Born 1957, Asheville, North Carolina
Artist Statement
What I enjoy about painting pictures is the ability to create a world never before seen, a place with its own rules, values and characters. The elements in my paintings are based on real world objects; trees, flowers, animals, people, etc. What excites me as an artist is combining these real-world elements and presenting them in a surreal atmosphere in a way that makes the viewer stop and ponder, “what is going on here?” As a person I try not to take myself too seriously and this attitude flavors my work. If I can elicit a smile from an observer, or perhaps a sense of wonder, I have accomplished what I set out to do, and also entertained myself in the process.
Education
1979 BFA University of South Carolina, Columbia
1982 MFA University of Georgia, Athens
Exhibitions
2022
Salon style, TEW Galleries, Atlanta,GA
2020
All Stars Invitational, Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC
Seven Artists’ Figurative Show, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2019
Small Things Mean a Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Storied South, The Arts Company, Nashville, TN
2018
Modern Whimsy, Charles Keiger & Richard Downs, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Folk & Figure, Group Show, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
2017
TEW Galleries Salon Show, Atlanta, GA
2016
The Painted Figure: Paul Fenniak, Charles Keiger, Mario Soria and Dorian Vallejo, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Clouds and Waves: Group Show, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
2015
Pictorial Adventures, Group Show, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Dualities, Group Show, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Two Person Show, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC.
Thinking Theatrically, Charles Keiger, Solo: Arts Company, Nashville, TN
2014
TEW Galleries, The Figure Today, Atlanta, GA
2013
Solo Exhibitions: Charles Keiger / Rimi Yang, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC. “New Works”
2012
Gallery Walk at Terminus, “Heaven and Earth,” curated by Ann Tracht & Jill Molino
Charles Keiger, “Menagerie,” Red Line Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2011
The Arts Company, Charles Keiger: Inside Out, September 3 – October 15, Nashville TN
TEW TOP 25 – Works that Express the Gallery Aesthetic, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2010
TEW Galleries, Charles Keiger, Solo, Gallery II, Atlanta, GA
2009
The Arts Company, Nashville, TN. Charles Keiger “The Art of the Book.”
Charles Keiger, Olena Zvyagintseva, May 2009, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2008
Gallery Walk at Terminus, Blooming, Curated by Ann Lambert Tracht
2007
TEW Charles Keiger & Kimo Minton, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
TEW 20th Anniversary Exhibition, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Keiger, Gorman, Richter, Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2006
Charles Keiger, Chuck Bowdish, Stephen Olivier, TEW Galleries, Atlanta GA
2005
Charles Keiger, Jonathan Sobol, Otto Neumann, Galerie Timothy Tew
2004
Solo Exhibition, Cole Pratt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2003
Charles Keiger, Carol Bruns, Greg Decker and Elizabeth Sheppell, Galerie Timothy Tew
Solo Exhibition, Cole Pratt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2002
“Little Things Mean A Lot”, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, GA
"Tell Me A Story", Charles Keiger and Edith Caywood, Galerie Timothy Tew
2001
Charles Keiger and Gregory Decker, The Arts Company, Nashville, TN
Charles Keiger and Tapp Francke, The Zodiac Room, Neiman Marcus, Atlanta
Spotlight on Southern Artists, Benefit for the Trinity School, Atlanta
Solo Exhibition, Galerie Timothy Tew
2000
“Small Sketches: A Holiday Show”, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, GA
Charles Keiger, Auguste Garufi, and Jeni Stallings, Galerie Timothy Tew
Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1997
Solo Exhibition, Galerie Timothy Tew
Spotlight on Southern Artists, Benefit for the Trinity School, Atlanta
Portraiture as Art, Unique Portraits by Contemporary Southern Artists, Artwalk at Lenox Square, Atlanta
1996
Spotlight on Southern Artists, Benefit for the Trinity School, Atlanta
1995
Angela Verdon, Kimo Minton, Charles Keiger, Galerie Timothy Tew
Marco Arce, Charles Keiger, Gerald Lee Zeigler, Galerie Timothy Tew
Eleventh Annual Sidewalk Art Show, Swan Coach House Gallery
1994
Charles Keiger and Marco Arce, Galerie Timothy Tew
1993
The November Show, A Juried Exhibition of 30 Atlanta Artists, Atlanta
Solo Exhibition, Galerie Timothy Tew
Group Show, Galerie Timothy Tew
1992
Figure Studies, Galerie Timothy Tew
1990
Solo Exhibition, Galerie Timothy Tew
Earth Factory Show, Atlanta
1989
On Display - Kaskel and Keiger, Southern Bell Center, Atlanta
Suwanee Arts Federation, Visiting Artist, Suwanee, Georgia
Dekalb Council for the Arts, Juried Show
1988
Art in the Homes, Juried Show, Atlanta
Flesh, Machine and the New Venus, installation, Club Rio, Atlanta
Mattress Factory Show, Atlanta
Dekalb Council for the Arts, Juried Show
A Political Art Show, National Juried Show, The Peasant Building, Atlanta
1987
Mattress Factory, Show, Atlanta
1986
South Carolina Friends of the Arts, Juried Show, Spartanburg, SC
1985
Artists in Georgia, University of Georgia Museum of Art, Athens
South Carolina Friends of the Arts, Juried Show, Spartanburg
1984
One-Person Show, World Trade Club, Atlanta
Bibliography
“Keiger Exhibit Invites an Escape from Reality,” Art Review by Felicia Feaster, December 13, 2013, Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Nashville Arts Magazine, September 2011. Cover photo and Spotlight, “The Arts Company Presents Inside Out: New Paintings by Charles Keiger.”
“Charles Keiger, In the Realm of Possibility,” Nashville Arts Magazine, October 2009, pgs.19-21, by Katie Sulkowski. Charles Keiger’s painting “Blackberries” is featured on the front cover of the October, 2009 issue of Nashville Arts Magazine.
"American Gothic: Charles Keiger puts the drama in painting." Creative Loafing, March 3 - March 9, 2005, pg. 46, Felicia Feaster.
"Our Picks: Top Emerging Artists." Art & Antiques, February 2005, Edward M. Gomez.
“Neat Things on View Around Town”, Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2003, Catherine Fox
New American Paintings, 2002/2003 Southern Competition Winner, Boston, MA
"Places of Their Own", Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, September 2002, Suzanne Wright
“Charles Keiger” Women in the Arts, Winter 2000, by Omnese Campbell
“At Timothy Tew, a Trio of Outlooks” Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2000, Jerry Cullum
“Balancing Act, The Art of Charles Keiger” Museums and Galleries, Atlanta, March/April 1997, cover, page 18-19.
“Subtle Touches Render Plants a Powerful Subject for Study” Atlanta Journal Constitution, 1993, Jerry Cullum
TEW Galleries is one of Atlanta's Leading Contemporary Galleries since 1987
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