ABOUT

Jennifer Keltos is an artist based in New York City and the Hudson Valley. She studied classical drawing and painting at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy, developing a foundation in traditional techniques that inform her contemporary practice. Her paintings shift between the observed and the imagined, from landscapes and figures drawn from life to folkloric gatherings of women engaged in ambiguous rites to staged domestic interiors. They explore the quiet humor and odd beauty of cultural memory.

Jennifer has been awarded the Alpine Fellowship and the Hudson River Fellowship. Her work is featured in private collections throughout the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia. In addition to her studio practice, she works as an art conservation technician, specializing in the restoration of paintings and objects.


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Education
2011-2014 Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
2026 Charles Cecil Studios, Florence, Italy
2015 Northern Print, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
2011 Istituto Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy
2010 Lattimore Atelier, Cornwall, NY

Solo Exhibitions
2021 Spells, BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY

Group Exhibitions
2025 Summer Fling, Gambit Works Gallery, New York, NY
2025 Supercute, Jane Street Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2023 Gentling, Sybil Gallery, New Orleans
2022 Here’s what I’ve been thinking…, Sybil Gallery, New Orleans
2022 Dream Valley, Newburgh, NY
2022 Bloom, BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY
2022 Bailey House Gala and Auction, The Pool, New York, NY
2021 Dialogues, BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY
2021 Dreams, BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY
2020 Closer, BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY
2019 LLD, LLDNYC,  Brooklyn, NY
2019 Figurations, Allyn J Washington Center, Poughkeepsie, NY 
2017 SSS#19, R&D Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Lattimore Exhibition, Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY
2015 Summer Salon, The Biscuit Tin, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
2014 SS Opening, 2-Way Brewing Co., Beacon, NY
2014 Alumni Exhibition, Mill Street Loft, Poughkeepsie, NY
2014 REPRESENT, 20th Century Theatre, London, UK
2014 Recent Travels, Hurds Farm, NY
2014 Hudson River Fellowship Exhibit, Jackson Cultural Center, Jackson, NH
2014 Florence Academy of Art Annual Exhibition, Palazzo Brucciato, Florence, Italy
2013 Alpine Fellowship Exhibition, Aidan College, Lavey-Morcles, Switzerland
2013 Lattimore, Howland Cutural Center, Beacon, NY
2013 Florence Academy of Art Annual Exhibition, Via die Luna Studio, Florence, Italy
2012 Lattimore, Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY
2011 The Art is in the Streets, Scuola Lorenzo de’ Medici, Florence, Italy

Awards
2022 CAC Art Prize, Contemporary Art Collectors 
2014 Hudson River Fellowship - Jackson, NH
2013 Alpine Fellowship - Lavey-Morcles, Switzerland 

Press
Painter brings history alive at Rail Trail 
Contemporary Art Collectors - Jennifer Keltos
Digiqualia - From Life or Not From Life
Nitram Charcoal Featured Artist