Speaking of updating my website, I have decided to strip down on the 'about me' section.
Therefore, I will paste the about me info here so that it still exists.
Insurance:
Kemeys Goethe is an illustrator and muralist from Tallahassee, Florida. He works large scale with buff paint and spray paint, as well as small scale with pencil, ink and watercolor. His objective is to document spontaneity of thought and self-awareness through art making. Goethe’s practice and philosophy are informed by his upbringing, his appreciation for exploration, his self-reliance, and his quest for sustainability.
Goethe was born in 1990 as Robert Kemeys Goethe. As a child he enjoyed exploring the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico with his dad. His love of nature grew when his family moved to Montana where he enjoyed long hikes. He competed in gymnastics through his elementary years, taking many road trips across the southeast with his family to attend regional meets. In high school, Kemeys was a key member of the swimming and diving team and marched in the drum line. He continues playing percussion in bands.
After high school, Goethe began writing graffiti, which served as an ideal means to marry his physical and creative capabilities. Graffiti has informed his creative practice in its spontaneity, impermanence, and range of application. There is a constant dialogue between Goethe’s graffit and his fine art, adding textures and color studies to walls, and a brave and fluid style to his studio work.
Goethe has painted several commissioned murals for local tattoo shops, churches, music venues, school clubs, and theater departments. He assisted Bob Copper in painting set backdrops for FSU’s production of The Nutcracker in 2012, and more recently painted a mural at the CoRK arts district in Jacksonville while staying as a visiting artist. He has organized exhibitions in Tallahassee, and has been featured in several others regionally.
Goethe has earned an Associate’s Degree from Tallahassee Community College and has attended Florida State University briefly as a Studio Art Major. After one semester, he began to question the efficacy of standardized art education. Through friends and family, he began to design his own artistic curriculum; attending various workshops and events including Life-size illustration with Fred Lynch at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Draw Anything with Jerry Moriarty at SVA, Graphic Design with Skip Sorvino at SVA, and Children’s Book Illustration with Monica Wellington at SVA. He has studied info-graphic illustration under Jonathon Rosen, and watercolor techniques with Scott Brundage.
In late 2013, the beautiful Dennis Family in coordination with The Josine Bokoven Gallery offered Goethe the opportunity to participate in a unique artist in residency program in Amsterdam. This one-month residency allowed a flourishing creative time for Goethe, in which a large number of studies for his forthcoming ‘Still Life From Ether’ series were created. Amsterdam also served as the gateway for further European adventures, leading Goethe to set up a one-month studio apartment, in which he made hundreds of drawings and studies. He attended gallery openings, museums, and The Venice Biennale.
Upon returning to the States, Goethe attended Art Basel Miami, painting a handful of murals in Wynwood. Today, Goethe resides at his lovely parent’s lovely home in Central Florida, where he is reinstating infrastructure to pursue more long-term projects.
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2008- Florida State University Developmental Research School Diploma
2010- The Dumpster Lords Rise, Railroad Square Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2012- A.A. Degree Tallahassee Community College
2012- The Dumpster Lords Return. The Renditions Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2012- Artbrary, Strozier Library, FSU, Tallahassee, FL
2012- Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Illustration Workshop, Fred Lynch, Bangor, ME
2012- Exhibition in FAB, FSU, Tallahassee, FL
2013- March First Friday exhibition at The Renditions Gallery: 'Soft Spots', The Art of Kemeys Goethe and Hope Limansah
2013- Art Army's Guerilla Art Show at Railroad Square for April First Friday
2013- Restitution, Display Gallery, Gainesville, FL
2013- MASS Presents: The Dave Matthews Twins with Superb Art. MASS Gallery. Tallahassee, FL
2013- Sorry Mom; An Art Show. The Office Lounge. Tallahassee, FL
2013- Visiting Artist, CoRK Arts District, Jacksonville, FL
2013- SVA Continuing Education Department Summer Workshops: 'Draw Anything' with Jerry Moriarty, 'Children's Book Illustration' with Monica Wellington, and 'Graphic Design' with Skip Sorvino. NYC, NY
2013- Info-graphic design workshop and studio visit with Jonathon Rosen. NYC, NY
2013- Studio visit with Scott Brundage. NYC, NY
2014- Apprenticeship with Shaun Thurston. Jacksonville, FL
