Keri Oldham is a painter who lives in and works in New York City and utilizes the medium of watercolor in order to capture impressions of the fleeting, ephemeral moment. Oldham’s paintings range from medium to large scale, showing lucid pigments that randomly create forms, rendering both figurative and abstract subjects. The artist’s first series titled Travelers (2008) shows anonymous contorted figures posing in various outfits, while Worlds End Lion (2010) consists of fourteen pieces that portray man and animal in a cryptic embrace.

Oldham’s two most recent series The End (2011) and Space for All Endings (2013) focus on the text that appears at the end of mid-century, celluloid film. By using watercolor as a metaphor for transparency, The End is represented in English, French and Italian. However the artist expands further on this minimal topic by setting the words within different outdoor settings, creating the effects of nostalgia and reflection that results from watching a motion picture.

Keri Oldham describes herself as a confirmed cinephile, who is interested in the juxtaposition of recorded fiction with lived reality. In 2007 Oldham received a Master of Arts degree from the San Francisco State University and in 2010 she was a BRIC Arts Media Fellow. In 2011 the artist participated in the Central Trak Residency located in Dallas, Texas. Her art has appeared in numerous shows throughout Dallas and New York with reviews in publications such as Beautiful / Decay Magazine, Glasstire and D Magazine. Keri Oldham is also the founder of Field Projects, an artist-run project space located in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood. Her most recent works appear at the top of this page and in the gallery below.