Elsa Marie Keefe

Elsa Marie Keefe is an artist who explores body positivity through photography, mixed media collage, and book-making. Her complete immersion into the nudist lifestyle has shaped her creative practice. She integrates the figure into nature to comment on significant issues such as sexuality, societal oppression, spirituality, and the sublime.

The large-scale pieces are rich in texture and vulnerability. By incorporating natural elements back into the artwork, such as bones, flora, crystals, and dirt, her process emphasizes the cyclical nature of our time here on Earth.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and across the boroughs of New York City, including The Blue Gallery, New York; The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn; Ziome, Miami; and Ophelia’s in Denver, Colorado. She has been featured at Miami Basel, The Other Art Fair, SOHO House, and The Southampton History Museum.

Recent interviews with the artist were broadcasted on TNT Radio and available to read on Northshore Magazine and Saatchi Art Blog. The three books published by Elsa are titled Born Wild, Delirium, and Salvation.

Blending her commercial and personal fine art practices, Elsa partners with people and organizations to promote healthy naturist lifestyles. She fa...

Elon University (BA Communications), 2013

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BORN WILD / Solo Show / September 2020 / Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA (mixed media collection)
NUDES & WILD HORSES / Solo Show at Pony Boy / March 2020 / Greenpoint, Brooklyn / w/ live performances
Paddle 8 Auction / Art4Equality w/ The Untitled Art Space / Feb. 2020 / NYC / https://paddle8.com/artist/elsa-keefe
Any Given Sunday / Jan. 29, 2020 / Sharks & Nudes, Miami Beach, FL
St. Judd’s Fundraiser - sold Wild & Free @ FAO Schwarz / Jan. 16, 2020 / Times Square, Manhattan, NYC
Adam & Eve / Dec. 7, 2019 / Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL - performance piece = “poetic metaphors”
Body Beautiful / Nov. 21 - Dec. 14, 2019 / the Untitled Art Space, Tribeca, NYC
The Other Art Fair by Saatchi / November 2019 / The Brooklyn Expo Center, Brooklyn, NY
Las Laguna Gallery- ‘Captured’ / October 2019 / Photograph - eternal transcendence, Laguna Beach, CA
House of Yes - ‘Foreplay’ / July 2019 / Performance Art w/ La Reine the Thrill, House of Yes, Brooklyn, NY
Soho House - ‘House of Wonders’ / July 2019 /  Performance Art w/ La Reine the Thrill, Soho Meatpacking, NY
Artists & Fleas / July 2019 / Artists & Fleas, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
PINKS / May / June 2019 / Tuesday Nights by Eddy Bogaert, LES, NYC
The Other Art Fair by Saatchi / May 2019 /...