Ballroom Marfa friend Patrick Keesey is participating in Works of Paper at ACME. in Los Angeles from July 9 – August 6, 2011. Keesey says, “The fundamental subject of my drawing practice is the tension between seeing and marking. This is the essence, or essential tension, found in the act of drawing, especially when drawing from life.”

Patrick Keesey participated in the Ballroom Marfa 2011 Benefit Auction in New York City this past spring.