Artist CV

Artist's statement

(b 1993CA. Lives and works in Winnipeg)

Keast is a painter and sculptor drawn to the unstable nature of visual imagery and its potential for continuous reinterpretation. His recent work explores a sense of being unmoored, as he works towards his own reconstruction of an indefinable origin. “Encouraging a tactile-based form of experience that emphasizes tension between texture and association, these works distil and condense the passage of time and impressions of space into seemingly familiar shapes and patterns.”

Solo exhibitions

2020
Parlour, Order of Operations Winnipeg MB 
2018
Blinkers, Lamp Post Sun, Winnipeg MB 
Fools & Horses, Lamp Post Sun, Winnipeg MB 
2017
Nuit Blanche Strmy, Winnipeg MB 
2014
Nuit Blanche, “scars on his face from when his son stabbed him with a knife,” Winnipeg MB 

Group exhibitions

2020 
YngSpc + David B. Smith Gallery, as inside so outside, Colorado, DV 
Martha Street Studio, The Playground, Winnipeg MB 
Side x Side Contemporary, So Close, Online Exhibiton 
Gallery 1C03, Yearning For Comfort, Not Cure Winnipeg MB 
2019
La Maison des Artistes, Take 2, Winnipeg MB 
AceArt, Cartae Blanche, Winnipeg MB 
Platform Gallery, Winnipeg MB 
2017 
Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg MB 
2016 
Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg MB 

Awards & residencies

2020
Manitoba Arts Council, Create Grant 
2019
Manitoba Arts Council, Travel Grant 
Winnipeg Arts Council, Travel Grant 
 
 
2014
Centre[3], Hamilton, ON 
Falcon Trails Residency, Falcon Trails, MB 
Nuit Blanche Winner, Emerging Voices Juried Exhibition 

Education

2011-2016
 University of Manitoba BFA (Honours), Winnipeg MB