"Don't forget, in the meantime that this is the season for strawberries. Yes."
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Words and Paint: Uncommon Dialogue
A collaboration between artist and writer exploring the intersection of visual and verbal expression. This collaboration pairs Jeanne Gentry Keck's visual explorations with poetic meditations, creating a dialogue between image and word that transcends traditional boundaries.
Exhibition Catalogue
An exhibition catalog from a BRENDA TAYLOR gallery show, featuring selected works from Jeanne Gentry Keck's artistic practice across various series and media.
Catalog Essay: "Permanence and Perception"
An in-depth essay from the exhibition catalog exploring themes of time, memory, and transformation in Jeanne Gentry Keck's work. The article examines how materials and process embody concepts of impermanence and the extraordinary ordinary.
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Artist Statement
Time and my changing perspective of it are compelling to me. This interest and pursuit for understanding exposes a self-inquiry and thus brings to my work a collaboration of poetics, words, mixed media, and paint.
My work explores natural materials mixed with paint to achieve a varied surface. These materials include lint, corn husks, cotton balls, fabrics, straw, celluclay, and discarded materials that come from the painting process itself. Also, you will find messages, notes, old telephone books, and newspapers. These are seemingly the unimportant, disposable things in life but which ultimately accumulate and become the novels of our lives and the extraordinary ordinary.
Materials come and go in the painting journey, some hidden and others rising to the surface—an example itself of change and impermanence.
After contemplations of life and death, Clarice Lispector said, "Don't forget, in the meantime, that this is the season for strawberries. Yes." My work is a record of 'now' with an awareness of impermanence.
JEANNE GENTRY KECK
EDUCATION
- • College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
- • Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio
RESIDENCIES / VISITING ARTIST
- • Contemporary Art Center, North Adams, MA
- • Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
- • Assisi Independent Studio Program, Assisi, Italy
- • 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, Visiting Artist Providence Arts Center
- • 1999 Stretching Creative Boundaries IV, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Visiting Artist, Speaker
- • 2001 - 2010 Artist in residence, Maryland Hall For the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
HONORS / AWARDS
- ★ 2013 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award
- ★ 2010 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award
- ★ 2000 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award
- ★ 1997 Curator, Painting Now/Anne Arundel County, Anne Arundel Community College
- ★ 1996 Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT
- ★ 1996 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award
SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP SHOWS
- 2025 - What the Hands Remember, Gallery 410, Baltimore, MD, June 13 - July 27
- 2025 - Baker OFF the Web, Peale Museum, Baltimore, MD, November 7, 2024 - January 19
- 2024 - Circle Play, Jo Fleming Contemporary Gallery, Annapolis, MD, February 17 - March 31
- 2022 - Texture, Color and Word, Jo Fleming Contemporary Gallery, Annapolis, MD, February 17 - March 31
- 2021 - Organic Destruction, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD, April 17 - May 29
- 2020 - BTG Boston, Brenda Taylor Gallery, 30 Dalton Street, Boston, MA
- 2020 - Recording History, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame of MD University, Baltimore, MD, October 26 - November 27
- 2020 - Visions 2020, West Annapolis Artworks, Annapolis, MD, February 16 - March 14
- 2018 - Off the Web, Peale Art Museum, November 14 - December 17
- 2018 - Artists Compound, Xs, Baltimore, MD, June - October
- 2018 - Art2Art, Gallery at Quiet Waters, Annapolis, MD, November 22 - January 7
- 2017 - A Thousand Words, Gallery at CCBC, Baltimore, MD, November 13 - December 9
- 2016 - The Extraordinary Ordinary, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Curator: Melissa Webb, School 33, Baltimore, MD, March 4 - May 28
- 2015 - Dealbreakers.com, curator: Roberta Pardo, Annapolis, MD, August 5 - 30
- 2015 - Novels of the Every Day, Galerie Francoise, Baltimore, MD, October 10 - January 31
- 2014 - The Sky Is the Limit, BWI Airport, Baltimore MD, March 15 - June 20
- 2013 - Galerie Francoise Group Show, Baltimore, MD, December 12, 2012 - February
- 2012 - Invitational Bakers Award Exhibit, Joe Squared, Baltimore, MD, September - October
- 2012 - Words and Paint: Uncommon Dialogue, Chaney Gallery, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis MD, March 9 - April 16
- 2009 - Montage Gallery, group show, Baltimore, MD, May - August
- 2009 - Brenda Taylor Art Gallery, group show, June 15-July
- 2009 - Create: 30 Years of Artists-in-Residence, Chaney Gallery, MD Hall for the Creative Arts, May 1 - June 11
- 2007 - Anna Bondono Camandona Art Gallery, Alba, Italy, October 20 - November 30
- 2007 - Landscape & Nature, Arts Program Gallery, U of MD, Adelphi, MD, July 1 - September 9
- 2007 - Landscape & Nature, James Bachas Gallery, Md State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD, May 15 - June 22
- 2007 - Landscape & Nature: A View from Maryland, House of Delegates, Jan 29 - April 9
- 2006 - Anna Bondono Camandona Art Gallery, Alba, Italy, November 25 - December 30
- 2006 - Montage Gallery of Federal Hill, Baltimore, MD. Nov.1-Dec. 17
- 2006 - Brenda Taylor Gallery, NY, New York, July 13 - August 12
- 2006 - Surfaces, Brenda Taylor Gallery, NY, New York, Jan 27-Feb 24
- 2005 - Jeanne Gentry Keck In Harlem, Zzaj Gallery, Harlem, New York, Sept 2-Oct 30
- 2005 - Group Show, Linda Durnell Gallery, Los Gatos, CA, May-June
- 2005 - Reflections, Mitchell Gallery, St John's College, Annapolis, MD, Oct 18-Nov 28
- 2004 - Idyllic Fields of Memory, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD, one person show, October19-November 28
- 2004 - Chaney Gallery Invitational, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD August - September 23
- 2004 - Six-Pack Abs/Abstract With Muscle, Coastal Gallery, Rehobath, DE, August- September 6
- 2004 - Galerie Francoise et Ses Freres, Lutherville, MD, July 11-August-Summer Show
- 2004 - The John Turchin Gallery, Premier Invitational, Banner Elk, NC, July-August
- 2004 - Montage Gallery Summer Show, Baltimore, MD, July -August
- 2004 - Rhapsody, Chaney Gallery, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD, Feb 27-April 2
- 2004 - 2004 Drawing Now/Anne Arundel County Invitational, Cade Art Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD, Jan29-March 3
- 2003 - Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD, "Gallery Artists" Nov-Dec
- 2002 - Montage Gallery of Federal Hill, Baltimore, MD, "Slice of Poetry", September 3- Oct 12
- 2000 - Montage Gallery of Federal Hill, Baltimore, MD, "In Search of Meaning" Oct. 7- 29
- 2000 - Government House, Annapolis, MD, "Works By Contemporary Maryland Artists July 25-August 31
- 1999 - Deltona Arts & Historical Museum, Aug-Oct
- 1999 - Deland Art Museum, Deland, Florida, May7-July18
- 1999 - Trenton City Art Museum, Trenton, NJ, March 1-31
- 1998 - Corcoran Museum of Art, Hemicycle Gallery, Washington DC, Oct 14-Nov16
- 1998 - Brenda Taylor Gallery, NY, NY, Oct 13-Nov 16
- 1998 - Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
- 1998 - Fashion Happening, Gallery K, Alice Denny, Curator, Washington, DC
- 1997 - University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD
- 1997 - College of Emory and Henry, Emory, VA
- 1996 - Brenda Taylor Gallery, NY, NY
- 1995 - Brenda Taylor Gallery, NY, NY
- 1994 - Brenda Taylor Gallery, Boston, MA
- 1989 - C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
PERMANENT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- • SIMmersion, Columbia, MD
- • Sallie Mae Headquarters, Newark, DE
- • American University, Washington, DC
- • Miller and Van Eaton PLLC, Washington. DC
- • Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice, PLLC, Charlotte, NC
- • Harrison and Bates, Richmond, VA
- • University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD
- • Smith Helms Mulliss and Moore, Charlotte, NC
- • Warwick Forest, Newport News, Virginia
- • Nations Bank, Charlotte, North Carolina
- • Federal Reserve Bank, Baltimore, Maryland
- • Anne Arundel Hospital, Annapolis, Maryland
- • Schultz and Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- • Koppers Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- • Celeste Industries Corp, Easton, Maryland
- • Green Brokers, Englewood, Colorado
- • Ford Aerospace Corp, Hanover, Maryland
- • Rack Room Shoes, Charlotte, North Carolina
- • Ridgely Retreat, Andie Lichtenstein, Annapolis, MD
- • Whitmore Print Group, George Shenk, Annapolis, MD
- • Green Healing Wellness, Annapolis, MD
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 2025 - What the Hands Remember, Feature on Instagram and brochure, Elle Jones, June 13
- 2024 - Circle Play, Feature on Instagram, Jo Fleming, Feb 9
- 2021 - Organic Destruction, Online Feature, Creative Alliance, April 21
- 2022 - Color and Word, Online Feature, Jo Fleming, February 2
- 2020 - Recording History, Gormley Gallery Website Feature, October 22
- 2015 - Crownsville Artist Draws Upon Dating No-no's, Capital Gazette, August
- 2015 - Relationships As Art: Jeanne Gentry Keck's Exhibit, Baltimore Sun, August 18
- 2012 - An Age of the Artist by Margaret Peot, February, 2012
- 2012 - Words And Paint: Uncommon Dialogue, by Jeanne Gentry Keck and Lance Miller, Foreword: Barry Nemitt, Director of Painting, MICA
- 2006 - Through the Looking Glass" by Deborah Mcleod, City Paper, Baltimore,MD, December 6
- 2000 - Summer, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts Newsletter, Annapolis, MD, Airs Receive Maryland State Arts Council Awards.
- 2000 - April, Severn, A monthly Review, Annapolis, MD. Maryland Hall For the Creative Arts Fast Becoming A Cultural Powerhouse.
- 2000 - Chairs! Chairs! Chairs!, catalogue, The Mitchell Gallery, St John's College, Annapolis, MD, February 24
- 2000 - Sitting Pretty, by Kevin Clapp, The Capital, Annapolis, MD, Feb. 24
- 1999 - Artwork Highlights Annual Gala, Dinah Voyles Pulver, The News Journal, Daytona Beach, FL, August 19
- 1999 - Artist Profile, The Capital, Annapolis, MD, September 24
- 1999 - Landscape Links—Outdoors Not Obvious" Laura Stewart, The News Journal, Daytona Beach, FL, June 15
- 1999 - Landscape Exhibit Completes Tour At Deland Museum, Diane Falk, The News Journal, Daytona Beach, FL, May 14
- 1999 - Keck, Cook Exhibit at Maryland Hall, The Public Enterprise, Annapolis,Maryland, May
- 1999 - Keck Exhibit at Maryland Hall, The Capital, Annapolis, MD, May 14
- 1999 - Home, Francis Jacques, The Capital, Annapolis, MD, March 27
- 1999 - Abstract Landscapes at Ellarslie, Janet Purcell, The Times, Trenton, NJ, March 26
- 1999 - The Theory of Relativity, Catherine Dorsey, Port Folio Weekly, Hampton Roads, VA, March 2
- 1999 - Eye: It's All Relative,Port Polio Weekly, Hampton Roads, VA, Feb. 16
- 1999 - Arts and leisure, Daily Press, Newport News, February 7
- 1999 - It's All Relative, Family Relationships in Art", catalogue, Peninsula Fine Center, Newport News, VA, January
- 1999 - Sister Show, Wavelengths, Warwick Forest, Newport News, VA, Jan.
- 1999 - Linked To Landscape: Nature and Self In the Paintings of Cassandra Kabler, Jeanne Gentry Keck and Gail Watkins", Carrie Carlson, Washington Review, Washington, DC, January/ February
- 1998 - Local Artists In Corcoran Exhibit, The Capital, Annapolis, MD, Nov. 19
- 1998 - Around Town, WETA, Washington, DC, November 12
- 1998 - For Three Annapolis Painters, An Outside Chance at Expression, Nicole Lewis, Washington Post, Washington, DC, November 5
- 1998 - For Three Local Artists in Gallery Exhibit" The Capital, Annapolis,MD, November 2
- 1998 - Linked To Landscape Nature and Self Exhibition Essay, Corcoran Museum, Martha McWilliams, October
- 1998 - Brush With Greatness, Mary Grace Gallagher, The Capital,Annapolis, MD, May 3
- 1998 - Soiree Art, Theresa Meredith, Alliance Francaise Alliance D'Annapolis, April
- 1998 - Must See, Koan, Ken Oda's Art Newsletter, Vol VI, Number 5, Feb.
- 1998 - Gallery K's Peek Into The Wardrobe, Ferdinand Protzman, Washington Post, Washington, DC, February
- 1998 - MFA Gallery Slates 2 New Exhibitions , The Capital, Annapolis, MD, Nancy Ritter, August
- 1997 - Textiles, Paint, Combined in Exhibit, Herald Courier, VA/TN
- 1996 - Jeanne Gentry Keck, Catalogue Essay, Cynthia Nadleman
- 1995 - Her Own Show, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, October
- 1992 - Water-media Techniques for Releasing the Creative Spirit, author Marilyn Phillis
- 1989 - Art, John Dorsey, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, November
- 1989 - Artist Bent, The Capital, Annapolis, MD, November
- 1987 - Arundel Artist: Artists Work Keeps Getting Better, The Capital, Nancy Ritter, Annapolis, MD, April
- 1987 - Arundel artist: Exhibit Shows Growth, Nancy Ritter, The Capital, Annapolis, MD, November
- 1986 - Economy and Expression, The Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, VA, Mark st John, November
- 1986 - Honest Expression Is Hard for Artist, Daily Press, Newport News, VA, Patrick Peterson, November
- 1986 - Water-media Exhibit Fetes Keck, Artworks" The Capital, Annapolis, MD, February 25
- 1986 - Making Color Sing, author, Jeanne Dobie
- 1985 - Naptown Artbeat: Linnekin and Keck At Cardinal Gallery, Public Enterprise, Annapolis, MD, Nancy Hatheway Noyes
- 1985 - Grimaldis Offers A Glimpse of It's Future, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, John Dorsey
- 1984 - Kindred Sprits Intensity Marks Artists' Works, The Capital, Annapolis, MD, Nancy Ritter, August
- 1978 - OWS Painter To Have Show, Fairborn Daily Herald, Fairborn, OH, B. F. Murray, December
- 1978 - Vibrant Colors Enrich Jeanne Keck's Paintings, News-Sun,Springfield, Ohio, Reginald Call, December
- 1978 - Exhibition Viewers Invited To Pick Best of Show, News-Sun,Spring-field, Ohio, May 21
- 1996 - Informative Selection Offered in Center Exhibition, News-Sun,Springfield, Ohio, May 23
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
- • BRENDA TAYLOR
- • Jo Fleming Contemporary, Annapolis, MD
News & Announcements
UPCOMING FAIR
SATELLITE Art Show Miami 2025
DATES
December 4-8, 2025
GALLERY
BRENDA TAYLOR
LOCATION
Miami Beach
Jeanne Gentry Keck's work will be exhibited at SATELLITE Art Show Miami 2025, presented by BRENDA TAYLOR. SATELLITE has established itself as an important venue during Miami Art Week, featuring innovative contemporary work in an intimate, curated setting.
The exhibition will feature selected pieces from Jeanne Gentry Keck's recent mixed media series, continuing her exploration of impermanence and the extraordinary ordinary. Collectors and art enthusiasts are invited to visit the BRENDA TAYLOR booth during this dynamic week of contemporary art in Miami.
Recent Exhibitions
What the Hands Remember
Gallery 410, Baltimore, MD
June 13 - July 27, 2025
Baker OFF the Web
Peale Museum, Baltimore, MD
November 7, 2024 - January 19, 2025
Circle Play
Jo Fleming Contemporary Gallery, Annapolis, MD
February 17 - March 31, 2024
Press & Publications
Baker Artist Portfolio Feature
William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund • Artist Profile
BRENDA TAYLOR
Gallery Representation
Selected Press History
Words and Paint: Uncommon Dialogue
Book Publication • 2012 • With Lance Miller
Linked To Landscape: Nature and Self
Washington Review • Carrie Carlson • January/February 1999
For Three Annapolis Painters, An Outside Chance at Expression
The Washington Post • Nicole Lewis • November 5, 1998
Linked To Landscape Exhibition Essay
Corcoran Museum of Art • Martha McWilliams • October 1998
Through the Looking Glass
Baltimore City Paper • Deborah McLeod • December 6, 2006