Keegan McHargue

Keegan McHargue (born 1982)^[1] is an American artist known for his dream-like drawings and paintings.^[2] McHargue is sometimes described as either an outsider artist or faux-outsider artist.^[3][4][5] He lives and works in New York City.^[6]

Keegan McHargue
Born	1982 (age 42–43) Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Known for	Painting and drawing
Style	Outsider art, neo-mannerism

About

McHargue was seen as a successful emerging artist by age 21 and never attended art school.^[6][7] He previously lived in San Francisco, and briefly lived in Austin, Texas before moving to New York City.^[8][9]

In 2007, he created a body of artwork "The Yellow Spectrum" specifically for an audience of babies, and a few years later with the "Preteen" work his audience was teenagers and preteens.^[10]

In a 2010 interview, McHargue made comparisons between the fields of art and advertising.^[10] McHargue said about his process, "I tend to shy away from expressionistic concerns that compromise control. In a sense, everything in my art becomes about particular processes. That's how process became the most important part of my painting. I always say that I'm not a particularly good painter but I'm a very strategic painter".^[10]

McHargue's work is in various public art collections including Museum of Modern Art (MoMA),^[11] Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF),^[12] among others_.

Exhibitions

This is a list of select exhibitions by McHargue.

• 2003 – "The Wolfman Cometh", solo exhibition, Rivington Arms, New York City, New York^[13][5]
• 2006 – "The Control Group", Metro Pictures Gallery, Chelsea, New York City, New York^[3][14]
• 2005 – "Drawing Circles", solo exhibition, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan^[9]
• 2004 – "Large Dudes", exhibition with Matt Leines, The Wrong Gallery, New York City, New York^[15]
• 2004 – "Deliver Us From Evil: Dinos & Jake Chapman, R. Crumb, Honore Daumir, Dr. Lakra, Keegan McHargue", Matthew Marks Gallery, New York City, New York^[16]
• 2004 – "Feel the Wind", Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, California^[17]
• 2004 – "Incantations", group exhibition, Metro Pictures Gallery, Chelsea, New York City, New York^[4]
• 2013 – "Prick of Conscience", solo exhibition, Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York City, New York^[7]

Publications

• HcHargue, Keegan (2009). Foibles (oversized artist book). San Francisco, California: Seems publishing. ISBN 9781607434726.