Schel Harris works in both two-dimensional painting and graphics as well as three-dimensional, mixed-media sculpture. Largely self-taught, Harris uses his creative skills in many different areas including film and stage production, signage and display, photography, painting, illustration, book design and robotic sculpture. Since moving to Portland in 2007, he has participated in several group and […]

Multi-media artist Beckey Kaye studied mask carving in Indonesia and performed as a fire dancer and puppeteer with Circus Discordia. She is interested in the concept of shelter and what makes a Home as it relates to notions of identity, property and safety as well as its imbued emotional factors of comfort and peace. Her […]

Whitney is a visual artist who works in different media with a thematic approach of examining patterns of repetition and the rhythms and pauses of the natural and industrial worlds. She received her BA in Studio Arts from the University of Oregon in 1989 after which she was awarded a Fellowship with Penland School in […]

Michelle is a sculptor and painter who works primarily with plaster, wood, paper, mixed media and found objects. She teaches Painting at PCC and 3-dimensional Design at PSU. She received her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice 2010 from PSU and has participated in several group exhibitions (including one at Disjecta’s Vestibule space) and 4 solo […]

Alyssa is a mixed-media sculptor interested in the distortion of perspective and visual perception. She utilizes sculpture, installation, and photography to create optical phenomenon to alter our perception of value of the oft-not-considered everyday experiences. She is currently a student in the PNCA/OCAC Applied Craft & Design program and will graduate in May. She has […]

Francesa is a mixed media artist who enjoys working in found materials as a way to celebrate that which is already on its way to being forgotten by diverting the discards of our community back into the transformative spotlight of artistic endeavor. Her work is primarily focused on collage but she also creates 3-dimensional pieces. […]

Sarah is a mixed-media artist who works predominantly with collaged materials and found imagery in order to create narrative-based pieces that explore human archetypes, frameworks and traditions of storytelling, and the relationship between word and image. She sees landfills as truly modern mythical landscapes where our waste system exists as a direct expression of what […]

Vicki Lynn Wilson was born in District Heights, MD and currently works in Portland, Oregon. She holds a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art and an MFA from Portland State University, both in Sculpture. Vicki grew up in Virginia and at age 16, began a three-year apprenticeship with bronze and stone sculptor, Retha Walden-Gambaro. […]

Christopher B Wagner is a sculptor originally from Kentucky but has now made his home in Portland, Oregon. He predominantly uses recycled or reconstituted wood as his medium. His figurative sculptures are allegorical, referencing several mythological traditions while still maintaining a personal dialogue for the artist. His earliest exposure to creating art was carving wooden […]

Artist Eric Rosewall holds a degree in landscape architecture from the University of Oregon. He gained his love of design, sculpture, and architecture growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he began photographing scrapyards and creating found object artwork. Rosewall enjoys creating a place for found and salvaged materials by celebrating the form and potential […]