Josh Keller was born in the ferric blue-collar mountains of Western Pennsylvania. His unmistakably middle-class childhood was tempered by the sensibilities of this community that toiled at turning iron,
limestone and coke into cold hard steel. The mill town values that emphasized a hard day’s work and the production of the physical underpin Josh’s creative practice.
In 1996 he received undergraduate degrees in architecture and science from Kent State University. Since that time he has worked for various architects in cities all over the world including Cleveland, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, Chicago, London and San Francisco. He is currently a Senior Associate at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and visiting faculty at the San Francisco Art Institute.
In addition to architectural studies, Josh has a Masters of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute. His art work is idea and process driven. He chooses mediums as a builder would a tool, selecting appropriate materials for the project. His work has been exhibited at the , Headlands Center For the Arts, deYoung Museum’s AIR Program and the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.