J Keo

STATEMENT
For me, painting is an unscripted act stimulated by an innate passion to create and influenced by stillness in mind. It is both physical and contemplative, as spontaneous and reflective movements, layers, and colors, evolve into composition.

Guilded by training and practices in calligraphy and martial arts, each painting begins as a boundless discovery while form and movement transpire on canvas freedom, spirit, and a natural rhythm in mind, and body. 

BIO
Keo has developed a significant number of influences in his artistic journey, each of which has shaped his skill and approach in unique ways. His painting practice and process were largely shaped after learning the East Asian art of Calligraphy while attending a Zen meditation retreat under the tutelage of artist and Zen scholar Kaz Tanahashi. As a longtime practitioner of the internal martial arts of qi gong and neigong, the calligraphy influence integrated seamlessly into his meditation practice and painting. The way in which he approaches paint on canvas is much the same as one approaches the art of East Asian calligraphy. 

"In calligraphy, unlike painting, there is no going back to correct things. What is on the paper is there for good, and for this reas...

1995 Masters in Architecture
Washington University St. Louis
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1994 Urban Studies
Glasgow School of Art- Architecture
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1992 Bachelors of Science Interior Design
University of Bridgeport
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1989 Fine Arts
MWPI/ Pratt

2019 Pace Center Gallery, Denver CO
2018 LIV Aspen Art Gallery, Aspen CO
2018 Michael Gorman Gallery, Taos NM
2018 Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, Japan
2017 Snowmass Art Collective Snowmass CO
2017 Snowmass Fall Art Collective, Snowmass CO