WILLIAM HORTON O'KEEFFE
Profoundly influenced by painters Francis Bacon, Graham Sutherland, Nicolas de Stael, Antoni Tapies and architect Antonio Gaudi I Cornet, O'Keeffe is a matter painter who strives to create landscapes that are as abstract as the earth itself.
  
STUDIED
Bournville College of Art, England
Birmingham College of Art, England
Birmingham School of Architecture, England

  
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
  
1974: Morrocan & Pembrokeshire Landscapes
         Proscenium Gallery, London England
1980: Wiltshire & Pembrokeshire Landscapes
         Off Centre Gallery, London England
1981: Sardinia - A Private View
         IDA Gallery, London England
1983: Recent Paintings
         Artists Publications Gallery, London England
1984: Essence I
         Park Walk Gallery, London England
1987: Irish Landscapes I
         The Garden Gallery, Wiltshire England
1989: Irish Landscapes II
         The Garden Gallery, Wiltshire England
1992: Metamorphosis
         Atlantis Gallery, Co Clare Ireland
1993: Recent Paintings
         Atlantis Gallery, Co Clare Ireland
1994: Ascent Descent
         The Atlantis Gallery, Co Clare Ireland
1996: Recent Paintings
         The Atlantis Gallery, Co Clare Ireland
1997: Structural Observations
         Quicksilver Mine Company, Sebastopol CA
2001: Modern Archaeology
         Gallery Route One, Pt.Reyes CA
2002: New Paintings Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes CA

2004: Estero India House Gallery. Sebastopol. CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
  
1981: Off Centre Gallery, London England
1982: Artists Publications Gallery, London England
1985: Park Walk Gallery, London England
         Dallas Art Fair,  Dallas Texas USA
1987: New York Art Fair, New York USA
         Galway Arts Festival, Co. Clare Ireland
1992: DODICI Festa Italiana, Dublin Castle, Ireland
1993: West Coast, The Atlantis Gallery, Co. Clare Ireland
1994: Atlantic Fragments, The Atlantis Gallery, Ireland
1995: The Ancient Landscape II, Co. Clare Ireland
1996: Art on CD South Tipperary Arts Centre Ireland
         Wexford Arts Centre, Ireland
         Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
         Tallaght Arts Centre, Ireland
         Okarina Gallery, Bled, Slovenia
         St. Johns Arts Centre, Listowel, Englland
1997: Rites of Spring, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art,CA 
         Ingress, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, CA
1998: Art From the Heart, University Gallery, Sonoma State
         Rites of Spring, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, CA
         fiftysevenframes, MeSH Gallery, CA
1999: Art From the Heart, University Gallery, Sonoma State
2000: Art From the Heart, University Gallery, Sonoma State
         Oughtdarra Prints, Gallery Route One, CA
         An Abstract View, Anne Bradford Gallery, CA
2001: Winter: Small Works Show, India House Gallery,
         Botany12, Sonoma County Museum, CA
         Hand Held, University of Georgia
         Rouge, A Street Gallery, CA.

     
AWARDS
  
1985: Channel 4 Television
         Conservation and the Environment, London England
1987: Royal Mail Award
         Corporate Graphic Communications
1994: Clare County Council
         Exhibition funding, Co. Clare Ireland
1996: Residency: The Cill Riallaig Project, Co Kerry, Ireland

MEDIA
  
The Arts Magazine - Profile
Arts Review - Exhibit Review
Sunday Observer Colour Supplement - Exhibit Review
Channel 4 TV Worldwise - Conservation Programme
Image Magazine - Exhibit Review
RTE Cursai Elaine - Arts Programme
Smoke Signals - Catalogue Profile Burren Institute for
Arts and Sciences
Sonoma County Independent - Profile
Panelist, "Art & Conversation" series, Sonoma State University

     
COLLECTIONS
  
JGA Advertising, London England
Breesefort Corporation NV, Paris France
The Arosa Group, Marlborough England
Sefigep, Paris France
Clearwater Films, London England
Clare County Council, Ireland
Clare County Library, Ireland
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

Private Collections: Ireland  England  France  Germany  Spain  Australia  USA  Holland

  
William O'Keeffe moved from Kilshanny, Co Clare Ireland, to the U.S. in 1997. He lives and works in Sonoma County, California.