ARTIST CV | BILLY KEARINS
BORN
Boston, MA, 1978
STUDIO
Coast Projects, 803 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL
Terminal Artworks, 813 Emma Street, Key West, FL
PORTFOLIO
www.kearins.com | @billykearins
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Jag Gallery, Key West | www.jaggallery.art
CONTACT
billy@kearins.com | (617) 418-9085
EDUCATION
1993-1997 College Preparatory, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
1997-2001 BA Communications, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
2010-2012 Master of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark (*thesis not completed)
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 In & Outside The Lines, Jag Gallery, Key West, FL
2023 Halftones, Coast Projects Studio, Key West, FL
2022 Coast Is Clear, Coast Projects Studio, Key West, FL
2021 Coast Is Clearing, Coast Projects Studio, Key West, FL
2019 See You In Cuba! Coast Projects Studio, Key West, FL
2017 New Space, Old Town, Coast Projects Studio, Key West, FL
2015 On The Rock, Coast Projects Yard, Stock Island, FL
2014 Boatyard Blues, Coast Projects Yard, Stock Island, FL
2008 A New Village, CPH Joinery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 Board Room, Village Board Designs, Gloucester, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Small Works 2025, Jag Gallery, Key West, FL
2025 Zest For Life, The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
2025 Mango Madness, The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
2024 Livin’ My Life Like A Song, Jag Gallery, Key West, FL
2024 Mango Madness, The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
2024 Small Works 2024, Jag Gallery, Key West, FL
2022 Small Works 2022, Jag Gallery, Key West, FL
2018 After The Storm, The Lemonade Stand, Key West, FL
COMMISSIONS, GRANTS & AWARDS
2025 It Takes A Bahama Village, A City of Key West Art In Public Places Commission
2025 No Kings, Save The Mango, People’s Choice Award, The Studios of Key West
2024 Livin’ My Life Like A Song, Poster Commission, Jag Gallery, Key West, FL
2024 Sweet, People’s Choice Award, The Studios of Key West
2021 Anne McKee Artist’s Fund Grant, Recipient
2019 Good Times On The Horizon, Private Commission, Noble House, Key West, FL
2017 Old Man & The Sea, Private Mural Commission, Highgate Hotels, Key West, FL
COMMUNITY
Founder of Coast Projects Artist Collective & Design Studio, Key West, FL (2012-Present)
Founder & Director of Coast Is Clear Cultural Festival, Key West, FL (2017-Present)
Director of Coast Camps & Educational Workshops Program, Key West, FL (2014-2021)
Artist Representative for The Truman Waterfront Park Arts Vision Team, Key West, FL (2018)
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
Myers, Britt, “Billy Kearins: Outside The Lines”, Keys Weekly, October 2025
Assam, Kevin, “The Coast Is Clearer for Billy Kearins”, Florida Weekly, September 2025
Myers, Britt, “It Takes A Bahama Village: Mural Honors Past & Current Leaders”, Keys Weekly, May 2025
“Florida Keys Guidebook: Artist Billy Kearins”, Wildsam Field Guides, January 2023
“Paradise Found: Billy Kearins in Key West”, Vineyard Vines, June 2022
Thomas, Sarah, “COAST: New Horizons, Original Roots, Rustic Vibes”, Keys Weekly, January 2019
