Artist's Statement:
Paul Keene's work reflects his ties to communities, places, his interests, and his love of jazz. Paris, Haiti, and North Philadelphia are mingled with Coltrane, Holiday, blues, hip hop, and African rhythms. His compositions blend history, mythology, and memory into a seamless whole. Keene's imagery is not just rendered as commentary, but observed, reconstructed, and reformulated into worlds that reflects and expand our understanding of the human spirit. -- Lewis Tanner Moore, 1998
Selected Collections:
- Nigerian National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria
- Dallas Museum, Dallas TX
- Delaware Museum of Fine Arts, Wilmington DE
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
- African-American historical and Cultural Museum, Philadelphia PA
- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
- Morgan State University, Baltimore MD
- Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME
- Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA
Selected Commissions:
- Johnson C. Smith University, NC, Mural - painting
- Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia, Ceramic Mural
- Franklin Mint, Coin of Scott Joplin, African American History Collection
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
- Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia PA
- Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia PA
- Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg PA
- Bucks County Community College, Newton PA
- Kankeleba House, New York NY
- Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia PA
- African-American Historical and Cultural Museum, Philadelphia PA
- James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown PA
- Rider University Gallery, Lawrenceville NJ
- Centre d'Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Selected Group Exhibitions:
- 2nd World Black and African Festival of Art and Culture, Lagos, Nigeria
- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
- Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh PA
- Penn State University, University Park PA
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
- Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
- James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown PA
- Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia PA
Selected Awards:
- John H. Whitney Fellowship, Haiti
- Alumni Award, Philadelphia College of Art (University of the Arts),
Philadelphia PA
- Van Der Zee Award, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia PA
Selected Teaching Experience:
- Bucks County Community College, Professor of Drawing and Painting,
Chair of Art Department 1977-1980
Associate Professor of Painting, Drawing, Color, and Design;
- Philadelphia College of Art (University of the Arts), Philadelphia PA
- Director of Courses, Centre d'Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Education:
Philadelphia Museum School of Art (University of the Arts) Philadelphia
Tyler School of fine Arts, Temple University, Philadelphia: BFA, BsC, MFA
Academie Julien, Paris, France
More Biographical Information:
For more biographical information about Mr. Keene, please visit the Michener Art Museum website: www.michenerartmuseum.org
Contact Information:
Bristol Road
Warrington PA 18976
