Born 1982 in Portland, Oregon, Keegan McHargue lives and works in New York. He has been depicted as "a magnificent maker of intense, busily illustrated drawings and paintings that warp perspective and combine imagery more as if in a dream than in reality". (Sarah Valdez, 2006).
Keegan McHargue has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world, such as Fredericks & Freiser, New York; Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco; Deitch Projects, New York; Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo;
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris; MACRO Museum, Rome; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; DESTE Foundation, Athens. He is part of permanent collections including Deste Foundation of the Contemporary Arts, Athens; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA. as well as many others.