and temporal distance. They are inextricably linked to New Mexico, and are influenced by my background in literature and creative writing.
Keith Spencer (b.1982, New Mexico) is a visual artist, writer, 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.
EDUCATION
2019 Emily Carr University of Art + Design - Vancouver, BC
Master of Fine Arts
2016 School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
Post-Baccalaureate
2005 University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, NM
Bachelor of Arts
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
[upcoming]
[solo]
2020 おぼろ月 - the hazy moon
Itonowa - Kyoto
Itonowa - Kyoto
[group]
2019 Hotel Wall Stew
Kagan Hotel - Kyoto
Kagan Hotel - Kyoto
Netflix and Chill II: The Chillening
Apartment gallery - Chicago
Apartment gallery - Chicago
Introspection | Extrospection
Michael O'Brian Exhibition Commons - Vancouver
Michael O'Brian Exhibition Commons - Vancouver
2018 Understory
Ground Floor Art Centre - Vancouver
Polyphony
Michael O'Brian Exhibition Commons - Vancouver2017 Netflix and Chill
D&S Gallery - Chicago
2016 Post-Baccalaureate 2016 Salon
School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago
Nippon Steel 23, Exhibition 2
Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal U.S.A. Office Gallery - Chicago
2015 Nippon Steel 23, Exhibition 1
Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal U.S.A. Office Gallery - Chicago
Bad Painting
School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago
2013 ココデミル - Here You See
3F Project Room - Kyoto
RESIDENCIES
2019 Kagan Hotel - Kyoto