Painted wooden cuts outs of drunks by Natalie Phillips and Gabriel Decker.
Opening reception Friday, May 19th, 2012 from 6 to 9 pm at Billy Ray’s dive on NE MLK and Thompson.
Billy Ray’s Neighborhood Dive
2216 NE MLK Blvd
Portland, OR 97212
Portland artist Brin Levinson interview and limited-edition print release
> ( What do you envision for the human race? )
That’s a huge question. I can go pretty far out with that because I really think we’re capable of anything we’ve ever dreamt up. From overpopulated dystopias to technological paradise island cities, I think it will all happen. We live in a world were new technology is introduced into our lives on a weekly basis. It used to take hundreds of years for advances to happen in ways that effected peoples lives. People lived the same way doing the same things for thousands of years without any major changes from generation to generation. Now, things change so fast we can barely keep up. What will life be like in fifty years? We don’t really know but we do know it’s not going to be the same as it is now. That’s a new thing. I can’t really help being pessimistic about the future because based on what we’re doing to the planet now, it looks pretty grim. But, we may develop ways to undo the catastrophe after all, you never know. The fascinating thing is that life will be so different in the future we don’t even know what it will be like.
> ( If you were to have a spirit animal, what do you think it would be and why? )
I would love my spirit animal to be a bird because they are so free and flying looks like insane fun. But, when I look in the mirror I see more of a weasel or hedge hog. I can empathize with most animals so it’s hard to pick just one that speaks to me but I really think it’s a four legged land mammal of some sort. Maybe a fox.
> ( Many of the scenes in your paintings seem to be from Portland, are you the photographer… how are you finding these images? )
I take my camera with me a lot and sometimes go out specifically to take pictures at spots that I’ve seen or am curious about. I love the bridges and old industrial areas that are like time capsules from 100 years ago. I have so many pictures it’s easily a lifetime supply of painting material but I’m constantly on the hunt for good photos. A lot of the time, I use a few different pictures as reference for a painting and visually collage them together.
> ( what comes to mind when I say… )
dog… - faithful.
cat… - sketchy but lovable.
rhino… - bizarre three toed knee-less unicorns currently going extinct thanks to us, -must protect!
> ( Can you talk about any upcoming art events or shows? )
I have a show of new paintings at the Graeter Gallery in old town all of May 2012. This show represents the work I’ve done over the last 10 months. It’s is called “Tridacna” and is with fellow Portland artists Brooke Weston and Miguel Gonzalez. Check it out at 131 NW 2nd ave, Portland.
Purchase Brin Levinson’s limited-edition framed prints through the Hungry Eyeball online gallery.
Buggin’ for some variety in your daily routine? Good:a gallery invites you to take a detour down N. Mississippi Avenue this June and check out the mix of artwork from an assortment of artists in the group show, June Bugs. Not all things are created equal, and – like the artwork on the walls – good:a gallery appreciates being a little different. Owned by artists for artists, this garage-turned-gallery strives to support the Portland art scene with frequent group shows and fun receptions where communities come together. It’s a pint-size gallery with a keg-size heart! Sure, we’re a little different on the outside…but like you, Good sees value in art and variety!
Come see for yourself at the opening reception for June Bugs, 1 June 2012, from 7pm to 10pm!
Want more reminders of current and upcoming shows? Visit us on the web at goodpdx.com.
Free, all-ages show at
good:a gallery
4325 N Mississippi,
Portland, Oregon
Show Ends: 2012-06-01
Join us for the opening reception for Portland’s own
BROOKE WEEBER
June 1st, 2012
6-9:30pm
at REDUX Gallery and Boutique
this First Friday in June!
DJ Dragons & Sh*t will be spinning his web of tunes 7-9:30 for your listening enjoyment.
Snacks and vino on hand as usual and many neighboring galleries also participate in the late-night festivities, so come make a night of it!
Brooke Weeber is a Portland-based illustrator who brings whimsical, nature-based scenes to life. Her complex pieces combine animals with instruments, ribbons with clouds and always feature her iconic subtle color palate and playful aesthetic. Brooke finds her inspiration from various natural landscapes as well as Greek and Native American culture. She started drawing when she was a young thing, but started focusing on it in high school and later in college. After receiving her BFA in painting from the University of Oregon in 2003, Brooke flew her native Northwest for the big city, where she focused on her other passion – professional baking. She received a degree in Professional Pastry Baking at the French Culinary Institute of New York in 2005 and worked as a high-end cake decorator immediately. Craving more trees and more drawing space, Brooke packed up her apartment and re-rooted herself in Portland in 2009. She’s been cranking out pieces ever since and has had shows locally at Mississippi Studios, the Farm, and Tribute Gallery. She’s pleased as punch to be on her bike, thinking of pictures and what kind of cake to make for her next friend’s birthday.
REDUX Gallery and Boutique
811 East Burnside #110
Portland, Oregon 97214
Gallery hours;
Mon-sat 11-7
Sun 11-5
for more information:
www.reduxpdx.com
(503) 231-7336
Show Ends: 2012-07-03
Consumption with Diana Crites and Erin Robinson Grant at Gallery 114
Gallery 114 is pleased to present a provocative new exhibition showcasing the work of contemporary Northwest artists, Diana Crites and Erin Robinson Grant. “Consumption,” a surreal exploration of rebirth through death, utilizes dolls, animation, and more traditional mediums to convey the inescapable nature of destruction and the challenge of rebuilding. Consumption will be on display at Portland’s Gallery 114 from June 7 through June 30, 2012, with opening festivities on Thursday, June 7.
Exhibiting artists Diana Crites and Erin Robinson Grant share an appreciation for many of life’s darker inevitabilities. The themes of self-destruction, metamorphosis, and death figure largely throughout their independent work, so exhibiting together under a common theme was intuitive. And it proved inspirational. In Consumption, their art continually intersects — even uniting in projected animations– before reaching different, and sometimes startling, conclusions.
Employing many vehicles – including dolls, video installation, oil painting and illustration – the artists attempt to communicate the multi-faceted nature of consumption. Through conceptual narratives of memory, desire, and decay, a common thread is formed: that although consumption is inherently destructive, it is also an inevitable step towards progression and rebirth.
Regarding the theme of consumption, Erin Robinson Grant states, “It conveys decay, destruction, and a necessary use of a limited material. No other word so beautifully captures the constant struggle of humanity to survive in both physical and philosophical terms.” Adds Diana Crites, “Consumption, for me, is about an unwitting trip to places you don’t want to go; and, having gotten irrevocably lost, the struggle to get somewhere new. In the end, sometimes you have to waste away to find yourself.”
Consumption runs from June 7 through June 30, 2012 at Gallery 114, in Portland’s Pearl District. Please join them on Thursday, June 7, from 6-9 pm for the exhibition opening and artist reception. Gallery 114 participates in “First Thursday” festivities, previewing art exhibitions showing at downtown art galleries. In conjunction with Consumption, Gallery 114 will present, “A Theory of Morbid Attraction: An Artist Talk” by Erin Robinson Grant on Saturday, June 16, from 1-2 pm in the gallery. Gallery 114 is located at 1100 NW Glisan, Portland, Oregon 97209. Admission is free and open to the public.
About Gallery 114
Gallery 114 is the only established gallery in Portland that has persisted in allowing its artists absolute artistic freedom throughout its 20-year history. Founded in 1990 as an artist collective, Gallery 114 and its members have consistently produced a diversity of artwork.
Show Ends: 2012-06-30
ART SHOW & FIRST THURSDAY ARTIST RECEPTION
Portland in Postcards: Portland’s Public Art & Architecture in 4×6
Woodcuts and original illustrations by Carye Bye of Red Bat Press
June 7 – 30, 2012
Lulu’s Vintage
916 W Burnside
Portland, Oregon
Hours: Wed – Sat 12-6 and Sun 1-5
First Thursday Artist Reception
June 7, 2012, 5-8pm
Lulu’s Vintage is proud to host an art show for the month of June featuring 4×6 inch postcard-size hand-printed woodcuts and original watercolor & ink illustrations by artist Carye Bye of Red Bat Press. Her love of Portland has been a theme in her printmaking over the last decade and in the illustrated guidebook Hidden Portland she self published in 2009 and Bedouin Books published in 2010. Janet Julian, a local musician and folksy artist refers to Carye as a “Tourist in her own town”. What is more touristy than the postcard!
Bye has collected postcards most of her life. Her grandparents in Florida sent her alligator, shell collections, and cute kitten and puppy postcards to Minnesota where she grew up. In high school she started her first reproduction printing by making a variety of zines which she’d sell to friends. One zine The Bizzare focused on different subject matters and the fourth issue was all about bathtubs. This launched a collection of postcards with bathtubs. Today Bye curates the informal Bathtub Art Museum with a collection of nearly 400 “bathtub” postcards. Her interest in postcards has continued in her professional arts life.
Through Red Bat Press, a small artist press Bye started in 2002 that specializing in woodcut illustration and hand printing on a letterpress, a tradition of making Portland Postcards has emerged. The popular Bridges of the Willamette, a collection of 10 woodcut reproductions of Portland’s unique bridges, is one of Bye’s signature contributions. Other Portland scenes in the collection so far include, Paul Bunyan, Vaux Swifts, Union Station, Chinatown, Stag Sign, City of Roses and many bicycle prints.
In this new exhibit, Bye will illustrate her favorite public art sculptures and architecture in woodblock and Ink & watercolor. This includes a new carving of the Steel Bridge in honor of Steel Bridge’s 100th Birthday this summer.
For spring APAK will be celebrating the reemergence of life with a series of new limited edition prints! All prints are numbered and signed, giclee prints using archival ink on acid-free cotton rag paper.
Opening reception: Thurs May 10th, 2012, 5-7pm
Show Dates: May 10th – June 7th, 2012
Black Wagon
3964 N Mississippi Ave
Portland, OR 97227
A *free* celebration of all things St. Johns, happening on the same day as the 50th Annual St. Johns Parade. Featuring:
Arts/Crafts! – An open-air craft market featuring 75 local artists. A perfect place to find a Mothers Day gift or a gift for yourself! Full list of artists is here.
Music! – The Corin Tucker Band • AU • Old Light • Grandparents • The Dusu Mali Band • Rock n Roll Camp for Girls Showcase • Mo Phillips • and many others! Check out the full line-up here.
Beer! – A bier garten hosted by local brewers, Occidental Brewing. Serving beer from: Occidental • Ninkasi • Laurelwood • Lompoc • Widmer Brothers
Plus many other events and activities organized by the businesses of St. Johns. Make a day of it!
Learn more: StJohnsBizarre.com | Facebook | Twitter
St. Johns Bizarre
Downtown St. Johns
N Lombard St & N Philadelphia Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97203
ONE day only Saturday May 12, 2012
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
* Poster artwork by Portland artist Carson Ellis
The accidental laws of physics, the absoluteness of time, behind everything lies concealed an elegant mathematical formula. The world we see is but a convenient and simplistic approximation, it’s true nature only revealed in riddles and abstractions. It is from this perspective and a history in architectural design that Robert draws inspiration.
As for the subject of the ocean wave, it represents not just physical beauty and force but also a progression in time; a long languid journey from afar, a chaotic deconstruction… then nonexistence.
And as for the subject of “time” itself — an abstraction as omnipotent and poorly understood as this is surely a subject deserving artistic reflection, even if fully unresolved.
Robert Bickel
Gigantic gallery
1720 NW Lovejoy #103
Portland, Oregon
Please join us for the opening on May 3rd, 2012 | 5:30-9:30 pm
Show Ends: 2012-06-03
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