Casey Mckee Art

American artist Casey McKee (Born in 1976) is currently based in China (Shanghai), but was born in Phoenix, Arizona. His art is included in the permanent collection of the Ömer Koç Collection, The National Arts Club in New York the Phynque Phamily Phoundation museum Minneapolis, The Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix, Arizona, The Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. The artist spends a lot of his time working with oil paint which he believes is the best medium and the best way to bring out the expression he desires in his works. He produces his pieces of art through a combination of painting and photography. This makes his art be be more realistic. In 2011 McKee’s art featured in Moscow, Russia in the 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. He is represented in Frankfurt, Germany by Galerie Greulich. McKee's process is a combination of photography and painting. He first creates the photograph and then prints it onto the surface (e.g. canvas, wood panel, handmade paper, etc.), using a photographic emulsion. McKee spends a lot of time working with oil paint which he believes is the best medium and way to bring out the expression he desires in his works. Today, framed Casey McKee art are being sold through many outlets in many countries. His work has also appeared in many exhibitions such as the Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Scottsdale, and the Village People at Kunstverein Wolfsburg.