Maureen O’Keefe

EDUCATION

2005 B.F.A. Savannah College of Art and Design;

Savannah, Ga.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 "perfection was never the point;" Wild Goose Creative; Columbus, Oh.

2023 "Being Good;" The Fitton Center; Hamilton, Oh.

2023 Works of Maureen O'Keefe, The Historic Sidney Theatre; Sidney, Oh.

2023 "Bodies at the Betty;" The Betty Gallery; Dayton, Oh.

2022 "Seeking Inherent Value;" Sinclair Community College Works on Paper Gallery; Dayton, Oh.

2022 "Being Good;" Dutoit Gallery; Dayton, Oh.

2021 “Body of Work;”

Dayton Society of Artists; Dayton, Oh.

2019 Maureen O’Keefe;

Anna Bier Gallery; Greenville, Oh.

2018 “Earthly Icons;”

Edison State Community College Gallery; Piqua, Oh.

2012 Featured Artist;

The Nook, Fine Art Studio; Sidney, Oh.

2009 “Doubt and Faith,” Edison State Community

College Gallery; Piqua, Oh.

2004 “In Reference To;” DeSoto Row Gallery;

Savannah, Ga.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 "Beauties and Beasts: Figurative Works from Shawna Hatton and Maureen O'Keefe;" Springboro Performing Arts Center; Springboro, Oh.

2023 "Be Big, Be Bold;" The Betty; Dayton, Oh.

2022 Faculty Exhibition; Edison State Community College; Piqua, Oh.

2021 ArtPrize; GR Center for Community Transformation; Grand Rapids, Mi.

2020 In the Void: What We Did During Quarantine; Dutoit Gallery; Dayton, Oh.

2020 Amplify; Dayton

Society of Artists; Dayton, Oh.

2020 XIX: Celebrating

100 Years of Women’s Suffrage; Gateway Arts Council; Sidney, Oh.

2019 Ohio

Paint|Print|Photo; Dairy Barn Arts Center; Athens, Oh.

2018 “18 Artists to

Watch” DVAC Fellowship Online Exhibition; Dayton, Oh.

2017 Art in the City at

Nucleus; Dayton, Oh.

2016 ArtPrize; J.W.

Marriott Grand Rapids; Grand Rapids, Mi.

2016 DVAC Depth

Perception: Artist Palate Party; private residence; Dayton, Oh.

2016 OH+5 Border

Exhibition; Dairy Barn Art Center; Athens, Oh.

2015 Old Enough to Know

Better; Women’s Caucus for Art Philadelphia Chapter; Philadelphia, Pa.

2015 The Next Big

Thing; Museum of New Art; Troy, Mi.

2015 Ohio State Fair

Fine Arts Exhibition; Columbus, Oh.

2015 Self Portraits by

NC Artists; Greenhill; Greensboro, Nc

2013 59th

Annual Juried Exhibition; Durham Art Guild; Durham, Nc

2012 Art Ed; Rosewood

Gallery; Kettering, Oh.

2012 Faculty Exhibition; Edison Community

College; Piqua, Oh.

2012 Dayton Area Works on Paper; Rosewood

Gallery; Kettering, Oh.

2011 Botkins Evening with the Arts; Botkins, Oh.

2004 “Jackson 15,” Atlantis Gallery; Savannah,

Ga.

2004 “Figurative Works”, DeSoto Row Gallery;

Savannah, Ga.

2003 “Thurgood Marshall Performance

Installation;” Black History Month Celebration, Trustees Theatre; Savannah,

Ga.

2003 “The Cube”; Savannah Music Festival, Orleans

Hall; Savannah, Ga.

RESIDENCIES

2023 Chateau Orquevaux; Orquevaux, France

FUNDRAISERS AND AUCTIONS

2018-2020 Annual Art

Auction; The Contemporary Dayton; Dayton, Oh.

2019, 2021 4x6 Annual

Auction; Piqua Arts Council; Piqua, Oh.

2015 Sidney First

United Methodist Church Youth Auction; Sidney, Oh.

AWARDS AND HONORS

2023 Denis Diderot A-i-R Grant

2019 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award

2019 Juror’s Award, Paint|Print|Photo; Dairy Barn

Arts Center; Athens, Oh.

2019 Community Business Award; Mutual Federal

Savings Bank; Piqua, Oh.

2019 Honorable Mention, Painting; Piqua Arts

Council Annual Exhibition; Piqua, Oh.

2018 DVAC ArtSource Fellowship; Dayton Visual

Arts Center; Dayton, Oh.

2017 Honorable Mention, Jerry’s Artarama Self

Portrait Contest; online competition

2015 Best of Show, Piqua Arts Council Annual

Exhibition; Piqua, Oh.

2015 Best of Show, Gateway Arts Council Spring Fling;

Sidney, Oh.

2013 1st place, 59th Annual

Juried Exhibition; Durham Art Guild; Durham, Nc.

2012 1st place, Drawing, Gateway Arts Council

Spring Fling; Sidney, Oh.

2010 1st Place, Drawing, Gateway Arts Council

Spring Fling; Sidney Oh.

COLLECTIONS

Permanent Collection of ProPlastics, LLC; Sidney, Oh.

Permanent Collection of the Chateau d'Orquevaux; Orquevaux, France

The Wilson Foundation

Collection, Wilson Memorial Hospital; Sidney, Oh.

Works held in private

collections in Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, and Pennsylvania.

RELEVENT WORK EXPERIENCE

2021 Art In The City Demonstrating Artist;

Schuster Center for the Performing Arts; Dayton, Oh.

2021- Present Board of Directors; Gateway Arts

Council, Sidney, Oh.

2021 Juror; Gateway Arts Council Spring

Fling; Gateway Arts Council, Sidney, Oh.

2020 Introducing Series Workshop

Instructor; Dayton Society of Artists, Dayton, Oh.

2019 Juror;

Ohio 10th District Congressional Art Competition, Dayton, Oh.

2009-present Drawing and Painting Instructor;

Edison Community College, Piqua, Oh.