Keenan Wells is an artist and designer living in Chicago, IL. In addition to his studio practice, Keenan enjoys baseball and hanging out with his wife Sylvie, new son Sammy, and his dog Lulu. He also makes pixel art under the project name Pixel Hall of Fame where he has done multiple national projects for the likes of Nike and ESPN.
Keenan is active on Instagram and posts regularly about his work and process. You can follow him at: @keenanwheels
Artist’s Statement
Keenan is interested in telling a story about the spaces he encounters in daily life, whether it’s the studio where he works, landscapes out in the world, or those from memory. Through playful, and sometimes thick mark making, layered surfaces, and forms articulated from many angles and points-of-view, he seeks to give his images an other worldly and mysterious narrative quality.
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Keenan Wells
Born in Woodland Hills, CA, in 1982
Lives and works in Chicago, IL
Education
2005 - B.A. Knox College, Galesburg, IL
Group Exhibitions
2018
”Ready? OK!” - Naughton Gallery, Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland
2017
”Get’cha Head in the Game” - Naughton Gallery, Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland
2016
”Athletic / Aesthetic” - Athletic / Aesthetic Gallery by Second Spectrum, Los Angeles, CA
2005
”Men at Work” - Ford Center for Fine Art, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
2005
”Al Young Student Show” - Ford Center for Fine Art, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
2004
”Al Young Student Show” - Ford Center for Fine Art, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
2003
”Ars Nova” - Jack Olsen Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Awards
2005
Matthew Dale Gunther Prize in Drawing - Knox College, Galesburg, IL
2004
Anna E. Young Award in Relief Prints - Knox College, Galesburg, IL
Beverly Bender Prize in Sculpture - Knox College, Galesburg, IL
Beverly Bender Scholarship Award - Knox College, Galesburg, IL
Collections
Knox College Art Collection