about
Warren Keating is a painter who has based his popular overhead series on images from a digital video camera. The result brings together the perspective of the camera with the nuance control of light and color that can only happen with brush on canvas.
Born in New Orleans in 1965, his work now reflects the culmination of 30 years of painting both the figure and the landscape. He has had numerous solo shows of his paintings in the U.S. and Mexico, has sold hundreds of paintings through the internet to collectors around the world. He has been included in juried shows at the University of Southern Mississippi, Otis College, Los Angeles, Ventura College, Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Long Beach Arts, TAG Santa Monica and Gallery 825 in Los Angeles.
His latest series, Overview, was selected as an LA Times Calendar pick, won Second Award at a juried exhibit at Long Beach Arts. An interview with Keating about this series was featured on both CNN and KTLA in Los Angeles. He work has been featured in the LA Times, Daily News and The Huffington Post. Keating recently won a place in the California Open at TAG Gallery, had a solo show at Los Angeles Art Association’s Gallery 825 and was a Los Angeles regional finalist in the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series. His work can be seen at ViVO Contemporary in Santa Fe.
artist’s statement
Somewhere on a bridge or a hotel balcony, you'll find me capturing video of unsuspecting figures walking below. Later, in a studio in Encino, you can find me pouring through frame after frame of the video footage to find the perfect moment of weight shift, swing of the arm or tilt of the head, which I feverishly paint, covering large canvases with thick paint depicting an overhead view of a walking figure in an urban setting. My work invites you to celebrate the moment using the perspective of a camera with the subtlety of light and color that can only be captured with oil on canvas. My signature “Pixel Impressionism” brush strokes create the motion and details of the walking figure and communicate my passion for the subject.
2023 COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS VIVO Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2022 NEON AND CHROME Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2022 AWAKENINGS ViVO Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2021 UNTITLED ViVO Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2019 PEOPLE IN MOTION ViVO Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2019 HAPPY LITTLE CLOUDS, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2018 GIVING VOICE TO IMAGE VI, ViVO Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2017 TIME FROZEN, ViVO Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2016 ONLINE / OFFLINE ViVO Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2016 THE SPACE WITHIN, ViVO Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2016 PRESENCE/ABSENCE, ViVO Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2015 AFFORDABLE ART FAIR NY, represented by Ugallery
2014 BOMBAY SAPPHIRE ARTISAN SERIES, Coagula Curatorial, juried into L.A. finals
2013 AFFORDABLE ART FAIR NY, represented by Ugallery
2011 CALIFORNIA OPEN, Honorable Mention, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011 OUT THERE Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
2009 VAST 41st Annual Visual Arts Society Of Texas, Dallas, Texas
2009 SUPERHEROES, JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2008 4th Annual Landscape Show, M.J. Higgins Fine art, Los Angeles
2008 Human Figure Exhibition, 2nd Award, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
2007 GLOBAL WARMING, Orange County Center of Contemporary Art
2007 group show, M.J. Higgins Gallery, Los Angeles
2004 Galerías Huatulco, group show, Huatulco, Mexico
1995 LA Art/Installations One Gallery, group show, Encino, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2019 PEOPLE IN MOTION ViVO Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2013 EVERY STEP YOU TAKE Gallery 825, Los Angeles
2008 OVERVIEW, M.J. Higgins Fine Art, Los Angeles
2006 MY EYES Chase Mitchell Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
2006 OVERVIEW Orlando Gallery, Tarzana, CA
2003 PRIVATE EYE’S VIEW, Ventura College Gallery, solo show, Ventura, CA
1999 SOBRE HUATULCO, La Secretería del Gobernador, Oaxaca, Mexico
1995 INDUSTRIAL WAIST Desmond Gallery, solo show, Los Angeles, CA
Public And Corporate Collections
State of New Mexico Art Collection, Rio Rancho, NM
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, New York, New York
Global Atlantic Financial, New York, New York
Gobernador del estado de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Sheraton Resorts, inc. International
Union Rescue Mission Art Collection, Los Angeles
Private Collections
PGA Tour pro Matt Kuchar
Dr. Richard and Elizabeth Rice Grossman, Ventura, CA
Dr. James B. Harris, Greenville, South Carolina
Ms. Elizabeth Edwards, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
James Donlon and Company, Santa Barbara
Mr. Thomas Calabro, Los Angeles
Dr. Ernest Nagamatsu, Los Angeles
Lic. Arturo Ayllon, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Associations / Awards
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Los Angeles finalist
Honorable Mention, Californa Open 2011
Member, Los Angeles Art Association
Grumbacher Award, 41st Visual Arts Society of Texas Juried Exhibition
2nd Award, HUMAN FIGURE EXHIBITION, nationally-juried, Long Beach Arts
1st Place, Rediscovered, internationally-juried exhibition, North Light Gallery
Bibliography
Pasatiemp 2022
Santa Fe Reporter 2017
Santa Fe New Mexican 2016
Santa Fean Magazine 2016
Pasatiempo 2016
Huffington Post 2015
Candid Frame Episode 133, artist interview
Santa Monica: The Art Of Summer, Crussel Fine Arts Books
CNN/SoCal News “A Look From Above”, 2008
Daily News, “Artist Combines Video and Paint”, 2008
Los Angeles Times, Weekend Calendar Pick, 2003
Celebrity Homes, E! Entertainment Network, 2000
Televisa, Mexico, December 15, 1998
The Outlook, Santa Monica, November 19, 1995
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exhibition history
“I love this latest Warren Keating acquisition. I have an entire room singularly featuring your work. It's my favorite room in the house.
- Denise, Ohio
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Figure Painter Warren Keating Discusses His Process And Intentions At Solo Show Artist Talk
Getting an Award at California Open Exhibit at TAG Gallery in Bergamot Station
Gallery 825 Exhibit Of Warren Keating's Figure Painting Series, "Every Step You Take"
Studio Tour and Painting Demo by Contemporary Figurative Artist Warren Keating