Donald Keefe Resumé
b.1984, Des Moines, Iowa
Education:
MFA 2013 Drawing and Painting, University of Florida.
Gainesville, FL.
BFA 2009 Drawing and Painting, University of Kentucky,
Lexington, KY. Graduated Summa Cum
Laude. Art History Minor.
2009 Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont-
Aven, France.
Professional and Teaching Experience:
2018 - Present Associate Professor of Art: Drawing and
Painting. School of Visual Art & Design,
Southern Adventist University.
Collegedale, TN.
2015-2018 Assistant Professor of Art: Drawing and
Painting. School of Visual Art & Design,
Southern Adventist University,
Collegedale, TN.
2014 Studio Assistant, Schmidli Backdrops. Culver
City, CA.
2010-13 Graduate Assistant, Instructor of Record:
Drawing and Painting, University of
Florida. Gainesville, FL.
2010 Flying Armadillo Sign Company.
Nicholasville, KY.
Select Exhibitions:
2024 Professor & Printmaking Pop-Up.
Kai Lin Art. Atlanta, GA. Aug 23-30.
Dogwood Arts Regional Exhibition. Emporium
Center, Knoxville, TN. Aug 2-30.
“Ambispection.” Solo exhibition. Athens Arts
Center. Athens, TN. April 3- May 31.
“Vice Versa.” Two person exhibition with Heath
Montgomery, Jan 25-Feb. 23.
John C. Williams Gallery. Southern
Adventist University
2023 “Gathered Together.” Group Exhibition,
WaveLength Space, Chattanooga, TN.
Dec 9, 2023-Jan 13, 2024.
Dogwood Arts Regional Exhibition. Emporium
Center, Knoxville, TN. Aug 4-25.
“Elemental Edifices.” Group exhibition,
WaveLength Space Chattanooga, TN. Aug
19-Sept 17.
2022 “Ambispection" Solo Exhibition, Association for
Visual Arts (AVA). October 7-Nov 18.
"A Taste of Southern," School of Visual Art &
Design, Faculty and Alumni exhibition. The
Westin Hotel and Conference Center,
Chattanooga, TN. Oct 2. I was an exhibiting
artist and the curator/ organizer for the
exhibition portion of the event.
13th Annual Drawing Discourse; International
Contemporary Drawing Exhibition.
University of North Carolina, Asheville.
Catherine Murphy, Juror. January 14-
February 13.
2021 Association for Visual Arts (AVA) Juried Show
2021.Chattanooga, TN. Best in Show
Award. Jurors: Hollie Chastain, Jazmine
LeBlanc, and Carrie Pendergrass
2020 Red Clay Survey. Huntsville Museum of Art.
Huntsville, AL. Peter J. Baldaia and David
J. Reyes, jurors.
2019 PAlNTED Biennial. Manifest Gallery,
Cincinnati, OH.
Dogwood Arts Regional Exhibition. Emporium
Center, Knoxville, TN. June 7-28.
2018 Association for Visual Arts (AVA) Juried Show
2018. Chattanooga, TN. Honorable Mention
B18- Wiregrass Biennial. Wiregrass Museum of
Art. Dothan, AL. July 20-September 29.
2018 Dogwood Arts Regional Exhibition.
Knoxville, TN. June 1-30. Leigh Suggs,
juror. Honorable Mention.
Solo exhibition, Precarious Structures. John C.
Williams Gallery. Southern Adventist
University. Jan.18-Feb. 12.
2017 Red Clay Survey. Huntsville Museum of Art.
Huntsville, AL. Gerry Bernstein, juror.
Utopia/Dystopia. Main Street Arts Gallery. Clifton
Springs, NY. John Massier, juror.
DRAWN. Manifest Gallery. Cincinnati, OH.
2016 The Inauspicious Present. Solo Exhibition, Catskill
Art Society. Livingston Manor, NY.
2013 28th Tallahassee International, Florida State
University, Museum of Fine Arts.
Tallahassee, FL.
7th Annual MASTER PIECES Exhibition, Manifest
Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
The Inauspicious Present. MFA Exhibition,
University of Florida Gallery. Gainesville, FL.
2012 Fragmentation. Two-person exhibition with Camille
Demarinis, Focus Gallery, University of
Florida. Gainesville, FL.
Natural and Constructed Spaces II. The Painting
Center. New York, NY. Marianne Van Lent,
Galen Cheney, jurors.
2011 Quotidian. WARPhaus Gallery. University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL.
2009 University Open, LexArts Downtown Arts Center.
Lexington, KY. Irwin Pickett, juror.
2008 PaintPresent. Loudon House. Lexington Art
League, Lexington, KY. Bobby Campbell, juror.
Select Publications:
2024 Keefe, Donald, Evangelyn Keefe, Wesley Roden.
Donald Keefe: Ambispection. Exhibition
Catalog. 2024. ISBN-13: 979-8218396930
Roden, Wesley. “Interview: Donald Keefe.” Locate
Arts; Tri-Star Arts. January 17, 2024.
https://locatearts.org/the-focus/2024/interview-
donald-keefe
2022 13th Annual Drawing Discourse; International
Contemporary Drawing Exhibition Catalog.
University of North Carolina, Asheville.
2021 MEAS13: Manifest Exhibition Annual Season 13.
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and
Drawing Center. Cincinnati, OH. Pg. 194
ISBN#978-1-920826-33-0
2020 Spectrum Magazine, Vol. 48, Issue 3, 2020. “The
Persistence of Hope: The Artwork of Donald
Keefe,” Bonnie Dwyer. Cover image, inside
cover, and pgs 70-77.
2019 International Painting Annual 9. Manifest Creative
Research Gallery and Drawing Center.
Cincinnati, OH.
2018 International Drawing Annual 12. Manifest Creative
Research Gallery and Drawing Center.
Cincinnati, OH. Pg.120-121
Denton, Lisa. “Precarious Structures.” Chattanooga
Times Free Press. Sunday, January 14, 2018:
Pg. E8.
2017 Stewart-Sanabria, Denise. “Review of Red Clay
Survey.” Number. An Independent Arts Journal:
Issue Ninety-Two. Fall 2017. Pg.26.
Manifest Gallery Season 13 Exhibition Catalog
Red Clay Survey Exhibition Catalog, 2017. Pg.
35. Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL.
2016 FreshPaint Magazine Issue 15, October 2016. pgs
69-70. Curated by Jemma Hickman, Founder
and Director of bo-lee Gallery, London, England.
International Drawing Annual 10. 2016. pgs.122-27.
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and
Drawing Center. Cincinnati, OH.
2013 7th Annual MASTER PIECES. Exhibition
Catalogue, 2013. Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati,
OH. 28th
Tallahassee International. Exhibition
Catalogue, 2013. Museum of Fine Arts, Florida
State University, Tallahassee, FL.
2012 Natural/Constructed Spaces. Exhibition Catalogue,
2012. The Painting Center, New York, NY.
2008 PaintPresent. Exhibition Catalogue, 2008.
Lexington Art League. Lexington, KY.
Conferences/Workshops/Artist Talks/Residencies:
2024 SECAC (Southeastern College Art Conference),
Chattanooga, TN. Member, Exhibiting Artist.
2022 Artist Talk for “Ambispection,” Solo Exhibition, Nov 13,
2022
2019 SECAC (Southeastern College Art Conference),
Chattanooga, TN. Member, Attendee.
School of Visual Art & Design Europe Study tour. Six
credit program in Art History and Studio Art
taught by Giselle Hasel and I, partnering with a
sister institution in Austria. We spent six weeks
in Europe (Italy, Germany, Austria). I planned,
organized, led tours, did accounting, and taught
studio art.
2016 Artist Talk for The Inauspicious Present. Catskill Art
Society. Livingston Manor, NY. July 30.
2012 Artist-In-Residence, Contemporary Artists Center
Woodside, Troy, NY. June-July
2009 Summer Studio Session, Pont-Aven School of
Contemporary Art, May. Pont-Aven, France.
© 2009 - 2025 Donald Keefe