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This afternoon Disjecta Interdisciplinary Art Center announced the featured artists in their upcoming biennial exhibition, PORTLAND2010. According to the press release, the biennial will kick off on March 13th, spanning multiple locations across the city “including Rocksbox, IFCC, Marylhurst Art Gym, Elizabeth Leach Gallery and Alpern Gallery.” PORTLAND2010 picks up where the Portland Art Museum left off when they discontinued the Oregon Biennial back in 2007. The biennial’s featured artists were chosen by Cris Moss, professor and gallery director over at Linfield College— here’s the complete list of PORTLAND2010 contributors:
Holly Andres
Corey Arnold
Pat Boas
John Brodie
Bruce Conkle & Marne Lucas
David Corbett
Ditch Project
David Eckard
Damien Gilley
Sean Healy
Tahni Holt
Oregon Painting Society
Melody Owen
Jenene Nagy
Crystal Schenk
Heidi Schwegler
Steven Slappe
Kartz Ucci
I’m personally pretty hyped about the inclusion of Jenene Nagy, Oregon Painting Society, Corey Arnold, and Damien Gilley.
After the jump: Some sample pics of past works by the featured artists, as well as a goofy video of Oregon Painting Society invading the Burgerville on Hawthorne.
Tidal, Jenene Nagy’s current exhibit at Disjecta, looks like this:
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Oregon Painting Society’s December 2009 exhibit at Portland State University’s Autzen Gallery:
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That goofy Oregon Painting Society video I was talking about:
Corey Arnold documents and conceptualizes images from commercial fishing and crabbing expeditions:
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A sample of Damien Gilley’s work from Approximate, a collaboration with sound artist Ethan Rose:
Question is, who are you excited about?— and who do you think is missing from the list?