Jocelyn Keays (she/her)
Ottawa, ON
EDUCATION
2018 - School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa — Full-Time Program Diploma: Photographic Arts and Production (With honours, awarded the LUX Award, in recognition of outstanding achievement in lighting)
2015 - Algonquin College, Ottawa — Photography College Diploma
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 - Metamorphosis, Group Exhibition, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2022 - Ottawa Dance Directive Private Silent Auction, Ottawa, Canada
2021 - In Keeping with Myself, Group Exhibition, Portrait Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
2019 - MINDMATTER, Group Exhibition, Gallery 115, Ottawa, Canada
2019 - Art and Parcel, Group Exhibition, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2019 - OPAL ISSUE 3: Launch and Selected Works Show, House of Common Studio, Ottawa, Canada (curator and participating artist)
2019 - OPAL ISSUE 2: Exhibition of Selected Works, Group Exhibition, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada (curator and participating artist)
2019 - I Blink My Eyes to Keep the Time, Group Exhibition, Beaverhall Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2018 - Edges Overlooked, Solo Exhibition, Exposure Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2018 - Exhibition XIII, Group Exhibition, SPAO Centre Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2018 - Open House Exhibition, Group Exhibition, SPAO Centre Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2017 - Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, Group Exhibition, Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2017 - Exhibition XII, Group Exhibition, Red Wall Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2016 - Open House Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Red Wall Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2015 - 42nd Annual Student Photography Exhibition, Group Exhibition Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada
2013 - 40th Annual Student Photography Exhibition, Group Exhibition Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2024- Carnation Zine (Upcoming)
2021 - Do it for the Grain - Volume 3, Issue 12
2021 - In Keeping with Myself, Portrait Gallery of Canada - Exhibition Catalogue
2021 - NosyMag - Online Blog: OPAL Magazine, Introspection & Instax: An Interview With Jocelyn Keays
2020 - Incandescent - Issue 17
2019 - OPAL: The Ottawa Photography and Art Label - Issue 3
2019 - OPAL: The Ottawa Photography and Art Label - Issue 2
2019 - The Six Hundred - Volume 2
2018 - OPAL: The Ottawa Photography and Art Label - Issue 1
COLLECTIONS
Public & Institutional - Ottawa Art Gallery, City of Ottawa, National Gallery Library & Archives
Private - Canada, United States
CURATORIAL & OTHER
2023 - City of Ottawa Public Art Direct Purchase - Selection Jury Member
2020 - Curator, There’s a Great Future in Plastics, solo show (John Healey), Exposure Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2020 - Curator, Cold Smoke, solo show (Jim Lamont), Exposure Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2019 - Curator, Efflorescence, duo show (Lindsay Irene & Louise Crosby), Exposure Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2019 - Curator, Heal, duo show (Lauren Boucher & Kat Fulwider), Exposure Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2019 - Present - Curator at Exposure Gallery, Ottawa, Canada - Contemporary visual art gallery
2019 - OPAL Magazine (all issues) is archived in the Canadian National Gallery Library & Archives collection
2019 - OPAL ISSUE 3: Launch and Selected Works Show, House of Common Studio, Ottawa, Canada (curator and participating artist)
2019 - OPAL ISSUE 2: Exhibition of Selected Works, Group Exhibition, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada (curator and participating artist)
PROFESSIONAL RELATED EXPERIENCE
2018 - Present - Co-founded the Ottawa Photography and Art Label (OPAL) - Biannual visual arts publication (Current Role: Lead, Curation, Digital Marketing)
2019 - 2022 - Community Advancement Coordinator, Administrative Assistant, Studies Coordinator & Part-Time Instructor & Youth Mentor, School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO), Ottawa, Canada
2016 - 2019 - Studio Manager and Lead Photographer, Magenta Studio Photo, Ottawa, Canada