Jenny Keyser
Jenny Keyser earned her MFA from the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She currently resides in St. Augustine, Florida, where the ocean serves as a continual subject in her abstracted landscapes and conceptual art.
Keyser writes: “Every morning I sit here with my coffee. It is one of my favorite places. I watch as the light changes over the horizon and the dew dries. The quiet air moves slowly around me and the birds’ songs echo through the air. There is nothing quite like it. This space fills me with awe and grounds me at the same time.
For as long as I can remember, art has been a source of contemplation and healing. Whether it was following the art teacher at my grandfather’s school for a day as a young child or taking my first art lessons as a five-year-old in a southern Indiana artist’s barn of a home and studio. Art has always been a part of my life. If you look and listen, my art tells a story. It reflects my philosophy and passions, places I have been and things I have seen. There is that broken shell on the beach that I couldn’t leave, the horizon that I cannot shake and the colors of nature that I stand in awe of. It’s all there. My art is a diary of my life.
I have been honored to have my work shown internationally in museums and galleries. Additionally, my work has been acquired into the collection of Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon and the Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I have also had pieces highlighted in a variety of publications and magazines.
My formal education includes a B.S. in Biology from Vanderbilt University, a Museum Studies Certificate from Northwestern University, and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute.
In a world that seems to be ‘spinning’ faster every day, it is a quiet, healing space that I try to create with my art. I invite you to pull up a chair with a hot cup of coffee or tea and ‘be’ with me.”
