Claudia Keep’s (b. 1993) paintings reveal the intimate complexity of quotidian moments. Composed of soft lines and shapes, they convey impressions of the ordinary that are curiously lucid. Working from both life and personal photographs, Keep illuminates the intricacies of simple scenes: light falling in a quiet room, the shapes that a modest object casts onto the sidewalk, infinite beads of water resting in a spiderweb. This record of detail rescues the humblest of beauty from invisibility, by its nature an invitation to look more closely.
Claudia Keep was born in Low Moor, Virginia (1993) and is currently based in Burlington, Vermont. She received her BFA from Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania. Her recent solo exhibitions include Aubade at MARCH (New York, NY), Day In, Day Out at Tif Sigfrids (Athens, Georgia), Claudia Keep at Tops Gallery (Memphis, TN), and Night Moves at MARCH. Keep has also exhibited at Blum & Poe (Los Angeles, CA), Venus Over Manhattan (New York, NY), Fortnight Institute (New York, NY), The Painting Center (New York, NY), Auxier Kline (New York, NY), and Ablebaker Contemporary (Portland, ME). She has been represented by MARCH since 2020.
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Claudia Keep
Light Through the Trees, July 11th, 5:39 PM, 2023
Oil on Masonite panel
10 x 8 inches
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Claudia Keep
Double Bed, 2023
Oil on Masonite panel
8 x 10 inches
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Claudia Keep
Last of Sunset Over 29, 2023
Oil on Masonite panel
10 x 12 inches
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Claudia Keep
Last of Sunset Over 29, 2023
Oil on Masonite panel
10 x 12 inches
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Claudia Keep
Afternoon Snow Squall, 2023
Oil on Masonite panel
10 x 8 inches