DONALD KEEFE
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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:
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, 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:
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.  pgs.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:

2019            SECAC (Southeastern College Art Conference), Chattanooga, TN. 
          
                   
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.
 
                      Artist Talk for Paintpresent. Loudon House, Lexington, KY, April 16.

Representation: 

                      Romanova Gallery, Chattanooga, TN  
​                               https://www.romanovagallery.com

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