Apples
A collaborative group show curated by Jamie Watson
January 9th - February 1st, 2009
It’s 2009, and we’re starting the year anew with a fabulous multi-media group show about collaboration, interconnectedness and friendship guest-curated by artist & Launch Pad volunteer Jamie Watson. The show features work thirteen artists collaborating with each other. more»
My Life as a Scientologist
New Paintings by Nic VIK
February 6th - March 1st, 2009
By day VIK is a modern pirate: a professional remover and peddler of household wares and industrial materials. By night, he is an artist attentive to pattern and detail, ethereal lighting and poignant content that gently uses the shortcomings of society to gouge out our eyes. VIK’s work is both a siren and a lullaby. more»
The 4th Annual Portland Love Show
An Open-call Salon-style group show about Love of all Kinds! Featuring over 200 artists!!
February 13th - March 26th, 2009
In The Raw
First-Person Figurative Works by Elena Cronin
March 6th - 27th, 2009
Sexy, intimate, private & personal, Elena Cronin’s unique explorations of the human form take the viewer out of the armchair and into the eyes and body of the an artist fascinated with challenging perspective, foreshortening and difficult poses- all expressed through delicately modulated line and color choices that speak more to emotion and tension than literal representation.
“…One of the aspects of figural artwork that fascinates me is the ability to evoke a very visceral sense of tension through the physical illustration of the body. Many of the positions that I find myself drawn to involve torquing, twisting, or stretching the body – sometimes awkwardly or uncomfortably - in ways that evoke the same acute sensations in the viewer’s mind. This series of work portrays my expression of these sensations as I literally experience them.” more information… more»
People Will Talk
Photography by Mark Wickum
Painted Interpretations by Chris Haberman.
April 3rd - 26th, 2009
“A single photograph can tell many stories. The photographer–who either captures a moment or manufactures one–has one story, and each person who sees that photo has their own. Some of these stories are true, and some of them are better than the truth.
These photographs were made with the truth in mind. These are authentic moments. These paintings were made with as little knowledge of that truth as possible. The painter was free to tell his stories, unburdened by the photographer’s stories. A photo, a title, and a few points where the lives of the painter and the photographer’s subjects intersect–this is the inspiration and the interpretation. Fiction and non-fiction. Pictures speaking in pictures. People will talk.” more information… more»
The Heart Will Not Hide
Paintings by Jolyn Fry
May 5th - 28th, 2009
A selection of paintings based on contemplations of heartbreak, longing, and vulnerability. It is the second installation in the Artist’s Bloodline series, a body of work in progress based in the study of self and humanity inspired by the artist’s own life and story.
Artist Talk
Sunday June 28 at 1pm
Free! Please come!
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