Rosy Keyser
Oil, sawdust, pastel, & wood on waxed canvas
132.08 x 96.52cm
52.00 x 38.00 in
Oil, medium, sawdust, & pastel on waxed canvas and cast paper
147.32 x 116.84cm
58.00 x 46.00 in
Oil, medium, sawdust, & pastel on waxed canvas
121.92 x 101.6cm
48.00 x 40.00 in
Oil on waxed canvas and cast paper
152.4 x 50.8cm
60.00 x 20.00 in
Oil aluminum, spray paint, sawdust, wood, & twine on canvas
177.8 x 144.78cm
70.00 x 57.00 in
Oil, sawdust, medium, & pastel on waxed canvas
198.12 x 132.08cm
78.00 x 52.00 in
Rosy Keyser
Born in 1974, Baltimore, MD
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, and Medusa, NY
EDUCATION
2013 M.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, I
1997 B.F.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
The Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
The Zabludowicz Collection, London, The United Kingdom
Rosy Keyser (b. 1974, Baltimore, MD) grew up in rural Maryland where she developed an awareness of tools and materials in the outdoors. She earned her BFA at Cornell University in 1997 and her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003. Keyser has shown extensively throughout the United States and Europe, including solo exhibitions at Maccarone (New York and Los Angeles), Peter Blum Gallery (New York), and Contemporary Fine Arts (Berlin, Germany). Group exhibitions include: Rosy Keyser & Eleanor Mikus, Parts & Labor, Beacon, NY; Painter Painter at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, and Pink Caviar at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark. Keyser’s work is held in the permanent collections of: the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark; the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; and Zabludowicz Collection, London, England. Rosy Keyser was a Fall 2017 artist in residence at the Chinati Foundation (Marfa, TX).
Wrecked Angle, New York
June 18 - July 30, 2021
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Distal’s Musk, UMBC CADVC, Baltimore, MD
Rosy Keyser: Works on Paper, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
2018
Catapult Chuparosa, Variable Edition of 100 for Chinati members, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
2017
The OtherOther, Maccarone, Los Angeles, CA
Rosy Keyser: The Insensate Foot, The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
2016
Half-Light Periscope, Austin, TX
2015
We Sing Sin, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Lap of the High Plains, Freddy, Baltimore, MD
The Hell Bitch, Maccarone, New York, NY
2014
My Heads Are My Hands, Karma, New York, NY
2013
Medusa Pie Country, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Promethean Dub, Peter Blum Chelsea, New York, NY
2009
The Moon Ate Me, Peter Blum Chelsea, New York, NY
2008
Rivers Burn and Run Backward, Peter Blum Chelsea, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Wrecked Angle: Rosy Keyser & Joseph Montgomery (forthcoming in June), Ceysson & Bénétière, NY
2020
Sympathetic Magic, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Twilight Zone, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalbog, Denmark
Rosy Keyser and Eleanore Mikus, Parts & Labor, Beacon, NY
Listening Closely, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
Notebook, curated by Joanne Greenbaum, 56 Henry, New York, NY
2018
Somatic Gesture, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
Off the Wall, The ICA at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Featured Works, Marguiles Collection, Miami, FL
The Way Things Go, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2017
MIDTOWN, Lever House, New York, NY
In the Abstract, MASS MoCa, North Adams, MA
Witches, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
Squid Ink, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
Your Face In The Mirror Isn’t Your Face, Similar To Plastic Silverware, curated by Torey
Thornton, Morán Morán, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Object Painting – Painting Object, Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Community of Influence, Vermont Studio Center Alumni Show, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Maximalism, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
2014 White Columns Benefit Auction and Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY
Women, G Gallery, Houston, TX
The Space Where I Am, Blain Southern, London, United Kingdom
2013
The New Sincerity, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
Painter Painter, curated by Eric Crosby and Bartholomew Ryan, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Painting from the Zabludowicz Collection: Part II, The Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
2012
Hue and Cry, Sotheby’s S2 Gallery, New York, NY
Heat Waves, Peter Blum Chelsea, New York, NY Pink
Caviar, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Science on the back end, curated by Matthew Day Jackson, Hauser and Wirth, New York, NY
Luis Camnitzer, Rosy Keyser, Robert Kinmot, and Linda Matalon, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
Idealizing the Imaginary: Illusion and Invention in Contemporary Painting, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
2011
Miriam Bohm, Rosy Keyser, Erin Shirreff, Lisa Cooley, New York, NY
A Painting Show, Harris Lieberman, New York, NY
2010
I Can’t Forget, But I Don’t Remember What, Freymond Guth Fine Art, Zurich, Switzerland
Black and White, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
Spray, D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY
Immaterial, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX,
Reflection, Peter Blum Soho, New York, NY
2009
Almost, curated by Lance Goldsmith, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY
New Work, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Hi, low and in between, Grimm Fine Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008
Converter, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Sack of Bones, Peres Project, Los Angeles, CA
Zero Zone, Tracy Williams Ltd., New York, NY
2007
Stubborn Materials, Peter Blum Chelsea, New York, NY
2006
Durer Reenactment, Laeso, Denmark; Baltimore, MD
2005
Family Portraits and Energetic Blueprints, Rensselaerville, New York, NY
7-Year Installation, Track House (Remote Back Side),Marble, CO
2004
The Stray Show, Track House, Chicago, IL
On A Wave, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Yard Sale, Track House, Chicago, IL
2003
Sulcata Solves, Track House, Chicago, IL
Depiction, Gallery 400, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Impotent Landscape, The Pond, Chicago, IL
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020
Maine, Stephen. “Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections.” Hyperallergic, May 2, 2020.
2017
Buhe, Elizabeth. “Rosy Keyser.” Art in America, September 26, 2017.
2016
Elderton, Louisa. “Reviews: Rosy Keyser CFA/Berlin.” Flash Art, January - February 2016.
Nueuendorf, Henri. “Top 10 Shows on the LES and Surrounding Neighborhoods This
Summer.” Artnet, July 4, 2016.
2015
Mac Adam, Alfred. “REVIEWS: NEW YORK.” Artnews, Summer 2015.
Smith, Roberta. “Review: Rosy Keyser, “The Hell Bitch.” The New York Times, May 2015.
Munro, Cait. “10 Killer Quotes on Feminism and Painting.” Artnet, June 4, 2015.
2014
MacAdam, Barbara A. “Rosy Keyser’s Sculptures Create Stories That Never End.” Artnews, March 24, 2014.