UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
THIS MONTHS NEWS
Join us for an inspiring evening celebrating art, design, community, creativity, and the exceptional wines of the Willamette Valley. Explore our gallery and design showrooms while enjoying complimentary tastings from some of the region's finest wineries. Connect with fellow art and design enthusiasts, discover new inspiration, and experience an evening where creativity and community come together. We look forward to celebrating with you!
Captain Jack, 2026
Oil on canvas 24" x26"
Artist Talk
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Don Bailey
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September 16, 6pm at Blackfish Gallery
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Simultaneously political and intensely personal, Don Bailey’s new exhibition People I’ve Known extends the artist’s acclaimed series of Native American portraits into exploratory narratives of his subjects. Known for his painted portraits taken from archival photographs, Bailey transforms his sources into dynamic narrative compositions incorporating vibrant color, traditional native design, contemporary cultural references, documents, and real and imagined landscapes. ​
Clint Brown Blindfold, 1993 Charcoal and conté 44” x 66”
Artist Talk
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Clint Brown
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September 19, 2pm at Blackfish Gallery
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Drawing inspiration from intense examination of the contemporary social landscape, Clint Brown’s exhibition A Life of Drawing, displays both Brown’s mastery of the medium and continuing relevance. Across a range of charcoal and conté drawings, Brown confronts pressing issues such as homelessness, environmental degradation, and epidemic disease, as well as universal constants of love and death. In presenting viewers with alternating images contemporary, historical, and timeless, Brown stresses an essential humanity, that is in equal parts challenging and tender. ​
Closing Reception
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Featuring Live Music
from
The Greebles
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September 25, 7-9pm at Blackfish Gallery
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The Greebles are a trio of artist-musicians who perform open-structure improvisation using found sounds, loops, and rock instruments. ​
Exhibition Preview and Artist Talk
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Christopher Shotola-Hardt
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September 30, 6pm at Blackfish Gallery
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Behind the curious mystique of its avian imagery, Christopher Shotola-Hardt’s new exhibition Stanzas opens up a powerful and graceful lexicon of layered themes. Interweaving connected threads of meaning, Shotola-Hardt’s menagerie of bird species engage with environmental crisis and American imperialism while remaining true to the essence their own individual ornithic characters. ​
Sanctified Iranian Ground Jay, 2026 Gouache and acrylic on paper 9.5” x 7”
Queer Spirit Open Call​
Deadline to apply: October 1st
We invite the greater Portland community to submit to Queer Spirit, an in-person exhibition at Blackfish Gallery celebrating resilience, belonging, and radical imagination through work that engages queer identity, community, and lived experience. We welcome LGBTQIA+ artists, as well as artists of all backgrounds whose practice explores these themes.
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Instructions and submission requirements can be found in the link below:
DONATE TO QUEER SPIRIT
To welcome the broadest possible range of artists and reduce barriers to participation, we’ve made the Queer Spirit open call free to enter.
If you are able, we invite you to make a donation in support of the exhibition and related public programs. Contributions are deeply appreciated and help make this work possible.
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