Keetra Dean Dixon and Jonathan Keller Keller

, From K to J
Keetra Dean Dixon and Jonathan Keller Keller
Keetra Dean Dixon, American, b. 1977
Jonathan Keller Keller, American, b. 1976

From K to J is a website dedicated to the collaborative explorations of Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller, partners in life and creative endeavors, whose independent art and design practices often run parallel to each other, and often converge.

Together since 2006, Dixon and Keller’s work has been featured in GOOD Magazine and exhibited as part of the 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration.

Dixon and Keller live and work in Baltimore, MD.

Keetra Dean Dixon was born in Anchorage, AK, in 1977. Dixon has a B.F.A. in design from the Minneapolis College of Art + Design, MN, and she graduated with a M.F.A. from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI, in 2006. 

Dixon worked as design director with the LAB design team at Rockwell Group in New York for installations featured at 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale, and the 2010 01SJ Biennial. Her first solo exhibit opened in November 2009, in London's Kessell Kramer Gallery, KKOutlet. Her commercial design attracts companies such as Nike, Coca-Cola, The New York Times, Sony, and MTV.

Dixon often works under the handle FromKeetra, the name of her website. In addition to creating art and design for public installations, exhibitions and commercial projects, Dixon is a full-time associate professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).

Jonathan Keller Keller was born in Hutchinson, MN, in 1976. He received a B.F.A. in interactive multimedia from the Minneapolis College of Art + Design, MN, in 1999, and a M.F.A. from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI, in 2007.

Keller’s art and design has a strong online presence, with video views in the millions. His work has been featured on thousands of websites including NYTimes.com, BoingBoing, and the front page of Yahoo!.

Keller’s work has been exhibited at galleries throughout the world including the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Vögele Kultur Zentrum, Pfäffikon, Switzerland; I space Gallery, Chicago, IL; and the Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington, Australia.

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Designers Keetra Dean Dixon and Jonathan Keller Keller describe working at GlassLab on Governors Island, July, 2012.

Events
GlassLab will appear on Governors Island, Summer 2012
GlassLab at Governors Island |
June 30 - July 29, 2012 from 11:00am - 6:30pm
The Corning Museum of Glass will once again partner with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum to present GlassLab this summer. On weekends, from June 30 to July 29 on New York’s Governors Island,... more
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Design idea by Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller for GlassLab at Governors Island 2012
Design idea by Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller for GlassLab at Governors Island 2012
Design idea by Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller for GlassLab at Governors Island 2012
Design idea by Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller for GlassLab at Governors Island 2012
Designers Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller at GlassLab on Governors Island
Designer JK Keller at GlassLab on Governors Island
Designers Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller on GlassLab at Governors Island
Designer Keetra Dean Dixon at GlassLab on Governors Island
Designers Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller at GlassLab on Governors Island
Designers Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller at GlassLab on Governors Island
Designers Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller at GlassLab on Governors Island
Gaffer Chris Rochelle works with designers Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller at GlassLab on Governors Island
Gaffers George Kennard and Chris Rochelle work with designers Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller at GlassLab on Governors Island
Truck hitch prototype by Designers Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller at GlassLab on Governors Island
Designers Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller at GlassLab on Governors Island
Truck hitch prototype by Designers Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller at GlassLab on Governors Island
Designer JK Keller at GlassLab on Governors Island
Designers Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller at GlassLab on Governors Island
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