Bio:
Keisha Scarville (b. Brooklyn, NY; lives Brooklyn, NY) weaves together themes dealing with transformation, place, latencies, and the elusive body. Her work has been widely exhibited,
including the Studio Museum of Harlem, Huxley-Parlour Gallery in London, ICA Philadelphia,Contact Gallery in Toronto, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, Museum of Contemporary Diasporan Arts, Lightwork Syracuse, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Higher Pictures Generation Gallery, and Baxter Street CCNY. She has participated in artist residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Lightwork, Lower Manhattan Cultural
Council Workspace Program, Stoneleaf, Baxter Street CCNY, BRIC Workspace, and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. In addition, her work has appeared in publications including Vice, Transition, Nueva Luz, Small Axe, Oxford American, Hyperallgeric, and The New York Times where her work has also received critical review.
She is currently an adjunct faculty member at the International Center of Photography and Parsons School of Design in New York.Upcoming Exhibitions:
BOOK RELEASE WITH MACK BOOKS
lick of tongue rub of finger on soft wound
www.mackbooks.us/collections/coming-soo…The Rose
lumber room
July 29th - October 28, 2023If I Had a Hammer
Fotofest Biennial 2022, Houston
September 24 2022 - November 6 2022Hot/Slow/Step
Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London
September 20 2022 - October 11 2022Picture Gallery of the Soul
Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota
September 13 2022 - December 10 2022Li/mb
Higher Pictures Generation
December 4 2021 - February 5 2022
SeenUNseen
LA Louver
November 11 2021 - January 8 2022
Curated by Alison Saar
Systems Entwined
Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space
Apr 2 - May 29 2021
Curated by Christie NeptuneWe Wear the Mask
Higher Pictures Generation Gallery
December 2020 - February 2021
Curated by D'Angelo Lovell WilliamsBody/Split Trick
Essex Flowers Gallery
October 2020
Curated by Melissa BrownALL THEM WITCHES
Jeffery Deitch, LA
February 8th - April 11th (reception Saturday, February 8th, 6pm-8pm)
Curated by Dan Nadel and Laurie SimmonsArt Summit Nigeria
October 30-31, 2019
Lagos, NigeriaBamako Encounters 2019: Streams of Consciousness
November 30–December 3, 2019
Bamako, MaliAlma
November 1st - December 13th 2018 (artist talk November 1st 6pm)
Lightwork, SyracusePlacelessness of Echoes (and kinship of shadows)
June 7 – July 7, 2018
Baxter Street CCNYThe Last Place They Thought Of
April 27th - August 12th, 2018 (reception April 27th 6pm-8pm)
Institute of Contemporary Art PhiladelphiaElegy: Selections from Mama's Clothes
April 20th - May 20th, 2018 (reception April 20th, 6pm-8pm)
Lesley Heller GalleryRevival: Contemporary Pattern and Decoration
April 4th - June 6th, 2018 (reception April 4, 6:30pm-9:30pm)
Longwood Art Gallery @ HostosPress:
collectordaily.com/keisha-scarville-li-…
hyperallergic.com/621299/we-wear-the-ma…
icaphila.org/books/the-last-place-they-…
www.thecut.com/2020/03/bric-death-becom…
www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwbgd3/this-…
www.inthein-between.com/keisha-scarvill…
www.womenandperformance.org/staging/28-…
www.lightwork.org/archive/keisha-scarvi…
www.baxterst.org/2018/10/30/keisha-scar…
www.baxterst.org/project/keisha-scarvil…
bklyner.com/three-powerful-exhibits-bro…
www.villagevoice.com/arts/a-guyanese-ar…
hyperallergic.com/322185/gathering-the-…
smallaxe.net/wordpress3/discussions/201…
Upcoming Events:
Artist-led Talk & Tour
Longwood Art Gallery @Hostos
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 6:00 - 8:00pmArtist Talk with curator, Daniella Rose King
Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia
Wednesday, May 9th 6pm