About

Elizabeth Keithline’s work focuses on human self-extension in many forms. A weaver since the age of 14, in 1996 she invented a sculpture technique called “Lost Box.” She weaves wire around objects, then burns them out or peels them off, creating a wire memory.

Wheel Arts Administration

Wheel Arts Administration is accepting clients on a limited basis. Review the history of Wheel’s work in curating and public art:

Wheel Arts Projects

Fine Art Resume

Elizabeth Keithline
elizabethkeithline@gmail.com
401/578-4313

Select One or Two Person Museum or Gallery Shows

2021: Shadow Paintings, 11 Jane Street, Saugerties, NY
2019: Shadow Tree, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA; (The Air), As It Moves, Umass Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
2016: Dreamtown, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
2014: Only The Strong Survive, Hampden Gallery, Umass Amherst, MA
2013: Smarter, Faster, Higher, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX; Atmosphere, Governors Island Art Fair, NY
2012: Only The Strong Survive, Governors Island, NY
2011: Smarter, Faster, Higher, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA; Smarter, Faster, Higher, Governor’s Island, New York, NY; Gatescapes, Mediacy, New York, NY
2010: Smarter, Faster, Higher, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2008: The Lost House Project, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, MI
2006: Ourchitecture, Rhode Island Housing, Providence, RI
2005: The Lost House Project and Ourchitecture, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2004: On The Third, DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI
2001: Wire & Paint, The Waiting Room Gallery, New Orleans, LA; RI Women In the Visual Arts, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI
2000: Haywire, Island Arts, Newport, RI
1999: Selected Work, TF Green Airport, Providence, RI,; Art & Artists: True or False, AS220, Providence, RI
1998: Uncommon Ground, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
1997: New Work, Native Gallery, Providence, RI

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021: OMG Art Fair, Kingston, NY
2020: Telephone, Worldwide, Curator Nathan Langston; USPSartproject.org, Worldwide, Organized by Christina Massey
2019: Rebirth, Worcester Windows, Worcester City Hall, MA
2018: Call For Chelsea, New York, NY
2016: Don’t Stop Me Now, Call For Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY; Only The Strong Survive, Governors Island, New York, NY
2015: Nuanced, DeeDee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA; curator Judith Tolnick Champa; Eyewitness, Umass Amherst, Amherst, MA; curator Anne LaPrade Seuthe & Sally Curcio
2014: Nature Talks Back, Wheaton College, Norton, Ma
2013: Drawing Out Of Bounds, Wheaton College, Norton, MA; curator, Judith Tannenbaum; Portland Museum of Art Biennial, (with Rahul Mitra); Transmission, (with Nathan Langston, Satellite Collective); Nature Talks Back, Wheaton College, Norton, MA — Curator, Michele L’Heureux
2012: Actual Size, Contemporary Art Institute, Detroit, MI
2011: Chain Mail, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2010: Where There’s Smoke, Umass Amherst, Amherst, MA; E32, 5C Cultural Center, New York, NY; The Perfect Fit, Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, NY & Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT
2009: The Perfect Fit, Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA & Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
2008: Annual Juried Member’s Show, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA; Curator, Carole Anne Meehan, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; In Faith Of Graffiti, List Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
2007: The Shadow Show, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT; Raphael Prize Show, Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX and The Art Association, Jackson, WY
2006: 29th Annual Small Works Exhibition, NY University, New York, NY; Trashformations East, Copia, Napa, CA and Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
2005: Raphael Prize Show, Society For Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA; Deliverance, Holden Street Gallery, Providence, RI; Trashformations, Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA; Juror: Lloyd Herman, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
2004: Transformation, RI Foundation, Providence, RI; Curator: J. Hogue, ArtInRuins.com, Providence, RI
2003: 26th Annual Small Works Exhibition, NY University, New York; Juror: Tatyana Okshteyn, Black & White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Side Kicks: Works By Adjunct Art Faculty, Bannister Gallery, RI College, Providence, RI
2002: 1st Prize, Sculpture, 15th Annual Exhibition, Newport Art Museum; Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, RISD Museum; Spark Selects, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO; WindSeaSky, Convergence Sculpture Festival, Newport, RI; Babylon Lexicon, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Public Art

2018: Two Boats: One For You, One For Me, North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show, North Bennington, VT; Hot, Hot, Hot and Three Arches, Art In the Yard, Oxford Free Public Library, Oxford, MA
2017: Two Boats: One For You, One For Me, Art In the Park, Worcester; Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA; Dreamtown, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
2016: Downtown Dreamtown, 1 Summer Street, Boston, MA
2015: Isle Arts Initiative, Georges Island, Boston
2011: Gatescapes, New York, NY
Multi-year: WindSeaSky, Convergence Sculpture Festival, Newport, RI
2006-07: Ourchitecture, Newport Art Museum and RI Housing Authority, Providence
2004: Open for Dancing, Island Moving Company, Newport, RI

Education

Emerson College, Bachelor of Science, Communications, 1983
Saunderstown Weaving School, 1996

Selected Bibliography

“Elizabeth Keithline at 11 Jane Street Art Center,” WKZE Radio 98.1, August 2021
“Making The Leap Into Public Art,” Elysian McNiff, Art Work Archive, January 2020
“Challenging Stereotypes: Raquel Paiewonsky In New Bedford,” Ron Fortier, ArtScope, September 2019
“Six Massachusetts Museums That Are Great For Sculpture,” Tim Haas, WGBH, August 2019
“Wind-Themed Projects On Display At Umass Dartmouth Star Store Campus,” Southcoast Today, June 2019
“City-Wide Summer Winds Celebration Blows Through New Bedford With Art Exhibits & Installations,” Cait McQuaid, Boston Globe, August 2019
“The North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show Opens 21st Edition This Weekend,” Telly Halkias, Bennington Banner, Sept 2018
“Impressions of Downtown Doors and Windows Evoke Dream of Boston Architecture,” Greg Cook, The ARTery, WBUR, Boston, MA, 2017
”Call For Bushwick 2016: Don’t Stop Me Now Rises To The Occasion In Bushwick Hipster Glory,” Nick Rogers, ArteFuse, October 2016
“Blaine de St. Croix and Elizabeth Keithline, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum,” Dan R. Cameron, Sculpture Magazine, October 2014
“Elizabeth Keithline & Samantha Jones At Governors Island,” Manu Shandler, Plastikos, Sept 2012
“Fifth Annual Governors Island Art Fair,” Elizabeth Johnson, theartblog.org, Sept 2012
“ArtWorks,” Martina Windels, RI-PBS, May 2012
“Smarter, Faster, Higher,” Judith Tolnick-Champa, ArtScope, May 2011
“Smarter, Faster, Higher,” Debbie Hagan, Art New England, May/June 2011
“A Tool Is A Mirror at Mobius,” Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, May 2011
“Sweet and Smoky: At Hampden Gallery, Two Distinctive Exhibits Are Compatible,” Hampden Gazette, Kay Mellen, Sept 2010
“Elizabeth Keithline at Craft Alliance Gallery Grand Center,” Where/St. Louis, Sept 2010
“Best Bets,” GO Magazine, St. Louis, MO, Aug 2010
“Rhode Island’s Public Art Program Threatened,” Doug Norris, Art New England, April/May 2010
“Window Dressing: A Look Into Providence’s Art Windows,” Doug Norris, Art New England, December/January 2010
“Art That Walks A Fine Line Between Reality And Illusion,” Benjamin Genocchio, The New York Times, January 2008
“Shadow Show,” Patricia Rosoff, Art New England, April/May 2008
“Out Of Darkness,” Matt Eagan, The Hartford Courant, November 2007
“Itinerary,” Glenn Harper, Sculpture Magazine, December 2005
“Ourchitecture At the Newport Art Museum,” Bill Rodriguez, The Providence Phoenix, December 2005
“Objects Lost & Found Again,” Nancy Sausser, Fiberarts, November 2005
“Change In Scenery,” Alison Fields, Providence Monthly, May 2004
“Local Artists Focus On the Changing Face of Providence,” Bill Van Siclen, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, April 2004
“At RIC: Part-Time Faculty With Full-Time Talent,” Bill Van Siclen, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, July 2003
“Elizabeth Keithline: Wire and Paint,” D. Eric Bookhardt, New Orleans Gambit, New Orleans, LA, September 2001
“Mini-Galleries Spread Art Around,” Channing Gray, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, June 2001
“Art from The Ashes,” Ellen Liberman, 1 Union Station, WRNI, Providence, RI, May 2001