Alessandro Keegan (b. 1980) is a visual artist, writer and adjunct professor with an MFA in painting and drawing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a MA in art history from Brooklyn College. His paintings and drawings, which depict forms that straddle the lines between science, nature, technology and mysticism, have been exhibited in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, London, Dublin, Barcelona, and The Hague.
Writings about his work have appeared in Artforum, Artsy, Cultured Magazine, Whitehot, and the 2023 book “New Surrealism: The Uncanny in Contemporary Painting” published by Phaidon International. In 2025, Keegan’s work was featured on the cover of New American Paintings, issue 176. Keegan was a finalist for the 2026 Hopper Prize.
EDUCATION:
2018 MA, Brooklyn College, Art History
2005 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Painting and Drawing
2003 BFA, State University of New York at Purchase, Painting
EXHIBITIONS:
2026:
"Holding a Bright and Untroubled Sky", University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC.
"Relics", Platform Projects, Brooklyn, NY.
"Dualism" Main Street Projects, Richmond, VA.
2025:
"New American Paintings 2025 Review" Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA.
“A Mysterious Vision” (part 2), Robilant & Voena, Milan, Italy
“West Village Salon”, Visionary Projects, New York, NY.
“A Mysterious Vision”, Robilant & Voena, New York, NY
“Ethereal”, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2024:
“Holiday”, Harper’s Chelsea 512, New York, NY.
“Group Show Part 01”, Untitled Void Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
“Fruit and Fruition” (Curated by Angela Heisch), Grimm Gallery, New York, NY
2023:
“Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2023”, Macao Museum of Art, Macau, China.
“After the Rain”, Modern Fine Art formerly Waterhouse and Dodd, New York, NY. (Solo show)
Art Palm Beach, Modern Fine Art formerly Waterhouse and Dodd, West Palm Beach, FL
Splendor of the Sun, Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong
2022:
Art Miami, Modern Fine Art formerly Waterhouse and Dodd, Miami, FL
Creative Spirits, The College of Psychic Studies, London, UK
Beam Me Up, 5-50 Gallery, Queens, NY
A Window Scrubbed for the Moon, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY
Alpha 60, Cyberarts Gallery, Boston, MA
Vanguards, Unit London, London, UK
Cabinet of the Solar Plexus: The Liminal and the Marvelous, Gallery X, Dublin, Ireland
That Wilderness Inside, Prior Art Space, Barcelona, Spain
Matches Struck Unexpectedly in the Dark, Oneroom Gallery, London, UK
2021:
Vigils/ Low Tides, Historic Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY
2020:
Equilibrium of Energies, Mother Gallery (online exhibit), New York, NY
Solitaire, PROTO Gallery (online exhibit), Hoboken, NY
2019:
Heed, (two person show with Angela Heisch), Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY
Fractal Labyrinth, Rosenberg Gallery of New York University, New York, NY
Tools, Totems and Traps, Mother Gallery, Beacon, NY
2018:
In Form, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, NY
Gungywamp, 42 Social Club, Lyme, CT
Mist Wreathed, Spring/ Break Art Show 2018, New York, NY
In The Studio, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York NY
2017:
Bleeding Black Noise (Part 2), Locatie Z, The Hague,Netherlands
2016:
Geo Necro, ADA Gallery, Richmond VA
Bleeding Black Noise (Part 1), Sector 2337, Chicago, IL
2015:
On the Inner and Outer Self, Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York NY
Lesser Deities of Summer, Underdonk, Brooklyn NY
Ray-Jewel, Pioneers of Inspiration, Brooklyn NY
The Palace, Magic Pictures, Philadelphia PA