HVB Presents Paintings by Johanna Robinson.

7232 North Burlington, by the St. Johns bridge.
Open everyday except Monday 11am to 7pm

On view now through April 23rd, 2011.

Join the artist at HVB for a talk about her work and process:
4 pm Saturday April 23rd, 2011

Johanna Robinson is an artist from NY who relocated to Portland in June 2010. Her paintings focus on allegorical themes that examine the intersection between reality and imagination. The work is ambiguous; a disrupted natural order hinders a clear conclusion. A car crash caused from the distraction of a rainbow, hands that provide a nest while simultaneously posing as cage, flocks of birds that may be escaping some unknown force or simply migrating.

Robinson graduated with a BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in affiliation with Tuft’s University in 2007. Since graduating, she has completed an artist’s residency at the Vermont Studio Center and shown work nationally. To view more of Robinson’s work, please visit www.johannarobinson.com

HVB is a project started by local artist Micah Perry. Micah makes belts and accessories out of discarded conveyer belt scraps. Held Vegan Belts are super strong and fashionable, while saving the world through recycling and reuse. For more information about HVB please visit: http://strongestbeltsintheworld.com/