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
Morning Swim, 2022
Oil on masonite panel
12 x 10 inches
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Claudia Keep
Sunset at McCarren Park, 2022
Oil on masonite panel
10 x 8 inches
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Claudia Keep
Driving Past the Cemetery at Sunset, 2022
Oil on masonite panel
10 x 12 inches
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Claudia Keep: Aubade
Installation View
Photo by Cary Whittier
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Claudia Keep
Sunset From the Forest Avenue M, 2020
Oil on paper
8 x 7 inches
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Claudia Keep
J's Garage, 2021
Oil on masonite panel
10 x 8 inches
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NADA Miami 2021
Installation View
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Claudia Keep
Spring Morning, 2021
Oil on masonite panel
12 x 10 inches
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Claudia Keep
Sun Sets on the Spider, 2021
Oil on panel
10 x 8 inches
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Claudia Keep
Tops Gallery
Installation View
2021
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Claudia Keep
Evening, In May, 2020
Oil on panel
14 x 12 inches
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Night Moves
Installation View
Image: Tag Christof
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Claudia Keep
West Virginia Gas Station, Early Evening, 2019
Oil on panel
12 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches
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Night Moves
Installation View
Image: Tag Christof
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Claudia Keep
Untitled, 2020
Watercolor on paper
6 x 8 inches
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Claudia Keep
Installation View
Reyes | Finn
2021