Felicity Keefe has exhibited in galleries throughout the UK, abroad in Stockholm, Amsterdam, Paris and Singapore, and at all of London’s major Art Fairs. Her contemporary landscape pieces are inspired by her experience of the British landscape as it changes and reacts to seasons, weather and time. She is also inspired by a blending of traditional landscape, literature and personal mythology which form an inner narrative within each series. Her work is distinctive for it's sense of atmosphere, often brooding, but also starkly beautiful. Felicity currently lives and works in Bath.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“My work is inspired by states of flux, the change from day into night, summer into winter, calm into storm, outward into inward. The paintings have both an environmental and a metaphorical meaning for me and operate on both levels. They physically depict the essence of the landscape as it is effected by the changes in seasons and time, but they also describe an inner state of movement, flow and division.”
“Keefe’s work delves into the metaphors and symbolism that water embodies. She draws inspiration from the ancient and continuing links that water has with healing, purification, wisdom, and transformation in different cultures. Her fascination with spiritual systems such as Shintoism, contributes to her belief in water as a shifting, reflective, and mysterious element that underlies all life on the planet. This profound perspective forms the foundation of her work and serves as a strong narrative that runs throughout her artistic creations.'“
From Of Water Exhibition article. 2024
"Felicity Keefe’s abstract landscape work is distinctive for its sense of speed and movement and for the originality of its technique. Keefe’s working method results in a panoramic effect which is akin to cinematography, and it is in this way that she is moving what appears to be a traditional genre into the 21st century."
Fiona Robinson Fifty Wessex Artists.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS - (FROM 2017)
2023 - OF WATER Maud and Mable, London.
2023 - THE WINTER EXHIBITION Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance.
2023 - THE LANGUAGE OF TREES Online Patrick Davies Contemporary Art.
2022 - SUMMER INTO AUTUMN Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance.
2022 - GALLERY ARTISTS SHOW The Stratford Gallery, Stratford.
2022 - THE WINTER COLLECTION Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance.
2021 - WABI SABI ART COLLECTION Maud and Mabel, London.
2021 - AAF BATTERSEA, The Art Agency, Esher.
2021 - MEMORY PALACE, Irving Contemporary, Oxford.
2021 - AAF BATTERSEA, The Art Agency, Esher.
2021 - SUMMER COLLECTION, Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance.
2020 - INTO THE WOODS The Stratford Gallery, Stratford.
2020 - WABI SABI ART COLLECTION Maud and Mabel, London.
2020 - AAF BATTERSEA, The Art Agency, Esher. (Cancelled due to Covid19)
2020 - FRESH ART FAIR - The Stratford Gallery, Stratford. (Cancelled due to Covid19)
2020 - THE WINTER COLLECTION Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance.
2019 - SUMMER COLLECTION, Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance.
2019 - WINTER COLLECTION, The Stratford Gallery, Stratford.
2019 - FRESH ART FAIR - The Stratford Gallery, Stratford.
2019 - AAF BATTERSEA, The Art Agency, Esher.
2019 - WABI SABI ART COLLECTION Maud and Mabel, London.
2019 - AAF HAMPSTEAD, The Art Agency, Esher.
2019 - SUMMER EXHIBITION, Byard Art, Cambridge.
2018 - A CONTOUR, A CURVE - THE LIE OF THE LAND, Gallery57, Arundel.
2018 - FRESH ART FAIR, Contemporary Art Holdings.
2018 - IN ALL LINE OF ORDER (with Ashraf Hanna and Melanie Goemans) The Stratford Gallery, Stratford.
2018 - SUMMER EXHIBITION, Byard Art, Cambridge.
2018 - AAF BATTERSEA , The Art Agency, Esher.
2018 - GALLERY ARTIST”S SHOWCASE, Byard Art. Cambridge.
2017 - WINTER EXHIBITION The Stour Gallery
2017 - THE WINTER COLLECTION, Gallery57, Arundel.
2017 - SEASCAPES, Byard Art, Cambridge.
2017 - SUMMER EXHIBITION, Byard Art, Cambridge.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS - (2005 - 2016)
LONDON ART FAIR. Islington. Byard Art
ARTISTS OF FAME AND PROMISE. Beaux Art, Bath.
AAF SINGAPORE, with Byard Art.
AAF STOCKHOLM, with Byard Art.
CELTIC WINTER. Stour Gallery, Warwickshire.
COAST TO COAST, Wey Gallery, Surrey.
AAF AMSTERDAM, With Byard Art.
WESSEX AND WEST COUNTRY ARTISTS. Bowlish Contemporary
ARTLONDON. With Byard Art
LONDON ART FAIR, Islington. With Anthony Hepworth Fine Art.
AAF LONDON. With Byard Art
PARTIAL VIEW. Selected by MATHEW COLLINGS, Hotbath Gallery.
CHELSEA ART FAIR. With The Brownston Gallery
AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES. Byard Art. Cambridge.
WINTER EXHIBITION. Stour Gallery, Warwickshire.
NEW AT THE ASHGATE. With Dion Salvador Lloyd, New Ashgate gallery.
LASTING IMPRESSIONS. Defined art, Surrey.
NATURAL REPRESENTATIONS. Byard Art, Cambridge.
CORNISH AND WESTCOUNTRY LANDSCAPES. Stour Gallery.
SEA AND SKY. Brownston Gallery, Modbury, Devon
EDINBURGH ART FAIR. Scotland, with Bowlish Contemporary Art.
FORMLONDON. Olympia, With Cube Gallery
ONE ABOVE ZERO. Brownston Gallery, Modbury, Devon.
WESSEX WOMEN ARTISTS. Bowlish Contemporary Gallery, Somerset.
REPRESENTATIONS OF WEATHER. Byard Art, Cambridge.
GALLERY GROUP SHOW. Cube gallery, Bristol.
AAF BRISTOL. With Cube Gallery.
FIFTY WESSEX ARTISTS. Exhibition& book launch, Taunton.
ART IRELAND. Dublin, with Cube Gallery.
LONDON ART FAIR Islington. With Six Chapel Row
LIE OF THE LAND. Byard Art, Cambridge.
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. Byard Art, Cambridge.
PRIMA MATERIA (With IONE PARKIN) Six Chapel Row.
SELECTED COMMISSIONS, RESIDENCIES, COLLECTIONS.
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS include:
Ernst and Young, Bristol. Elizabeth Arden, London. Midland Bank PLC, Brighton.
West Sussex Health Trust, Arundel. The University of Cambridge.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS in:
England, Holland, France, Switzerland, USA, Japan, Hong Kong, China.
COMMISSIONS AND RESIDENCIES include:
University of Cambridge.
WINTER LIGHT. Mural commission, Private client.
EARTH BUILDING, book cover design, Taylor and Francis, London and New York.
SUNFLOWERS, Commissioned by Elizabeth Arden for national product launch.
Artist in residence at Brighton Marina Arts Complex.
THE SEA THE SEA, Mural commissioned by Brighton council.
TRANSPERSONAL ASTROLOGY, book design commissioned by Element Books.
BATH FESTIVALl, commissioned poster design.
BETWEEN WALLS LIKE SHEETS, Theatre set design, for The Brighton Festival
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, BROADCASTS, ARTICLES.
FIFTY WESSEX ARTISTS, Book published by Evolver
PARTIAL VIEW Catalogue. Introduction by Matthew Collings.
VENUE Magazine, Article Prima Materia -Venue choice,
PRIMA MATERIA Catalogue. Introduction by Vivienne Light.
B Magazine. HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS.
BLINK: PAINTING IN THE 21st CENTURY, Catalogue. By Anna Middleton Ph.D.
GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER, PICKS OF THE WEEK (Blink), Exhibitions.
FELICITY KEEFE, Article by Valmae Young, Punter magazine.
Film profile screened in Brighton Festival, Interview broadcast, BBC radio Sussex.
EXPRESS NEWSPAPER, Sunflowers commission.
FELICITY KEEFE, Published by Helen Lardner, Manchester University.
SELECTED ARTIST MENTORING, LECTURING, CURATING, WRITING.
Visiting Lecturer in Painting, Design and Visual Studies, City of Bath College.
Freelance arts writer, for Punter Magazine, Sussex.
Curator of Fine Art Exhibitions, at First Light Gallery and Media Centre, Brighton.
SELECTED STUDY.
Pre-degree in Art and Design, South Devon College, Devon.
BA Hons Degree, University of Brighton.
FAETC City of Bath College.
FOR FULL AND DATED CV PLEASE CONTACT FELICITY.