List of artists and art institutions in Portland, Oregon
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The following is a partial list of institutions and individuals active in the art scene
of Portland, Oregon
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of Portland, Oregon
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...
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Colleges and universities with art programs and or major exhibition programs
- Art Institute of PortlandArt Institute of PortlandThe Art Institute of Portland is a college in Portland, Oregon, United States that grants bachelor and associate degrees in advertising, apparel accessory design, apparel design, design management, design studies, digital film and video, game art and design, graphic design, industrial design,...
- George Fox UniversityGeorge Fox UniversityGeorge Fox University is a Christian university of the liberal arts and sciences, and professional studies located in Newberg, Oregon, United States. Founded as a school for Quakers in 1885, the private school has more than 3,400 students combined between its main campus in Newberg and its centers...
- Lewis & Clark CollegeLewis & Clark CollegeLewis & Clark College is a private institution of higher learning located in Portland, Oregon. Made up of an undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Law, and a Graduate School of Education and Counseling. Lewis & Clark is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges with athletic...
- Linfield CollegeLinfield CollegeLinfield College is an American private institution of higher learning located in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. As a four-year, undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences college with a campus in Portland, Oregon, it also has an adult degree program located in eight communities throughout the...
- The Marylhurst Art GymThe Marylhurst Art GymThe Art Gym is a contemporary arts exhibition space at Marylhurst University in Marylhurst, Oregon near Portland, United States.Since 1980, The Art Gym, under supervision of director and curator Terri M...
- Northwest Film CenterNorthwest Film CenterThe Northwest Film Center is a regional media arts resource and service organization based in Portland, Oregon, United States that was founded to encourage the study, appreciation, and utilization of film...
- Oregon College of Art & CraftOregon College of Art & CraftOregon College of Art & Craft is a college in Portland, Oregon, United States that grants Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees and certificates in book arts, ceramics, drawing and painting, fibers, metals, photography and wood. The college also offers an Artist-in-Residence program and provides...
- Pacific Northwest College of ArtPacific Northwest College of ArtThe Pacific Northwest College of Art is a private fine art and design college in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Established in 1910, the art school grants bachelor of fine arts degrees and master of fine arts degrees and has an enrollment of about 550 students...
- Portland State UniversityPortland State UniversityPortland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1946, it has the largest overall enrollment of any university in the state of Oregon, including undergraduate and graduate students. It is also the only public university in...
- Reed CollegeReed CollegeReed College is a private, independent, liberal arts college located in southeast Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus located in Portland's Eastmoreland neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor-Gothic style, and a forested canyon wilderness...
Cooley Gallery
Nonprofit or alternative spaces and other institutions
- 2 Gyrlz Performative Arts2 Gyrlz Performative Arts2 Gyrlz Performative Arts is an artist-run presenting group, based in Manchester, England...
- DisjectaDisjectaDisjecta 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...
- Everett Station LoftsEverett Station LoftsThe Everett Station Lofts is a building in Portland, Oregon, United States. In 1989, three adjacent buildings in Portland, Oregon's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood were renovated and converted into the lofts, a cluster of 47 live/work units combining studios and loft apartments...
- Gallery HomelandGallery HomelandgalleryHOMELAND is a non profit art organization and art space located in southeast Portland, Oregon, United States,founded in 2005 by Paul Middendorf and Paige Saez. Currently galleryHOMELAND exhibits contemporary art by regional, national,and international artists. In 2009 galleryHOMELAND co...
- Oregon Biennial
- Portland Institute for Contemporary ArtPortland Institute for Contemporary ArtThe Portland Institute for Contemporary Art in Portland, Oregon, United States was founded in 1996 by Kristy Edmunds, formerly the Director of the Portland Art Museum's "Art on the Edge" program...
- Portland Documentary and Experimental Film FestivalPortland Documentary and Experimental Film FestivalThe Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival, or PDX Fest, is a five day event that showcases non-narrative film and video from Portland, Oregon, United States and around the world...
- Powell's BooksPowell's BooksPowell's Books is a chain of bookstores in Oregon's Portland metropolitan area. Powell's headquarters, dubbed Powell's City of Books, claims to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world. Powell's City of Books is located in the Pearl District on the edge of downtown and...
Basil Hallward Gallery - Project GrowProject GrowProject Grow is an Arts and urban farming program in Portland, Oregon.It exists at the Port City Development Center in North Portland. It is a program for people with developmental disabilities, and was mentioned in the Oregonian as the only program of its sort in the country .It was founded in...
- Regional Arts & Culture CouncilRegional Arts & Culture CouncilThe Regional Arts & Culture Council is an agency that oversees arts activity throughout the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon, United States. It was established as an independent 501 nonprofit organization in 1995, replacing a bureau that had been shared by the City of Portland and Multnomah...
- Interstate Firehouse Cultural CenterInterstate Firehouse Cultural CenterThe Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center is a community-based arts center located in Northeast Portland, Oregon, United States.The IFCC was founded in 1982 by Portland's first Afircan American elected official, Commissioner Charles Jordan...
Publications
- The OregonianThe OregonianThe Oregonian is the major daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 1850...
-- daily newspaper of record containing some arts coverage - PLAZMPlazmFor PLAZM magazine, media, or design firm see PLAZMPlazm is a fictional mutant character and superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe, a member of the second team of X-Force. Plazm was created by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred . He first appeared in X-Force vol...
-- art & design magazine - PORTJeff JahnJeff Jahn is a curator, art critic, artist, historian, blogger and composer based in Portland, Oregon, United States.Jeff Jahn's cultural activities in Portland, Oregon frequently receive attention outside the region on CNN, Art in America, The Art Newspaper and Art News etc...
-- visual arts macro-blog with daily art news and reviews - The Portland MercuryThe Portland MercuryThe Portland Mercury is an alternative weekly newspaper published in Portland, Oregon. It serves to chronicle the ever-changing Portland music scene, and generally includes interviews, commentaries, reviews, and concert dates...
-- weekly newspaper containing some arts coverage - Portland TribunePortland TribuneThe Portland Tribune is a free weekly newspaper published each Thursday in Portland, Oregon, United States.The Tribune is part of the Pamplin Media Group, which publishes a number of community newspapers in the Portland metropolitan area, and also owns and operates the talk radio station KPAM, and...
-- twice-weekly newspaper containing some arts coverage - Willamette WeekWillamette WeekWillamette Week is an alternative weekly newspaper published in Portland, Oregon, United States. It features reports on local news, politics, sports, business and culture....
-- weekly newspaper containing some arts coverage - The Bear DeluxeThe Bear DeluxeThe Bear Deluxe is a Portland, Oregon-based magazine dedicated to environmental writing, literature, and visual art. It is released by Orlo, a non-profit. It has received grants from the Oregon Arts Commission, the Regional Arts & Culture Council, and the Oregon Cultural Trust.The magazine sponsors...
-- art, literature, & environmental magazine
Curators and critics
- Gordon GilkeyGordon GilkeyGordon Waverly Gilkey was an American artist, educator, and promoter of the arts from Oregon. A native Oregonian, he served during World War II in Europe collecting art stolen by the Nazis for which he was award the Meritorious Service Medal and other accolades...
- Bruce GuentherBruce GuentherSince 2000 Bruce Guenther has served as the Chief Curator of the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon as well as its curator of contemporary art...
- Terri M. HopkinsThe Marylhurst Art GymThe Art Gym is a contemporary arts exhibition space at Marylhurst University in Marylhurst, Oregon near Portland, United States.Since 1980, The Art Gym, under supervision of director and curator Terri M...
- Jeff JahnJeff JahnJeff Jahn is a curator, art critic, artist, historian, blogger and composer based in Portland, Oregon, United States.Jeff Jahn's cultural activities in Portland, Oregon frequently receive attention outside the region on CNN, Art in America, The Art Newspaper and Art News etc...
- Paul MiddendorfPaul MiddendorfArtist and curator Paul Middendorf was born on June 13, 1978, in Neuenbürg, Germany to parents Mary and Robert Middendorf.Paul spent his earlier years growing up in Lake of the Ozarks Missouri and continued to live there until 1996. In 1996 he moved to Chicago, Illinois to study at The School of...
- Jenene NagyJenene NagyJenene 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...
- Cris MossCris MossCris 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...
- Jonathan RaymondJonathan RaymondJonathan Raymond is an American writer living in Portland, Oregon.-Biography:He published his first novel, The Half-Life in May of 2004. He has also worked as a screenwriter and wrote the short story inspired by the photography of Justine Kurland on which the film Old Joy is based...
- Matthew StadlerMatthew StadlerMatthew Stadler is a writer and editor who lives in Portland, Oregon. He has written four novels and received several awards and fellowships in recognition of his work. More recently, he has compiled four anthologies about literature, city life and public life...
- Stephanie Snyder
- Richard SpeerRichard Speer-Biography:Speer is the author of the 2005 biography of Outsider artist Matt Lamb, Matt Lamb: The Art of Success, published by John Wiley & Sons.Speer's essays, art reviews, and feature articles have appeared in Newsweek, Salon, ARTnews, Art Ltd., Opera News, and The Los Angeles Times...
Artists
- Red 76Red 76Red 76 is a multi-artist collective started in Portland, Oregon. Since 2000 they have produced numerous projects and appeared in The New York Times, Art Forum and Modern Painters, and shown at Southern Exposure and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and in projects by Creative Time.-Themes:Red 76's...
- Brad AdkinsBrad AdkinsBrad Adkins is a self-taught American artist and curator currently residing in Portland, Oregon. In 2002, Chas Bowie of The Portland Mercury declared Adkins "the poster boy of low-rent artwork.", Also in 2002, D.K...
- Dan AttoeDan AttoeDan Attoe is a painter, sculptor, bullfighter and founder of art group Paintallica. He was born in 1975 and is represented by Peres Projects in LA and Berlin....
- damali ayoDamali ayodamali ayo is a conceptual artist, author, comedian and performance artist. Her books use satire and humor to engage the reader in an examination of American culture. Her art ranges from assemblage, painting, installation, and solo and participatory performance. She also started a...
- Lance BangsLance BangsLance Bangs is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and music video director who has created videos for Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Green Day, the Arcade Fire, the Shins, The Thermals, Belle & Sebastian, Menomena, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, R.E.M., Mike Watt, Death Cab for Cutie, The Black Keys, Kanye West, and...
- Becca BernsteinBecca BernsteinBecca Bernstein is an American artist. She lives and paints in Oregon and Scotland.-Life and work:Becca Bernstein graduated from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon and studied at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City...
- Trevor ChowningTrevor ChowningTrevor Chowning is an American pop artist known for his extensive use of unique materials and strange objects in his work. Paintings have featured precious metals such as gold or silver leaf, and have included everything from antique hummingbird feathers, genuine diamonds, animal bones and obsolete...
- Tom CramerTom CramerTom Cramer is an American artist working in Portland, Oregon. He is mostly noted for his intricately carved and painted wood reliefs . Often called the unofficial Artist Laureate of Portland, Cramer is one of the most visible and successful artists in the city and is represented by The Laura Russo...
- Bruce ConkleBruce ConkleBruce Conkle is an American installation artist based in Portland, Oregon. He is noted for his ecological and dystopian fantasy themes. His work is in the collection of the Portland Art Museum and has shown at Nylistasafnio The Living Art Museum in Iceland and A Gentil Carioca in Brazil.-References:...
- Richard DiebenkornRichard DiebenkornRichard Diebenkorn was a well-known 20th century American painter. His early work is associated with Abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. His later work were instrumental to his achievement of worldwide acclaim.-Biography:Richard Clifford Diebenkorn Jr...
- Carson EllisCarson EllisCarson Friedman Ellis is an artist living in Portland, Oregon. She is best known for her children's book illustrations and her album art.- Career :...
- Harrell FletcherHarrell FletcherHarrell Fletcher is an American artist in Portland, Oregon who creates socially engaged interdisciplinary projects.-Early work:While completing his degree at California College of Arts and Crafts, Fletcher began collaborating with artist Jon Rubin...
- Laura FritzLaura FritzLaura Fritz, is an installation and video artist based in Portland, Oregon.Noted for her disturbing science lab like environments Fritz has been hailed as one of "the most exciting video artists in the county" in the company of other noted Portland residents Miranda July, Matt McCormick, Vanessa...
- Matt GroeningMatt GroeningMatthew Abram "Matt" Groening is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell as well as two successful television series, The Simpsons and Futurama....
- MK Guth
- Sally HaleySally HaleySally Haley was an American artist and painter. Her career spanned much of the 20th century and she is credited for helping to expand the emerging art scene in Portland, Oregon during the middle of the century....
- Todd HaynesTodd HaynesTodd Haynes is an American independent film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his feature films Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Poison, Velvet Goldmine, Safe, and the Academy Award-nominated Far from Heaven and I'm Not There.- Style and themes :The writes that "Haynes is...
- Sean HealySean Healy (artist)Sean P. Healy is a multimedia artist based in Portland, Oregon.Healy’s work often explores the rationales of social power structures utilizing everything from chewing gum to resin, cigarette butts and large sliding glass doors....
- Jennifer JakoJennifer JakoJennifer Jako is an AIDS activist, filmmaker, photographer, lecturer and designer. She is the co-director of the documentary film, Blood Lines, a portrait of HIV-positive youth. Following her infection with HIV at age 18, she began educating in the hopes of preventing HIV infection in young people...
- Jessica Jackson HutchinsJessica Jackson HutchinsJessica Jackson Hutchins-Malkmus is an American artist based in Portland, Oregon.She is the wife of Pavement band member, Stephen Malkmus. She is a graduate of Oberlin College...
- Chris JohansonChris JohansonChris Johanson is an American painter and street artist. He is a member of San Francisco's Mission School art movement.- Biography :Johanson was born in suburban San Jose, California in 1968. He has no formal training in art, learning some technique by painting skateboards and houses...
- Maude KernsMaude KernsMaude Irvine Kerns was an American artist. Kerns was born in 1876 in Portland, Oregon, where she was raised by her pioneer parents. After high school, she graduated from the University of Oregon, the California School of Fine Arts and later Columbia University, where she received a second degree...
- Matt McCormickMatt McCormickMatt McCormick is a Portland, Oregon based artist and filmmaker. He is an award winning filmmaker and noted video installation artist, his work extends documentary and experimental filmmaking, focusing on the sublime decay of contemporary culture and the landscape both urban and rural.Matt...
- Les McClaineLes McClaineLeslie "Les" McClaine was born September 30, 1977 in Ventura, California to Andrew and Lynn McClaine. He grew up in the historic town of Lexington, Massachusetts, where he worked in the public library. After graduating from high school, Les attended the Savannah College of Art and Design, where...
- Carl Morris
- TJ NorrisTJ NorrisTJ Norris is an American interdisciplinary artist, independent curator, and writer based in the Pacific Northwest.-Biography:Norris was born in the heart of Irish Catholic Boston to longshoreman Kenneth C. Whiting and chef Phyllis M. Whiting...
- Michael Paul Oman-ReaganMichael Paul Oman-ReaganMichael Paul Oman-Reagan is an American post-minimal conceptual artist and curator.Oman-Reagan is known for his work around socio-cultural and anthropological themes...
- Andy PaikoAndy PaikoAndy Paiko is an American glass sculptor. He co-founded Central Coast Glass Artist Studio in 2002, was named Searchlight Artist 2008 by the American Craft Council, and has been selected for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery's 2012 exhibition 40 under 40: Craft Futures.-About...
- Jim RiswoldJim RiswoldJim Riswold was the former creative director for Portland, Oregon based advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy and an instructor for the agency's experimental advertising school, WK12: subject for WKE 's upcoming web episodic documentary, 12.-Career In Advertising:Riswold attended the University of...
- Stephanie RobisonStephanie RobisonStephanie Robison is the professional name of Stephanie Robison Baggs, a sculpture artist based in Portland, Oregon. She received her Masters of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the University of Oregon in 2004...
- Mark RothkoMark RothkoMark Rothko, born Marcus Rothkowitz , was a Russian-born American painter. He is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter".- Childhood :Mark Rothko was born in Dvinsk, Vitebsk Province, Russian...
- Craig ThompsonCraig ThompsonCraig Matthew Thompson is a graphic novelist best known for his books Good-Bye, Chunky Rice , Blankets , Carnet de Voyage and Habibi . Thompson has received four Harvey Awards, two Eisner Awards, and two Ignatz Awards...
- Gus Van SantGus Van SantGus Green Van Sant, Jr. is an American director, screenwriter, painter, photographer, musician, and author. He is a two time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director for his 1997 film Good Will Hunting and his 2008 film Milk, both of which were also nominated for Best Picture, and won the...
- Marie WattMarie WattMarie Watt is a contemporary artist living and working in Portland, Oregon. Part Seneca, Watt has created work centered on contemporary Native American themes.-Background:...
- Minor WhiteMinor WhiteMinor Martin White was an American photographer born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.White earned a degree in botany with a minor in English from the University of Minnesota in 1933. His first creative efforts were in poetry, as he took five years thereafter to complete a sequence of 100 sonnets while...
- Jim WarrenJim Warren (artist)Jim Warren is a U.S. artist known for audio album and book cover artwork.He has worked in surrealistic fantasy since about 1969. A self-taught artist, Jim uses traditional oil paint and brushes on stretched canvas.-Early life:...