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Artist Statement

My work has been influenced by the impressionist, modernist and pointillist. I use figure to ground relationships to deliberately confuse the subject matter, allowing the viewer to find, him or herself, in the artwork. The use of small individual brush strokes and the placement of one color against the next gives an ever changing color palette to the piece.

The theme of my painting has been a search for stillness, a form of mediative calm. Painting is my escape from a world of too much noise and information. It’s a way to step away from those inner dialogues that keep us from being truly calm. My work is an oasis away from the complexities of modern living where one can reflect on what is essential.

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Artist Biography

Keith R. Breitfeller was born and raised in Catasauqua, a small town in eastern Pennsylvania, in 1952. He proceeded to attend Kutztown college, studied with New York Artist Marion Pinto. He also studied at the Barnstone Studio.

He now resides in Philadelphia, where his work was shown at Sande Webster Gallery, Vox Populi, Finer Things Gallery in Tennessee, and the Adrian Falcon Gallery in Texas and Lyman Eyer in Massachusetts. His work is included in many private and corporate collections in Washington DC., New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. Keith has also become an avid tango dancer over the last 10 years.

Keith’s work has been influenced by the impressionist, modernist and pointillist. He uses figure to ground relationships to deliberately confuse the subject matter, allowing the viewer to find, him or herself, in the artwork. His aim is to provide a place of peace and contemplation to the viewer.

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Education

1981 - 1984
The Barnstone Studios, Coplay, PA

1978 - 1980
Apprenticeship with artist Marion Pinto, New York, NY

1976 - 1978
Kutztown State College, Kutztown, PA

1970 - 72
Northampton Community College,
Associates degree, Advertising Art

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Awards & Honors

1994
Discipline Winner (Painting), The Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

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Bibliography

2015
Totaro, Jeffrey, Photo Essay “Transformed: I. M. Pei–Designed Home in Society Hill,” Philadelphia Magazine, February 22, 2015

2014
Brewer, Don, “Keith and Brian,” DonArTNeWs.com, April 28, 2014

2013
Booker, Bobbi, “Sande Webster tribute …” The Sunday Tribune, December 8, 2013

2012
Carroll, Philip, “Abstractions,” Short Film, 2012

2010
"Reductive Pointillism," tackad

2010
Kyu, Jong, FunnelPages.com

Romaniello, Vincent, "Keith R. Breitfeller & Brian David Dennis," Romanblog II, January 2010

2009
Donohoe, Victoria, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 14, 2009

2007
Fabbri, Anne R., "Finding the nuggets in the Way Center’s mixed bag," Broad Street Review, October 12, 2007

2004
Williams, Karen, "Repetition and Transformation," Philadelphia City Paper, January 15, 2004

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Publications

2005
"Hollywood on the Delaware," Philadelphia Magazine Home & Garden, p.90, Fall 2005

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Collections

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Corporate

Compass, Dallas, TX
Merck Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, PA
Teknion, New York, NY
Global Industries, Voorhees, NJ
The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA
City View, Philadelphia, PA
Coventry First, Fort Washington, PA

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Private

Dr. Nasser Saldi, Dubai, UAE
Mr & Mrs Douglas Rosenthal, Washington, DC
Ms. Marcia Fisch, Cherry Hill, NJ
Federal Reserve Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Ms. Barbara Gohn, Philadelphia, PA
Jim Meyer & Susan Rovner, Rydal, PA
Lenore Steiner, Ambler, PA
Marty Salzman, Philadelphia, PA
Michael Rodack, Gladwynne, PA
Mr & Mrs Della Penna, Doylestown, PA
Mr.& Mrs. Rade, Huntington Valley,PA
Cuttino Mobley, Houston, TX
Larry and Dolores Miller, New Hope,PA
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Appel, Cherry Hill, NJ
James Brantley & Sande Webster, Philadelphia, PA
Matthew S. Canno, Philadelphia, PA
Harvey & Abbie Hoffman, Rydal, PA
Larry & Dolores Miller, New Hope, PA
D. Richard Gennett, West Chester, PA
Mr. & Mrs. J. Maxwell Smith, Media, PA
Irma Blumenthal, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Pokotilow/Panzer, Penn Valley, PA
Johnathan Rosefsky, Wynnewood, PA

Exhibitions

Solo

2024
Waring Contemporary, Phoenixville, PA

2016
Abington Art Center, Abington, PA

2005
Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

2002
Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

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Two Person

2024

Counterpoise, a collaboration Keith R. Breitfeller and Brian David Dennis, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, Allentown, PA‍

COUNTERPOISE: Brian David Dennis and Keith Breitfeller, ARTSPACE1241, Philadelphia, PA

Oberfläche, Galerie Göttlicher, Krems, Austria
with Brian David Dennis

2014
Abeyance, 110 Church Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
with Brian David Dennis

2010
Continuum: New Works, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
with Brian David Dennis

Brian David Dennis and Keith R. Breitfeller: Current Work, Firehouse, Del Rio, TX

2009
Adrian J. Falcon Gallery, Del Rio, TX

2007
Pause, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
with Brian David Dennis

Adrian J. Falcon Gallery, Del Rio, TX

2005
Layers & Undercurrents, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
with Brian David Dennis

2003
Pigment and, Paste, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
with Brian David Dennis

2001
Surfaces and Subsurfaces, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
with Brian David Dennis

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Three person

2012
Abstractiions, Perkins Center for the Arts, Collinswood, NJ

1995
Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

1994
Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

1992
Brian & Keith, Stonewall, Allentown, PA

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Group

2024
arise and away, The Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art at Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, PA

2013
Against The Odds, A tribute to Sande Webster Gallery, Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont, PA

2012
Pop-Up, Bainbridge Club, Philadelphia, PA

Ode, Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY

2011
Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY

2010
Art Forte, Seattle, WA

Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY

2009
Off The Grid, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2008
Art Forte, Seattle, WA

2007
Pink, Perkins Center for the Arts, Collingswood, NJ

Out Loud & Proud, William Way Community Center, Philadelphia, PA

2000 - 2008
USArtists at the Armory, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Repetition and Transformation, The Philadelphia Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Not Yet Housebroken, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

2000
Absence of Color, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1996
Color Coded: Abstraction and Identity in Contemporary Art, Sleeth Gallery, Buckhannon, WV

Mayfair, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA

Paper Prayers, Nexus Resource Room, Philadelphia, PA

1994
Mosaic, Corestates Development Center, Philadelphia, PA

Sixth Juried Painting Exhibition, The Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA
Juror: Peter A Tatistcheff, Tatistcheff & Co. Gallery

1993
GALA Visual Arts Group Show, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

Parlor of the Turn-of-the-Millenium Collector, Venue, Philadelphia, PA

A Collective Voice, Selections from Vox Populi, The Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Stephen Salel

Paper Prayers, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

1992
Vox Populi at the Community Education Center, Philadelphia, PA

GALA Visual Arts Group Show, Zone One Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1991 - 1993
Works of Heart, Aids Task Force Invitational, Philadelphia, PA

1990
David Rodale Gallery, Allentown, PA

Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

Art at the Armory, Philadelphia, PA

1989
Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

1988
Present Member Show, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

1987
Artist Fighting Aids, Philadelphia, PA