Kelsey Keaton is a writer and a visual artist. She holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and she spent over a decade working at a natural history museum crafting spreadsheets and cataloging important rove beetles. She currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.
She can be reached at: kelseykeaton (at) gmail (dot) com
curriculum vitae
Education
2011 BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Prague Study Abroad Program, 2010
Internship, Insects Collection, Field Museum of Natural History, 2011
Publications
2023 “The Language of Geranium” Oroboro - Issue#8 https://deathrattle.org/vol-8
2022 “Extreme Morphologies” Mulberry Literary - Issue #5 https://www.mulberryliterary.com/issue-v
2022 “A Bloody Chamber” 10,000 Minds on Fire - Issue #1 https://www.10000mindsonfire.com/issue-no-1
2021 “TOUCAN” Entropy Magazine https://entropymag.org/the-birds-toucan
2021 “Easy Tiger” Pest Control Magazine - Issue #3 https://pestcontrolmagazine.bigcartel.com
2020 “No One Hears the Femme Fatale” Ginger Zine - Issue #20 https://www.gingerzine.net/issue-20
2014 “The MÆRE” For the Love of Letterpress https://letterpressluminaries.com
Artist Residencies
2019 Shiro Oni Studio, Spring Session / Onishi, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2021 LOCUS: VIII The Martin / Chicago, IL
2018 Literary Poster Show Co-Prosperity Sphere / Chicago, IL
2017 Field Work III* Co-Prosperity Sphere / Chicago, IL
2014 Field Work II* Ian Sherwin Gallery / Chicago, IL
2013 Field Work I* The Frame Warehouse / Chicago, IL
2012 Vagina The Den Theatre / Chicago, IL
2011 BFA Thesis Show The Sullivan Galleries / Chicago, IL
*co-curator