Keisha Prioleau-Martin’s work explores warmth and harmony within community, drawing on memories of joy and humor to deepen her understanding of consciousness. She recreates moments and daydreams as vivid paintings and sculptures, capturing a euphoric, rose-colored view of life. Her optimistic, sugar-coated works depict loud laughter, locked gazes, and warmly familiar scenes, all shaped by lush, layered colors and delicate glazes.
With a process that blends painting and sculpture, each medium influences the other, evolving from initial sketches, photographs, and collages. Every piece begins with memory—real or imagined—and celebrates values like beauty, adventure, friendship, and the grounding power of solitude.
Keisha Prioleau-Martin earned her BFA at SUNY Purchase (2017). She has had solo exhibitions at Olympia (New York, NY, 2022); ArtShack (New York, NY, 2022); and the former Art of Our Century (New York, NY, 2020). Selected group exhibitions include DC Moore (New York, NY, 2023); Contemporary Art Now (Ibiza, Spain, 2023); Dinner Gallery (New York, NY, 2021); and Zurcher (New York, NY, 2020).
Her work has been featured in Artnet, Hyperallergic, Art Spiel, and The Coastal Post.
Keisha Prioleau-Martin, Garden Party, Olympia, 2022.
Exhibitions:
MAIL, 2021
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News:
John Felix Arnold, The Coastal Post, John Felix Arnold on Garden Party at Olympia Gallery by Keisha Prioleau-Martin, 2022
Billie Anania, Hyperallergic, Keisha Prioleau-Martin’s Body Euphoria, 2022
Etty Yaniv, Art Spiel, Keisha Prioleau-Martin: I Have Been the Dancer, 2021
