Chris Keeley, MSW

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chris keeley , MSW
social worker
4000 tunlaw road . 1119
washington. d .c. 20007
u. s. a.
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e-mail : addict@earthlink.net
http://intervention.org/
http://zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/keeley/

Education

Master of Social Work Degree, National Catholic School of Social Service , Washington,DC, 1997.

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Photography, The Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC, 1988.

Exhibitions

One Person Exhibits

Landscapes, Sparkys Expresso Bar, Washington DC, March 2001.
Cycladic Light , Artists' Museum, Washington, DC, December 1999.
Portraits , Utopia bar and grill / art & eat , Washington , DC, May 1998.
Powerless Homeless , National Coalition for the Homeless Web site - http: // nch . ari . net , April 1997 . Traveling Slide Show and Video .
Zonezero , 16 Portraits permanently in cyberspace - Web site - http: //zonezero.com/exposiciones/fotografos/keeley/, February 1996.
Spinart , 20 Photographs , The Little Hunt , Washington , DC , June 1996
Funks Democratic Coffee Spot , Baltimore , MD., August 1995 .
Cycladic Spiritual Space-Churches , Icons and Pigeon Houses, The Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives, Washington , DC , September-November 1993.
Addict Out of the Dark and Into the Light , International Herald Tribune , Paris, France , May 1993. Broad Spectrum, Griswald's, Washington DC, January-February 1993.
Powerless Homeless, Cannon Rotunda on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, October 1990.
Addict Out of the Dark and Into the Light , Pierides Foundation Museum and Gallery , Athens, Greece, March-April 1989.
Exhibition of Photographs at Pierce College Open House, The American College of Greece , Athens, Greece, April 1988.
Exhibition of Photographs by the American Cultural Center of Thessaloniki , at the Armed Forces Exhibit Hall , Thessaloniki, Greece, March 1988.
Anonymous Connections , Cultural Center of the City of Athens, Greece, January 1988. Love Festival, Javarama Coffeehouse , Washington, DC, April 1987.
Dangerous Living , Javarama Coffeehouse, Washington, DC, December 1986.

Group Shows

Sifnos Light, Municipality Exhibit, Apollonia Sifnos, Greece, August 2002.
A World of New Views POLAROID Prints, Corcoran College of Art andDesign Alumni Association- George Washington University Virginia Campus Gallery August - October 2001.
Photoexhibition 2001, Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C., February 2001.
Lima '1999 - Washington 2000. Embassy of Peru, Washington, DC , September, 2000.
Photography Month, Lima '99, Gallery of Catholic University Cultural Center, Sponsored by the Instituto de Arte Fotografico, Lima, Peru, September 1-30, 1999.
Faces, Spaces and Places, CyberStop Cafe, 1513 17th Streets NW, Washington, DC, March 1999.
C r u s h , Crush , Adams Morgan , Washington , DC, April 1997.
Abandoned :Photo's of Our Neglected Populace, 18 TH Street Lounge , Washington , DC , March 1997.
Alumni Show , Sandy Spring Friends School , May 1996.
Photographs from Greece , Women's National Democratic Club, January-March 1994.
Greek Gothic , Chrome Gallery, Washington,DC,1993.
Open Studio , Washington Project for the Arts,Washington, DC, April 1993.
Family Values , Intime Art Salon, Washington, DC, October-November 1992.
Political Exhibition , Women's National Democratic Club, September-November 1992.
Beyond Reality , Selected Work of Secret Surrealist Society, Intime Art Salon, Washington, DC, July - August 1992.
Mixed Bag, Intime Art Salon , Washington, DC, June-July 1992.
6th Annual Juried Members Exhibition , Washington Center for Photography, June-August 1992.
Open Show , Washington Project for the Arts , Washington, DC June-July 1992.

Publications

Faces of Homelessness, Video, National Coalition for the Homeless, January 2001.
Azimuts, Revue de Design, Cactus Network-Volatile Circus, June 1992.

S h o t s Magazine:

 
Issue # 33 Selected Work
        Issue # 24 Collage

Issue # 49 Artist  
             Issue # 30 Aborigines

Issue # 20 Girls, Girls, Girls 
 Issue # 50 Portraits

Issue # 27 Powerless Homeless  
 Issue # 18 Big Pictures  
           
Issue # 51 Self-Portrait    
    Issue # 41 Metropolitain    
              
Issue # 25 Best Work  
          Issue # 43 Alessandra

Issue # 44 Addict  
             Issue # 54 Highest Point

Issue # 58 PowWow    
        Issue #  59 Barbara

Issue # 61  Photocars

Cactus Magazine:


Issue # 07 - New Tongues  
  Issue # 10 - Only Dead Fish Go With The Flow

Issue # 05 -  Mother	
      Issue # 08 - Volatile Circus  
          
Issue # 11 - Hot & Cold
 Issue # 06 - Colours  
      
Issue # 09 - Fuel to Fight  Fascism 
 Issue # 12 - Do it Yourself

Issue # 13 - Noise      
       Issue # 14 - Playtime    
                    
Issue # 15 -  Parasite
 Issue # 16 - Catapult
       
Issue # 17 - May - Day

Photo Metro, Pure Blood Series, August 1992.
Beach Culture magazine, Issue # 5, 1991, Winner in "Endangered Species" contest.
Surfer magazine, "Paraplegic Surfer", July 1991.
The Secret Surrealist Society Journal, Senior Editor, 1991-93. Editor in Chief,1993.
ADDICT OUT of the DARK and into the LIGHT, Author, 1994
National Coalition for the Homeless , No One's Vote Counts More Than Yours - You Don't Need a Home to Vote Campaign Poster , 1996.
Dragline , Album Cover , Sept / Oct. 1996 , Richmond , VA.
Shambhala Sun Magazine, Young Americans Rock for a free Tibet. November 1998.

Honors/Awards

Social Worker of the Year 2001, Child and Family Services Agency, Washington DC, March 29, 2001.
1999 Social Work Honoree, Child and Family Services Agency, Washington DC, March 25, 1999.
Pro Bono Foundation, How Magazine, Sign Off Section, Excellence in the Field of Photography, January-February 1993.
Photographer's Forum Magazine Excellence Award in Photography, Spring 1991.
Management Assistance Grant, 1991, awarded by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, 1991.
Award winner in the 8th Annual Photo Contest of Photo Metro for documentary photojournalism.
Bernard Williams Memorial Award for Photography, Corcoran School of Art, 1988.
Greek Gothic, Second prize ART Category, Polaroid Professional Chrome Contest, 1988.

Related Experience

Corcoran School of Art Alumni Panelist--Surviving as an Artist, 2nd Annual Alumni Symposium, February, 1992.
Curator of Photography for the 1992 Scholastic Student Art Exhibition, Regional Competition, Washington Metro Area, 1992.
Panelist at Corcoran School Job Symposium, Career Options in the Arts, Washington, DC, February 1991.
Co-founder Secret Surrealist Society, 1989.
Silver selenium print in the permanent collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1988.
President of the Student Council Corcoran School of Art 1987-1988
Photographer for the 1987 Catalog Annual Senior Exhibition Corcoran School of Art

Biographical Information

Born in Washington, DC, 1957. Resided abroad for many years in Jordan, Mali, Uganda, Greece, Mauritius and Zimbabwe.

ART
STATEMENT

Chris Keeley
Washington, D.C.

"Keeley's photographs, which deal with
the many facets of obsession, speak to the
internal search many individuals undergo
during the lifelong quest for meaning and
self-awareness.
Capturing pain, longing, torment, despair,
hope, and love within the faces and forms
of his images, Keeley draws on his own
inner obsessive quest for knowledge as
inspiration. His images are unsympathetic,
and communicate the inner emotional
trauma of the homeless, the addicted,
and of the lonely, as well as pride and the
strength of human bonding experienced by
addicts in recovery. By revealing the
essence of his subjects, the works
magnify with often unsettling clarity
the pain of discovery, joy of friendships
born of pain, or turmoil of new journeys
that resound within each person. Through
these poignant images he challenges the
viewer to look within one's own heart,
to question, affirm, accept, or reject,
leaving one with valuable insights into
our own places in humanity."