Awards and Recognition

Everson Museum, Café Gallery, Syracuse, NY -One Artist Show- January 1994

Liedenfrost Gallery- Hector, NY-  "Recent paintings of the Finger Lakes and Ithaca" One Man Show- September 2004 

 Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA - Career Retrospective, "Two Generations of Pennsylvania Regionalist Painting" - A father and son show of William and Brian Keeler- Spring 2004

Laura Craig Gallery, Scranton, PA - “Plein Aire Studies and Studio transformations” One-Man-Show - Oct/Nov 2003

Arnot Art Museum, Elmira NY - Two Artist Show- July 2002

Laura Craig Gallery at Skytop - One Man Show - Summer 2002

Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott, NY - “American Painters" - Group Show- April 2002

EMCA Gallery, Tunkhannock, PA - One Man Show- March 2002

Central Market Art Gallery, Lancaster, PA - “The Art of Influence- Two teachers, two students from The York Academy of Arts, 25 years later"- November 2000

West End Gallery, Corning, NY - Two Artist Show- July 2000

Laura Craig Gallery, Scranton, PA - One Artist Show- March 2000

Laura Craig Gallery, Scranton, PA - One Artist Show- June 1997

Just Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY - One Artist Show- April 1996

Kings College, Wilkes-Barre, PA - One Artist Show-March 1996

Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA - One Artist Show- January 1996

George Waters Gallery, Elmira College, Elmira, NY - Two Artist Show with Treacy Zeigler November 1995

Hazleton Art League Gallery, Hazleton, PA - One Artist Show- November/1994

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Dewire Center, Eagles Mere, PA - Two Artist Show- August 1994

Tioga Art Space, Owego, NY - One Artist Show- March 1994

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Schweinforth Art Center Gallery, Auburn, NY- Still Life Artists of the Northeast- Sept/Oct 2006 

West End Gallery, Corning, NY -Two artist show with Treacy Zeigler- March/April 2005

Blue Heron Gallery, Wyalusing, PA- "Watercourse- Group Show" - Aug/Sept 2005 

 Titus Gallery- Ithaca, NY,  "Recent Paintings of Ithaca and the Finger Lakes"  One Man Show- September 2004 

Auradell Gallery at the Stroudsmoor Inn, Stroudsburg, PA, "Recent Landscapes"  One Man Show- September 2004

Blue Heron Gallery, Wyalusing, PA "Everyday Life Genre Show" Group Show- Aug/Nov 2006 

Blue Heron Gallery, Wyalusing, PA "Observing Color and Light" One Man Show- Nov 05/ May 2006 

 Blue Heron Gallery, Wyalusing, PA "The Sky Above Us" Group Show Aug/Oct 2007

West End Gallery, Corning NY- One-Man-Show- March/Aril 2007

Blue Heron Gallery, Wyalusing, PA "Illumination- Fire, Light and Heat" Group SHow- Aug/Sept 2008 

Lizza Gallery , Tunkhannock, PA- "Enduring Traditions" Two-Man Show with Tom Wise- Summer 2008

West End Gallery, Corning, NY- Two-Man Show with Jim Ramsdell- Spring 2009 

Atomic Tom's Gallery, Binghamton, NY- "Summer Light, Eternal Land" One-Man Show- August 2009

Blue Heron Gallery, Wyalusng, PA- "When Life is Still- Still life paintings of the Northeast" Group show- Dec 09/April 2010 

Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA- National Juried Figurative Competition- Autumn 2009 

Laura Craig Gallery, Scranton, PA- "When Life is Still, Part II" Group show May/June 2010 

Titus Gallery- Ithaca, NY- "Light on the Land" - Dec 09 to March 2010 

Yates County Art Center Gallery- Penn Yan, NY "Topography of Light" June/July 2010 

Pauly Friedman Gallery- Misericordia University, Dallas, PA "A Vision of Rhythm- Recent Landscapes and Townscapes" July/September 2010

Laura Craig Gallery- Scranton, PA "Light of Italy" Two-man-show with Tom Wise,  Sept/Oct  2010 

Gmeiner Art Center Gallery- Wellsboro, PA "Topography of Light" January/February 2011 

Titus Gallery- Ithaca, NY "Lake Light, Recent Paintings of the Finger Lakes Region" Oct/Nov 2011 

Titus Gallery- Ithaca, NY "The Light of Summer" July/August 2012 

West End Gallery- Corning, NY "Recent Work" A three-artist show with Bridget Bossart Van Otterloo and Brian Hart- Sept- Oct 2012 

Orazio Salati Gallery- Binghamton, NY "More Than Nude- Recent Figurative and Landscape Paintings" Sept/Oct 2012 

Rodger Lapelle Gallery- Philadelphia, PA "Painterly Pursuits- landscapes of Maine, Pennsylvania and New York with Recent Figurative Work"  March 2013 

West End Gallery- Corning, NY- Two Artist Show with Bridget Bossart Van Otterloo- Sept 2013 

Laura Craig Gallery- Scranton, PA - Two Artist Show with Thomas Wise- Nov Dec 2013

 The Quiet Life Gallery- Lambertville,NJ "Vedute Italiane, Italian Views" Nov-Dec 2013

The Rodger Lapelle Gallery- Philadelphia, PA- "Luminous Nature" March 2014

The Laura Craig Gallery- Scranton, PA "Topography of Light" August 2014 

 West End Gallery- Corning, NY "Recent Work" with Bridget Bossart Van Otterloo, September 2014

Packwood House Museum- Lewisburg, PA "Plein Air France and Italy" with Simonne Kiven,  November 2014 

Rodger LaPelle Gallery- Philadelphia, PA "Luminous Liaisons- Recent work from Italy and America by Brian Keeler"  March 1 to 31, 2015 

Laura Craig Gallery and AFA Gallery- Lumen Picturae, recent paintings by Brian Keeler, two concurrent shows.  August, 2015 

Titus Gallery- Ithaca, NY The Spirit of Lake Light,  November to December 2015 

Rodger LaPelle Gallery- Philadelphia, PA, "The Ineluctable Modality of the Visible" March and April 2016 

Roberson Museum- Binghamton, NY- "Heliodelic Topography" One-man-show, June 2016 to January 2017

Evelyn and Seymore Graham Award- Regional Exhibit, Hazleton Art League - April, 1994

Second Place Award-Regional Exhibit, Afa Gallery, Scranton, PA - April 1994

Second Place Award- Regional Exhibit, Marywood University, Scranton, PA -July 1994

Best of Show- River Reflections Exhibit, Susquehanna Studio, Uniondale, PA- October 1996

Best of Show- Regional Exhibit juried by Hilton Kramer, Wyoming Seminary Kingston, PA - April 1996

Best Of Show- 64th Regional Exhibit, Arnot Museum, Elmira, NY March 1997

Grumbacher Award- Cooperstown National Exhibit, Cooperstown, NYJuly 1998

Best of Show- Northeastern Regional, Scranton, PA October, 2000

Best of Show- Regional exhibit, EMCA Gallery, Tunkhannock, PA- Spring 2001

Best of Show-,Williamsport-Lycoming Arts Council Williamsport, PA- Spring 2002

First Place- Williamsport-Lycoming Arts Council, Williamsport, PA- Spring 2003

Wright Memorial Award for Oil Painting- Cooperstown National Exhibit, Cooperstown,NY – Summer 2004

Best of Show- Regional Exhibit. Williamsport-Lycoming Arts Council Wiliamsport, PA -Spring 2005

Best of Show- Regional Exhibit- EMCA Gallery, Tunkhannock, PA- Summer 2007

Best of Show- Regional Exhibit- Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY- Summer 2008

Best of Show- "Inspired by the Susquehanna Exhibit" Cultural Council of Luzerne County- WIlkes-Barre,PA - Fall 2008

Best of Show- "A Sense of Place- Regional Exhibit" Butternut Gallery, Montrose, PA- Spring 2009 

Best of Show- Regional Exhibit-Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY - Summer 2009 

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 Best Oil Painting- "Regional Exhibit" Butternut Gallery, Montrose, PA- Spring 2011

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Merit Award- One of three top honors- Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY - Summer 2011 

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Burchen Memorial Award-  Cooperstown National Exhibit- Cooperstown, NY- Summer 2014 

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Top award for Oil painting- Focus Regional Exhibit, Butternut Gallery, Montrose, PA Spring 2016 

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John Arnot Sr Award for Oil painting- Arnot Art Museum, Regional Exhibit, Spring 2016

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Best Plein Air Oil -  Plein AIr Magazine's Plein Air Salon, Winter 2017