Keith Piper

Keith Piper is a Visual Artist and Associate Professor in Fine Art at Middlesex University London.

His creative practice exists in response to specific issues, historical relationships and geographical sites, and has exhibited nationally and internationally. Piper was a founder member of the Blk Art Group in the early 1980s and during this period he established a research-driven approach prioritising thematic exploration over an attachment to any particular media. His work over the past 30 years has ranged from painting, through photography and installation to a use of digital media, video and computer-based interactivity.

He has been commissioned and exhibited work internationally and taken part in numerous solo, group and site specific projects in a range of venues. His has work in a number of important public collections including the Tate, Arts Council of England, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Sheffield Art Gallery, The International Slavery Museum and MIMA.