Biography
Keelan Parham is both an artist and entertainer who has been delighting guests at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, since 1993.
He is the Founder, Chief Creative Officer, and Co-Owner of Artistic Talent Group, one of the nation's leading providers of live event experiences. Artistic Talent Group provides artists and entertainers throughout Walt Disney World, including Disney's Animal Kingdom, Disney's Hollywood Studios, EPCOT, numerous Disney Resorts and The Art Corner at Disney Springs, their retail storefront.
A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, Keelan is a Past President of the International Society of Caricature Artists and a prominent member of the National Cartoonists Society. For more than three decades, he has worked as a professional illustrator and caricaturist, with artwork appearing in advertisements, comic books, comic strips, magazines, and other publications across the United States and around the world.
A lifelong innovator, Keelan is the creator of Hit and Run Caricatures™, Cork Toons™, Name Works™, and Animaltures™, and was among the first artists to pioneer live fashion sketch entertainment at events. He has built a career around pushing creative boundaries and developing entirely new forms of artistic entertainment. As those who know him will attest, he doesn't simply think outside the box, to Keelan, there is no box.
Keelan's accomplishments include ISCA awards for Best Abstract Style, Best Cartoon Style, and World's Fastest Caricaturist. He is also the author of "Let's Toon Caricatures", an instructional book on the art of caricature.
