Portland Art Galleries | Artists

Faux Money Faux Problems

January 17, 2012

In Faux Money, Faux Problems, Gage Hamilton, Zach Yarrington and Stephan Alexandr work with FIFTY24PDX Gallery to create a concept show in response to the current financial climate. Gage questions the legitimacy of our financial institutions and our relationships with money through re-created scenes from The Alexander Hamilton Project peppered with reactions to the ensuing Occupy controversy, while Zach searches for a utilitarian alternative to the disheartening state of American politics, and Stephan poses a unique question of commodity value.

Faux Money, Faux Problems
opens First Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 from 6:00-10:00pm.
Come and enjoy seasonal beer courtesy of Red Hook and charcuterie from the Gorilla Meats Co. along with live DJ.

Gage Hamilton was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and received his BFA in Digital Arts / New Media along with a degree in Political Science from University of Oregon. With a notable history of social commentary through street installation work, his practice focuses on the triangular influence of money, sex and media on contemporary American culture.

Zach Yarrington grew up outside of Detroit before heading to Oregon in 2005 where he received his BFA in Digital Arts / New Media at University of Oregon. With his strong affinity for hand-drawn type, he finds inspiration in the rustic signage of a blue collar American city, the Pacific Northwest landscape, and his love of post-punx lyrics.

Stephan Alexandr was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. His fascination with materials can be seen in his work as Co-Founder and Creative Director of Sticks & Stones Accessories in which he pairs exotic woods, prehistoric ivories, and fossils with precious metals and stones.

FIFTY 24PDX Gallery / Upper Playground

23 NW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97209

M-SAT 11AM-8PM SUN 12PM-6PM

Show Ends: 2012-04-02

Low-Tech, High-Art Printmaking

January 17, 2012

By Teri Petersen

Learn a simple yet elegant form of block printing using sheets of foam and a drawing stylus. Create your own design and print a set of 10 cards for Valentine’s Day!

Event is free, but space is limited and registration is required.
Register online at www.museartanddesign.com/news/ or call (503) 719-4038.
Muse will feature promotional pricing and/or coupons for selected materials to attendees of each event.

Muse Art + Design
@ Milepost 5
850 NE 81st Ave. Studios Bldg 1st Floor
Portland, Or. 97213
Feb 1st, 2012 | 7-9pm

The Creative Conversation: Intuitive Art-Making

January 17, 2012

By Teri Petersen

Based on Bridget Benton’s new book, The Creative Conversation, this hands-on lecture/workshop will jump-start your creativity by helping you discover ways to create your own fun, positive, supportive approach to art-making while trusting your intuition to guide you.

Muse Art + Design
@ Milepost 5
850 NE 81st Ave. Studios Bldg 1st Floor
Portland, Or. 97213
Jan 25, 2012 | 7-9pm

The Curves + Lines Show

January 16, 2012

By Debbe Hamada

Tilde in Sellwood will host a First Friday reception for three papercraft artists from 6:00pm to 9:00pm on Friday, February 3rd, 2012. The three individual artists choose paper as their medium of artistic expression for a variety of reasons—and, we know viewers will take delight in the unique, textured creations from all.

Tilde
7919 SE 13th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97202

Julie Everhart, founder of Studio Olivine, is a letterpress artist living in Portland, Oregon who enjoys keeping her hands inky. She’s been drawing since she was old enough to hold a pen and continues to evolve and change her processes every day. Julie prints on wood, linen, and paper, using earth friendly methods and materials whenever possible. For her first collection of letterpress art prints, Julie focuses on the beauty of the ever-evolving process of life. Change is the theme, complete with bends and turns and additions of elements that have shaped the artist and her art into something new, complex, and beautiful. Pieces in this show are printed and pressed on handmade recycled paper, one color at a time with soy inks, and mounted onto bamboo.
Katie Kulper is an Oregonian (born and raised), and Portland based artist/designer. She created multi-dimension paper sculptures for the current show with the notion that in seasons of sadness and brokenness, there is beauty to be found. Similar to a long season of rain and clouds, new growth and clear skies are the result. Katie notes that she’s experienced her fair share of rainy seasons, and each piece in the show represents one of the places where she’s shed and shared tears. The intensely emotional process in her creative thinking and artistic execution offer a beautiful result.
Hailing from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Marnie Karger draws inspiration from the geography and history of the land around her as she reveres a sincere sense of place and home. Her unique artworks are created by carefully cutting and layering chromatically colored paper to represent depth maps of popular lakes, rivers, and coastlines. Each piece for the show is a handmade effort, reflecting attention to and appreciation of the beauty, mystery, and complexity of the contours beneath the surface of the water.

Located in Sellwood, Tilde hosts a revolving bi-monthly art show, with receptions on the First Friday of the opening month. Tilde, a modern lifestyle shop, offers a well-edited selection of women’s and men’s accessories, and home decorative items that are original creations by individual artists and design groups. Displayed in a home/gallery environment, each product sits near a designer’s statement to reveal the story behind each creation.

Show Ends: 2012-03-31

Public Bulletin Board Needed for Art Film

January 11, 2012

By Eye

Hungry Eyeball just received this nice email…

Hi i am Nathan Ira, I am a 22 year old artist living in Missoula,
Montana. What i want to do is have 6 people from all across the nation
put up a bulletin board in their respective areas. I then want them to
photograph the bulletin boards once a week until June. At which point
they will send all the photos to me and i will put them into a video
and put it on the internet. I am doing this for art sake not trying to
make any money. So please let me know if you can think of any one in
your area that would be interested in participating. Please feel free
to give them my email so that they can contact me about it. Thank you
very much.

Anyone interested in partaking, use our contact page and I’ll get you in contact with Nathan. Thanks!

Sundries Serendade at Good:a Gallery

January 10, 2012

By Scott Foster

Good:a gallery starts the New Year off with a seductive instillation by artist Micki Skudlarczyk, entitled “Sundries Serenade”. Her work investigates the psychological and emotional realities surrounding the physical transition from life to death. This instillation asks the viewer to reconsider the nature of sundries, and the devalued and rejected parts of butchered animals slain for their higher-valued products. Paying homage to the parts that remain after life has passed and the dishes are cleared, “Sundries Serenade” makes special these “miscellaneous items of little value”. Hanging gently from a clothes line in the wallpapered room of the gallery, each part is washed, cared for and sung to with reverence. During the month of January, this free instillation can be viewed through the gallery windows located at 4325 N. Mississippi Ave. Good’s doors will finally open for a closing reception on Friday, January 27th, from 7pm to 10pm. Don’t miss this mellifluous instillation that transforms macabre sundries into magnificent remains of life’s offerings.

Show Ends: 2012-01-27

Call to Artists for GLEAN

January 8, 2012

By Amy Wilson

A unique and exciting art program called GLEAN (meaning “to gather, collect bit by bit, or pick over in search of relevant material”) is seeking applicants for our 2012 program. The program is a partnership between crackedpots, Recology and Metro with primary goal of helping educate our region about excessive waste generation and consumption.

It’s an exciting opportunity for artists to have full access for six months to materials discarded at Metro Central transfer station (where waste goes before being sent to the landfill). In addition to gleaning privileges, selected artists each receive a $2,000 stipend and 80% commission on art sales generated from a public exhibition scheduled for September 2012.

Full, detailed information, including the Application and Call to Artists can be found at www.crackedpots.org. The deadline for Applications is January 31, 2012.

INTERNAL at Hellion Gallery

January 4, 2012

By Wag

Internal – apprentice, intern, assistant, talent
a group show featuring artists who work with creative folks.
Joey Alvarez (fontana studios)
Joseph Bergin III (albatross tattoo)
Alex DeSpain (hellion gallery)
Christa Mariottini (tatiana wills photography)
opening reception
January 5, 2012 @ 6pm
show closes January 28
HELLION GALLERY
19 NW 5TH AVE, SUITE 204
ENTER TO THE LEFT O UPPER PLAYGROUND
2ND FLOOR IN THE BACK ACROSS FROM GROUND KONTROL
Gallery Hours – Mon-Sat – 12-7pm.
www.helliongallery.com

grumble toy and spencer hibert at grass hut

January 4, 2012

By Eye

Spencer Hibert and Grumble Toy
@ Grass Hut
400 NW Couch St.
Portland, OR. 97209

Opening 1st Thursday January 5th, 2012 | 6-9pm
up until January 31st

Year of The Rabbit

December 26, 2011

By Neil M. Perry

A solo-show of new work by Neil M. Perry at Screaming Sky Gallery (1416 NE Alberta St.)

2011 has been the year of the Rabbit. In my most recent series of drawings and paintings the White Emperor watches over his Kingdom and the recently deposed wolves are banished to the dark outer-reaches.
We live in a complex world that has a skewed perception of meritocracy and occasionally no use for it at all. Tyrannical oligarchy has replaced democracy and the decisions that affect our lives are being heavily influenced, if not decided absolutely, by the super rich. Elected officials are a puppet show and it appears we may have been safer running with wolves than sitting among the rabbits. Art reflecting life, whatever next?
Opening Reception with Neil M. Perry
Dec. 29th, 2011 from 5pm-9pm
@ Screaming Sky Gallery
1416 NE Alberta St.
Portland, OR. 97211
Show Ends: 2012-01-25