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New York artist Marthe Keller grew up on a farm in the Hudson River Valley and lived in Rome, Italy for her high-school years. She studied painting at Maryland Institute and Boston University and Temple Univ, Tyler in Rome. She studied Art Therapy at George Washington University. Keller is an adjunct professor in the Art Department at Hunter College, NY. She Directs the BAU Institute arts residency in Italy, www.bauinstitute.org and she Edits the AAA Journal www.americanabstractartists.org. Keller has been exhibiting internationally since 1974. Her paintings, collages and prints are represented in public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, British Museum, San Francisco MMA, and Philadelphia Museum of Art. Keller has received Grants, Awards and Residencies from institutions such as the NEA, NYFA, the MacDowell Colony, The Chicago Art Institute, Princeton University, Ohio State University, University of Connecticut, Virginia Commonwealth, and the Vermont Studio Center. My Life in the Wake, is Keller’s 2011 spring solo in two venues, a survey of intimately related paintings and assemblages made together over the last 7 years, showing at New Arts Program in Kutztown, PA and Northampton Community College in Bethleham, PA. |
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One-Person Exhibitions
| 2011 | Marthe Keller, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA (forthcoming March-May)
Marthe Keller, Northhampton Community College, Northhampton, PA (forthcoming March-April) |
| 2009 | Corso Ricorso IV, GB Kunst, Galerie Palais Walderdorff,Trier, Germany Corso Ricorso III, St Stephen’s Cultural center Foundation, Rome, Italy |
| 2008 | Corso Ricorso I, Miralli Gallery, Palazzo Chigi, Viterbo, Italy Corso Ricorso II, Studio Fontaine, Viterbo, Italy |
| 2005 | Soho Myriad, (featured artist), Atlanta, GA, curator Sarah Hall |
| 2002 | Fold Color Replay, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, 30 West 57th St, NY |
| 2000 | Marthe Keller and Karen Shaw, Conversation, Art Resources Transfer, NY, March/ April (two-person) | 1999 | Atrium Gallery, Univ of Conn, Storrs, CT, Saul Ostrow, Curator |
| 1998 | Desistance, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NY, accompanying publication by Stephen Melville |
| 1997 | Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NY |
| 1994 | Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC Turchetto Gallery, Via Mercadante 3, Milan, Italy |
| 1993 | Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, 115 Wooster St, NY, Catalogue |
| 1992 | Stephen Rosenberg Gallery (two-person) |
| 1991 | Galleria Plurima, Udine, Italy |
| 1986-7, 89 | Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, NY |
| 1982 | Whitaker Foundation Museum, Palermo, Italy |
| 1978 | Albuquerque Arts Center, University of New Mexico, Albq., NM |
| 1976 | John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD |
| 1974 | Lepofsky Gallery, Baltimore, MD |
Group Exhibitions
| 2011-12 | FLUID, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Bieber Ham Gallery, Wilmington, DE (Sept-Jan) |
| 2011 | FLUID, (3-person)Towson Univ.CenterForTheArtsGallery,Towson MD,curator Susan Isaacs (Feb-April) Splendor of Dynamic Structure: Celebrating 75 years of the American Abstract Artists, Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY, curator, Nancy E Green., (Jan - March 20) It’s All Good !!, apocalypse now, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY (Jan-Feb) |
| 2010 | AAA International “L’astrazione vista da un cosmopolita”, Aragonese Castle, Otranto, Italy. Anonyme Zeichner N°10, Bluntenwiess, Berlin, Germany, curator, Anka Becker |
| 2009 | Dialoghi D’Accanto, Studio Fontaine, Viterbo, Italy, curator, Federico Sardella Linked: Small works, BIG IDEAS, Heskin Contemporary, NY, NY, curator Jennifer Riley It’s A Wonderful Life, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2008 | Imprint and Echo, Federieke Taylor Gallery, curated by Stephen Maine, forthcoming April 15 Peace, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2007 | Material Matter, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, curator Kat Griefen Contrappunto, BAU Institute Gallery, Hudson, NY, curator Marina Urbach |
2006 | Winter Salon, Lesley Heller Gallery, NY, NY Material Sign, Florence Lynch Gallery, NY, four-person exhibition, curator Stephen Westfall WAR IS OVER, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY |
| 2005 | Optical Simulations, Yellow Bird, Newburgh, NY, curator Jill Conner, forthcoming Sept 10 Ideal, Selections from the AAA, Metaphor contemporary art, Brooklyn, NY, curator Rene Lynch Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA, curator Sarah Hall The Faculty Exhibition, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery |
| 2004-5 | Merry-Peace, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NYGallery |
| 2004 | Intersections, Douglas Elliman TriBeCa Gallery, N Y, NY, Ruth Hardinger & Michael Norton, curators Diva, painting on view in the contemporary collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Women, Exhibition & Auction for WomenÍs Cancers, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2003 | Eleven Painters Eleven views of Abstraction, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM MORE, Mpercent, Cleveland, OH |
| 2002-3 | Les Fables de La Fontaine, Centre pour l’Arte et la Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France and USA tour |
| 2001 | 21st Century Suffragettes, Sideshow, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY (July), Merry, (December) |
| 2000 | Toward the New: American Abstract Artists, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY Hunter College Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Times Square Gallery, NY Irresolution, Painting and Photography, Rosenberg + Kaufman, NY Women and Geometric Abstraction, Rubelle and Norman Schaffler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1999 | Women and Geometric Abstraction, Pratt Institute Gallery, NY, Kit White curator |
| 1997 | Better Color Through Chemistry, Islip Art Museum, NY, Karen Shaw curator Abstraction Index Condeso/Lawler Gallery, organized by Vincent Longo and Laura Sue Philips After the Fall: Aspects of Abstract Painting Since 1970, Snug Harbor Cult. Cntr, Lilly Wei curator, catalog |
| 1996 | Dots and Lines, 8th Floor Gallery, NY, Theresa. Chong curator Pioneers of Abstract Art: American Abstract Artists, 1936-96, Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, Sandra Kraskin curator Kunstart, Bockenheimer Depot, Frankfurt/M, Germany, Miki Bunge, curator, catalog, CD Rom, traveled to Galerie Guth-Maas & Maas, Reutlingen, Germany Jan Maiden Fine Art, Columbus, OH |
| 1995 | Semaphore: Placing the Mark, Art Initiatives and Bill Bace Basic Marks: black & white paintings, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NY |
| 1994 | Art in Embassies Program, Smithsonian Institution, American Mission, Vienna, Austria The persistence of Abstraction, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ American Abstract Artists |
| 1993 | Drawings from 55 Ferris Street, Werner Kramarsky, NY and Jessica Berwind Gallery, Phila, PA Structure, Lilian Heidenberg Gallery, NY, Hugh Keenan, curator Family Ties, Krasdale Foods Gallery and Lehman College, Westchester, NY 55 Ferris Street,Brooklyn, NY, Frederieke Taylor, Joe Zito curators, catalog |
| 1992 | Vertical Slice, Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College,New London, CT The Persistence of Abstraction, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KA, catalog Galleria Plurima, Udine and Milan Italy |
| 1991 | Paper Trail, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, NY Conlon Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| 1990 | Surface and Light, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery NY, Fran Kaufman curator |
| 1990 | American Abstract Artist's Association Exhibition, 55 Mercer Gallery, NY |
| 1989 | Abstract Painting, Illinois Center Gallery, Chicago, IL, Dennis Adrian curator Contemporary Abstract Drawing, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, NY |
| 1988 | Formal, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL, Lance Kinz curator, catalog Partners Gallery, Bethesda, MD The Gold Show, Genovese Gallery, Boston, MA Altar/Alter, Carlo Lamagna Gallery, NY, Ken Tisa curator |
| 1986 | One and One, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, NY Collectors Gallery XX, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX Line Drives, Gallery 53, Cooperstown, NY, William Zimmer curator Black, White & Grey, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, NY |
| 1985 | Abstract Presence, Defacto Gallery, NY 9 Americans, 26 Federal Plaza, NY, curated by Hirondelle Gallery Small Works, New Abstract Painting, Williams Cntr for the Arts, Easton, PA and Muhlenberg Gal, Allentown, PA, curated by Hudspeth & Janowich |
| 1984 | Fourth Annual, John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH 17 Artists' Installations, Directions on Broadway, NY A More Store, Jack Tilton Gallery, NY Making Marks, Works on Paper, 22 Wooster Gallery, NY |
| 1983 | Three Artists, Directions On Broadway, NY |
Awards
| 2010 | Visitng Artist, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT PSC/cuny Professional Development Grant, City University of New York |
| 2009 | PSC/cuny Professional Development Grant, City University of New York |
| 2008 | Grant, Fifth Floor Foundation, NY, NY |
| 2007 | Presidential Travel Grant, Dept of Arts and Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY, NY Residency Award, Greenberger Foundation, NY |
| 1998 | Guest Artist, Ceramics Department, Hunter College, NY Presidential Travel Grant, Dept of Arts and Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY, NY |
| 1997 | Guest Artist, Women and Minority Print Program, Ringling School, FL |
| 1990 | Fellowship, The Mac Dowell Colony, July/August |
| 1989 | Fellowship, National Endowment For the Arts, 1989/90 Fellowship, New York Foundation For the Arts, 1989/90 Fellowship, The Mac Dowell Colony, July/August 1989/90 |
| 1988 | Painting Commission, Progressive Companies, Mayfield Heights, OH |
| 1987 | Grant, Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation |
| 1978 | CETA Grant, Costume Design, Albuquerque Dance Theatre, Albuquerque, NM |
Professional Experience
| 2010 | Curator, BAU Institute Print Portfolio 2010, http/www.bauinstitute.org/prints |
| 2003-10 | Director, BAU Institute, Artists’ Residency, Otranto, Italy, http://www.bauinstitute.org |
| 2001-08 | Editor, American Abstract Artists Journal, http://www.americanabstractartists.org |
| 2008 | Math Studio, site-specific participation, Smith College and APE Space, Northhampton, MA Guest Artist New Arts Alive, TV Broadcast, BCTV, Berks County, PA, DUTV-54, Philadelphia, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, channel 34/82, NYC |
| 1999 | Panelist, College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles, Session: Abstraction and Transcription: the Question of Touch, Buzz Spector, chair Co-Editor, American Abstract Artists Journal, biannual publication (on-going) Panelist, Authenticity and the Peony Pavillion, Lincoln Center Festival Contributor to La Couleur Importee, (Ready-Made Color), Forthcoming publication by Galerie Jordan Devarrieux, Paris, eds, Kerlidou, Louaver, Perrot, Briand-Picard |
| 1998 | Chair, College Art Association Conference, Toronto, Session: Off Color |
| 1996 | Panelist, "Abstraction/Meaning", Power Boothe Moderator, American Abstract Artists Panelist, Issues of Abstraction in the late 90's", Vito Giacolone moderator, Kean Coll, NJ |
| 1991 | Judge, Annual Awards, Painting/Sculpture/Photography/Graphics, Kingsborough Comm Coll. |
| 1987 | Visiting Artist/Presenter to Art Symposium, Univiversity of California, Santa Barbara, CA |
| 1985 | Draftsperson, Sol Lewitt wall drawing, John Weber Gallery, NY. |
| 1983/1984 | Co-founder and curator, Directions on Broadway Installation Space, 452 Broadway, NY |
| 1982 | Draftsperson, Sol Lewitt wall drawing, John Weber Gallery, Paula Cooper Gallery, NY
Visiting Artist, Whitaker Foundation, Palermo, Italy, (one month) Draftsperson, Sol Lewitt wall drawing retrospective,Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT |
Bibliography
| 2009 | Wei, Lilly and Longari, Elisabetta, Corso Ricorso: Marthe Keller’s Recent Painting, catalogue |
| 2008 | Amy, Eshoo, editor. 560 Broadway: A New York Drawing Collection at Work, 1991-2006 |
| 2007 | Andrew MacNair, ZAPP Urbanism, Interview with the artist on Collapse of the Stuttering Hand Yassin, Aaron, "The Material Sign", review, www.artcritical.com/yassin/AYMaterialSign.htm, David Cohen, editor |
| 2006 | Pozzi, Lucio, "AAA: il tizzone si e raffreddato", Il Giornale del Arte, August, page 26 |
| 2003 | Keller, Marthe, contributor, Readymade Color, La Couleur Importee, Galerie Jordan Devarrieux, Paris, editors, Kerlidou, Louaver, Perrot, Briand-Picard |
| 2000 | Keller, Marthe, essay, "Further Desistance, I'm Late, I'm Late!", American Abstract Artists Journal #4 |
| 2000 | Keller, Marthe and Shaw, Karen, Conversation, Art Resources Transfer Exhibition, NY, April www.artretran.com |
| 2000 | Artist Profile, Merthe Keller, Ab Art on Line www.abartonline.com |
| 1999 | Naves, Mario, review, Martha Keller, New Art Examiner, March |
| 1998 | Melville, Stephen, untitled catalogue essay, Rosenberg+Kaufman Fine Art, publisher Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, New York Times, Oct 30, Martha Keller Wilkinson, Jeanne C., Review, Nov 1, Martha Keller, Desistance |
1997 | Bell, Tiffany, review, Martha Keller, Art In America, September |
| 1996 | Keller, Martha, "Abstract/Meaning, notes for/from the panel", American Abstract Artists Journal #1 |
| 1995 | MacAdam, Alfred, review, Basic Marks, ARTnews,March |
| 1994 | Longari, Elisabetta, review, Juliet n. 69, Oct/Nov, 94, Milan Drake, Nicholas, review, Charleston Post and Courier, Sept.25 Zimmer, William, review, New York Times, NJ, Aug.28, "Geometric Abstraction's Varied Moods" Ferrario, Rachele, review Martha Keller, Flash Art, Italian Edition Summer Turner, Paige, "Void and Stroke", Halsey Gallery brochure essay, Sept Wilkinson, Jeanne C., "Bold Contradiction of Minimalism", Cover, April Wei, Lilly, review, Martha Keller, Art In America, March Gardner, Paul, "Who Are The Most Overrated and Underrated Artists?" Art News, Feb |
| 1993 | Westfall, Stephen, catalogue essay, "Both There and Here", Martha Keller Paintings |
| 1992 | Collovini, Diego, review, Tema Celeste, Italian Edition |
| 1991 | Perissinotto, Luciano, review, "Variazioni cromatiche nell'arte della Keller", Messaggero Veneto, June Centioni, Paolo, review, "Martha Keller, Plurima,Udine", Flash Art, Italian Edition, Summer |
| 1988 | Masheck, Joseph, catalogue essay,"Formal", Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL Westfall, Stephen, review, Martha Keller, Art in America, March Heartney, Eleanor, review, Martha Keller, ARTnews, February |
| 1987 | Lieb, Vered, review, "One and One: A study of Scale", Arts Magazine, February |
| 1986 | Westfall, Stephen, review, Martha Keller, Arts Magazine, May "Views & Reviews", Attenzione, Sept./Oct. |
| 1984 | Zimmer, William, catalogue essay, "Small Works: New Abstract Painting", Williams Center For The Arts, Lafayette College & Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA. |
| 1982 |
Stuckey, Charles F., catalogue essay, "Martha Keller, Systems For Visions", Fondazione Whitaker, PA., Italy Nickles, Joan, "Breaking Traditions at Palermo's Whitaker", The Arts, Rome Daily American, June 4, Rome, Italy La Monica, Giuseppe, "Segni Umani Nello Spazio", L'Ora, 6/ 12, PA, Italy "I Grandi Spazi Americani", Giornale di Sicilia, 6/ 11, PA, Italy |
Public Collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (painting, Diva, on view from 1993 to 2005)
Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Whitney Museum of American Art, print collection, NY, NY
British Museum, Dept. of Prints, London, England
Princeton University, rare book collection, Princeton, NJ
Fogg Art Museum, print collection, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
The Parrish Art Museum, South Hampton, NY
Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
San José Museum of Art, San Jose’, CA
University of Richmond Museum, The Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, Richmond, VA
The Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
American Mission, Ambassador of The USA, Vienna, Austria
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Progressive Corporation Collection, Cleveland, OH
Prudential Corporation Collection., N J
Whitaker Foundation Museum, PA., Italy
FoodItalia, S.R.L, Rome, Italy
Barbara Guggenheim Inc., New York, NY
Concentric Associates, Inc., NJ
Pharmaceutical Peptides, Inc. Cambridge, MA
TFX Industries, Plymouth Meeting, PA
Education
| 1972-73 | George Washington University, Art Therapy, Masters Program |
| 1971 | Maryland Institute, College of Art, Painting, BFA |
| 1966-69 | Boston University, School of Fine Arts |
| 1968 | Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy |
| 1964-66 | St. Stephen's School, Rome, Italy |
| 1961-64 | Overseas School of Rome, Rome, Italy |
Teaching
| 2010 | Assistant Professor Adjunct, Hunter College, CUNY, NY |
| 2007/8/9 | Asst. Prof, Adj, Advanced Painting Techniques & Concepts, ART CR 360.11, Hunter College, CUNY BAU Workshops, Baryshnikov Center, NY, NY, "Painters Call On Painters" advanced seminar |
| 2006 | Asst.Prof, Adj, Basic Drawing and Advanced Painting Techniques & Concepts, ART360, Hunter College, CUNY |
| 2004/5 | Asst. Prof, Adj, Advanced Painting Techniques & Concepts, ART CR 360.11, Hunter College, CUNY The Arts Center, St Petersburg, FL, Master Artist Workshop, Extending Your Painting Tools BAU Workshops, Baryshnikov Center, NY, NY, "Painters Call On Painters" advanced seminar |
| 2005 | Assistant Professor, Adj., Advanced Drawing, Art 101, Hunter College, City University of New York |
| 2004 | Assistant Professor, Adj., Beginning Drawing, Art 101, Hunter College, City University of New York Visiting Artist/Painting Instructor, Summer Workshop (City College), Otranto, Italy (July) Assistant Professor, Adj., Advanced Drawing, Art 101, Hunter College, City University of New York |
| 2003 | Assistant Professor, Adj., Basic Drawing and Art 101, Hunter College, CUNY |
| 2002 | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Beginning, Advanced Painting, Intro. Art 101, Hunter College, NY |
| 2001 | MFA Seminar, Art and Art History Department, U.Conn, Storrs, CT (Fall Semester) Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute, Aix en Provence, France Adjunct Assistant Professor, Beginning, Advanced Painting, Intro. Art 101, Hunter College, NY |
| 1999 | MFA Seminar, Art and Art History Department, U.Conn, Storrs, CT (reappointed) Assistant Professor, Drawing I, Hunter College, NY Artist/Teacher, MFA Program, Vermont College |
| 1998-99 | Visiting Artist, Beginning Painting, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Lecture, "Off Color", California Coll of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Assistant Professor, Intro. Art 101, Hunter College, NY Instructor, Painting Seminar, The New School/ Parsons, NY |
| 1997 | Artist/Teacher, MFA Program, Vermont College Visiting Artist, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL |
| 1996/7 | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Drawing I and Intro. Art 101, Hunter College, NY Instructor, Intermediate Painting, Studio and Basic Drawing, The New School/ Parsons, NY |
| 1996 | Visiting Artist, Advanced Painting, Graduate Seminar, Ohio State University, Colombus, OH Instructor, Basic Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, (winter session) |
| 1995 | Adjunct Instructor, Painting I, II, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY Instructor, Painting and Drawing Studio, The New School of Social Research, NY Instructor, Multi-LevelPainting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Oxbow, (summer), MI Instructor, Beginning Drawing, The New School for Social Research, NY (summer) Guest Lecturer, Advanced Painting, Sculpture and Multi-media, Parsons School of Design, NY |
| 1994 | Guest Lecturer, Graduate Painting, Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy Instructor, Painting and Drawing, ACT, School of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NY (summer) Adjunct Instructor, Painting I, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1993 | Guest Lecturer, Graduate Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence,RI Adjunct Instructor, Painting I, II, Western Art Survey, Kingsborough Comm. Coll., Bklyn, NY Instructor, Painting and Mixed Media, 53rd Street YWCA, NY |
| 1992 | Instructor, Drawing Marathon, New York Studio School of Painting, Drawing & Sculpture, NY 1991/92 Lecturer in Visual Arts, Intermediate Painting, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Instructor, Multi-Level Painting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Oxbow, (summer), MI Guest Lecturer, Advanced Drawing Seminar, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY |
| 1990 | Visiting Artist, Graduate & Advanced Painting,School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Visiting Artist (search finalist), Graduate & Advanced Painting, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
| 1989 | Visiting Artist, New York Studio School of Painting, Drawing & Sculpture, NY |