Bio

Keith Sharp is a photographer based in Media, PA. I grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia. I was involved in art and photography at an early age. I went to school at the University of the Arts, where I studied with Alida Fish, Jeanie Pearce, Anthony-Peter Gorny, John Carlano, Sarah Van Keuren, and Judith Joy Ross. Solo exhibitions include: Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA; The Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC; The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE; Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA; US Botanical Gardens, Washington, DC; and FotoFest, Houston, TX. My work was included in various group shows, including: Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE; and the Robin Rice Gallery, New York, NY. Collections include the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA; and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Radnor, PA. 

Statement

I began as a street photographer, drawn to quirky, odd, and surreal scenes in everyday life. Over the years, I began creating props that I would place in real scenes in a performative manner. Lately, I’ve been working digitally by juxtaposing scenes inside one another. By transforming the ordinary world around me, I attempt to create mysterious, subtle, and poetic images that causes the viewer to do a double take.