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Sea Geometry no. 140
16" x 16" Oil on Canvas

Sea Geometry no. 141
16" x 16" Oil on Canvas

Sea Geometry no. 142
16" x 16" Oil on Canvas

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Richard Keen: Maine, United States; Throughout his career, Richard’s work has been accepted in numerous regional, national and international juried exhibitions. His paintings were included in Greenhut Galleries “Fusion: 10 Maine Encaustic Artists”, in Portland, ME. Keen was awarded a "Good Idea Grant" by the Maine Arts Commission during the 2007 season to assist him with his ongoing "Area Below Water" series. Other career highlights of his include: Tracey Bashkoff, Associate Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum, selected his work for the Biennial “Encaustic Works 2003” at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Keen’s work was also selected for the 2002 National Cambridge Art Association’s “National Prize Show” in Cambridge, MA by Lisa Dennison, Director and Chief Curator at the Guggenheim Museum. Other prominent jurors who have selected his artwork for exhibitions include: Phyllis Braff, Art Critic for the New York Times, Anne Rocheleau, Director of the Rhode Island Foundation Gallery, Moira Kelly, prior Director of the Air Gallery in London, and Bruce Brown, prior Curator of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art.

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LINKS of Interest

Portland Press Herald "Keen undaunted by Coleman Burke's large space"
Colemane Burke Gallery
Portland Press Herald "Sea Geometry"
Richard Keen Studio
Elizabeth Moss Gallery
Art Net / Richard Keen
Leighton Gallery
Maine Arts Commission
Portland Museum of Art
Colin Barclay
John Arden Knight
Cooper Dragonette
Stephan Fowlkes
Studio Building
Martha Miller

RESUME

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Coleman Burke Gallery - Brunswick, ME (Nowhere From Here)

2010 Elizabeth Moss Gallery - Falmouth ME (Sea Geometry)

2010-05 Leighton Gallery - Blue Hill, ME ( Weir Series / Hull Series, Recent Works)

2005 Green Design Showroom - Portland, ME ( Weirs)

2004 Hay Gallery - Portland, ME ( Weirs)

McCoy Gallery, Merrimack College - Andover, MA (SPARS)

2003 Thomas Moser Cabinet Makers - Freeport, ME (Areas to Weirs)

2002 The New O’Farrell Gallery - Brunswick, ME (Recent Area Paintings)

2001 Lukacs Gallery, Fairfield University - Fairfield, CT (Area Paintings & Remnant Installation Project)

Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library - Portland, ME (Area Paintings)

1998 Southern Vermont College Art Gallery - Bennington, VT (Area Paintings)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Blanche Ames Gallery - North Easton, MA (Juried National)

Center for Maine Contemporary Art - Rockport, ME (Art to Collect Now Exhibition & Auction)

Penobscot Marine Museum - Searsport, ME (Art of the Boat)

2010/11 Flinn Gallery - Greenwich CT (Luminousity @ 180•)

University of Maine Art Museum -Bangor, ME (I-95 Triennial Invitational)

2009 Palmina F. & Stephen S. Pace Galleries of Art- Fryeburg, ME (Atmosphere of 3: Barclay, Keen, Knight)

Whitney Artworks - Portland, ME - ( Fresh Paint)

Spheris Gallery - Hanover, NH ( H2O: Film on Water)

University of New England Westbrook Gallery - Portland, ME (TheBusiness of Art)

The Art Complex Museum - Duxbury, MA (Ancient Medium, N.E.W. Terrain)

2008 Irvine Gallery, River Tree Center for the Arts - Kennebunk, ME (In Flat Fields)

Whitney Artworks - Portland, ME (Bi-Coastal Diptych Project)

Brian Marki Fine Art – Portland, OR (Bi-Coastal Diptych Project)

2007 Cooper Jackson Gallery – Portland, ME

ICON Contemporary Art – Brunswick, ME

Greenhut Galleries - Portland, ME (Fusion : 10 Maine Encaustic Artisits)

Elan Fine Arts - Rockport, ME ( Macro / Micro & Contours)

2006 The Center for Maine Contemporary Art - Rockport, ME (Printmaking in Maine)

New Arts Program - Kutztown, PA (Small Works Invitational)

Harlow Gallery - Hallowell, ME (11th Annual Juried Exhibition)

2005 The Center for Maine Contemporary Art - Rockport, ME (Water)

Chocolate Church Center for the Arts - Bath, ME ( Traces, Two Person with Sarah Cowperthwaite )

Galeria Janet Kurnatowski - Brooklyn, NY (Form & Void, Journey & Time: Fowlkes, Keen, Sperber)

Montgomery College Art Gallery - Rockville, MD (Drawing National II)

2004 Firehouse Gallery/ Vermont Arts Exchange - Bennington, VT (Faculty Exhibit , 10th Year Anniversary)

North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Park - N. Bennington, VT ( 7th Annual Invitational)

2004 University of New England Westbrook Gallery - Portland, ME (Home, Curated by Bruce Brown)

2003 Hay Gallery - Portland, ME

Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL (Art & Industry)

Marist College Art Gallery - Poughkeepsie, NY ( Encaustic Works ‘03, The Gallery at R&F Biennial)

The Stage Gallery - Merrick, NY (Abstraction 2003, International)

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art - Rockport, ME (Curiosity)

2002 Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY (National Small Works)

Cambridge Art Association - Cambridge, MA (National Prize Exhibition)

Hera Gallery - Wakefield, RI (The Mark)

June Fitzpatrick Gallery - Portland, ME (Works on Paper)

2001 Montgomery College Art Gallery - Rockville, MD (Drawing National)

June Fitzpatrick Gallery - Portland, ME (Works on Paper)

Chocolate Church Center for the Arts - Bath, ME (Summer Juried Exhibition)

2000 Lindenberg Gallery - NYC, NY (Art for the New Millennium)

HONORS/AWARDS

2010 Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State - US Embassy Dili

2007,09,11 Good Idea Grant - Maine Arts Commission

2008 Guest Artist/ Lecture, Pecha Kucha Night, Space Gallery - Portland, ME

2004 Guest Artist / Lecture, Merrimack College - N. Andover, MA

2003 Surdna Foundation Fellowship, Haystack Mountain School of Craft- Deer Isle, ME

Guest Artist/ Lecturer, Brunswick Art and Cultural Alliance - Brunswick, ME

2001 Guest Artist/ Lecturer, Fairfield University- Fairfield CT

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

08 -current Elizabeth Moss Gallery - Falmouth, ME

08 -11 Whitney Artworks "Portland Paper Project / Flat Files" - Portland , ME

04- current Leighton Gallery - Blue Hill, ME

EDUCATION

1999 Masters of Arts, State University of New York - Albany, NY

1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Millikin University - Decatur, IL

1992 Associate in Arts, Southwestern Michigan College, Dowagiac, MI

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Portland Press Herald/ Maine Sunday Telegram June11, 2011, pg.D6 -Audience

The Portland Phoenix, (Arts) May 25, 2011, Pg. 14

Portland Press Herald/ Maine Sunday Telegram July25, 2010, pg.D6 -Audience

Maine Home & Design, Oct. 2008, Craft of Maine, Pg. 61 - April. 2009, Arts Issue, Pg. 77 - Nov./Dec. 2009, The Canvas, Pg. 75

Maine Arts Magazine, Winter Issue 2008, Pg. 26-27.

Portland Press Herald/ Maine Sunday Telegram, Feb 18, 2007, pg.E3

Art New England, June/ July, 2004, pg. 31.

The Providence Phoenix , (Arts),May 10, ‘02, pg.4.

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