Known for his mostly large-scale canvases covered with layers of spray paint and hand-painted geometric fields, Keltie Ferris’ pixilated backgrounds and atmospheric foregrounds create perceptual depth that allows for multidimensional readings of his work. Characterized by a continuously expanding investigation into painting, his practice considers a multiplanar site for constructed light and shifting space. In his ongoing series of body prints, Ferris uses his own body like a brush, covering it with natural oils and pigments and pressing it against a canvas, to literalize the relationship of an artists’ identity to the work that he or she produces. Keltie Ferris was born in Kentucky in 1977 and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.