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About JK

Jonathan Keller Keller (b. 1976, Hutchinson, MN) is an artist currently living and working in Baltimore, MD. He received a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Interactive Multimedia from the Minneapolis College of Art + Design in 1999 and a Masters of Fine Arts from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2007. Working at the intersection of craft, collection, and computation, Keller seeks to transcend & transform everyday digital elements through obsessive, iterative, and generative processes. His online… more
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The Adaption to My Generation

A self-portrait every day since October 1998
  • Just Trying to Be Myself
    Just Trying to Be Myself
    2011
  • Average JK, 2006
    Average JK, 2006
  • Average JK, 2003
    Average JK, 2003
  • Average JK, 1999
    Average JK, 1999
  • Yearly Collections
    Yearly Collections
    1998?2010
  • Living My Life Faster
    video, 2006, 1:43 minutes
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    • Echoes

    By switching a typical mousepad with a sheet of paper, I am able to collect an echo of my computer use over the course of months. The resulting drawing embodies the filth one accumulates through prolonged use of technology.
    • Echo #11 (2009-01-08?2009-07-07)
      Echo #11 (2009-01-08?2009-07-07)
      9" × 11.5", oil & dirt on paper, 2009
    • Echo #12 (2009-04-22?2009-12-02)
      Echo #12 (2009-04-22?2009-12-02)
      8.5" × 11", oil & dirt on paper, 2009
    • Echo #9 (?2008-10-08)
      Echo #9 (?2008-10-08)
      9" × 11.5", oil & dirt on paper, 2008
    • Echo #8
      Echo #8
      8.5" × 11", oil & dirt on paper, 2008
    • Echo #7
      Echo #7
      9" × 11.5", oil & dirt on paper, 2007
    • Echo #6
      Echo #6
      8.5" × 11", oil & dirt on paper, 2006
    • Echo #5
      Echo #5
      11" × 8.5", oil & dirt on paper, 2006
    • Echo #4
      Echo #4
      8.5" × 11", oil & dirt on paper, 2005
    • Echo #10 (2008-10-08?2009-01-08)
      Echo #10 (2008-10-08?2009-01-08)
      8.5" × 11", oil & dirt on paper, 2009
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    • Turnarounds & You trying to be Me trying to be You

    Silhouettes computationally manipulated
    • Ignobel Prize
      Ignobel Prize
    • Turnaround Penny
      Turnaround Penny
    • Reverse Betsy
      Reverse Betsy
    • Reverse Ryan
      Reverse Ryan
    • Looking Without Seeing
      Looking Without Seeing
    • You trying to be Me trying to be You
      You trying to be Me trying to be You
      The silhouettes of two people are computationally exchanged.
    • Reverse Keetra
      Reverse Keetra
    • Reverse JK
      Reverse JK
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    • Tantamountains

    Found imagery of mountainscapes are computationally manipulated to create a continuous, flat horizon.
    • Tantamount Wild Wonders
      Tantamount Wild Wonders
    • Tantamount Fuji
      Tantamount Fuji
    • Tantamount K2
      Tantamount K2
    • Tantamount Paramount
      Tantamount Paramount
    • Tantamount Hadley
      Tantamount Hadley
    • Tantamount Saint Victoire Barnes
      Tantamount Saint Victoire Barnes
    • Tantamount Rushmore
      Tantamount Rushmore
    • Tantamount Everest
      Tantamount Everest
    • Tantamount St. Helens
      Tantamount St. Helens
    • Tantamountains
      Tantamountains
      2009?ongoing, C-prints, various sizes Found imagery of mountainscapes are computationally manipulated to create a continuous, flat horizon.
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    • Attempting to Draw a Straight Line on a Scanner

    • Detail
      Detail
    • Detail
      Detail
    • 16 Attempts
      16 Attempts
    • Detail
      Detail
    • Detail
      Detail
    • 3 Attempts
      3 Attempts
    • 3 Attempts
      3 Attempts
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    • Wax Typography

    Layered wax & acrylic paint

    Most works done in collaboration with Keetra Dean Dixon
    • SUDDENLY specimen
      SUDDENLY specimen
      Collaboration with Keetra Dean Dixon 13" × 4.5" × 3", Wax & acrylic paint, 2011
    • ONLY (details)
      ONLY (details)
      48" × 21" × 12", layered wax, acrylic paint & cinder blocks, 2011
    • ONLY
      ONLY
      48" × 21" × 12", layered wax, acrylic paint & cinder blocks, 2011
    • BECOME specimen
      BECOME specimen
      Collaboration with Keetra Dean Dixon 6" × 4" × 3", Wax & acrylic paint, 2009
    • BECOME #2
      BECOME #2
      Collaboration with Keetra Dean Dixon 24" × 13" × 7", layered wax & acrylic paint, 2009
    • BECOME #1
      BECOME #1
      Collaboration with Keetra Dean Dixon 24" × 13" × 7", layered wax & acrylic paint, 2009
    • I've Been Thinking of You for a While
      I've Been Thinking of You for a While
      Collaboration with Keetra Dean Dixon 54" × 14" × 6", layered wax & acrylic paint, 2008
    • AND YET (at the Walker)
      AND YET (at the Walker)
      Collaboration with Keetra Dean Dixon 47" × 27" × 8", Wax & acrylic paint, 2011
    • AND YET specimen
      AND YET specimen
      Collaboration with Keetra Dean Dixon 11.5" × 6" × 4.5", Wax & acrylic paint, 2011
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    • Generative Prints

    Each image in an edition of 8 is unique, but derived from the same computational algorithm.
    • Untitled (burst)
      Untitled (burst)
      30" × 30", giclee print, 2011
    • Untitled (burst)
      Untitled (burst)
      30" × 30", giclee print, 2011
    • Untitled
      Untitled
      30" × 30", giclee print, 2011
    • Untitled (detail)
      Untitled (detail)
    • Untitled
      Untitled
      30" × 30", giclee print, 2011
    • Untitled
      Untitled
      30" × 30", giclee print, 2011
    • Untitled (detail)
      Untitled (detail)
    • Untitled
      Untitled
      30" × 30", giclee print, 2011
    • Untitled
      Untitled
      30" × 30", giclee print, 2011
    • Untitled
      Untitled
      30" × 30", giclee print, 2011
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    • Animated gifs

    Video documentation of various animated gif series. This site doesn't handle animated gifs very well, so I made these videos to give you a sense of works.

    Realigning My Thoughts on Jasper Johns (& associated works)

    23 videos, 9 screens, 22 minutes 50 seconds
    • Family Revolution { CLICK IMAGE ABOVE }
      Family Revolution { CLICK IMAGE ABOVE }
      {{{ CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE TO SEE THIS IN MOTION }}} This is an animated gif. Click the above image to see it in motion.
    • 742 Evergreen Terrace
      742 Evergreen Terrace
    • Realigning My Thoughts on Jasper Johns
      Realigning My Thoughts on Jasper Johns
      Still from video
    • Realigning My Thoughts on Jasper Johns
      Realigning My Thoughts on Jasper Johns
      The work is intended to be shown on 9 video screens, playing simultaneously.
    • Realigning My Thoughts on Jasper Johns
      Realigning My Thoughts on Jasper Johns
      Still from video
    • Installation Shot
      Installation Shot
      Photo courtesy of The Popular Workshop
    • Introductory Video
      Getting the idea of the project in under two minutes.
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