Kim Keever was born in New York City, where he continues to reside and work.
Keever was also inspired by the work of 19th century American landscape painters from the Hudson River School.
However, they also show a subversive side that deliberately acknowledges their contemporary contrivance and conceptual artifice.
Keever’s staged scenery is characterized by a psychology of timelessness.
Rather than presenting a factual reality, Keever fabricates an illusion to conjure the realms of our imagination.
