Jeff Kellar

SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS

SHOWS

  • 2017
    • Gravity and Light; William Campbell Contemporary Art; Fort Worth, TX; Sept.
    • Corey Daniels Gallery Summer 2017, 3 person show.
  • 2016
    • Walls, Blocks and Glimpses; Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME July.
    • Richard Levy Gallery; Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA May 2015; Aug.
  • 2015
    • New Work; William Campbell Contemporary Art; Fort Worth, TX; Feb.
    • 3 Walls Corey Daniels Gallery Summer 2016; Fall, 6 person show, Corey Daniels Gallery
    • Richard Levy Gallery; Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, CA May.
    • Richard Levy Gallery; Miami Projects December.
    • William Campbell Gallery; Dallas Art Fair; April 2015; 2016
  • 2014
    • Blocks, Icon Contemporary Art (2 person), Brunswick, ME Sept.
    • Color Rhythms, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
    • Install 4, 3 person show, Corey Daniels Gallery.
  • 2013: Color+Form+Function, Collector’s Contemporary Gallery, Singapore Jan- February.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (EARLY)

  • Jeff Kellar, Prospect, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, Maine, Sept. 2012
  • Serious Play, Richard Levy Gallery (2 person); Albuquerque, New Mexico, January - February 2011
  • Jeff Kellar, New Work, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, Maine, Sept. 2010
  • The Leap Show, Richard Levy Gallery; Albuquerque, New Mexico, February - April 2008
  • Jeff Kellar, New Work, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, Maine, August 2008
  • George Marshall Store Gallery; York, Maine, 2007
  • Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME; June 2006
  • Color Space, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2003
  • Barrier/Space, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2002

SELECTED MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS, GROUP SHOWS (EARLY)

  • Sampler:USM Teaching Collection, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME, Sept 27.- Dec 9, 2012
  • Planes of Abstraction; Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport ME Oct.- Dec. 2009
  • The Sketchbook Show; Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport ME Oct.- Nov. 2008
  • Farnsworth Museum of Art 60th Anniversary: 12 Artists in the Collection
  • Select 12 Emerging Artists, June 2008 New Acquisitions, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
  • CMCA Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport Maine, August 2008
  • Maine Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine April 2007
  • Jeff Kellar/Frederick Lynch; Merrimack College Art Gallery, Andover, MA; January 2006
  • Maine Biennial; Center for Maine Contemporary Art; Rockport, Maine; June 2004
  • Sublime Geometries; Center for Maine Contemporary Art; Rockport, Maine; October 2004
  • Painting By Design, Elaine L. Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, December 2003
  • EnVision, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME 2003
  • Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME 2002
  • Abstraction in Maine, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME 2002
  • The Unbroken Line, 1897-1997; Museum of American Art, Phila., PA; Sept.-Nov. 1997
  • Twentieth Century Sculpture, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME; Jan.- April 1996
  • Eighth Triennial Exhibition, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA; Sept.- Jan. 1996
  • Perspectives: A Sense of Place, “43 Places in 43 Days”, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME, April- June 1995

REVIEWS

Jeff Kellar at William Campbell; Barbara Koerble at glasstire.com Oct 13, 2017

Art Review: Corey Daniels Gallery makes the case for abstraction in Maine | The Portland Press Herald / Maine SundayTelegram

To build a more perfect shape - Museum And Gallery Portland Phoenix May 23, 2014

Falmouth painter wins major national grant | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

SELECTED EARLY REVIEWS

  • Asian Art News; Beauty and Conceptual Rigor; Singapore; January-Feb 2013Greenleaf, Ken; Jeff Kellar’s work Plays With Understanding; review; Portland Phoenix; Sept.19, 2012
  • Isaacson, Phillip, Maine Sunday Telegram; review; Oct. 7, 2012
  • Pulka, Wesley; Volumes Are Spoken in Simplicity; Albuquerque Journal; Feb. 6 2011
  • Kany, Daniel; Surface, subtlety and geometrical grace: Kellar at Icon; Maine Sunday Telegram; review; Oct.10, 2010
  • Greenleaf, Ken; Off on a Tangent; review; Portland Phoenix; Sept. 19, 2008
  • Isaacson, Phillip, Maine Sunday Telegram; review; Sept. 28, 2008
  • Armitage, Diane, “Jeff Kellar and Anna Hepler: The Leap Show,” THE Magazine, May 2008
  • Adams, Jessica. “Pair of Artists explore form, space,” Local IQ, March 2008
  • “Richard Levy Gallery,” Albuquerque Arts, April 2008
  • Ian Paige;Contemplating Relationships; Portland Phoenix; April 11 2007
  • Art and Nature; Maine Arts Commission Magazine; Maine Department Of Conservation public art project; Winter 2006
  • Phillip Issaccson, Maine Sunday Telegram, Icon Review, June 2004; April 2002
  • Dan R. Talley, Sculpture Magazine, Galley Joe Review, June, Vol. 22 No. 5
  • Jon Binzen, “Jeff Kellar”, American Craft, Aug.-Sept., 2002
  • Roberta Fallon, Phila. Citysearch, “Time and Space”, Gallery Joe,2000

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, BA in English/Filmmaking Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Studies; Fleisher Memorial Art Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Studies

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS

Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, permanent collection

Farnsworth Museum of Art, Rockland, Maine, permanent collection

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Fellowship; Philadelphia, PA

Microsoft Collection, curator: Michael Klein, Seattle, Washington

Elmhurst Art Museum,; Elmhurst, IL

University of Maine, Farmington; outdoor sculpture, Square on a Sphere

RECENT EVENTS

Award: Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Individual Support Grant, 2014