About JK * JK Keller

EDUCATION
- 2005–2007 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- 1996–1999 BFA, Minneapolis College of Art + Design, Minneapolis, MN
- 1994–1995 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- 2010
  - Modern Drawings: Tracing 100 Years, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
- 2009
  - Capturing Motion, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
  - MANIFEST HOPE:DC, in partnership with Irvine Contemporary, Washington, D.C.
  - Dimension and Typography: A Survey of Letterforms in Space and Time, I space Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2008
  - Video Self Portraits, Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington, Australia
  - Got a Light?, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
  - Time Portraits, Photography Centre of Thessaloniki, Greece
  - Penned, Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD; Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA; Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC (travel through 2008)
- 2007
  - Past (Present) Future, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
  - Cranbrook Graduate Exhibition, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  - New InSight, Art Chicago at Merchandise Mart, Chiacgo, IL
- 2006
  - Xchange, Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
  - Technology & Imagination, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
  - All About Me, Open End Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2005
  - Alphabet, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD; Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC; Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL; M-80, Milwaukee, WI; Workhorse Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA; Minneapolis College of Art + Design, Minneapolis, MN; AIGA Orlando, Orlando, FL; Cooper Union, New York, NY; Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH; Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL (travel through 2008)
  - Media Tonic II, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA
  - Sprout Public Art Design Exhibition, Artists 1mage Resource, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2004
  - STATE OF THE ART: Maps, Stories, Games and Algorithms from Minnesota, curated by Steve Dietz, Carleton College Art Gallery, Northield, MN
  - Notebook, Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 2009
  - Ester Requena, “Los cuatro mil rostros de Jonathan”, Diario SUR, Dec. 3
  - John Carlos Cantú, “Gallery Project’s ‘Capturing Motion’ is a fun, dynamic experience”, AnnArbor.com, Nov. 23
  - Art for Obama, Abrams Image
  - Lettering & Type, Princeton Architectural Press
- 2008
  - TYPE OR GRAPH, Sandu Cultural Media
  - “Un K à part”, étapes, August
  - Promo-Art, RotoVision
  - “JK Keller”, idpure, Feb/March
- 2007
  - Typo: The Beautiful World of Fonts, monsa
  - Type Addicted, viction:ary
  - Gold & Bronze Awards, :output 10, Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz
  - “A fast-forward trip through time's passage”, The Los Angeles Times
  - “Chasing Life”, Cable News Network
  - “Look at Me, World! Self-Portraits Morph Into Internet Movies”, The New York Times
  - “Daily Routines”, Star Tribune
- 2006
  - “Experiments @ Gallery Project”, thedetroiter.com
  - “The Daily Show”, STEP inside design
  - “Technology & Imagination”, thedetroiter.com
  - :output 09, Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz
  - “5 Minute Guide... Jonathan Keller”, Esquire [Russia]
- 2005
  - “BoxBots”, Swindle Quarterly
- 2004
  - “Kyoino 10 Byo: Count 10”, Tokyo Broadcasting System
- 2003
  - “A Day in the Life of...”, The Washington Times
- 2002
  - “Online Diary”, The New York Times

Bio

JK Keller (b. 1976, Hutchinson, MN) is an artist and designer based in New York City. His work lies near the intersection of design, code, & craft. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interactive Multimedia from the Minneapolis College of Art + Design in 1999 and a Master of Fine Arts in 2d Design from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2007.

Interviews

CranbrookDesign, Mar 09, 2009
Stickers & Donuts, Oct 27, 2008

EDUCATION

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY