KEITH J. VARADI
Born in Pittsburgh, PA 1985
Lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
2011
MFA Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2008
BFA Painting and Printmaking (English minor), Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Electric Banana, Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, PA
Maurice, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX
2011
Live Attitude, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2010
Economics, Locker 50b, Richmond, VA
Cloak Wheel, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
2009
You All Freed Men, A Clean Poorly Lighted Space, Menomonie, WI
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011
Gin & Tonic, The Joanna, Houston, TX (with Michael Kennedy Costa)
THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012
Do or Dye, Tompkins Projects, Brooklyn, NY (with Allie Pisarro-Grant and Field Kallop)
2010
Burns Slower, SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME (with Tisch Abelow and Michael Kennedy Costa)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Side Out, Primetime, Brooklyn, NY
Exposed, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
A country road. A tree. Evening., FJORD, Philadelphia, PA
F(re)e Play, Stadium, New York, NY
2012
Mulholland Dérive, Los Angeles Road Concerts, Los Angeles, CA
Mall of America, Place, Portland, OR
On The Fence, The Dirty Dirty, Brooklyn, NY
Itsa Small, Small World, Family Business, New York, NY
Open Network, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011
DIS, DAT, DEEZ, DOZ, The Joanna, Houston, TX
This Heat, Penthouse Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
In Between The Sheets, Work Space Harlem, New York, NY
Exit Strategy, White Box, New York, NY
North American Graduate Art Survey, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
The Wrong Miracle, Galeria NoMiNIMO, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2010
We're All In This Together, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Dudes, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
Irresistible Apparatus, 8 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA
Almost Famous, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Exit Light, Reference Gallery, Richmond, VA
666666 Darth Gray, The Summit, Richmond, VA
Anti-Anti/Non-Non, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY
Hood Rich, The Hexagon Space, Baltimore, MD
Collections, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
New Waves, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
2009
Peace Poster (GIFTLAND), Printed Matter, New York, NY
Pseudonymous, The Dirty Dirty, Brooklyn, NY
Richmond Zine Fest, Gallery 5, Richmond, VA
Contemporary Painting, Ford Hall, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Round One, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
Panel Discussion, The Dirty Dirty, Brooklyn, NY
Tails, Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, VT
Analogous, Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM
2008
The Fungusamongus, The Dirty Dirty, Brooklyn, NY
Third Coast National, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
Doppelganger, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
New Jersey Zine Fest, Douglass Student Center, New Brunswick, NJ
Gesamtkunstwerk!, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
Island, CUNY-The College of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY
What The Folk?, UAG Gallery, Albany, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013
Keith Varadi's Muted Oil Paintings at David Shelton Gallery, Houston Press, Meredith Deliso
A slap of the absurd at Tiger’s Style Points and Substance Pangs, theartblog, Chip Schwartz
Cool Whip, Picture Menu Press
Word Servents
Liaisons Dangereuses, Baltimore City Paper, Michael Farley
Liberti(n)es Review, bmoreart, Sean Ostrowski
New Art Spaces in the Bushwick Area, Part 1, Hyperallergic, Stephen Truax
WOPOZI (The Carmine Issue)
The Blank Horn (The Prophetic Issue)
Teach The Free Man How To Praise
2012
Neuse
Unsaid #6
2011
Summer Bummer Review, Foxy Digitalis, Crawford Philleo
2010
Night Moves (collaborative zine with Vlad Smolkin), Self-Published
Summer Bummer Review, Still-Single/Dusted, Doug Mosurock
Picayune’s Got Your Summer Bummer Just In Time, Impose Magazine, Mike Sheffield
The Wages of Din, Decibel Magazine, Scott Seward
2009
Analogous, Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University (Catalog)
2008
More Pentagrams: Writings 2004-2008, Jawhole Paper and Print
Statements, Jawhole Paper and Print
DISCOGRAPHY
Keith J. Varadi "Road Poems" CD-R, Self-Released
Picayune "Stunned/No Intentions" CS, Goaty Tapes
Picayune “Summer Bummer” 12”, Feeding Tube Records
Picayune “Deth Vibe Weekend” CS, Crater Records
Picayune “Miracle/Hospital” CS, Scotch Tapes
Picayune “Fucking At The Atlar” CD-R, Calypso Hum
MUSIC PERFORMANCES
2013
Plagiarism - The Sex Dungeon, Lindenwold, NJ
2012
Plagiarism - Palmetto Palace, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Picayune – That House In Jackson Ward, Richmond, VA
2010
Picayune – Strange Matter, Richmond, VA
Picayune – The Fishbowl, Richmond, VA
Picayune – Reference Gallery, Richmond, VA
Picayune – The Summit, Richmond, VA
Picayune – The Hexagon Space, Baltimore, MD
2009
Picayune – Southwest Burrito, New Brunswick, NJ
Picayune – The Charleston, Brooklyn, NY
Picayune – Howler’s, Pittsburgh, PA
Picayune – The Hexagon Space, Baltimore, MD
Picayune – The Cake Shop, New York, NY
Picayune – Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn, NY
Picayune – Death By Audio, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Picayune – The Charleston, Brooklyn, NY
ART PERFORMANCES
2011
Chuckles Plus, The Gershwin Hotel Theater, New York, NY
2010
Coming Soon, Reference Gallery, Richmond, NY
READINGS
2013
Thunder Weep, Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY
The Lamp Post, Jersey City, NJ
Cool Whip, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
CACKLE TAZ, Gallery Homeland, Houston TX
Couples Therapy, Bodega, Philadelphia, PA
A Ridding, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
A Ridding, James Fuentes, New York, NY
An Opening, Open Space, Baltimore, MD
2012
A Ridding, Regina Rex, Ridgewood, NY
Lake Eerie Blues, BUCKBUCK, Cleveland, OH
Viscous Cycle, Molasses Books, Brooklyn, NY
Whitmen, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
EXTERIOR, Stockholm, Brooklyn, NY
Men's Warehouse, Shea Stadium, Brooklyn, NY
Riled Ponies, The Charleston, Brooklyn, NY
The Folding Chair 2:2, 61 Local, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Notorious, Bruar Falls, Brooklyn, NY
Moveable Feast, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
Sponge HQ, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
PAPA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
PROJECTS
2013
Co-Curator (with Michael Kennedy Costa), Meghan Petras, Eleglance, Picture Menu, Brooklyn, NY
Co-Curator (with Rachel LaBine), Style As Substance, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX
Co-Curator (with Rachel LaBine), Style Points & Substance Pangs, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA
Co-Curator (with Michael Kennedy Costa), EJ Hauser & Ilse Murdock, Patois, Picture Menu, Brooklyn, NY
Curator, Liberti(n)es, Open Space, Baltimore, MD
2012
Co-curator (with Michael Kennedy Costa), Nathan Dilworth, Second Set, Picture Menu, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Curator, For Your Health, Sponge HQ, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2010
Co-curator (with Michael Kennedy Costa), Exit Light, Reference Gallery, Richmond, VA
Mix Tape Free Draw, Free Art School, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
COLLECTIONS
ABC No Rio, New York, NY
Aboveground Zine Library, New Orleans, LA
Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, MD
Bibliograph/e, Montreal, QC
Charm City Art Space, Baltimore, MD
Che Café Collective Zine Library!, La Jolla, CA
Denver Zine Library, Denver, CO
The Flying Brick Library, Richmond, VA
Independent Publishing Resource Center, Portland, OR
It's All For You, Portland, OR
Linebaugh Public Library, Murfreesboro, TN
The Little Maga/Zine Collection, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
Papercut Zine Library, Cambridge, MA
Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Toronto Zine Library, Toronto, ON
ZAPP, The Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA
Zineopolis, University of Portsmouth School of Art & Design, Portsmouth, UK
AWARDS / HONORS
2011
Residency, Edward F. Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY
VCU Arts Graduate Travel Grant, Houston, TX
Nominee, Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant
VCU Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2010
VCU Arts Graduate Travel Grant, Portland, ME
Lillian and Nat Reiss Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
VCU Arts Graduate Travel Grant, Iowa City, IA
2009
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Residency and Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2005-2008
Dean's List (Every Semester), Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ
LECTURES
2011
Alternative Antecedents, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2010
Steel City Q & A With Reid Ramirez, Reference Gallery, Richmond, VA
Slide Jam, The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
Artist Talk, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
EXPERIENCE
2011
Portfolio Preparation, 92Y, New York, NY
Graduate Student Mentor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Program Leader, Art 180 at Elkhardt Middle School, Richmond, VA
2010
Graduate Student Mentor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Program Leader, Art 180 at Elkhardt Middle School, Richmond, VA
Artist Educator, St. Andrew’s School, Richmond, VA
Adjunct Professor, Advanced Painting and Drawing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Adjunct Professor, Intermediate Painting and Drawing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Guest Lecturer, Critical Issues Seminar, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Adjunct Professor, Basic Painting, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2009
Teaching Assistant, Basic Painting, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Teaching Assistant, Concepts and Issues, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Guest Arts Instructor, Johnson Elementary School, Johnson, VT
2003-2005
Assistant, Education and Visitor Services, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh