Jayson Keeling was born in Brooklyn, NY and attended the Fashion Institute of Technology. His work has been featured in many exhibitions, including See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah. City All Over! Go Ape Crazy (solo), 3rd Streaming, NYC (2011- 2012); The Bearden Project, The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC (2012); Bigger Than Shadows, Dodge Gallery, NYC (2012); 30 Seconds Off an Inch, The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC (2010); Behind The Green Door (solo), The Abrons Art Center Henry Street Settlement, NYC (2009); 99 and 44/100% Pure (solo), Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT (2009); The Queens International 4, The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY (2009). In addition to Art Omi he has held residencies at The Apex Art Out-Bound Travel Residency to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2009), The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Swing Space Residency (2009) and Workspace Residency (2007-8), The Bronx Museum’s AIM 27 (2006) and Aljira’s Emerge 08 (2006). Keeling lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.