Anthropomorphism is a presentation of prints by Portland based graphic designer, Dawn Yanagihara. Her half people half animal pictures evoke a sense of wit, charm, and style. The images are clean and simple with playful visual or textual elements. The show encapsulates Yanagihara’s objective of creating compositions that are tongue-in-cheek, with a sartorial element and some forest friends.
About Dawn Yanagihara – Dawn Yanagihara grew up on an island in the middle of the Pacific.  She has always been drawn to art (pun intended) and when she wasn’t ignoring designated hiking trails or swimming in the deep blue sea, a pencil was always in hand (if not literally, then figuratively).

After experiencing the frigidity of Aomori, Japan, and the rapidity of Los Angeles, California, Dawn has found a happy medium of everything she loves here in Portland, Oregon.

Anthropomorphism
with Dawn Yanagihara
OPENS March 1st, 2012 | 6-10pm
SoHiTek Gallery
625 NW Everret St. Suite 102
Portland, OR. 97209

Show Ends: 2012-03-31

Who can save us in these difficult times of economic sabotage, polarizing political backstabbing, and impudent attempts at Internet espionage? Ninjas, of course!
This March, good:a gallery, will unveil a group show appropriately titled, “Help Us Ninja, You’re Our Only Hope”. The plea for deliverance from damnation was heard throughout Portland, and ninjas of all shapes and art forms have been drawn out of the shadows by the crafty hands of several local artists. The gallery, located at 4325 N Mississippi, will kick off this month-long exhibition with an opening reception on March 2nd, from 7-10pm. In these trying times when Rick Santorum creeps into our nightmares, befriending a ninja might just be our only hope. Following the reception, the gallery will be open every Saturday, noon to 7pm, and Sunday, noon to 6pm.
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An all ages show
at good:a gallery
4325 N Mississippi, Portland, Oregon
goodpdx.com

Show Ends: 2012-03-31

Photo: Srule Brachman

First Friday and Open Studios: March 2nd, 2012 | 6-10pm
Join us First Friday, March 2nd as we celebrate the opening of two new shows, “Brachman and LaGrave at Milepost 5″, featuring the paintings of Srule Brachman and Karen LaGrave, and “Sorting Things Out,” a process-based installation by Wynde Dyer. Enjoy the art along with happy hour food and drinks, and music by the Studios House Band. The public is welcome to explore the halls of the building during Open Studios, when resident artist open their doors for a sneak peak into their art practice.

Denizen Gallery: “Brachman and LaGrave at Milepost 5″
New works by Srule Brachman and Karen LaGrave
Show runs: March 2nd-31st, 2012
Gallery hours: Weds-Sat, Noon-6pm, or by appointment

The show “Brachman and LaGrave at Milepost 5″ explores the abstract artwork of two community members: Srule Brachman and Karen LaGrave. Both work with vibrant palettes and individually explore the space between representation and abstract expressionism.

Photo: Wynde Dyer

Gallery 5: Sorting Things Out,
Process-based installation by Wynde Dyer
Show runs: March 2nd to April 28th, 2012
Gallery hours: Weds-Sat, Noon-6pm, or by appointment
Artist-in-session Fridays and Saturdays, noon-6pm
Artist Talk: Wednesday, April 18th, 7pm

Wynde Dyer’s process-based installation, “Sorting Things Out,” questions the utility—or futility—of pondering the past for answers to present problems and future directions. Working from an art-therapeutic perspective, Dyer will shred 1000’s of her childhood and adolescent photos into tiny 1-inch x 1/8-inch pieces strewn out across the gallery floors. Over the course of the two-month exhibit, she will sort the shredded pieces by color value and texture gradient, using the pieces to create new works evocative of the repressed memories conjured up during the experience. The time and tedium of this process acts, for Dyer, as a physical embodiment of psychodynamic processes. On Fridays and Saturdays from 12-6 p.m. public is invited to observe the work in progress via surveillance cameras outside the gallery, or to step inside and participate actively.

First Friday sponsored in part by 107.1 FM KZME Radio

Milepost 5, The Studios Building
850 NE 81st Ave
Portland, OR. 97213

Show Ends: 2012-03-02

Gigantic Gallery will be turning one year old this March! We met a lot of great people during our first year and, to celebrate our birthday, we want to celebrate them.

So the theme of our March show is the carte de visite, which were small, mass-produced pictures mounted on paper that were hugely popular around the 1860s. Baseball and superhero cards, comp cards and business cards and wallet-sized photos can all trace their ancestry to the carte de visite.

We want this show to be about the artists we met this year. We invited the artists to make as many small, personally-expressive pieces as they cared to. We hope to fill the walls.

Please come visit us during the opening on March 1st, 2012. It could be huge.

http://giganticgallery.info/shows/carte-de-visite

Gigantic Gallery
1720 NW Lovejoy #103
Portland, Oregon

Show Ends: 2012-04-01

Jeffrey Gabel and Jasmine Shiver have opened Let It Rain Art Gallery at 7322 N Leavitt Avenue
in the St Johns neighborhood of Portland, OR. Jasmine and Jeffrey moved to St Johns a year ago from
Longview, Washington and chose St Johns for the small town feel. While meeting many talented
and unique artists in the Portland area they realized there was no art gallery currently serving the
St Johns area and decided to invest and rehab a retail space into a vibrant art gallery.
Let It Rain is their shared vision of gallery and event space, a warm relaxing place where people
can come together with their passion for art. The Next show will be starting Feb. 24th, 2012, featuring
Leon Lowman, Jason Stewart, David D’Andrea, jewelry by Bijoux and more!
Show Ends: 2012-03-31