M'Liz Keefe
A Short Bio
Born in New Jersey, I studied painting and drawing at a young age at the Arts Student’s League in New York City. I went on to Cooper Union where I graduated with a BFA in Painting. I have lived and painted in numerous places throughout the states, spending years in the high desert of the Rocky Mountains of Taos New Mexico, also painting in the plains of Nebraska, on the East River of Brooklyn, and finally in Boston.
In 2013 after almost 10 years in Boston, I received an artist residency in Tilting on Fogo Island, the most northern island off Newfoundland. I decided that I wanted to stay on the Island for good. Living on Fogo Island permanently, I have built a small home and a studio to paint.
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1981-1985 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NYC, BFA Painting/Drawing, four year scholarship
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/Residencies/Publications
2014 TiltingAIR Artist residency, Tilting Fogo Island, Newfoundland
2013 TiltingAIR Artist residency, Tilting Fogo Island, Newfoundland
2012 Station 8, Jamaica Plain, MA Solo Show
2011 James’s Gate, Jamaica Plain, MA Solo Show
2010 Samson Gallery, Boston, MA Group Show
James’s Gate, Jamaica Plain, MA Solo Show
2009 James’s Gate, Jamaica Plain, MA, Two Person Show
2007 Parks Gallery, Taos NM, Group Show
2006 James’s Gate, Jamaica Plain, MA, Solo Show
2005 Addison Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Two Person Show
Parks Gallery, Taos, NM Group show
2003 Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Group Show
2002 University of Connecticut, CT, “Art from Williamsburg Brooklyn”, Group Show
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Group Show
2000 Fay Gold Gallery, Georgia, Group Show
Harwood Museum, Taos, NM, Two Person Show
1999 Jacquelyn Lloyd Gallery, Taos, NM, Solo Show
LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico, “New Mexican Women Artists” Group Show
1998 Jacquelyn Lloyd Gallery, Taos, NM, Solo Show
New Gallery, Houston Texas, 2 Person Show
Jonathon Shorr Gallery, NYC, Group Show
Jacquelyn Lloyd Gallery, Taos, NM, Group Show
Jackson Artworks, Omaha NE, Group Show
1993 Jackson Artworks, Omaha NE, Group Show
1992 Stables Art Center, Taos NM, Solo Show
Barber Shop Gallery, Ranchos de Taos, NM, Group Show
South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, “Four New Mexican Artists” Redondo Beach Gallery, Redondo Beach, CA
1991 Barber Shop Gallery, Ranchos de Taos, NM, Solo Show
Taos Invites Taos, Bataan Hall, Taos New Mexico
PUBLICATIONS / MEDIA
2017 Vasari 21, Pod-cast interview with art critic and editor of Vasari 21, Ann Landi
2015 The Pilot, Arts and Culture feature
2012 Taos Portraits, Featured Artist.
Paul O’Connor, Photographer, Bill Whaley, Editor. Published June, 2012. Black and white photographic portraits documenting 50 years of Taos Artists. Hard cover.
2011 Brain Tumour Magazine “Enduring Inspiration” The story of my brother’s effect on my painting after his death from a brain tumor in 2002
2008 WBUR Boston, NPR, “Artists Count” Featured Artist on Morning Edition with Andrea Shea
2007 Albuquerque Journal, Tom Collins, Review
2004 Albuquerque Journal, Tom Collins, Review
2000 Albuquerque Journal, Tom Collins, Review
1999 Arte Contemporary, Santa Fe, Featured Artist
1998 Albuquerque Journal, Tom Collins, Review
1998 Taos News, Tempo Arts Feature Cover Story, Rick Romancito
1998 THE Magazine, Santa Fe, Featured Artist
1994 Omaha Herald, Arts Review
1992 Albuquerque Journal, Malin Wilson, Review
Redondo Beach News, Arts Review
1991 Taos News, Rick Romancito, Review Albuquerque Journal, Review