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Kiechel Fine Art specializes in 20th century Regionalist art including work by John Steuart Curry, Thomas Hart Benton, Dale Nichols and Grant Wood. KFA is proud to represent the John Steuart Curry Estate and work with the Thomas Hart Benton Trust. Our contemporary collection focuses on area masters in drawing, painting and sculpture. We offer consultation for individual and corporate collectors as well as museums and are certified by the International Society of Appraisers for fine art.

06/11/2026

Please join us tomorrow for the opening reception of “Between Roots and Heaven” by Olena Mosiyevych.

“Between Roots and Heaven” confronts the ongoing reality of war experienced from a distance, navigating the complexities of identity within displaced cultural contexts. Born from Mosiyevych’s migration from Ukraine to the United States, these works trace fractured histories and familial dispersion, forming structures of belonging across distance.

The landscape of the American Midwest becomes a site of re-rooting, where trees embody both loss and renewal. Through precise, pulsating lines and recurring motifs of roots and branches, the works transform forest landscapes and domestic objects into quiet witnesses of memory. Encircled by fields of gold and platinum, and enveloped in deep blue tones, they open a space where the present remains in dialogue with both past and future, expressing a life lived between homelands, histories, and landscapes.

Building upon Mosiyevych’s previous presentation at the Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago, “Between Roots and Heaven” creates an intermediate symbolic space where multiple temporal and emotional registers coexist, reflecting on how cultural memory encounters a new horizon.

Opening Reception:
Friday, June 12th from 5–8 PM
1208 O Street
Presented by the Global Art Initiative of Nebraska

Olena Mosiyevych, “Between Roots and Heaven XII,” 2025. Acrylic and gold leaf on panel, 48 x 36 in.

06/09/2026

Join us this Friday for the opening reception of “Between Roots and Heaven” by Olena Mosiyevych.

“Between Roots and Heaven” confronts the ongoing reality of war experienced from a distance, navigating the complexities of identity within displaced cultural contexts. Born from Mosiyevych’s migration from Ukraine to the United States, these works trace fractured histories and familial dispersion, forming structures of belonging across distance.

The landscape of the American Midwest becomes a site of re-rooting, where trees embody both loss and renewal. Through precise, pulsating lines and recurring motifs of roots and branches, the works transform forest landscapes and domestic objects into quiet witnesses of memory. Encircled by fields of gold and platinum, and enveloped in deep blue tones, they open a space where the present remains in dialogue with both past and future, expressing a life lived between homelands, histories, and landscapes.

Building upon Mosiyevych’s previous presentation at the Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago, “Between Roots and Heaven” creates an intermediate symbolic space where multiple temporal and emotional registers coexist, reflecting on how cultural memory encounters a new horizon.

Opening Reception:
Friday, June 12th from 5–8 PM
1208 O Street

Olena Mosiyevych, “Between Roots and Heaven XXI,” 2026. Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 in.

06/05/2026

Tonight is one of the last chances to see Chad M. Olsen’s “Color Fields” exhibition. Join us for First Friday from 5–8 PM before the show closes tomorrow.

“Color Fields, the title of Chad M. Olsen’s Kiechel Fine Art exhibition, could be a direct reference to the color field painters of the ‘50s/early 60s who clearly have provided some of the inspiration for the work. It could also be a sly reference to his “abstract minimalist landscapes.” Or it could be a description of Olsen’s working process, using paint and mineral spirits to create, in the case of this show, canvases covered with “fields” of colors, activated by brushstrokes and the contrast between color bands.

In “Color Fields (blue)” and “Color Fields (blush),” Olsen works on the transparent ground to make the piece entirely about the paint, its color and its handling. That is also the case with two stunning squares, à la Josef Albers, only painted on glass rather than canvas. “Cobalt Blue” and “Phthalo Green” looked great leaning against the wall on a gallery shelf and would likely be even better hanging from the ceiling.

I’m also guessing that “Forest Bathing (Shinrin-yoku)” a large blue/black/green canvas and “Forest Bathing (Shinrin-yoku) B-side” — which like a 45 flips the colors to pink and yellow are directly tied to Olsen’s use of the Japanese practice of walking in nature.

Olsen, a 2002 Lincoln Southeast graduate who moved to New York after receiving his BFA in 2010, returned to Nebraska a few years ago, and is now based in Kearney.

I’ve written about his work since his first Kiechel Fine Arts exhibition in 2018, watching it evolve from what were truly abstracted landscapes to the luminous, minimal abstractions that make up his strongest exhibition yet.”

-L. Kent Wolgamott

Image: Chad M. Olsen, “Yellow,” 2025. Oil on transparency film, 4 x 4 inches, $500

06/04/2026

Don’t miss the final days of Chad M. Olsen’s “Color Fields” exhibition. View the show during First Friday tomorrow from 5–8 PM and pick up an exhibition catalog, available for purchase.

“My pursuit is simply to see what happens in the studio. Color Fields (blue) and Color Fields (blush) were born from my curiosity about pairing two colors together and seeing what happens when they connect and interact. Most of the paintings focus on basic color relationships: primary colors, complementary colors, warm colors, cool colors, etc. An unexpected hero color in the show is blush, a muted pink that, on its own, seems unremarkable but, paired with other colors, becomes unexpectedly enchanting.

This show is a complete installation; each individual painting is in dialogue with the others. I am in conversation with them, listening closely to what they are trying to tell me.”

Image: Chad M. Olsen, “Shadow Self,” 2026. Oil on canvas, 60 x 80 inches, $10,500

06/03/2026

Kira Nam Greene explores themes of female sexuality, desire, and control through both figurative paintings and still lifes, with food serving as a recurring subject. She was selected as a finalist for the inaugural Bennett Prize, a biennial award recognizing women artists working in figurative realist painting.

Established in 2018 by collectors Steven Alan Bennett and Elaine Melotti Schmidt, the Bennett Prize seeks to increase recognition and opportunities for women painters in a field where such acclaim has often favored men.

“By acknowledging the importance of women artists, The Bennett Prize is providing an antidote to what might be going on in the art market and the art world in general,” Nam Greene says. “I encourage emerging women painters to apply for the Bennett Prize. You meet 10 other amazing women artists… the diversity of the different practices will enrich your own art practice, but also your understanding of what realism is.”

Watch the full interview on ARTnews’ Instagram page: . Published by ARTnews and The Bennett Prize®

View Kira’s work at the gallery or online at https://kiechelart.com/artist/kira-nam-greene/

06/01/2026

Join us for June First Friday this Friday from 5–8 PM. Don’t miss the final days of Chad M. Olsen’s “Color Fields” exhibition before it closes on Saturday, June 6th.

“This body of work is a celebration of color, abstraction and my oil painting process. This feels like an awakening. It took time, curiosity, labor, belief, and my predecessors to reach this moment.

In the 1950s and 60s, a new form of abstract painting emerged, characterized by large areas of flat color as its subject matter. The Color Field movement inspired artists to push painting to new possibilities by experimenting with paint application. This led to breakthrough techniques like staining the canvas, which allowed the natural elements of paint to create abstract compositions. In a way, you could say I’m continuing what they started. I use mineral spirits to pool, blend, and thin pigment—sometimes in a single layer on transparent surfaces, and other times in multiple layers on canvas.

My pursuit is simply to see what happens in the studio. Color Fields (blue) and Color Fields (blush) were born from my curiosity about pairing two colors together and seeing what happens when they connect and interact. Most of the paintings focus on basic color relationships: primary colors, complementary colors, warm colors, cool colors, etc. An unexpected hero color in the show is blush, a muted pink that, on its own, seems unremarkable but, paired with other colors, becomes unexpectedly enchanting.

This show is a complete installation; each individual painting is in dialogue with the others. I am in conversation with them, listening closely to what they are trying to tell me.”

Image: Chad M. Olsen, “Color Fields (blush),” 2026. Oil on transparency film, 44.5 x 79 in. $10,500

05/26/2026

We’re pleased to announce Olena Mosiyevych’s upcoming solo exhibition, “Between Roots and Heaven,” opening June 12, 2026.

“Between Roots and Heaven” considers the experience of living through war from a distance and explores questions of identity shaped by displacement and cultural rupture. Emerging from the Mosiyevych’s migration from Ukraine to the United States, the works trace interrupted histories and dispersed families, forming evolving structures of belonging across distance.

The landscape of the American Midwest becomes a site of re-rooting, where trees embody both loss and renewal. Through dense rhythmic lines and recurring motifs of trees and roots, the works articulate endurance and continuity. Surrounded by fields of gold and platinum, they open a space in which the present remains in dialogue with both past and future, expressing a life lived between homelands, histories, and landscapes.

Extending the artist’s presentation at the Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago, “Between Roots and Heaven” continues an inquiry into displacement, resilience, and artistic transformation. Rather than resolving the tension between loss and endurance, rupture and connection, the exhibition holds it open as a space of contemplation and witness. Here, art becomes a form of relation, linking memory, embodied experience, and imagined futures.

For early previews, please contact the gallery at (402) 420-9553 or [email protected]. This exhibition is presented by the Global Art Initiative Nebraska.

Opening Reception:
Friday, June 12, from 5-8 PM
Kiechel Fine Art
1208 O Street, Lincoln, NE 68508

Exhibition Dates:
6/12/26-8/8/26

05/22/2026

“The Shape of the Prairie: Keith Jacobshagen” opens this evening at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph, Missouri. This retrospective honors Keith Jacobshagen and his lifelong exploration of the Midwestern landscape. Through painting and drawing, Jacobshagen distills the prairie into expansive horizons, shifting light, and subtle atmospheric changes—inviting a contemplative experience of place.

This exhibition will be on view through August 16th, 2026.

Opening Reception: “The Shape of the Prairie: Keith Jacobshagen”
Tonight, May 22nd from 4–7 pm
2818 Frederick Avenue
St. Joseph, MO 64506

Image: Keith Jacobshagen, “Late Spring Sky,” 2025. Oil on canvas, 18 x 36 in.

05/18/2026

Join us at The American Art Fair today until 7 PM. “Going West” by Thomas Hart Benton is on view in our booth, alongside several other works by Benton.

“My first pictures were of railroad trains. Engines were the most impressive things that came into my childhood. To go down to the depot and see them come in, belching black smoke, with their big headlights shining and their bells ringing and their pistons clanking, gave me a feeling of stupendous drama, which I have not lost to this day. I scrawled crude presentations of them over everything.”

(Thomas Hart Benton, An Artist in America) Fath 23.

📍321 E 73rd Street

Thomas Hart Benton, “Going West,” 1934. Lithograph, 11.5 x 22.5 in.

05/17/2026

It’s the second day of The American Art Fair. Join us until 6 PM today at the Bohemian National Hall, located at 321 E 73rd Street.

John Steuart Curry, “Golden Horse,” 1935. Oil on board, 23.25 x 35.5 in.

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