Posts Tagged ‘ Meredith Dittmar ’

“That’s My Ride, Bro” Custom Van Art Show

“That’s my Ride Bro” is a collection of paintings and sculptures inspired by the custom van culture. Whether it’s a diamond shaped bubble window, a painting of a majestic bear nursing a human baby on the side, or even the Bookmobile, a custom van is a beautiful thing. Come see “That’s my Ride Bro” and renew your love of the van.

“That’s my Ride Bro”
Grass Hut Art Market
400 NW Couch street
Portland, OR 97209
Opening First Thursday April 5th, 2012 | 6-9 pm
Show runs from April 5th to May 1st, 2012

Artists included:
Hilary Pfeifer,
Bwana Spoons,
Scrappers,
Martin Ontiveros,
Meredith Dittmar,
Brett Superstar,
Eatcho,
Adrienne Vita,
Aaron Barker,
Shawn Wolfe,
Chelsea Fletcher,
Caleb Highley,
& Tripper Dungan
AND
Steve “ManVan” Mathews

Artwork from the Void book release party

Artwork from the Void Book Launch Party 450 hours of sensory deprivation. 150 local artists. 1 book.

On Sunday, December 4th, 2011, Float On will host a book launching party for Artwork from the Void. The book explores art stemming from the removal of all external stimuli. No light, no sound, no gravity. Just a 90 minute sojourn into the deep self with the results being captured and documented in the book.
Float On is a float tank center, specializing in sensory deprivation. Since they opened last year they’ve had over 7,000 floats, 300 of which were given away to artists as part of this project. Float tanks are sound-proof, light-proof tubs containing 200 gallons of water kept exactly at skin temperature. 850 lbs of epsom salt is dissolved inside each tank, making them more buoyant than the dead sea. “Over 90- minutes, this elimination of outside stresses helps the mind and body to relax and produces a dreamlike state. It’s amazing how much insight and inspiration come out of a stimuli-starved brain,” says Graham Talley, one of the four owners of Float On.
So how exactly does sensory deprivation and art fit together? In January of 2011, the owners of Float On began experimenting with an artists program offering free floats to 150 local artists. In exchange the artists agreed to begin to working on their pieces directly following their second float. The result was Artwork from the Void, a full color art book documenting the 150 pieces that emerged from the project.
The pages show subconscious minds translated through oil and acrylic, art that at times appears to be inspired more by psychedelics than by utter darkness. “The people in our program blew us away,” Talley commented, “We had everyone from art students to their professors. There are people who floated to break through creative blocks and others who found relief from physical traumas that usually make it difficult to work.”
The launch party is set for December 4th at 7P.M. with with live music, food and wine. They will also be offering copies of Artwork from the Void for $25 (regularly $47.95). Artists will be mingling, signing copies of the book and doing what everyone who goes to Float On does, nothing.
Currently, the original artwork is making its way around the world to both national and international float centers that will host the paintings. For more information, visit their website at www.floathq.com.

Artists include Meg Hunt, Levi Greenacres, Heather Brackett, Sandra Calm, Junko Suzuki, Meredith Dittmar, John Shlichta, Theo Ellsworth, Birdie Krebs, Mona Superhero, M@ Leavitt, Aron Steinke, Josh Fitz, Laura Borealisis and Harrell Fletcher

Book Release Party
Artwork from the Void
@ Float On
4530 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR. 97217
Sunday, December 4th, 2011 | 7:00PM-11:00PM

HIGH FIVE!

Thursday, August 4th, 2011 We’re throwing a party to celebrate our fifth year and say a big thank you to Portland. Sam Flores is releasing a limited edition giclee print, “Portland Deer Girl,” and signing them that night.

Ryan Bubnis, Bradley Delay, Meredith Dittmar, Bishop Lennon, and Amy Ruppel will be in attendance.

Cold beers from Red Hook will help you wash down the wild game burgers from Over the Top Burger.

There’s a big after party down the block at The Fix at The Someday Lounge, where we will be giving stuff away, dancing, and generally making merry.

What more could you ask for? It’s gonna be a good night.

Show Ends: September 29th, 2011

Twombly House: Ephemeral Museum

The Twombly House: 4449 SW Twombly, Portland, Oregon
Open Reception: Friday, October 15, 2010 / 4 – 9 p.m.
Open for viewing: October 16 – 28, 2010 — Hours: Tuesday – Sunday 4 – 8 p.m., Closed Monday
for more info please visit: aliciabluegallery.com and nwmodernshow.org

Twombly House: Ephemeral Museum

Alicia Blue Gallery and Designform Studio, in collaboration with Living Room Realtors, is pleased to announce a special exhibition of modern art and design. The exhibition presents a mid-century ranch house which has been appropriately renovated into a contemporary dwelling; this project demonstrates the idea that art and design can be accessible and coexist in a living situation.

For two weeks this conducive space will be transformed into an ephemeral museum. The curating of this home will be well executed, down to the finest detail. The exhibit entails a complete spectrum of the finest collections – fine art, product design, and home décor. Design curators Giovanni Castillo (Designform Studio) and Trisha Guido (Relish Design) along with fine arts curator Alicia Johnson (Alicia Blue Gallery) will join forces to orchestrate this uncommon exhibition.

Artists:
Angela Baker / Caryn Baumgartner / David Boekelheide / Ryan Bubnis / Kevork Cholakian
Meredith Dittmar / Carlos DonJuan / Katherine Dube / Colleen Flaherty / Karen Florek
Lisa Gronseth / Renee Hartig / Junko Iijima / Timothy Karpinski / Lisa Kowalski
Jennifer Lee / Christine Nguyen / Saule Piktys / Heidi Schwegler / Micki Skudlarsky
Curtis Speer / David Stein / Kevin Taylor / Lien Troung / Samantha Wall / Bryan Wolf / Wes Younie

Designers: ALTURA FURNITURE, AMANDA WALL-GRAF, BRIGHT DESIGNLAB AND HAMMER & HAND, CALLUM CLARK, CRAFTED SYSTEMS, ESQUE STUDIOS, GRAIN, JASON ANDREW DESIGNS, JEFFMADE, JEREMY ALDEN, THE JOINERY, JONATHAN LANGSTON, LAND • LINE DESIGN, LEAH NOBILETTE, LORI MASON, Made, MAGMAX DESIGN, MARK DIAMOND, MERKLED STUDIO, MOLLY PURNELL, MOUFELT, NAMUH, NICHOLAS MICHEELS, PABLO PARDO, SCOTT SCHROEDER, SPACE DESIGN, TERRY BOSTWICK, TLAGG, TUFENKIAN ARTISAN RUGS, WILL ULLMAN

Host: Jenelle Isaacson, Living Room Realtors — jenelle@livingroomrealtors.com
Living Room Realtors have the master copy when it comes to knowing Portland’s inner urban neighborhoods. Their superb eye for living quarters spans from vintage, historic, mid-century modern architecture to green building. Living Room Realtors are being branded the purveyors of modern art-space homes.

Design Curator: Giovanni Castillo, Designform Studio — giovanni@designformstudio.com Designform Studio is a design studio specializing in commercial and residential interior renovation and design, with modern design and methodology at the core of their design practice. Designform’s collaborative approach ensures that imagination, expertise, and reality come together to produce exceptional projects.

Design Curator: Trisha Guido, Relish Design — trisha@relishstyle.com
Relish is a lifestyle, a mentality, a philosophy. It is the idea that everyday objects should be beautiful, functional and affordable. It is the zone between individuality and mass production. A carefully curated collection of emerging designers from around the globe inspires, elevates and touches our senses.

Fine Arts Curator: Alicia Johnson, Alicia Blue Gallery — info@aliciabluegallery.com
Alicia Blue Gallery is an online contemporary art gallery. We represent a balanced integration of emerging and mid-career level artists offering them favorable circumstances for promotional and creative maturity. Our vocation is to bring into being the imagination and technicality of passion, educate the eager and celebrate the arts.

Meredith Dittmar Featured on Kanye West Blog

Portland artist Meredith Dittmar

September 3rd, 2009 ~ Portland, Oregon artist Meredith Dittmar is being featured today on Kanye West’s blog, it was labeled, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. I agree.

Dittmar’s human-animal-plant-energy amalgams contain threads of common elements and colors to express deep levels of union across themes of biology, technology, and consciousness. Her characters are frequently involved in quiet expressive moments, or lounge facing their audience so they can share their inner space. Dittmar believes it is this space we recognize in ourselves, and through convening in that space, the interconnectedness of all things is revealed. She sees the act of spontaneous artistic creation as part of a larger practice of being present, and a way to better understand herself and reality.

Portland Artists Out for July, 2009

If you happen to be in LA in July, you might want to check out these shows:

kokeshi_dolls-show Kokeshi: From Folk Art To Art Toy

Kokeshi: From Folk Art To Art Toy Portland Artists in the Kokeshi Doll Show: Amy Ruppel, APAK, Betsy Walton, Meredith Dittmar, Yellana James and Timothy Karpinski. July 11th to October 4th, 2009.

Presented by Los Angeles Toy, Doll & Amusements Museum (LATDA) in collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum (JANM)

Portland’s APAK presents Rainbow Garden at Tinlark Gallery in Los Angeles from June 27th-July 25th, 2009.

APAK Rainbow Garden @ Tinlark Gallery LA

If you happen to be in Vancouver, B.C., Canada the Ayden Gallery is showing Portland artists J. Shea and Jesse Reno from June 19 – July 19th, 2009.

The Rivet Gallery in Columbus,Ohio will feature Portland artist J. Shea from July 4th – 29th, 2009.

In San Francisco, Giant Robot is having there their 15-Year Anniversary Show, June 20, 2009 – July 15, 2009. Portland artists featured in the show are Apak and Le Merde and the following show will be Portlander Theo Ellsworth’s solo show called “Imaginary Friends” that’s opening on July 18th. Jesse Reno, Dave Barnes, J. Shea and Mandy Tsung @ Ayden Gallery