PNCA Graduate Thesis Exhibition
May 26th - June 12th
Maddox Building - 1231 NW Hoyt St
Flanders - 925 NW Flanders
Stelo Arts - 412 NW 8th Ave
First Thursday Reception - June 2nd, 5-7pm
Space is Doubt
Space is Doubt
March 25 - April 30th
Hanson Howard Gallery | Ashland, OR
Opening Reception | Friday April 1st 5-7 pm
Elizabeth Arzani and Tanner Lind’s work ask different questions about systems: both absent and present. Tanner’s abstractions create spaces that consider the balance between intention and unpredictability, asking questions about how things come to be. Alternatively, Elizabeth’s works on paper map the unknown in curvilinear detours, offering forms of communication that extend language. Off the page, curved forms are translated in ceramics that ask questions about the space of transitions; where things connect, are forced, or just won’t work.
The Extended Ear: An Artist Book Fair
I am excited to share that you will be able to find, At Finger’s End, a collaborative book I made with artist Tanner Lind included in Carnation Contemporary’s artist book fair curated by Hannah Newman and Kris Blackmore.
“The Extended Ear: An Artist Book Fair celebrates and questions the act of publication. At a time when everyone is making a podcast, releasing a vlog, or starting a newsletter, what does it mean to publish? What does it mean to publicly memorialize our thoughts, and why are artists in particular drawn to this act, whether through print, image, video, or sound? What is it about the art making process that so often leads to an output through print and language? Part of language’s power is in its ability to rapidly replicate, but does publishing become more or less powerful with access provided by social platforms and self-publishing options? Why is it culturally important to have a distinctive voice? And if everyone is talking, who is listening?”
It Blooms At Night
Opening Reception is Friday November 5th at Goodyear Arts
6-9 PM | Free | Open to the public
Curated by Holly Keogh
Opening Reception will feature performances & vinyl DJ set by Blaine Hurdle of Needles and Pins Jewelry
(Left) Curator, Holly Keogh speaking with yours truly (right) in front of my work, Sentences I Keep Near (November), (Left) and In Pockets and Seams (Right)
“Some species of night-blooming flowers, such as Selenicereus grandiflorus, bloom only once a year for one night. This is a poetic counterpoint to a world where the next is always the now. The exhibition celebrates each artists’ individual journey from the seed of an idea to the tangible work standing before us.”
The Familiar Edge of the Unknown
Video by Alan Viramontes
The Center for Contemporary Art & Culture is pleased to present the upcoming exhibition 'The Familiar Edge of the Unknown,' featuring individual and collaborative works by artists Elizabeth Arzani and Tanner Lind and curated Pacific Northwest College of Arts (PNCA) Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies (HFSGS) Curatorial Fellow, Ilsa Payne. The exhibition will run from June 14 to July 12.
Location
Center for Contemporary Art & Culture
PNCA, Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design 511 NW Broadway
Portland, OR 97209
Public Hours
Mon-Fri // 10am-5pm
Inside Out
It turns out I really like making books. Inside Out, a limited edition artist book, is now on sale at The Fresh Pot (Hawthorn location) in Portland, OR.
Along These Lines
PNCA’s Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies is pleased to present Along These Lines, an exhibition hosted by the Alberta Abbey and collaboratively curated by MFA in Visual Studies Curatorial Fellow Ilsa Payne and LRCW MFA in Creative Writing Fellow Justin Duyao.
Along These Lines will run every weekend between now and May 27th at the Alberta Abbey. The show is open to the public on Saturdays from 12-4 p.m. and by appointment on Sundays from 12-4 p.m. (email ipayne@pnca.edu to schedule an appointment).
(There is No) "There, There"
Sentences I Keep Near, 2020-21, installation view, Photo by Marcio Gallucci
PNCA’s Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies is pleased to present an exhibition featuring 33 candidates from the MFA Applied Craft + Design, MFA Print Media and MFA Visual Studies programs.
(Left) Tanner Lind, (Center) Robert Maciel, (Right) Ilsa Payne, installation view, Photo by Marcio Gallucci
Hindsight
Through the month of January I am exhibiting new work in a virtual group exhibition, Hindsight, hosted by Gallery 114 .
Kulturschapp Artist Residency
In February I began my first artist residency at Kulturschapp, a former freight depot in the village of Walferdange, Luxembourg. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, things didn’t go quite as planned.
Like many artists around the world, my exhibition, “Excavated Reveries,” is postponed, however I am doing my best to adapt to our new reality by creating a virtual tour.
Idea vs Reality
To learn more about this project you can read about my Residency in Transit(ion).