josh keyes keeps killin' it

Big Boy, 2007, 12" x 9", Pencil and Gouache on Bristol board

If there is one artist to watch from now through the rest of your life, consider Josh Keyes. In the spring of 2007, Oakland-based Keyes had a break out showing in a group exhibition, Stranger Than Fiction, at his San Francisco gallery, Hang Art. Since then his shows have sold out instantaneously. His most recent, a two man show with John Casey at Tag Art Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee is no exception. Funny thing, it has not even opened yet. February 2nd is the date listed when the public can legally and physically enter the gallery. Success has not come quick for Keyes, who has been showing since 1993, but now it is safe to say that he has arrived and will continue to amaze. After the jump, some highlights from his two man show.