EDUCATION

1993  

Master of Fine Arts - Studio Emphasis: Painting       

San Diego State University, San Diego, California

1983  

Single Subject Credential -  Art       

San Diego State University, San Diego, California

1982

Post Graduate Work, Art/Art History       

National Chengchi University Taipei, Taiwan

1981  

Bachelor of Arts - Painting      

California State University Chico, Chico, California


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Present

Associate Professor of Art  - San Diego State University

Responsibilities and accomplishments include: Teaching studio courses in sculpture.  Development, management and advising for the Art Education emphasis area.         Authored the Single Subject Waiver program approved by the California commission on teaching Credentialing (1994).  Authored course Art 385 History and Practice of Art   Education.

1994 - 2000  

Arts Coordinator  - Carlsbad Unified School District

Responsibilities included: Developing, implementing and managing during and after school arts programs for six elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high   school.  This included hiring and training artists, curriculum design, classroom management workshops, and assessment.  Programs ranged from short and long term residencies, performances, and professional development workshops for teachers.  Other responsibilities included: managing and supervising existing programs, working in partnership with City Arts Office, The national Association of Music Merchants, The Institute for Arts Education and other local arts agencies.

Teaching Artist - The Institute for Arts Education San Diego

 I.A.E. is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing high quality instruction, performances, teacher training workshops, and assessment models to San Diego Schools.

Adjunct Faculty - Mira Costa College

Adjunct Faculty - Miramar College

Science Instructor - La Palma Continuation High School Carlsbad Unified

Visual Art Instructor - Carlsbad Unified School

Developed and implemented a sequential visual arts curriculum for students K-6 at two Carlsbad schools.


EXHIBITIONS and SCREENINGS

2017

"Art Rally:  Koumi"

Koumi-machi Kougen Museum of Art, Koumi, Japan

San Diego Art Prize

Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA

2016

Kurplunk, Recent Work by Richard Keely

Alexander Gallery, Clackamas College, Milwaukee, OR

2015-16

Significant Others

Curated by Kara West.  An exhibition of eight San Diego artists making up four married couples

2015

Aberrant Systems

Curated by Nick Wilkinson.  Three artists exhibition, Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA

2013

STATE: A Moment in Sculpture at SDSU

Group Exhibition: Richard Keely, Ainsley Buhl, Matt Picon, Aren Skalman., Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA

Scratch: New Sculpture by Richard Keely

Keller Gallery, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA

2012

Public Artist's Private Works

Curated by Karen McGuire, William Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA

2011

Drawing Expanse

Group Exhibition, Space for Art, San Diego, CA

Gulf

Film Collaboration with Anna O'Cain

Screening and Lecture, Pascagoula Library, Pascagoula, MS

Screening and Lecture World Cultures Program, San Diego City College, San Diego CA

Clearing the Clouds:  Encounters with New World Aviators, New Photographs by Richard Keely

The Centro Artistico Y Cultural Buena Vista, El Paso, Texas

Paper to Place: an exhibition of site-specific proposals highlighting engagements in public art in San Diego

Collaboration with Anna O'Cain, Kruglak Gallery, Miracosta College, Oceanside, CA

2010

Gulf

Film Collaboration with Anna O'Cain

Alt.pictureshows.2010, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego CA

Screening as part of the Viewers Choice Alt.pictureshows.2010, Sherwood Auditorium La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla CA

Found: Two one person exhibitions: Richard Keely and Chuck Moffit

Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA

All Adds Up: Celebrating Twenty Years of Exhibitions

Invitational group exhibition Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA

High Water

Collaborative installation with Anna O'Cain, Kruglak Gallery, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA

In Place: Invitational Group Exhibition

SCA Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM

2009

Waterline: Looking and Listening after Katrina

Collaborative Installation with Anna O'Cain, Kellar Gallery, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA

Floating and Falling: Recent Objects and Images by Richard Keely

Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA

United and Severed: That window of time

Collaborative Installation with Richard Keely, Anna O'Cain, Kristine Diekman, Karen Shaffman, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA

2008

United and Severed: That window of time

Collaborative Installation with Richard Keely, Anna O'Cain, Kristine Diekman, Karen Shaffman, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA

LOOKY SEE: A Summer Show

Curated by Meg Linton, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

Bloom, New Sculpture by Richard Keely

Crossing Tracks Gallery, San Diego, CA

2007

Richard Keely

One-person  exhibition, The Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky

Gunpowder Mandala

Collaboration with Anna O'Cain, Documentary Video Art Around Adams, curated by Tony Allard, San Diego, CA

Love Handles

Group Exhibition, curated by Leslie Nemour, Crossing Tracks Gallery, San Diego, CA

2006

Richard Keely

One-person exhibition, University Art Gallery, California State University Chico, Chico, CA

Unnatural Wonders

Group exhibition curated by Sandra Doore, Victoria, BC, Canada

The Sift Series

One person exhibition, Simayspace at Art College International, San Diego, CA

2005

Gun Powder Mandala Series

Exhibition and performance with Anna O'Cain, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA

Sift: An Exhibition of Recent Work by Richard Keely

Curated by Sallie Douglas Gordon, Sponsored by John Podmajersky, Inc. and the Chicago Arts District, CAD/XO Gallery, Chicago, IL

Combined Talents: The Florida International 2005

Juried by Scott Groeniger and Mark Messersmith, Museum of Fine Art, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Gunpowder Mandala: Hair of the Dog

Performance with Anna O'Cain, Crossing Tracks Gallery, San Diego, CA

Love Dove

Group Exhibition, Curated by Leslie Nemour, Crossing Tracks Gallery, San Diego, CA

2004

Balloons/Bonnets/Flowers, Sculptural Drawings and Studies by Richard Keely

Selective Hearing Gallery, San Diego, CA

Nature: Objects and Drawings, Anna O'Cain and Richard Keely

Crossing Tracks Gallery, San Diego, CA

Tazeka The Art of Giving

Jewish Cultural Center - Exhibition and Fundraiser, La Jolla, CA

With or Without Love

Group Exhibition, Curated by Leslie Nemour, Crossing Tracks Gallery, San Diego, CA

2003

Pang: Objects by Richard Keely

Gallery 4016, Los Angeles, CA

INDUSTREEL LITE AND MAJICK

Group exhibition curated by Jason Sherry, The Muse Gallery, San Diego, CA

2002

Glued, Screwed and Nailed

Group Exhibition at Flux Gallery, San Diego, CA

Letters from Kat and Lilley Lee

Performance with Anna O'Cain, Text Fest Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, CA

Richard Keely/Anna O'Cain

Spruce Street Forum, San Diego, CA

2001

Twist, Turn and Wrest: Measuring Up

Installation with Anna O'Cain, Margo's Fine Arts and Crafts, Buffalo, WY

2000

San Diego Salon 2000 Invitational

Group Exhibition, Arts College International, San Diego, CA

Twist, Turn, and Wrest: Five Places to Sit

Installation with Anna O'Cain, Sweeney Art Gallery, University California Riverside, Riverside, CA

20 Years 20 Artists

Group exhibition curated by Jill Martinez, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

Bare Suppositions/Private Investigations: New Work by Anna O'Cain and Richard Keely

MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA

1999

R. Mutt

Group exhibition curated by David Andersen, Pauling Gallery, Oregon City, OR

Mixed Media

Two one-person exhibitions, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA

1998

Bells and Whistles: Sidetracked at the Library Installation

Installation with Anna O'Cain, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA

1997

Presence: 18 Area Sculptors

Curated by Dan Fuller, Mandeville Gallery, University California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Red Acrobat

Curated by Anjinette Escobar Visual Arts Gallery, University California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Self-Exam: New Work by Richard Keely

Griffith/Lyton Contemporary Exhibitions Costa Mesa, Los Angeles, CA

1996

Distended Lode

Installation with Lynne Hendrick, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA

In Your Own Backyard

Curated by Trang Tnugen, Escondido Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA

1995

Festivo Cultural Exchange Invitational, Centro Cultural De La Raza, Tijuana, Mexico

 1993

Windows, Lenses, Holes and Sacks New Work by Richard Keely

Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA

Too Thick to Chew/ The Aphasic Works

Installation with Lynne Hendrick, Athenaeum Music and Art Library, La Jolla, CA


PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2006

Aviara Community Park, Public commission for the City of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

1994

Canyon Piece , Public commission for the Community of Mission Hills SD Commission for Arts and Culture, San Diego, CA


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Koumi-machi Kougen Museum of Art, Exhibition Catalogue "Art Rally:  KOUMI", Koumi, Japan

Cavanaugh, Kraig "Artworks Save Themselves in Central Library Exhibition", San Diego Story, February 2016, www.sandiegostory.com

Dwyer, Patricia "Art Seen Local Artists Give Props to Their Peers", Pacific Magazine, April 2013, pp. 59-67

Valdez, Cynthia “Looky SEE: a summer show: THE: Magazine of and for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA October 2008

Kendricks, NeilTHE DOWNTOWN TOUR”, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego CA March 30, 20006 Night and Day p. 35

Workman, Michael. “Eye Exam: Back to School”, New City, Chicago, August 18, 2005, p. 1

Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL, "Combined Talents:  The Florida International 2005", Exhibition catalogue, August 2005

Pincus, Robert L. “Visual Mischief” San Diego Union Tribune San Diego, CA July 24, 2003 Night and Day pp. 51-52

Pincus, Robert L. “mixed Bag” San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego CA, August 31, 2000 Night and Day p. 47

Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA .20 Years 20 Artists, Exhibition Catalogue March 2000 

Kragen, Pam, Couple Collaborate on Joint Exhibit at Mira Costa. North County Times, Oceanside, CA March 3, 2000 Preview p. 28

City of San Diego, Commission for Arts and Culture, The Artist and the Urban Environment Public Art for the City of San Diego, October 1998, p.31

Buckley, Patricia MorrisBells and Whistles, North County Times, Escondido, CA February 6,1998 p. b-1

News from the field: CSU San Marcos offers interactive exhibition, College and research library news, March 1998                                                         

McGee, MikeArtforum News Letter, Contemporary Art Issues Rancho Santiago College Art Department February/March 1997, Vol.17 No.1 Cover p.17

Watten, Barrett. Culture Glut, Art Week, February 18, 1993, p 19

Pincus, Robert. The struggle to make sense of A to Z, The San Diego Union Tribune, January 28, 1993, section, Night and Day p. 8

Jamush, Ann. Public is Back in Public Art Here. The San Diego Union Tribune, January 24, 1992, p.c1

Slocumb Galleries. Positive/ Negative, Exhibition Catalogue February 1992.  East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee

Laguna Gloria Museum. New American Talent. Exhibition Catalogue, May 1991. Austin, Texas

Curtis, Cathy. Unusual Dimensions. Los Angeles Times, July 25, 1991, Calendar, pp. 6,13

Littlefield, KinneyA 3-D View of Art Shows. The Orange County Register, July 9,1991, p. C2


VISITING ARTIST/LECTURES

2017

Lecture: "Art Rally: KOUMI"

Koumi-machi Kougen Museum of Art, Koumi, Japan

2016

Lecture: Kerplunk; Recent Work by Richard Keely

Clackamas Community College, Milwaukee, OR

2015

Lecture:  Aberrant Systems

Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA

2014

Lecture:  Collaborations, Richard Keely and Anna O'Cain

Clackamas Community College, Milwaukee, OR

2013

Lecture: Scratch: New Sculpture by Richard Keely

Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA

2011

Panel Discussion: Paper To Place

Moderated by Dan Fuller, Project Coordinator Albuquerque Public Art, Kruglak Gallery, Oceanside, CA

2010

Lecture: Found: Two one person exhibitions Richard Keely and Chuck Moffit

Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA

Lecture

The Clara M. Eagle Gallery

Lecture: High Water

Lecture with Anna O'Cain, Kruglak Gallery, Miracosta College, Oceanside, CA

2009

Lecture: Waterline: Looking and Listening after Katrina

Lecture with Anna O'Cain, Point Loma Nazarene, San Diego, CA

Lecture: Floating and Falling: Recent Objects and Images by Richard Keely

Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA

Panel Discussion: United and Severed: That Window of Time

Collaborative Installation with Richard Keely, Anna O'Cain, Kristine Diekman, Karen Shaffman, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA

2008

Panel Discussion: United and Severed: That Window of Time

Collaborative Installation with Richard Keely, Anna O'Cain, Kristine Diekman, Karen Shaffman, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA

2007

Lecture: Richard Keely Sculpture 1995-2005

Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky

2006

Lecture: Richard Keely

University Art Gallery, California State Chico, Chico, CA

2004

Visiting Artist with Anna O’Cain

Public lecture, student critiques and guest jurors for annual student   Awards exhibition, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR

Visiting Artist With Anna O'Cain - Public Lecture

Columbia College, Chicago, IL

Visiting Artist - Public lecture, advanced student critiques, workshop

Clackamas College, Oregon City, OR

2003

Lecture

San Diego Museum of Art Contemporary Arts Committee, San Diego, CA

2002

Visiting Artist, Richard Keely and Anna O'Cain

Montana State University, MT

Spruce Street Forum. Richard Keely and Anna O’Cain

San Diego, CA

2000

Visiting Artist

Oberlin College, Oberlin Ohio Public lecture and advanced student studio visits, Oberlin, OH

Lecture: Twist, Turn and Wrest: Measuring Up

Margo's Fine Arts and Craft, Buffalo, Wyoming

Lecture: Bare Suppositions/Private Investigations

Oceanside, CA

1999

Guest Lecture: Visual Arts Processes

California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA

Lecture: Bells and Whistles with Anna O'Cain

California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA

1997

Lecture: Self-Exam 

Santiago College, Santa Anna, CA

1996

Lecture: Self-Exam

Miramar College, San Diego, CA

Lecture: Distended Lode

Palomar College, San Marcos, CA

Lecture: An Artists Perspective

California Mensa Annual Meeting, Fullerton, CA

1995

Lecture: Windows, Lenses, Holes and Sacks

Palomar College, San Marcos, CA

1993

Lecture: Too Thick to Chew

Lecture with Lynne Hendrick, La Jolla Athenaeum Music and Art Library, La Jolla, CA


AWARDS

2017

San Diego Art Prize  

San Diego, CA

2009

Favorite Faculty Award

Resident Students San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

1998

Teacher Recognition Award for Innovative Programs

California State Senate/City of Carlsbad, CA

1992

Fellowship

Art Matters Inc., New York, NY

Positive/Negative, Slocumb Galleries Juror's Award

Juror: Gail Stack, painter, Houston, TX

1991

Purchase Award

Sloucomb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

Merit Award, New American Talent

Juror:  Richard Marshall, curator The Whitney Museum of American Art, Laguna Gloria Museum, New York, NY


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