Artist Resume
"For the most part I am a self taught oil painter. I have always had artistic ability and I received formal training
when I was younger, but it was not until starting my own art business that I really began to apply myself to
learning the skills needed to be professional artist. I work hard to continually improve my painting skills and
I use only the best materials for my paintings.
I desire to create not only beautiful paintings, but also works of high quality and durability.
I love to paint. I love to paint with oils. I love being able to use my artistic abilities to help support myself and my family."
~ John O'Keefe Jr.
FORMAL ART EDUCATION
- Art training at Paier College of Art in New Haven, Connecticut
- Art classes through high school (Ron Gagliardi, Charles Luxton, John Cook)
- Private art lessons with Connecticut artist Kathy Singer
- Art instruction with New York artist Ann Fucich
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Salmagundi Club of New York, New York
Member: 2009 - present (Accepted by Jury)
- Oil Painters of America of Crystal Lake, Illinois
Member: 2009 - present (Accepted by Jury)
- Lyme Art Association of Old Lyme, Connecticut
Associate Member: 2008 - present
- Mystic Art Association of Mystic, Connecticut
Associate Member: 2008 - present
- Cheshire Art League of Cheshire, Connecticut
Member: 2008 - present, Elected Board Member: 2009 - 2011
- Landscape Artists International Internet Collective
Member: 2008- present (Accepted by Jury)
HONORS, AWARDS
- 2009, Lyme Art Association - '17th Annual Associate Artist Exhibit'
Honor: Selected to be a Featured Artist of the exhibit
- 2008, Cheshire Art League - 'Annual Visual Arts Exhibit'
Award Sponsor: Calcagni Associates (certificate & cash prize)
Judging Artist: Dianne Gorrick
Winning Painting: 'River Through the Adirondack's'
PRESS, REVIEWS, PUBLICITY
- 2009, Cheshire Herald - 'Art in Good Taste at Ives Farm' sponsored by Cheshire Land Trust
~ Date: August 27th, 2009
- 2009, Lyme Art Association - 'LAA's Feature Artist John O'Keefe' by Susan Cornell
~ Date: January, 2009
- 2008, Record Journal - 'Painting puts beginner into zone' by Jesse Stanley
Date: September 21, 2008
TEACHING, DEMONSTRATIONS
- 2010, Cheshire Art League - 'Landscape Oil Painting Presentation' by John O'Keefe
Date: May 11, 2010
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2011, The Art Gallery at the Mill House - SOLO Exhibit
Chester, Connecticut, April, 2011
- 2008, Picture Framer & Gallery - SOLO Exhibit
Cheshire, Connecticut, September 6th - September 30th, 2008
GROUP & JURIED EXHIBITIONS
- 2010, Cheshire Art League - 'Annual Visual Arts Exhibit'
Juror: Beth Ellis
Cheshire, Connecticut, March 20 - April 17, 2010
- 2010, The Salmagundi Club - '2010 Spring Exhibition and Auction'
Art Committee: Sharon Way-Howard - Chairman, Thomas Taffe - Vice Chairman, Joseph McGlynn, John Mansueto, David Kassan, Rob Beuzenburg, Charles Bierman, Jacqueline Garrik-Waldman, Elizabeth Spencer, Charles Yoder, Naomi Campbell, Thomas Picard, and Guy Wiggins
Award Jurors: Robert Pillsbury - Chairman, William Creevy, Timothy Jahn, Mary Anny Heinzen, Alexandra Martin, Emily Trueblood, Carol Kardon, and Michael Hennessy
Lay Award Jurors: Paul Stockshcleader - Chairman, Dorothy Wiggins, Mame Green, Robert Caines, Joan Forbes, Griff Seymour, and Gloria Sampson-Knight
New York, New York, March 1 - March 18, 2010
- 2009, Mystic Art Association - 'The 53rd Regional'
Juror: Carolina Pedraza
Mystic, Connecticut, August 7 - September 26, 2009
- 2009, Salmagundi Club - 'Annual Painting & Sculpture Non-Members Exhibit'
Selection Jurors: Claudia Seymour, Sharon Way-Howard, Bill Creevy, Bob Mueller, Janet A. Cook, Ellen Buselli, Judy Pestronk, and Chris Ivers
Award Jurors: Larry Mallory, Rae Smith, and Thomas Valenti
New York, New York, June 20 - July 10, 2009
- 2009, Cheshire Art League - 'Annual Visual Arts Exhibit'
Juror: Power Boothe
Cheshire, Connecticut, May 6 - June 9, 2009
- 2009, Society of Creative Arts of Newtown - '39th Annual Spring Juried Art Show'
Jurors: Claudia Seymour, Thomas Adkins, and Del-Bourree Bach
Newtown, Connecticut, 2009
- 2009, Lyme Art Association - 'Spring Painting and Sculpture Exhibition'
Jurors: Del-Bourree Bach, Terry Oakes Bourret, Catherine Elliott, and Kim Muller-Thym
Old Lyme, Connecticut, March 6 - April 26, 2009
- 2009, Lyme Art Association - '17th Annual Associate Artist Exhibit'
Jurors: Phil Cutting, Bob Gregg, Maryanne Rupp, and Bev Schirmeir
Old Lyme, Connecticut, January 16 - February 28, 2009
- 2008, Picture Framer & Gallery - 'Small Works Exhibit'
Cheshire, Connecticut, December, 2008
- 2008, Cate Charles Gallery - Group Exhibit
Stonington, Connecticut, November 2008 - January 2009
- 2008, Mystic Art Association - 'The 52nd Regional'
Juror: Susan Swinand
Mystic, Connecticut, August 8 - September 21, 2008
- 2008, Lyme Art Association - 'Summer Exhibit'
Jurors: David Leffel, Sherri McGraw
Old Lyme, Connecticut, June, 2008
- 2008, Cheshire Art League - 'Annual Visual Arts Exhibit'
Juror: Dianne Gorrick
Cheshire, Connecticut, April 2 - April 30, 2008
SPECIAL EVENTS, CHARITY
- 2010, Cheshire Nursery - 'Art Show and Sale'
Event Sponsor: Cheshire Art League
Cheshire, Connecticut, October 9 - October 19, 2010
- 2009, Cheshire Nursery - 'Art Show and Sale'
Event Sponsor: Cheshire Art League
Cheshire, Connecticut, November 19 - November 22, 2009
- 2009, Cheshire Land Trust - 'Art in Good Taste at Ives Farm'
Event Sponsor: Cheshire Land Trust
Cheshire, Connecticut, August 29, 2009
- 2008, Lyme Art Association - 'Anything Goes' Art Sale & Festival
Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2008