Edward McKeever

Edward McKeever is an interdisciplinary artist living in Vancouver and NYC. Primarily educated at the renegade art school Bard College and Yale University’s Norfolk program, McKeever is mainly known for his large abstract paintings. Currently researching the overlap between Romanticism and the great Canadian Arctic landscape. His intimate paintings, collages, and etchings about the Polar Regions have traveled great distances.   McKeever’s recent art film about icebergs entitled, “Gone Baby Gone,” premiered on a National Geographic expedition to Antarctica.  The film also included an original score by First Nations cello player, Cris Derksen.

Inspired by artists like David Blackwood, RB Kitaj, Michelangelo, Diego Rivera, and Roberto Matta, McKeever’s fascination with large fresco mural work and detailed copperplate etchings is evident in much his art and work. In the summer, McKeever trains in Italy and works as a TA in traditional fresco restoration for www.sinergos.net.