Edward McKeever *
32-1376 Bute Street
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
V6E-2A6
Cell 778.317.2994
Wmail: edwardmckeeverart (at) gmail.com

* Born 1978 Boulder, Colorado, United States

Education

Bard College New York. B.A. Fine Arts. Thesis in Painting/Drawing ” Liminal Space: An Eastern Boy in a Western Body” 2006

Yale University Norfolk Summer Program. Ellen Bettel Scholarship 2004

Craftsman – cutting marble for mosaic floor for The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya, Red Feather
Lakes, Colorado Summer 2002

Naropa University Arts Programs. Apprentice to Made Suran. Master Mask Carver. 02/05/1998
Bali Indonesia

Apprentice to Gurmi Lama. Master Thangka Painter 12,05, 1997 Kathmandu Nepal

Arts Students League New York Spring 1995

Professional Experience

Summer 2010 [Sinergos Cooperative, Altumuria Italy ] - Teaching Assistant for Tonio Creanza at the International Fresco Restoration Program.

2006-2010 [Strong River Painting and Design Inc, New York City/Vancouver BC] – Founder and Head Painter. Decorative Painting, Historical Restoration Work and a leading Green
paint / plaster educator.

2007-2008 [Gorman Studios, Vancouver, BC Canada] - Trained as a traditional plasterer (lime and earth), reverse painted glass training, gilding, and acid etching.  Historic Asian landscape motif research responsibilities.

2004-2006 [Bard College] – Art History Slide Library Assistant

2004-2006 [UBS Gallery and Student Studios] – Safety and Security Monitor

Summer 2001 [Louis August Jonas Foundation, Clinton Corners, New York] – Art Teacher for International Youth Leadership Camp

 

Selected Solo Exhibition

2010 ” Gone Baby Gone ” Little Mountain Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2006 “Liminal Space: An Eastern Boy in a Western Body”

UBS Art Gallery, Red Hook, New York

2005 “Smash” Lazyitis Gallery Red Hook, New York

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011 “Cheaper Show X”  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2010 ” Blue Owl Installation” Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2009 ” Tibetan Long Life Ceremony” Life size sculpture of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada

2009 ” The Griffin Installation” 15 Gainsevoort Street, New York, New York

2008 “Blackstone’s Installation” 19 East 7th Street, New York, New York

2005 “Joy” Norfolk Gallery, Norfolk Connecticut

2005 “Hungry Ghosts and other Fairytales” Prints and Drawing show with Mikki Glasser – Elizabeth Bertelssmann Gallery

2005 Dharma Arts, Shambhala Gallery, New York, New York

2004 “For Sale” Bard College, Annanadale-on-Hudson, New York

1999 “New Works” Fischer Art Center, Annadale-on-Hudson, New York

 

Selected Bibliography

Spring 2005 Verse Noir

1987 Vajradatu Sun

 

Selected Commissions

2010 Amanda Michas  Vancouver BC, Canada

2008 Joseph Silvestera New York, New York

2008 Jeff Lee New York, New York

 

Selected Public & Private Collections

Yale University

Bard College

Shambhala Buddhist International

Children’s YTV Animation workshop/Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television

Alexander Hirschhorn Klebanoff

Blackstones, New York, NY

Johnson Ranches, Amarillo, Texas

Sigrid Sandstrom, New York, NY

Betty and Tommy Wagner, Charlotte, North Carolina

Von Stoddard Family, Portland, Maine

Lexi Selkim, Brooklyn, New York

Hanna and Andrew Rosol, Reno Nevada

 

Grants & Awards

2006 Ellen Bettel Stockel Fellowship, Yale University

2005 Christo Grant for Public Art Awards Show. Poughkeepsie Museum, NY

1992 Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television