Rosy Keyser (American, born )

Rosy Keyser (American, b.1974) is a leading Contemporary painter, known for working in large-scale gestural, tactile abstraction. Frequently incorporating found detritus in her work such as beer cans, tarp, and sawdust, Keyser’s work investigate the medium of painting in a bodily, aggressive way. Born in Baltimore, MD, she received her BFA from Cornell University and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She lives and works in both Brooklyn and Medusa, NY.

Timeline

1974
Born in Baltimore, MD
Lives and works in Brooklyn and Medusa, New York
BFA from Cornell University
MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Exhibitions

2015
“Object Painting- Painting Object,” Johathan Viner Gallery, London
2015
“Community of Influence,” Vermont Studio Center alumni show at Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
2015
“Lap of the High Plains,” Freddy, Baltimore
2015
“The Hell Bitch,” Maccarone, New York
2015
“We Sing Sin,” Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
2014
“My heads are my Hands,” Karma, New York (artist book)
2014
“Maximalism,” Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
2014
“New York Women,” G Gallery, Houston, Texas
2014
“The Space Where I am,” Blain Southern, London
2013
“The New Sincerity,” Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
2013
“Painter Painter,” curated by Eric Crosby and Bartholomew Ryan, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2013
“Medusa Pie Country,” Peter Blum Gallery, New York
2012
“Hue and Cry,” Sotheby’s S2 Gallery, New York
2012
“Science on the back end,” Hauser and Wirth, New York
2011
“Miriam Bohm, Rosy Keyser, Erin Shirreff, Lisa Cooley,” New York
2011
“Promethean Dub,” Peter Blum Chelsea, New York
2010
“I Can’t Forget, But I Don’t Remember What,” Freymond Guth Fine Art, Switzerland
2010
“Immaterial,” Ballroom Marfa, Texas
2010
“Reflection,” Peter Blum Soho, New York
2010
“Stuart Sherman: Nothing Up My Sleeve,” Participant Inc., New York
2009
“Almost,” Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York
2009
“New Work,” Reynolds Gallery, Virginia
2009
“Hi, Low and In Between,” Grimm Fine Art, The Netherlands
2009
“The Moon Ate Me,” Peter Blum Chelsea, New York
2008
“Rivers Burn and Run Backward,” Peter Blum Chelsea, New York
2008
“Sack of Bones,” Peres Project, Los Angeles
2008
“Zero Zone,” Tracy Williams Ltd., New York
2007
“Stubborn Materials,” Peter Blum Chelsea, New York
2006
“Durer re-enactment,” Laeso, Maryland
2005
“Family Portraits and Energetic Blueprints,” Rensselaerville, New York
2005
“7-Year Installation,” Track House (Remote back Side), Colorado
2004
“The Stray Show,” Track House, Illinois
2004
“On A Wave,” Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, New York
2004
“Yard sale,” Track House, Illinois
2003
“Sulcata Solves,” Track House, Illinois
2003
“Depiction,” Gallery 400 at The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago
2003
“The Impotent Landscape,” The Pond, Illinois

Public Collections

The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
The Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
The Portland Museum of Art, Portland
The Zabludowicz Collection, London, England
English (US)

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