alex keller - Biographical<title> </head> <style type="text/css"> a:link { color: white; text-decoration: none; } a:visited { color: white; text-decoration: none; } a:hover { color: red; text-decoration: none; } img { border-style: none; } </style> <body bgcolor="#333333" text="black"> <div align="center"> <table width="800" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="60"> <tr bgcolor="#333333"> <td valign="bottom"><font size="7" color="red" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif">alex keller</font></td> </tr> </table> <table width="800" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" height="40"> <tr bgcolor="#333333" height="36"> <td bgcolor="#333333" width="160" height="36"><font size="3" color="white" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif"><a href="about.htm">about</a></font></td> <td bgcolor="black" width="160" height="36"><font size="3" color="white" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif"><a href="news.htm">news</a></font></td> <td bgcolor="black" width="160" weight="36"><font size="3" color="white" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif"><a href="press.htm">press</a></font></td> <td bgcolor="black" width="160" height="36"><font size="3" color="red" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif"><a href="projects.htm">projects</a></font></td> <td bgcolor="black" width="160" height="36"><font size="3" color="white" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif"><a href="resources.htm">resources</a></font></td> </tr> </table> <table width="800" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" height="40"> <tr bgcolor="#333333" height="36"> <td halign = "center" bgcolor="#333333" height="36"><font size="2" color="white" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif"><a href="bio.htm">biographical</a></font></td> <td halign = "center" bgcolor="#1A1A1A" height="36"><font size="2" color="white" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif"><a href="statement.htm">artist's statement</a></font></td> </tr> </table> <p></p> <table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="400"> <tr> <td valign="top" halign="center" bgcolor="white" width="600"> <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="15"> <tr> <td><font size="2" color="#2c2c2c" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif"> Alex Keller is an audio artist, sound designer, curator and teacher based in Austin, Texas. His work is in the media of performance, installation, and CD release, and reflects his interests in architecture, language, abstraction and music. He is an active audio production professional, has taught classes in media production at the Art Institute of Austin, Shoreline College, and the Art Institute of Seattle, and has won awards for his creative work from the Austin Chronicle, the City of Seattle, Puget Sound Transit, and Jack Straw Productions. <p></p> Alex received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1995 and an MLA from St. Edward's University in 2005. He is a founding member of the Mimeograph Collective and the Sonicabal, an active member of the Austin New Music Co-op, and is a volunteer/ programmer on Austin's KOOP Radio, hosting Commercial Suicide, central Texas' longest-running experimental music program, every other week. <p></p> Recent projects include curating the sound art exhibition <i>Recreating the Domain</i>, finishing <i>Indian Lake</i>, a new CD release, and performances with the Waco Girls. <p></p> <b>Awards</b><br> <a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Awards/BestOfAustin?Year=2009&BOACategory=Media&Poll=Critics"><font size="2" color="red" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif">Austin Chronicle Best of Austin Critic's Pick (2009)</font></a> <br> Nomination for Best Public Art in <a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A782000"><font size="2" color="red" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif">the Austin Critic's Table 2009</font></a><br> <a href="http://www.soundtransit.org/x155.xml"><font size="2" color="red" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif">Sound Transit Public Art Program Finalist (1998)</font></a><br> <a href="http://www.seattle.gov/Arts/"><font size="2" color="red" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif">Seattle Arts Commission Performing Artist Award (2001)</font></a><br> <a href="http://www.jackstraw.org"><font size="2" color="red" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif">Jack Straw Foundation Artist Assistance Award (1998)</font></a><br> <p></p> <b>Education</b><br> MLA 2005, St. Edward's University <br> BFA 1995, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago<br> Internship with Experimental Sound Studio, 1994-1995<br> <p></p> <b>Memberships</b><br> <a href="http://www.koop.org"><font size="2" color="red" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif">KOOP Radio</font></a><br> <a href="http://www.newmusiccoop.org"><font size="2" color="red" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif">Austin New Music Co-op</font></a><br> <a href="http://www.sonicabal.com"><font size="2" color="red" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif">Sonicabal</font></a><br> <a href="http://www.jackstraw.org"><font size="2" color="red" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif">Jack Straw Productions</font></a><br> <a href="http://www.mimeomeme.com/"><font size="2" color="red" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif">Mimeograph Collective</font></a><br> <a href="http://www.emf.org/"><font size="2" color="red" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif">Electronic Music Foundation</font></a><br> </font></a>. </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </p> </div> </body> </html>