Key West art galleries

Art Exhibition | 11/30/21 – 11/30/21
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Key West

Key West Pottery
1203 Duval St Key West FL 33040
305-900-8303

Originated in 2009 by the artists Adam Russell and Kelly Lever Key West Pottery (or “Honest Works Island Pottery” as it was originally called) was always meant as a joint endeavor between two creatives for one succinct purpose— FREEDOM. Freedom in all the obvious ways we conceive of it; free use of time financial freedom creative freedom etc… The resulting decade of intense collaboration has brought about the realization that we have also achieved another type of freedom— liberation from the confines of a single mind.

We are a unique blend.

Part traditional production pottery— tableware and traditional function. Vessels being created in house by the hundreds.

Part Fine Art Studio— monumental outdoor sculpture and interior decor to create places and visions.

Our Company has grown to include a small army of artisans creatives advisors students and collaborators who are working together with us to produce an authentic expression of this modern coastal life — without relying on cliché. As the epitome of authentic artwork made in the Florida Keys we carry a diverse selection of bespoke items — from the Island’s BEST coffee mugs to award winning totems visitors encounter the most well-rounded Gallery program on Duval Street.

Over this last decade we have developed a brand of tropical modernism that is unique and diverse enough to fit into any home or collection. Our Gallery at the center of the Historic Key West Gallery District is the quintessential Key West Pottery experience but we love to communicate and collaborate online as well.

We believe that you will find Key West Pottery to be a soulful and sincere art experience that ties you to the local’s perspective of coastal life.

Art Exhibition | 11/30/21 – 05/30/22
| Carrie Disrud
Key West

Harrison Gallery
825 White St Key West FL 33040
305-294-0609

Art Exhibition | 04/07/22 – 04/28/22
THE GARDEN OF ABSOLUTE TRUTHS | VALERIE HIRD
Key West

The Studios of Key West
533 Eaton St Key West FL 33040
305-296-0458

Somewhere beyond right and wrong there is a garden. I will meet you there. – Rumi

Hird a painter stage designer and award-winning filmmaker uses the mythical garden as a metaphor to explore how we perceive truth. Narratives favorites familiar from her childhood such as Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll and The Secret Garden byFrances Hodgson Burnett – among others – are re-imagined for our present day in large-scale paintings interactive shadowbox gardens and animated videos. Seductively charmingly she challenges the viewer to choose whether or not to believe.

Art Exhibition | 04/07/22 – 04/28/22
New Works | HEIDI THEISSEN
Key West

The Studios of Key West
533 Eaton St Key West FL 33040
305-296-0458

German artist Heidi Theissen fell in love with Key West in the 1980s and never fell out. Her tender series of dreamlike paintings on found wood pieces – mostly of people and scenes from Bahama Village – combine the virtuosity of a renaissance artist with the strange directness of folk art.

Art Exhibition | 04/07/22 – 04/28/22
YOUR NAME MIGHT COME UP | KEVIN ASSAM
Key West

The Studios of Key West
533 Eaton St Key West FL 33040
305-296-0458

Writer comic fashionista and stealth tricyclist Kevin Assam takes phrases overheard at parties gay bars and dubious back alleys then prints them in neon colors like a modern-day Warhol finding poetry in the absurd.

More info at yourecoming.com

Art Exhibition | 04/07/22 – 04/28/22
New Works | WILLIAM RHODES
Key West

The Studios of Key West
533 Eaton St Key West FL 33040
305-296-0458

Trained as a furniture maker by master craftsmen and as a folk quilter by his grandmother and other artists San Francisco-based artist William Rhodes uses his talents and empathy to give voice to African American histories and communities before they are lost to time. His exquisite wooden sculptures incorporate neon slogans historic photos and other ephemera. His fiber works include a pair of quilts made in Fall 2021 with members of Key West’s Bahama Village community.

made possible by the Tom Majors Fund for Wood Artists Community Foundation of the Florida Keys and Florida Keys Arts Council

Art Exhibition | 04/07/22 – 04/28/22
New Works | AMANDA BURNHAM
Key West

The Studios of Key West
533 Eaton St Key West FL 33040
305-296-0458

Burnham’s maximalist installation of folded layered and intertwined drawings is like stepping into a pop-up comic book that’s as disorienting as it is exhilarating. Burnham is based in Maryland where she is a tenured professor and boasts a resume of exhibitions and collections across the country and beyond.

Miami artist Meme Ferré’s abstract works unite a vibrant natural color palette reminiscent of her Caribbean heritage and the tropical lush flora and fauna from her garden in Puerto Rico. Ferré believes her artistic gifts should be shared inspiring her latest body of work an homage of portraits that capture the essence of her friends and loved one’s personalities hearts and souls through layers of thick painterly brushstrokes vastly divergent in form from her abstract landscapes but with a remarkable kinship in color and spirit.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the artists’ works will be donated to the Maurice A. Ferré Institute for Civic Leadership at Florida International University.

Art Exhibition | 05/05/22 – 05/26/22
MAKE IT UP AS I GO | MEME FERRÉ
Key West

The Studios of Key West
533 Eaton St Key West FL 33040
305-296-0458

Art Exhibition | 05/05/22 – 05/26/22
THE COLOR OF SUMMER | PAOLA EFFIO

Key West

The Studios of Key West
533 Eaton St Key West FL 33040
305-296-0458

A mermaid plays the lyre with a boat on her head. An anthropomorphized cat considers her next move. A dragon smiles with its tongue out like a happy dog. Effio’s charming raku and concrete sculptures appear like characters from a children’s book leaping into three dimensions.

supported by Anne McKee Artists Fund

Art Exhibition | 05/05/22 – 05/26/22
THE SUNSHINE COLLECTORS | NELLIE APPLEBY

Key West

The Studios of Key West
533 Eaton St Key West FL 33040
305-296-0458

Art Exhibition | 05/06/22 – 05/24/22
| KALINE CARTER and CHRISTIAN BRECHNEFF

Key West

Jag Gallery
1075 Duval St C-23 Key West FL 33040
305-407-6202

Art Exhibition | 05/27/22 – 06/15/22
| RICK WORTH
Key West

Jag Gallery
1075 Duval St C-23 Key West FL 33040
305-407-6202

Art Exhibition | 06/18/22 – 07/05/22
| CATHY ROSE
Key West

Jag Gallery
1075 Duval St C-23 Key West FL 33040
305-407-6202