Keegan Isaac Holden

Keegan Isaac Holden (b. 1995) is a second year MFA candidate at UCLA. Keegan holds a BA in Photography from Bard College and was the 2019 recipient of the Lugo Land Residency. Keegan was a finalist for the Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today, and exhibited work at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the Orlando Museum of Art, the Ackland Art Museum, the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, and the Grand Rapids Art Museum. In 2022, Keegan released their first monograph, "Impressions," published by Edizioni del Bradipo.

Education
2026 — MFA Candidate, Art, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2019 — BA, Photography, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2019 — I Was Looking For You, Woods Studio, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Group Exhibitions
2022 — The Community, curated by Brian Van Lau, Arcanite Pictures. Online exhibition
2022 — The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today, curated by Taína Caragol and Leslie Ureña, National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. and traveling
2021 — Time Capsule, curated by Shamim Momin, Photography Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Residencies
2019 —Bard Lugo Land Residency. Lugo, Italy
Books
2022 —Impressions. Lugo, Italy: Edizioni del bradipo, 2022. Essays by Tim Davis, Francesco Neri & Luca Nostri.
Bibliography
2025 — Sastry, Parinitha R.; Sen, Ishita. “Why Do We Encourage Americans to Move to Disaster Zones?” The New York Times, Opinions. 16 January 2025.
2024 — Gruwell, Aidann; Bushnell, Alex; Yang, Alex; Sanchez, Ricky; Shi, Ricky. “The Connective Role of Art in UCLA’s Pro-Palestine Encampment.” Contemporary Art Review, Los Angeles, no. 37 (Fall 2024): 14-23.
2021 — O'Leary, Erin. "On Making Photographs in a Surveillance State." Contemporary Art Review, Los Angeles, no. 24 (May 15, 2021): 27-33.
Artist Lectures
2022 — Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
2020 — Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2019 — Architectural Association of London Visiting School, Lugo, Italy