Ronald Feldman Gallery | Keith Cottingham

Keith Cottingham

Cottingham Hero Image

Keith Cottingham

Coalesce, 2016

Biography

Creating works that belie or falsify the conditions of their making, Keith Cottingham uses technology to cast a suspicious eye on art, and on photography in particular. He does this in works that include a series of detailed “portraits” created without actual models; they are actually based on sculptures created by the artist, which he scanned and digitally embellished. For another project, he used albumen prints to create historical documents of imaginary people, places, and events. His interest in this uncertainty of the document has also extended to the future, in detailed 3-D renderings of places—both natural and man-made—that have never existed.

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Exhibitions

Sep 2025 – Jan 2026 Group Show Performance, Activist, and Existential Photographs

Jun 18 – Jul 18, 2019 Group Show Summer 2019

Feb 12 – Mar 27, 2016 Keith Cottingham Biology and Cosmology: Below the Visible

Feb 17 – Apr 27, 2012 Group Show Have We Met Before?

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Cottingham Flare 2016

Keith Conttingham

Flare, 2016

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Cottingham Flare 2016

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Keith Conttingham

Flare, 2016

digitally constructed photograph

Cottingham Coalesce 2016

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Keith Cottingham

Coalesce, 2016

digitally constructed photograph

Cottingham Chill 2016

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Keith Cottingham

Chill, 2016

digitally constructed photograph

Cottingham Untitled Single Female 2004

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Keith Cottingham

Untitled (Single Female), 2004

digitally constructed photograph

Cottingham Untitled Skylight

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Keith Cottingham

Untitled (Skylight), 2004

digitally constructed photograph

Cottingham Untitled Interior Columns

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Keith Cottingham

Untitled (Interior Columns), 2004

digitally constructed photograph

Cottingham Exploration Junk 1999

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Keith Cottingham

Exploration (Junk), 1999

constructed photograph, platinum/palladium print

Cottingham Landscaples Animal Sculpture 1999

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Keith Cottingham

Landscapes (Animal Sculpture), 1999

constructed photograph

Cottingham Fictitious Portrait Triple 1993

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Keith Cottingham

Fictitious Portrait (Triple), 1993

digitally constructed photograph

Cottingham Biology And Cosmology Below The Visible Installation View 2016 06

Biology and Cosmology, 2016

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Cottingham Biology And Cosmology Below The Visible Installation View 2016 06

Biology and Cosmology, 2016

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Cottingham Biology And Cosmology Below The Visible Installation View 2016 01

Biology and Cosmology, 2016

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Cottingham Biology And Cosmology Below The Visible Installation View 2016 05

Biology and Cosmology, 2016

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Cottingham Biology And Cosmology Below The Visible Installation View 2016 07

Biology and Cosmology, 2016

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Cottingham North Gallery Installation View 2007

Keith Cottingham, 2007

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Cottingham Biology And Cosmology Below The Visible Installation View 2016 06

Cottingham Biology And Cosmology Below The Visible Installation View 2016 01

Cottingham Biology And Cosmology Below The Visible Installation View 2016 05

Cottingham Biology And Cosmology Below The Visible Installation View 2016 07

Cottingham North Gallery Installation View 2007

Cottingham Biology And Cosmology Below The Visible Installation View 2016 06

Biology and Cosmology, 2016

installation view

Cottingham Biology And Cosmology Below The Visible Installation View 2016 01

Biology and Cosmology, 2016

installation view

Cottingham Biology And Cosmology Below The Visible Installation View 2016 05

Biology and Cosmology, 2016

installation view

Cottingham Biology And Cosmology Below The Visible Installation View 2016 07

Biology and Cosmology, 2016

installation view

Cottingham North Gallery Installation View 2007

Keith Cottingham, 2007

installation view

Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. The gallery is located in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City and exhibits performance, photography, new media, film, painting, drawing and sculpture.