Josh Keyes

Josh Keyes (born 1969) is an American contemporary artist who makes paintings and prints. He is known for his "eco-surrealist" painting style and images of graffitied covered wilderness. He is based in Portland, Oregon, and previously lived in Oakland, California.

Biography Josh Keyes was born on August 17, 1969, in Tacoma, Washington.

Keyes has a bachelor's degree (1992) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a master's degree (1998) in painting and printmaking from Yale University.

Work Keyes' work has been described as "a satirical look at the impact urban sprawl has on the environment and surmises, with the aid of scientific slices and core samples, what could happen if we continue to infiltrate and encroach on our rural surroundings."

His painting style often includes narrative and the illusion of constructed worlds.

Keyes' public mural Treadmill (2006), is painted on the side of the Locust Street Garage in Walnut Creek, California.