Jeremiah Ketner is a Chicago-based Visual Artist. Ketner draws inspiration from Japanese aesthetics, packaging design, magazine ads and urban graffiti. He has exhibited in group shows in Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Houston, Detroit and all over the Midwest, in addition to a recent solo stint at Milwaukee’s Hotcakes Gallery. He shares a sunny, cozy apartment with his wife, baby boy and two lovely kitties, where they enjoy sipping Kona Coffee among other activities.

Jeremiah's paintings are an assemblage of muted tones, non-dimensional forms, flower-like shapes, and charming little creatures navigating through a sort of candyland world. The paintings are created with no preliminary drawing; a composition is formed haphazardly and then outlined through the building process of layers.

Overall the artwork is open for interpretation; the following statement was written by Lisa Quatman.

"Jeremiah Ketner puts sugar in his paint. I know because I ate one of his paintings, and it tasted like cake. I was instantly transported to a world full of children, bunnies, kitties, and I've even seen some monkeys. Sometimes an animal looks frightened, a child cries, or the wind blows the flowers away, but most of the time, everyone's happy in this place. Ice cubes fall in love, and we make origami boxes. Robots play in the garden while tulips fall from the sky. Then the weather cools off, and green and orange make way for blue and grey. The squirrels start hiding things. Children bundle up in caps to play in the snow. It's usually quiet, but its never boring here. People don't wear underwear if they don't want to, and we never go to work. We just frolic in the clouds, run with the bunnies, and chat with the ice cubes in the world of small and round."