Keenan Jackson - Studio Archive

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Grants, Residencies, and Awards

2020

  • Queer Materials Lab Artist Residency @ Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2018

  • Wassaic Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY

2017

  • Laboratory Artist Residency, Spokane, WA
  • Ox-Bow Fall Artists’ Residency, Saugatuck, MI
  • Officina Stamperia del Notaio Artists’ Residency, Tusa, Sicily
  • Vermont Studio Center Residency and Artist Grant, Johnson, VT

2015

  • Susan B. Coslett Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, PA
  • Institute of Contemporary Art Graduate Lecturer Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA
  • Groupe de Recherche d’art Intégré Endowment for the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
  • FIGMENT First Night Boston Grant, Boston, MA

2014

  • FIGMENT First Night Boston Grant, Boston, MA

Teaching

Adjunct Professor

  • 2022-2023 - Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
    • Three-Dimensional Design
  • 2019-2021 - Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
    • Design I (Black and White Design)
    • Design II (Color Theory)
    • Design III (Three-Dimensional Design)
  • 2016 - Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
    • Introduction to Sculpture
    • Sculpture Studio I, II, & III
    • Independent Study: Figural Sculpture
    • Independent Study: Sculpture in Public Space
  • 2016 - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Drawing I

Learning Design

  • 2022-2025 - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • 2022 - Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA

Select Exhibitions

2021

  • Unprecedented Times, Group Exhibition
    Science Center, Philadelphia, PA

2020

  • Bottom of the Ninth, Group Exhibition
    Pinch-Hitter Projects, Philadelphia, PA
  • 20/20 Mail Art, Group Exhibition
    Temple School of Art and Architecture, Philadelphia, PA

2019

  • Spitting Distance, Two-Person Exhibition
    Napoleon, Philadelphia, PA
  • Stonewall @ 50, Group Exhibition
    Pearlstein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • Ad Astra Per Aspera, Group Exhibition
    Maxon Mills, Wassaic, NY
  • Lip-Sync Parade: Queer meditations on history and visibility, Group Exhibition
    Curated by Doah Lee
    Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2018

  • Into the Woods We Go, Group Exhibition
    Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
  • What Does Pride Mean to You?, Group Exhibition
    City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
  • ArtBangall, Group Exhibition
    Hunns Lake Project Space, Bangall, NY
  • Future Defecations: Riverfront Park Public Restroom Forum, Solo Exhibition
    RAC Project Space, Spokane, WA

2017

  • Vacation in November, Group Exhibition
    Little Berlin Annex, Philadelphia, PA
  • Loaded Dice, Two-Person Exhibition
    Schultz Project Space, Johnson, VT
  • 30 Under 30, Group Exhibition
    Virdian Artists, New York, NY

2016

  • Happiness Greens Our Irrelevance, Group Thesis Exhibition
    Curated by Hamza Walker
    MAMA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • PLEASE COME IN, Group Exhibition
    Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
  • Cleft, Solo Exhibition
    Gallery 224 at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
  • Lady in the Water II: Maiden Voyage, Collaborative Two-Person Exhibition
    New Boon(e), Philadelphia, PA

2015

  • Video Snack 5, Group Screening
    Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
  • Joint Custody, Group Exhibition
    Fox Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • Lady in the Water, Collaborative Two-Person Exhibition
    Physical Lab, Philadelphia, PA

Curatorial Projects

2020

  • Pa’lante
    Heather Raquel Phillips (solo)
    319 Building Exterior, Philadelphia, PA

2019

  • #QueerLifePHL co-curated with Linda Lee Alter and Irving Chan Gomez
    Group Exhibition (50+ artists)
    William Way LGBT Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • Venus Rising
    Gwen Shockey (solo)
    Practice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • Chinatown Sailor Moon
    Doah E. Lee (solo)
    Practice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2017

  • Rest Belt
    Ryan Flores, Manal Kara, Fran Lightbound, Daniel Luedtke, Leah Mackin, Liz McCarthy, Michael Milano
    Ohio service plazas off eastbound I-80, OH

2016

  • Picket Fences
    Gerard Silva (solo)
    William Way LGBT Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2015

  • EchoLocation *
    Rich Hogan, Doa E. Lee, Sarah Legow, Heather Raquel Phillips
    Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA
  • Uncommons *
    chukwumaa, E. Jane, Shaina Gates, Kaitlin Pomerantz, Marianna Williams
    Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA

* Kirsten Gill and I conceived and organized the inaugural year's operation of a curatorial project resulting in the two exhibitions listed here for 2015. Learn more about the Incubation Series.