Bushwick Gallery; PCSFN Community Leadership Award, 2013
Gina Keatley (born March 9, 1980) is an American artist, curator, and media personality. She is the founder and director of Bushwick Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, an appointment-only gallery and creative hub that highlights both her own abstract expressionist works and those of international contemporary artists.[1] Keatley is also known for her earlier career as a nutritionist and television host, recognized for her food-focused programming and innovative approaches to health communication.[2] In 2013, she was awarded the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition Community Leadership Award for her contributions to public health.[3]
In June 2007 Keatley co-founded and was CEO of Nourishing USA.[4][5] In 2013 she stepped down as the CEO.[6] Delving into urban malnourishment issues and pushing for promotion of personal responsibility for health resulted in Turner Broadcasting naming her a CNN Hero.[7] She was named by L’Oreal as a Woman of Worth.[8] "Special Inspiration Award" at the Inspiration Awards for Women[9] and a Wiley College Women of Excellence Awardee.[10]
In 2012, Keatley launched a private nutrition counseling center, Keatley Medical Nutrition Therapy. Keatley received The President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition Community Leadership Award in 2013.[11]
In 2014, Keatley was named one of Collaborate Magazine's 40 Under 40[12] for her accomplishments as one of the industry's top young professionals. In 2015, Keatley became a spokesperson for "The Malaysia Kitchen for the World".[13]
In December 2017, Keatley became a professor of International Cuisine at Queens College, City University of New York. In May 2018, Keatley facilitated the launch of SIMMER, a tech and food collaboration. In 2018, SIMMER began development of the app Hungry4Halal, a mobile application designed to help users find locations that serve halal cuisine.[14] In January 2022, Keatley became the chief executive officer of the Sicilian Olive Leaf Tea Company and launched Matche, the world's first powdered olive leaf tea at the World Tea Conference and Expo.[15][16]
On May 16, 2023, Keatley gave a TEDxCUNY Talk titled "The Journey to Finding Your Food Identity".[17]
Keatley has recently[when?] ventured into the visual arts. Her primary collections, the "Bone Series" and "Glimpse Series," engage themes of human emotion and natural beauty.[18] Her art has been featured virtually in the Hamptons Fine Art Fair and Agora Gallery's Summer City Idyll.[19][20]
In 2025, Keatley’s dual role as artist and gallerist was profiled in ArtRabbit.[21] In just over a year, she produced more than 50 original works, including the Untamed Moderns, Linen, and Sow series—each reflecting a dynamic exploration of control, spontaneity, and compositional contrast. In July 2025, Keatley debuted her Miles series—large-scale abstract works themed around global emotional landscapes—at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair. Exhibiting through Bushwick Gallery (Booths 405 & 406), Keatley presented works alongside artists Beth Shaw, Jon Sarkin, Roger W. Hsia, Sherihan Khalil, and Kelly Nicole. The gallery's curation emphasized materiality, memory, and place-based intuition. Media coverage noted Keatley's presence at the fair as both an exhibiting artist and gallery director, featuring her works Cape Town, South Africa and Miles: Palermo.[22][23][24]
Television
Keatley has appeared on a number of cooking programs in the US, including Food Network's "Extreme Chef".[25] In September 2012, Keatley was a contestant on the tenth season of Top Chef: Seattle.[26][27][28] In 2013 Keatley was on HLN's "Cook Your Ass Off."
Keatley has appeared on Hallmarks Channel's show Emeril’s Table,[29] The Dr.Oz Show, Good Day New York,[30] The Lisa Oz Show [31] and BBC World,[32] and an occasional guest panelist on programs such as TED Talks.
In June 2013, Keatley joined Uncanned Productions team as Host of a new show, Healthy Soul with Gina Keatley.[33] In November 2013, Keatley was highlighted in "Beard Foundation Honors Women in Food" article in Gotham Magazine.[34] In 2014, Keatley was chosen as of one of five celebrity panelists for Glamour And L'Oreal Paris Top Ten College Women Panel.[35]
In 2015, Keatley became a wellness contributing author to The Huffington Post,[36] as well as an expert nutrition source for Yahoo Health.[37] Keatley is executive producer of a food documentary titled Far From Healthy.[38] In 2016 Keatley started filming Deliciously Diverse: Malaysia with Gina Keatley.[39]
In 2017, Amazon Prime premiered Deliciously Diverse Malaysia with Gina Keatley.[40]
↑ Inspiration Awards. "Inspiration Awards Winners 2011". The Inspiration Awards for Women. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
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