Claudia Keep
Eastern Tiger SwallowtailYear 2026
Medium Pigment print on Fine Art paper hand embellished
Dimensions 25.4 x 30.5 cm. (10 x 12 in.)
Edition 50 + 5AP
Through large-scale depictions of bees, flowers, and insects, the artist explores the relationship between memory, nature, and ecological transformation. Inspired by the bees’ “waggle dance” — an instinctive language used to communicate information, resources, and dangers within the hive — these paintings themselves become acts of transmission and testimony.
More than a scientific observation, Claudia Keep offers a sensitive and instinctive vision of the living world. Her vibrant compositions, infused with color, light, and movement, pay tribute to these discreet yet essential species that contribute to the balance of the natural world.
Created with a keen awareness of the fragility of our environment, the works in Waggle Dance evoke the silent upheavals linked to climate change: the disappearance of pollinators, shifting seasons, and the gradual transformation of ecosystems.
Without seeking to deliver a manifesto, the artist invites the viewer to slow down, observe, and remember. Each painting acts as a poetic trace of a threatened moment — an attempt to preserve the memory of these life forms whose presence may not be eternal.
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Claudia Keep’s paintings reveal the intimate complexity of everyday moments. Composed of soft lines and shapes, they convey impressions of the ordinary that are curiously lucid. Ranging from scenes passing by like the somber warmth of a bedroom light, crumpled sheets rippled in the form of an avalanche, or the mesmerizing glare of a butterfly's wings, Keep renders these moments sacred. This record of detail rescues the humblest of beauty from invisibility, by its nature an invitation to look more closely.
Claudia Keep was born in 1993 in Low Moor, Virginia and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She received her BFA from Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania.
Her recent exhibitions include Shimmering Waves, LMDS, Shanghai (2024, solo); Une Chambre à Soi, Château La Coste, FR (2024, group); Somehow, Somewhere, Someway, Galerie Marguo, Paris, FR (2024, solo); In Bed, 1226 Gallery, Dallas, TX (2024, solo); Almanac, Parker Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2023, solo) and Aubade, MARCH, New York, NY (2023, solo). Keep has also exhibited at Blum & Poe (Los Angeles, CA), Venus Over Manhattan (New York, NY), Fortnight Institute (New York, NY), and The Painting Center (New York, NY). Keep’s work has been featured in The Paris Review, Plant Magazine, and Harper’s Magazine, among others.
Artists Claudia Keep
Name of the work Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Year 2026
Medium Pigment print on Fine Art paper hand embellished
Edition 50 + 5AP
Dimensions 25.4 x 30.5 cm. (10 x 12 in.)
Signed Yes
Numbered Yes
Certificate of authenticity No