BIOGRAPHY
Keith Duncan was born in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana in 1964. He received a BFA from Louisiana State University, and an MFA from Hunter College (CUNY) New York, NY. The CUE Arts Foundation New York presented a solo exhibition of his work, followed by inclusion of all works from the exhibition in Prospect.2 by curator Dan Cameron. Further solo exhibitions include the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, Mississippi and Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Duncan was included in Thelma Golden’s “Black Romantic” exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2002. Further selected group exhibitions include the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, LA, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum in Lafayette, LA, Art in General, David Beitzel Gallery, Rush Arts Gallery, Williamsburg Music Center, Brooklyn, NY, Bronx River Arts Center, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Pontiac, MI, Tustin Center, Philadelphia, PA, and the Artist Center & Gallery, Richmond, VA. Duncan is included in the permanent collections of the Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA; and Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL. His awards include the Camille Cosby Fellowship, The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, and in 2001 his work was commissioned for NASA. Residencies include Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME. Duncan has taught art for over twenty years in New York and New Orleans. Duncan currently resides in New Orleans and is represented by Fort Gansevoort, New York.
EDUCATION
1994
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, Hunter College, New York, NY
1989
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Keith Duncan: The Big Easy, Fort Gansevoort, New York, NY
2018
Black Plight / Keith Duncan, Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2017
Keith Duncan, Creative Arts Alliances (CANO) Space, New Orleans, LA
Satire and Storytelling, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
2014
TwentyoneFourteen Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Dillard University Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2013-2014
PopUp Exhibit by Keith Duncan, Barrister Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2013
Keith Duncan, The Joan Mitchell Center Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2011
Canary Arts Collective, New Orleans, LA
2010
Keith Duncan, CUE Arts Foundation, New York, NY
GSL Gallery and Arts Project, New Orleans, LA
2008-2009
GSL Arts Projects, New Orleans, LA
1998
Danny Simmons Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1996
Independent Arts Gallery, Queens, NY
1995
Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021-22
NEW at NOMA: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Percent for Art: Art of the Black Experience, Arts Council New Orleans, Ashé Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
2019
Per(sister): Incarcerated Women of Louisiana, Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2018
Made in Louisiana, Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2017-18
Tina Freeman: Artist Spaces, Hilliard Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
2016
NOCCA Institute Gallery, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Art Center, New Orleans, LA
2015
Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2014
The Front Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Williamsburg Music Center, Brooklyn, NY
2013
The Joan Mitchell Center Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Octavia Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2114 Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Art in General, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Prospect 2 New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
M Francis Gallery, New Orleans, LA
NASA/Art: 50 years, Smithsonian National Museum, Washington, D.C.
2010
Urban Individualist Gallery, Richmond, VA
2009
Intercultural Museums Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2007
Adam Clayton Powell Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Black Romantic: Figurative Impulse in Contemporary African-American Art, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
2001
Williamsburg Music Center, Brooklyn, NY
2000
The Gallery, American Bible Society, New York, NY
1999
Bronx River Arts Center & Gallery, Bronx, NY
1997
Art In General Gallery, New York, NY
1996
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1995
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Pontiac, MI
Tustin Center, Philadelphia, PA
Artist Center & Gallery, Richmond, VA
1994
P.S. 122 Gallery, New York, NY
GRANTS
2012
The Drop Program Grant
2010
CUE Foundation Grant
1997
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
1990
Camille Cosby Fellowship Grant
RESIDENCIES
2013
Joan Mitchell Foundation, Residency Pilot program, New Orleans, LA
1990
Artist in Residence, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
COMMISSIONS
2024
“Drum Major of Nola” mural, Helis Foundation and Arts New Orleans, LA
2016
Commission for N.O.R.D.C. and WTNO/Arts Council, New Orleans, LA
2015
Commission for Jazz and Heritage Foundation, New Orleans, LA
2000
NASA Commission, Washington D.C.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL
PUBLICATIONS
2002
Golden, Thelma. Black Romantic: Figurative Impulse in Contemporary African-American Art. New York: Studio Museum in Harlem, 2002.
PRESS
2023
Maccash, Doug. “Giant Mardi Gras drum major appears on New Orleans skyline
It's the best yet of the big downtown murals.” Times-Picayune. December 13.
2022
Andrews, Victor. “Need plans this weekend? 10 fun things to do Feb. 4-6 in New Orleans.” NOLA.com. February 3.
2019
“Keith Duncan ‘The Big Easy.’” TimeOut New York. December 25.
Valentine, Victoria L. “Keith Duncan Brought Moments in Black History and the Culture of ‘The Big Easy’ to New York’s Meatpacking District.” Culture Type. February 28.
“Gallery-Hopping in the West Village.” Warburg Realty. February 20.
Bronston, Barri. “Newcomb Art Museum to Open Exhibition on Incarcerated Women.” Tulane University. January 14.
Lieberman, Lynn. “Keith Duncan: The Big Easy opens at Fort Gansevoort.” GothamToGo. January 10.
2018
Pereira, Sydney. “Manhattan Happenings, Dec. 25-Jan. 2.” The Villager. December 25.
Africanah. “Keith Duncan: The Big Easy.” December 20.
“Keith Duncan’s ‘The Big Easy’ exhibition opens at Fort Gansevoort.” Art Daily. December.
2017
Bookhardt, Eric. “HERstory at Stella Jones; Keith Duncan at CANO’s Myrtle Banks Gallery.” New Orleans Art Insider. July 9.
D’Addario, John. “Behind the postcard views, another New Orleans.” The New Orleans Advocate. May 16.
“Keith Duncan One Man Show.” CANO-LA. April 24.
2016
Dequine, Harden Kari. “New Mural in New Orleans Designed by Plaquemines artist.” The Plaquemines Gazette. December 20.
Artvoices Magazine.
2012
Benoit, Raina. “Survival Guide: Keith Duncan.” Pelican Bomb. July 26.
MacCash, Doug. “Critic reviews prospect.2 artist Keith Duncan’s paintings.” NOLA. January 23.
2011
MacCash, Doug. “Prospect.2 New Orleans, international art exhibition, open Saturday.” Times-Picayune. October 27.
2010
Birch, Willie. “Keith Duncan.” CUE Art Foundation. November 18.
2002
Kimmelman, Michael. “ART REVIEW; A Black World of Ins and Outs.” The New York Times. April 26.
2000
The Sun Star-Ledger. October 8.
Humanitzki, Dorothy. “The Word as Art.” Catholic New York. August 24.
Wall Street Journal. August 8.
Caribbean Life. July 25.
New York Daily News. July 8.