British artist John Keane (b 1954) has established a reputation as a political artist through a sustained artistic inquiry into the horrors of military and social conflicts around the world and the effects of media distortion. His subjects have included Northern Ireland, Central America, and the Middle East, and have involved working with organisations such as Greenpeace and Christian Aid. Keane first came to prominence when he was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum in 1990 to be the Official British War Artist of the Gulf War.
John Keane is represented in public collections including the National Portrait Gallery, London, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, and Glasgow Museums: Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow.