Mona Lisa Ali
Ali, Mona Lisa. steady echo, 2017. 2018 Individual Artist Fellow, Oregon Arts Commission. Originally published February, 2018 “I attempt to reconcile the notion of belonging […]
Artist Features
Julie Green: Flown
by Sarah Sentilles How do you represent absence? How do you depict loss? For two decades, Julie Green has been painting the final meals of […]
Radical Indigenous artist Natalie Ball is unapologetically moving forward — as mother and artist.
by Jeanine Jablonski When I first came across images of Natalie Ball’s work, I was floored. Who was this amazing indigenous artist living in Oregon, […]
Jess Perlitz
Perlitz, Jess. Barely There, 2017. 2018 Individual Artist Fellow and Joan Shipley Award recipient, Oregon Arts Commission. Originally published February, 2018 “I am equally interested […]
Ludd or Lucifer: Felicity Fenton Considers Whether to Abandon the World Wide Web or Strike a Deal with the Devil and Use the Internet to Critique the Internet
by Richard Speer To post or not to post? In light of the “delete-Facebook” and anti-social-media movements, an increasingly vocal contingent of visual artists is […]
The Image Collectors
By Samantha Wall and Stephen Slappe In the midst of the vast, world-changing events of the past year, we have been reflecting on the nature […]
Ocean X
by Prudence Roberts This is the story of one of Terry Toedtemeier’s most distinctive photographs, its place in his career, and how the image made […]
Jess Perlitz’s Tragicomic Practice
by Bean Gilsdorf Perlitz’s grounding in sculpture underscores the spirit of these practices, explicating the real and symbolic power of objects and their potential to […]
To the Air • Paul Maziar and Cynthia Lahti
by Paul Maziar Originally published March 2020 Author’s Note: I’ve been enchanted by Cynthia Lahti’s work since the moment I first saw it—thanks to my […]
Tannaz Farsi • Linfield Gallery (2)
Tannaz Farsi, “The Points of Departure,” Installation View, Linfield Gallery, McMinnville, Oregon, March 22 – April 29, 2017. Curated by Josephine Zarkovich. The Points of […]
Tannaz Farsi • Linfield Gallery (1)
Tannaz Farsi, “The Points of Departure,” Installation View, Linfield Gallery, McMinnville, Oregon, March 22 – April 29, 2017. Curated by Josephine Zarkovich. The Points of […]
Laurie Danial’s Dynamic and Enigmatic Abstraction
by Patrick Collier Originally published May 2019 To the casual viewer, abstract painting may seem to lack coherence. Familiar epithets abound, usually because there is […]
Alison Jean Cole’s Way West
by Paul Maziar Originally published July 2019 Precipitous calcite Mined from the hills of Nephi By harried and obsessive men Who probably tote guns Who […]
Ellen Lesperance, Frieze
Jennifer Kabat, “Pattern Recognition: How Ellen Lesperance transmits messages about history, feminism and labour through the art of knitting,” Frieze, August 14, 2017. “When Lesperance was young, […]
Tannaz Farsi Named Bonnie Bronson Fellow
Tannaz Farsi, Blink, 2016, LED bulbs, steel, wire, 216 x 3 x 14 inches. Installed at YOU IN MIND, Converge 45, 2017, Disjecta Contemporary Art […]
Tannaz Farsi
Tannaz Farsi. 2016 Individual Artist Fellow, Oregon Arts Commission. Photo: Greg Wahl-Stephens Originally published January, 2016 At PICA’s TBA Festival last year, Tannaz Farsi’s work […]
Ellen Lesperance, New York Times
Jillian Steinhauer, “What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week,” New York Times, September 20, 2018 (Exhibition: Lily of the Art Light, Derek […]
Elizabeth Malaska
Elizabeth Malaska. 2016 Individual Artist Fellow, Oregon Arts Commission. Photo: Greg Wahl-Stephens Originally published January, 2016 One can’t study Elizabeth Malaska’s painting without finding […]