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Artist Statement:
KEITH ROSSON ARTIST STATEMENT
& BIOGRAPHY
THE GUY:
Born in Ashdown, Arkansas.
Formative years spent in the
Pacific Northwest.
Educated at Cornish College of
the Arts and Portland State
University for Fine Arts and
Graphic Design, respectively.
THE WORK:
Winged, mustachioed pickles
that lament the dismantling of
kindness in the world.
Fields of rabbits wearing
gasmasks and germsuits.
Fathers and sons playing catch
with human skulls.
Death wielding a sombrero and
a forty-ounce. &<8232;
With a heavy nod to comic book
culture and a cut-and-paste
punk aesthetic, Keith Rosson’s
paintings are simultaneously
droll and incendiary; he
tackles emotional, universal
themes with a dark,
tongue-in-cheek gallows humor.
Bright, text-heavy and
immediately recognizable,
Rosson’s acrylic paintings
often utilize secondary
elements that most often
include ink and correction
fluid, as well as bullets,
teeth, nails, switchblades and
cell phones and has led one
critic to claim that,
“(Rosson) continues putting
out the finest graphic novels
distilled into paintings in
the Pacific Northwest.”
THE ETCETERA:
Keith Rosson has participated
in nearly three dozen solo and
group exhibitions in the past
five years, including a solo
exhibit at The Life Gallery in
Portland, Oregon. He is shown
regularly ...
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| Your Personal Biography |
Winged, mustachioed pickles that lament the dismantling of kindness in the world.
Fields of rabbits wearing gasmasks and germsuits.
Fathers and sons playing catch with human skulls.
Death wielding a sombrero and a forty-ounce.
With a heavy nod to comic book culture and a cut-and-paste punk aesthetic, Keith Rosson’s paintings are simultaneously droll and incendiary; he tackles emotional, universal themes with a dark, tongue-in-cheek gallows humor. Bright, text-heavy and immediately recognizable, Rosson’s acrylic paintings often utilize secondary elements that include correction fluid, bullets, teeth, nails, switchblades and cell phones and has led one critic to claim that, “(Rosson) continues putting out the finest graphic novels distilled into paintings in the Pacific Northwest.”
Born in Ashdown, Arkansas. Formative years spent in the Pacific Northwest. Education at Cornish College of the Arts and Portland State University, with occasional residencies at the School of Hard Knocks. Involved with and passionate about punk rock for over half his life. Bearer of many terrible tattoos.
Keith Rosson has participated in nearly three dozen solo and group exhibitions in the past five years, including a solo exhibit at The Life Gallery in Portland, Oregon, inclusion in Washington DC’s Art Whino Gallery monthly roster of artists, and Insights, an annual juried group exhibition held in San Francisco’s City Hall. He was recently one of twelve Portland artists included in the art book Invision, published by Another Sky Press, and is also a freelance illustrator/ designer, having done posters, shirts and record covers for bands such as Lucero, Against Me!. Don Caballero, Interpol, Hot Cross and more.
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