Keisha Scarville (b. Brooklyn, NY; lives Brooklyn, NY) weaves together themes dealing with transformation, place, and the unknown. She studied at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Parsons/The New School. Her work has shown at the Studio Museum of Harlem, The Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, Rush Arts Gallery, BRIC Arts Media House, Lesley Heller Gallery, Contact Gallery in Toronto, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Center for Photography at Woodstock, the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, Museum of Contemporary Diasporan Arts, Baxter St CCNY, Lightwork, and The Brooklyn Museum of Art. Scarville has taken part in residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Program, BRIC Workspace Residency Program, and Light Work Residency Program. Her work has been featured and reviewed in the New York Times, Vice, Transition, Nueva Luz, Small Axe, The Village Voice, and Hyperallgeric. Collections include the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. Currently, Scarville is an adjunct faculty member at the International Center of Photography and Parsons School of Art & Design in New York.

The Rose
lumber room
July 29th - October 28, 2023

If I Had a Hammer
Fotofest Biennial 2022, Houston
September 24 2022 - November 6 2022

Hot/Slow/Step
Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London
September 20 2022 - October 11 2022

Picture Gallery of the Soul
Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota
September 13 2022 - December 10 2022

Li/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 Neptune

We Wear the Mask
Higher Pictures Generation Gallery
December 2020 - February 2021
Curated by D'Angelo Lovell Williams

Body/Split Trick
Essex Flowers Gallery
October 2020
Curated by Melissa Brown

ALL THEM WITCHES
Jeffery Deitch, LA
February 8th - April 11th (reception Saturday, February 8th, 6pm-8pm)
Curated by Dan Nadel and Laurie Simmons

Art Summit Nigeria
October 30-31, 2019
Lagos, Nigeria

Bamako Encounters 2019: Streams of Consciousness
November 30–December 3, 2019
Bamako, Mali

Alma
November 1st - December 13th 2018 (artist talk November 1st 6pm)
Lightwork, Syracuse

Placelessness of Echoes (and kinship of shadows)
June 7 – July 7, 2018
Baxter Street CCNY

The Last Place They Thought Of
April 27th - August 12th, 2018 (reception April 27th 6pm-8pm)
Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia

Elegy: Selections from Mama's Clothes
April 20th - May 20th, 2018 (reception April 20th, 6pm-8pm)
Lesley Heller Gallery

Revival: Contemporary Pattern and Decoration
April 4th - June 6th, 2018 (reception April 4, 6:30pm-9:30pm)
Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos

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Artist-led Talk & Tour
Longwood Art Gallery @Hostos
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 6:00 - 8:00pm

Artist Talk with curator, Daniella Rose King
Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia
Wednesday, May 9th 6pm