Joe Keys graduated from the Fine Art department of Iceland University of the Arts in 2021. He was born in Newcastle, UK and has lived in Iceland since 2018.

He tends to work with drawing, sculpture, poetry and the relationship between those mediums. The drawings often contemplate a sculptural space, and the sculptures are installed in the manner of drawing. He predominantly works with found and leftover material.

Since living in Iceland, Joe has found a great interest in printed matter, artist’s books and their history in the country and further afield. Stations of the Cross, ELSE, George and Tammy, Explanation Park og fleiri.

This has led to making many independent and collaborative publications around exhibitions and happenings, such as Stations of the Cross, ELSE, George and Tammy, Explanation Park and many more.