John Keating was born in Tipperary. He studied at Crawford College of Art Cork, Trinity College Dublin, Loughborough University and the Arts Students League of New York, which he attended as a Fulbright scholar. Keating has exhibited nationally and internationally including exhibitions in the U.S.A., Italy, Spain, Greece, Monaco and China. His work is included in private and public collections in Ireland, the U.S.A., Australia, Italy, Greece and England. Keating has guest lectured and tutored on the drawing studies course at the National Gallery of Ireland, National College of Art and Design, Dublin Institute of Technology and at the University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
Exhibitions include:
XXII International American Bi-centennial Exhibition, Gallerie Interrnationale, New York, USA
XXIV International Drawing Prize Exhibition, Miro Foundation, Barcelona
100 Works on Paper, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan ROC
XXI Prix International D’Art Contemporain de Monte Carlo
XXII Prix International D’Art Contemporain de Monte Carlo
Fierra D’Arte Internazionale Modema e Contemporanea Turin Italy
XXV Survey of Contemporary Art Vertova Bergamo Italy
National Concourse of Painting Brembilla Vertova Italy
Rittrati A Testori, Museo, Casa Dei Carraresi Treviso Italy
XX National Survey of Drawing Nova Milanese Italy
XV Triennale Internazionale D’Arte Sacra, L’Aquila Abruzzo Italy
Nus, La Galerie Beckel, Odille, Bolcos, Paris
Giovanni Testori, Un Ritratto L’Omaggio 40 Artisti Contemporanei Legnano, Palazzo Leone da Perego, Italy
The First Beijing International Art Biennale, Millennium Monument Art Museum, China
International Nordic, Baltic Modern Watercolour Symposium and Exhibition, Zvartava Castle, Latvia
This Capricious and Beloved Aquarelle, Draakoni Galleri, Tallinn Estonia
Olympic Fine Arts (OFA) 2012, Barbican Centre, London
Stemperando, 5th Edition International Biennale of Works on Paper, National Libraries of Turin, Cosenza, Rome
2nd Art Water Cube Cup International Painting and Calligraphic Exhibition, Water Cube Beijing
Mani, Solo Exhibition Galleria Marsiglione, Lake Como, Italy
Fragments, Alley Arts Centre, Strabane, Tyrone
La Tavola del Vivere, del Convivere, Sala D’Arte, Palazzo Bovara, Event Expo, Milan
Opere dalla Collezione Bocca, Liberia Bocca Galleria Emmanuelle, Event Expo, Milan
Works on Paper, Compagnia del Disegno, Milan
Ritratti a Testori, Sala D’Arte Palazzo Bovara, Milan
Group Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery Dublin
Drawing Studies Exhibition, National Gallery of Ireland
XV Triennale Internazionale D’Arte Sacra
Immagine Femminile Viaggio Senza Fine, Figurano Artisti le Sale Dell’Arte, Palazzo Bovara Milano
§ International Exhibition Qing Zhou Shandong Province China
Awards
Art Students League Scholarship New York
Pollock – Krasner Foundation Awards for Painting, USA
Fulbright Cultural Enrichment Award, USA
Gold Medal XXV Survey of Painting Bergamo Italy
Commendation, XXI Prix International D’Art Contemporani de Monte Carlo, Monaco
Gold Medal of Honour, Olympic Fine Art, London
Art Water Cube Cup Award, Water Cube International Beijing China
Culture Ireland Awards
Department of Foreign Affairs Award, Ireland
Arts Council Awards, Ireland
I.A.V.I. President’s Award for Drawing Watercolour Society of Ireland Exhibition
Segnalato Della Giuria, XXXIV Rassegna Di Pittura, Bergamo
johnkeatingart@gmail.com
Italian Representation:
Santa Maria Valle,
4-20123 Milano, Italy.
Tel. e fax: (+39) 0272105361