Disjecta
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Disjecta is a not-for-profit arts organization in Portland, Oregon
that was founded in 2000 by Bryan Suereth. In their first location, Disjecta held over 500 shows, showingcasing 3,000 artists and hosting 30,000 patrons. In 2008 Disjecta announced the public opening of their new 16,000 sf arts building at 8371 N Interstate in the historic Kenton neighborhood. The former bowling alley turned abandoned hydraulic shop houses five large, fully leased artist studios, along with 3,500 sf of visual exhibition space. To this end, Disjecta hosts a variety of performance art events in addition to visual and installation based art shows. Visual arts programming highlights include solo exhibitions by Anna Fidler, Jenene Nagy
, and Dan Gilsdorf. In 2010, Disjecta launched the massive city-wide biennial exhibition Portland 2010, curated by Cris Moss
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2. Informal: The mistakes, false starts, unintended result and ___that are cut away when creating work. Disjecta, IAC celebrates the creative process.
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
that was founded in 2000 by Bryan Suereth. In their first location, Disjecta held over 500 shows, showingcasing 3,000 artists and hosting 30,000 patrons. In 2008 Disjecta announced the public opening of their new 16,000 sf arts building at 8371 N Interstate in the historic Kenton neighborhood. The former bowling alley turned abandoned hydraulic shop houses five large, fully leased artist studios, along with 3,500 sf of visual exhibition space. To this end, Disjecta hosts a variety of performance art events in addition to visual and installation based art shows. Visual arts programming highlights include solo exhibitions by Anna Fidler, Jenene Nagy
Jenene Nagy
Jenene Nagy, a native of New York is a Portland, Oregon, based installation artist and curator. She received her masters of fine arts from the University of Oregon in 2004 and has co-curated the noted Tilt Gallery and Project Space in the Everett Station Lofts since January 2006.Known for her...
, and Dan Gilsdorf. In 2010, Disjecta launched the massive city-wide biennial exhibition Portland 2010, curated by Cris Moss
Cris Moss
Cris Moss is a curator and multimedia artist based in Portland, Oregon.Most noted for his ongoing series of itinerant donut shop shows. He is now Adjunct Professor of Design, Electronic Media, and Gallery Director at Linfield College...
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Mission
Committed to contemporary art since 2000, Disjecta provides essential resources for artists to create and exhibit new work. Our reach extends far beyond the arts and encompasses the true essence of a cultural facility: a place where ideas, dialogue, creativity, and diversity flourish.Definition of Disjecta
1. Formal: Scattered remains or fragments2. Informal: The mistakes, false starts, unintended result and ___that are cut away when creating work. Disjecta, IAC celebrates the creative process.