DØLL HAÜS IS

CANCELLED DUE TO COVID

Redux Boutique has put gallery events on hold for the foreseeable future.

“Forest Floor series” by Claire Carkulis

DØLL HAÜS

This extraordinary work of these talented makers, will be on display for two months, in April and May at Redux Gallery. Join us for an opening night on the First Friday in April as we gather to meet this collection of tiny companions, fantastical beasts, precious talismans and art objects, as well as the artists who made them.

Amanda Sue Meyers

Baby Dear Harvest – Trish & Megan

Beth Grimsrud

Claire Carkulis

Diana Crites

Geri Jarvis

Jen Hill

Kirsten and Betty Moore

Lindsay Jaramillo

Margaret Meyer

Melissa Laureen Thomas

Stephanie Brockway

process shot by Stephanie Brockway

“Dolls and doll making have a rich history in virtually every culture, and hold an enormous variety of meanings for both the maker and collector. 

A vast range of form and function of dolls across cultures resulting in everything from Matyroyshka dolls to voodoo dolls. Traditionally in western culture, dolls primarily offered lessons to girls and young women about femininity and maternity. Mass produced and marketed dolls were products of the patriarchy, reinforcing gender stereotypes and contributing to the overall socialization, commercialization and sexualization of girlhood in the 20th century.

Dolls have long encouraged play among children of all ages, been coveted by collectors within every class system, and often represent a complicated framework of symbolism and societal relationships. 

We live in an exciting time where artists can express not only a mastery of technical prowess utilizing unusual combinations of unique materials, but also have the freedom  to reinvent new and complex ideas regarding identity, class, politics and culture and revise traditional notions of beauty and gender.  

In this show, each artist has a very different way of expressing their perspective through either doll artistry itself, or using the dolls in unusual ways within their art. We can see modern day themes emerge, laden with pop-cultural and socio-political references, but still rooted in a rich tradition that dolls and doll making have established. 

We invite this curated group of participating artists to use this show as an opportunity to explore and push all traditional boundaries of gender, race, age, class, species and representation to challenge the status quo through their unusual art form.”

Diana Crites pictured with one of her dolls

Group Doll Show at Redux Gallery:

DØLL HAÜS

APRIL/MAY (duration is 2 months)
Opening Reception: April 3rd, 2020, First Friday 6-9PM
Location: Redux Gallery
811 E. Burnside St. #116,
Portland, OR

Instagram: @reduxpdx
Online gallery; reduxpdx.com/reduxgallery/
Website: www.reduxpdx.com
Gallery hours: Mon-Sat 11-7pm, Sun 11-5

Join us for our upcoming group show called

“VINTAGE VANDALS”

created by four local artists who like to modify found art with delightful details of their own.

Show opens this First Friday, Feb 7th, and runs for two months through March 2020

Featuring Northwest parody artists:

Courtney Hiersche takes unwanted art from thrift stores and brings them back to life with fan art parodies. Her goal is to make the unloved loved again. Every attempt is made to mimic the original style and colors of the found art with the intention of the parody additions blending in seamlessly and creating a double-take to the viewer. She loves the challenge of changing her style up with each painting and color matching old art. Each re-painting is done by hand with acrylic paint. Both prints of her work and original altered paintings can be found on Etsy. Follow and like her on Facebook!

SADCO INC. (RECYCLED SADNESS)

Sad Inc./Recycled Sadness are the collaboration of two Portland artists creating de-motivational paintings, hand-lettered by Tyler Spencer then screen-printed onto found Goodwill paintings by Rob Campbell. 

TYLER SPENSER was born in Hermiston, Oregon and spent the majority of his formative years in Castle Rock, WA…he would not recommend either.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in graphic design at Portland State University, after spending several years doing freelance design, photography and video work, primarily in the burlesque and sketch comedy communities. Tyler enjoys being paid to push pixels around a screen. More of his graphic design work can be seen at tylerspencerdesign.com

ROB CAMPBELL co-owns a T-shirt screening company out of Milwaukie, Oregon called Shirt Nerdery. They do custom screen printing on T-shirts, as well as upon other strange and wonderful items, if asked real nice. Check them out at Shirtnerdery.com.

Hayley B. Dixon learned to paint by designing and constructing sets for the University of Oregon’s theater department. She stumbled upon upcycling online and loved the idea of improving discarded and unwanted art. She grew up immersed in pop culture and is a self-professed nerd. In her free time, you can find her at thrift shops and yard sales, staring at paintings and imagining what they can become.

In her personal life, Hayley Dixon is an amateur cosplayer, a competent photographer, and a master foodie. She’s 33, an Aries, and doesn’t believe in astrology. She is lactose tolerant and computer illiterate. Hayley is able to sleep for 14 hours straight. In 2019 she was Voted Most Likely to Lie About Being Given an Award. Her hobbies include going to craft stores and buying craft supplies for projects she never completes. Buy her art; support her dreams of amassing more unfinished craft projects. Check out her work on Etsy and follow her on Instagram; @hbdixon!

Tamara Azriel Goldsmith is the proprietor of Redux Boutique, a jewelry boutique and gallery in the heart of the Central Eastside in Portland, OR. She has brought together hundreds of artists and promoted their work as an ongoing call to support the lesser-known maker of wonderful oddities in the Pacific Northwest since 2006.

She was inspired for this show to submit some pieces of her own which are oozing sweetness, sass and whimsy. After scoring a collection of vintage Goodwill plates, she decided to caption each one with all the feels she saw that each of these beasts encapsulated. Each is one of a kind and ready to be adopted into their forever homes!!  Follow all of Redux’s shenanigans on Instagram @reduxpdx, like on Facebook and drop by the Redux Gallery page or website reduxpdx.com for more info!

opening reception is this

First Friday Feb 7th from 6-9pm

at Redux gallery
811 East Burnside st #116
Portland, OR

instagram;
@courtneyhiersche

@tyler_spencer_design

@recycledsadness @hbdixon

GROUP ART SHOW & BENEFIT for Q CENTER!

It’s that time of year again! 

Halloween and the Day of the Dead mark this magical time across cultures, and also rings in our favorite time of the year!!! We’re getting into the spirit with all kinds of delightfully dark new additions as well as our long anticipated
CURIOUS BEASTS Group show and benefit
featuring 18 local artists.

Join us for a night of art and merriment as we gather to meet, drink and celebrate a diverse array of Curious Beasts. This year’s theme is about the physical representation of the Curious beasts that inhabit the psyche. From the playful imagined fabrications of a childhood exquisite corpse, to the haunting combinations of wretched and impossible creature parts.
Artists have taken one of two paths;
Either the bizarre, the savage and the hideous, or the beautiful, delightful and exotic.

Each piece will have an accompanying short backstory to explain the creature’s plight, physicality or raison d’etre. One artist’s creature might be the product of a genetic mutation from the research study of a rogue, mad scientist. It could describe the subject of a rare deformity from birth, 2000 years in the future. Or it might feature the love child of an interplanetary mixing of human and alien races.
It could be an interpretation of a legendary creature, or it might be something directly from one’s own mind’s eye.
Our artists have dug deep to reveal the beast within.  These manifestations from the deepest recesses of our 18 participating Portland artists each have both an identity and a backstory, as conjured by their creators, that will be revealed at the First Friday opening reception.

Amelia Opie  ||  Brent Wear  ||  Davey Cadaver  ||  Emily Brown

Emmanuel Hele  ||  Heidi Elise Wirz  ||  Jeannie L. Paske

Jesus Galvez   ||  Karla Yvette  ||  Katt Sarro

Kia Metzler Holden ||  Lisa Laser  ||  Melissa Kojima

Mrrranda L. Tarrow  ||  Rachel Young  ||  Reinelaren 

Stephanie Brockway  ||  Tera Stenzel

FIRST FRIDAY

OCTOBER 4th, 2019

6-9pm; Opening Reception

811 E. Burnside st #116

Portland, Oregon

*Show runs for two months OCT-NOV
Each fall Redux Gallery hosts a benefit show, where Redux donates it’s entire proceeds, and the artists share a percentage of their choosing. The beneficiary recipients are voted upon by the artists themselves.
www.reduxpdx.com/reduxgallery <- Lives the show online, going live on reception day.

A portion of the proceeds of art sales go to the Q Center, a local non-profit offering a wide variety of community support & services to LGBTQ2SIA people of all ages, races, genders and abilities. The Q Center is defined by an interconnection of these Core values that represent the Center; Safety, Resilience, Anti-Oppression, Learning and Empowerment, Inclusion and Transparency. This important resource center offers programs, services and safe spaces to the entire community, especially to those indentifying as non-binary or genderqueer. For more information about the Center go here –>  www.pdxqcenter.org

Refreshments Sponsored by Precept Wine, featuring 3 varieties of their CA-based “Curious Beasts” wine to be served to our guests at the reception: A “Blood Red” Wine, a Chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon said to be “Dark as night, rich as sin, and scary good.”

SKIN DEEP GROUP SHOW featuring 9 amazing local tattoo artists. Celebrating the contemporary artistry of some of Portland’s finest tattoo artists, we are stoked to bring you a show demonstrating Portland’s continued knack for smashing conventions and elevating tattoo artistry to extraordinary heights.

OPENING RECEPTION: Aug 2nd, 2019 FIRST FRIDAY
TIME 6-9PM
SHOW RUNS TWO MONTHS, AUG & SEPT.
REDUX GALLERY
811 East Burnside st. #116
Portland, OR 97214

Emmanuel Hele – Rosewater Tattoo
Lynn Marie – Rosewater Tattoo
Em Greenseth – elmpixie Tattoo
David Stein – Grizzly Tattoo
Rebecca Flaum – Oak Iris Tattoo
Agnes Hamilton – Hive Tattoo
Joshum Hardy – Evolved Arts
Brianna Belong – Evolved Arts
Jessica Helmke – Infinity Tattoo

Portland is a well known hot-spot for some of the most incredible tattoo artistry in the world. Famous tattoo artists live here and many aspiring ink fans flock here for apprenticeships, conventions, and of course; appointments to get work done. We have asked several talented artists to share some of their favorite pieces on paper, as seen before they were translated to skin, giving them an opportunity to show the public a side of the craft that is not normally seen. Don’t miss this rare glimpse inside the sketchbooks of some of the most revered tattoo artists in town. We will have both framed originals as well as prints available at the show and in our online gallery in August and September, 2019. We also welcome Opening Night show-goers bring work on their person to show off.

HISTORY:
>>Since the late 1800’s, seafaring settlers pioneered the early history of Portland, Oregon and defined the seedy central Willamette port-city as a tattoo hub. In the inner west side of Burnside street, packed with saloons and known for it’s debaucherous vices of all varieties, the American tattoo scene of the Pacific Northwest was born. It’s from this fascinating but scandalous history that tattoo artistry has evolved into what it is today, celebrating a diverse array of techniques combining stylistic influences like realism, watercolor and surrealism, and also borrowing from a wide variety of much older cultural traditions like those of tribal and Japanese origins as well.

What better place than a Central Eastside Gallery like Redux to bring together a collection of unusual and contemporary works by celebrated artists of our time to illustrate how far the art of tattooing has come.

Check out our online Gallery:
www.reduxpdx.com/reduxgallery
on opening reception day for all artworks available for purchase, or swing by the Gallery during the month of AUGUST and SEPTEMBER to see the work up close and personal.

PC: thanks to Lynn Marie for use of her butterfly tattoo image !

“WOMEN ICONS”

GROUP SHOW: JUNE & JULY

Opening Reception: June 7th, 2019, 6-9pm

at Redux Boutique and Gallery

811 E. Burnside st #116

Portland, OR

We at Redux always feature local artists in our Gallery shows, and love to highlight women artists, and women’s issues. The theme this month features Women Icons, and highlights the literal or imagined magic that powerful women make.  We have asked four local women artists to create portraits of their favorite iconic females they admire, either real or imagined. Referencing powerful historical, literary, artistic or revolutionary public figures, as well as quieter , more personal spiritual manifestations. 

This month’s show is near and dear to our hearts, honoring the lady leaders, movers, makers and shakers, both historical and current, who inspire us in so many ways. Lady icons give us strength and motivation, they show us that even in the face of challenge and adversity, women are ultimately tough and resilient, insightful and natural creators, teachers and leaders. 

Running a women-owned and operated business for the past 12 years, has taught us to look to our fore-mothers and compatriots, and learn from their successes, their failures, their challenges and triumphs, in order to be more insightful, efficient and kinder role-model to our younger generations.  We have the privilege to speak about and celebrate other women icons we admire in this show that honors the spirit and unique perspectives that females bring to the forefront.  

Featuring four amazing Northwest artists celebrating their feminine idols in portrait form.  Subjects range from the well-known to the obscure; we are so looking forward to seeing who they select as their influential women icons from the past or present who have inspired them as artists.

Caitlynn Abdow

Michele Maule

Roxanne Zuniga Blackwood

Zabrina Fine Art

Join us for the opening reception, or throughout the two-month duration of the show in the gallery, or view it online in it’s entirety. Our online gallery goes live on First Friday, June 7th.

check it out here: reduxpdx.com/reduxgallery

“Medusa”, 2019

CAITLYNN ABDOW

Caitlynn Abdow was born and raised in the rolling hills of Western Massachusetts and spent her childhood exploring the outdoors, dusty old art history books, and illustrated dictionaries. In 2008 she achieved a bachelors degree in Painting and Art History at the University of Massachusetts. That same year she moved to Portland, Oregon where she now resides and works as a painter, tattooer and illustrator. Caitlynn Abdow is an award winning and published artist having shown in over 30 fine art gallery exhibitions nationwide. Her art focuses on a visual language of ancient and contemporary symbolism while featuring a naturalistic color palette. Caitlynn works primarily with oil paints and watercolors to render figurative and narrative works.  When she’s not working on paper, canvas or skin, she can be found rambling around the deserts of Central Oregon.

“Patti Smith” , 2018

MICHELE MAULE

Michele Maule graduated from Portland State University in 2007 with her degree in Drawing, Painting and Printmaking. She likes to use various mediums to work with, but she is most well known for her gouache illustrations of Portland. She also enjoys oil painting and printmaking. She lives in the Cully neighborhood with her two dogs and her husband.

“Kali and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez” 2019

ZABRINA FINE ART

Zabrina is an Indiana Girl living in Portland, Oregon, for 19 years and she misses the wild Midwest summer thunderstorms with all her heart.

Growing up in a family of talented creatives, artistic pursuits were always encouraged. In 2006, Zabrina became the first woman in her family to earn a college degree (B.S. Painting and Drawing from Portland State University). Today, she continues to benefit from the generous influence and inspiration of her many working artist friends and contemporaries.

She paints in acrylics, occasionally adds in mixed media, and loves to experiment with color and compositional tension.

Lately, she draws inspiration from the theme of power —

the power of love,

the power of the fierce feminine,

the power of the natural world,

the power of perseverance, mystery, mythos and beauty,

the power of facing the darkness with light.

She loves to explore the nostalgia of small everyday trinkets that carry power in the tender meaning we give to them.

For the last nine years, Zabrina has been working to recover from health challenges related to her central nervous system. While it slowed her body and sometimes her sunny outlook, it did not slow her inspiration.

Even when she can’t see the light, Zabrina is always looking for it…

Iris Apfel, 2019

ROXANNE ZUNIGA BLACKWOOD

Roxanne Zuniga Blackwood is a Mexican-American visual artist residing in Portland, Oregon with her husband, two daughters and a menagerie of pets. She has been creating and exhibiting art for the past 18 years. She was born and raised in the Central Valley of California and spent over a decade in the Silicon Valley before moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2010. She works with oils, acrylics, and water media on canvas & paper.  Her work is multifaceted & eclectic. She enjoys melding and mashing up imagery to tell visual stories and is especially interested in investigating the concept of courage (to fully be a self-actualized & multidimensional individual) as well as exploring notions of divergence, hybridity, and the cycles of life.

“DELINEATION”

GROUP SHOW: APRIL & MAY

Opening Reception: April 5th, 2019, 6-9pm

at Redux Gallery

811 East Burnside st #116

Showcasing illustration artists and their amazing mastery of line-work. Our theme for this show reveals a variety of different methods artists use in defining space, carving out edges, and focusing on an object. Within “Delineation” describes the action of describing or portraying something precisely, and how artists create form language through various methods and techniques in mark-making.

Join us for the Opening reception in April, or visit during Gallery hours to see these stunning originals as well as some prints in limited supply in person. Show runs for two months, through May, 2019

MEGAN ECKMAN

Megan Eckman’s overactive imagination has fueled her creativity since childhood. She graduated from Minnesota State University Moorhead in 2009 with a degree in drawing. Afterwards she moved to Silicon Valley and began selling prints of her work to pay the high rent on her apartment. In 2013, she moved to Vancouver, WA, where she currently resides with her husband, Jeffrey Opp, a fine art photographer. Her latest series of work plays with pattern on pattern aesthetic.

“flatteringly flat #14”  limited edition  by Megan Eckman

MARIKA PAZ

Marika Paz is a self-taught artist spending her days in Portland, OR. Her style is at once timeless, dreamy, and expressive of her inner secrets. Her personal interests include woodland creatures, folklores and fairytales, watercolors and ink, old books and vintage doohickeys, tea, coffee and cozy places while listening to the rain.

“Beltane”  by Marika Paz

HELEN MASK-GREER

Helen Mask Greer is a Portland Oregon Based Illustrator. She graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with her B.F.A. in Illustration in 2012. She has worked as a Tshirt designer for the past 5 and a half years and works as a freelance Illustrator. She grew up in Stowe, VT, snowboarding, mountain biking, and hiking with her amazing family.
Her goal is to create work that can be used both commercially and personally, that has a strong sense of line, decorative details, and that can work on a variety of different products.

“Little Owl”   by Helen Mask-Greer

ISAAC FLETCHER WEISS

Isaac Fletcher Weiss hails from the countryside near the California High Sierra. His work is grounded in classic observational drawing and sculpture and explores contemporary methods and media. He received his BFA from Long Beach State University 2009 and his MFA from Portland State University 2014. His work has been shown nationally in California, Oregon, Washington, New York and Illinois.

“Teatro Massimo”   by Isaac Fletcher-Weiss

KIRSTEN MOORE

Kirsten spends most of her spare time drawing in her sketchbook, but is also a fashion designer specializing in textiles, embroidery, accessories and lingerie, under the moniker Piper Ewan. She started in 2013 drawing a bird a day to hone her drawing skills to possibly translate to textile designs. The project was supposed to last a year, but years later she finds herself still drawing.

“Manekinekow Wheel”    by Kirsten Moore

First Friday group show at

REDUX BOUTIQUE AND GALLERY

BOTANICAL BURLESQUE

Features Northwest artists who delight at the intersection of botanicals and artistic expression, self love and the female form.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Botanical Burlesque explores concepts of divine femininity, the natural world, flower symbolism, romance and sensuality, dressing and un-dressing as self-care, performance and personal power.

Presenting a variety of perspectives and media, from photography to collage to wearable art, this show will run through the end of March 2019.

Join us!

Friday, February 1, from 6 – 9 PM

for the Opening Reception.

811 E. Burnside st #116

featuring the work of 6 divine Northwest women:

Aunia Kahn

Lesley Reppeteaux

Lea Barozzi

Brenda Dunn

Kendra Binney

and featuring the wearable contributions of Portland Burlesque performer, costume designer and choreographer Zora Von Pavonine (yep the same Zora also starring in recently released documentary “Glitter Tribe” glittertribethemovie.com/) is coming to hang out with us in a costume she made for a Botanical Burlesque show… *and* she is bringing handmade finery available for purchase at the show. These will be very affordably priced, but not available online, so come on down for your chance to snag some handmade burly flair to take home.

photo credit: Jack  Allen

*more about the artists*

Aunia Kahn     

Figurative artist, photographer, author, curator, web/graphic designer, a creative entrepreneur and inspirational speaker. Her artwork is a hybrid art form combining many disciplines which she invariably designs, builds, and executes characters, non-existent places, dreams, illusions, fears and fables into creations melding elements of classical and contemporary art. With the honor of several awards, having been featured in numerous publications, and represented and collected nationally and internationally, along with being a published author has provided her a platform to guest lecture at colleges and universities.

Project driven with community interest prompted Aunia to pursue curating several exhibitions and book projects including the Moon Goddess exhibit, Tarot Under Oath, Lowbrow Tarot Project, etc. which later inspired the launch of Auxilium Haus (Formally: Alexi Era Gallery) a collection of her various projects, publications, and curatorial adventures. It is also the home of the Museum of Rescued (MORA)which was established in an effort to rescue discarded and dispossessed art due to a variety of circumstances in which one may never truly know.

She has also published many personal projects include the Silver Era Tarot, Inspirations for Survivors, Obvious Remote Chaos, Minding the Sea: Inviting the Muses Over for Tea, Avalanche of White Reason, XIII: The Art of Aunia Kahn, Witch’s Oracle (Illustrator, Author: Marla Brooks). Her forthcoming books and projects include; An Epidemic of Retrospective, Disintegrating Stars and the Ethereal Realms Tarot. She has also been an avid tarot reader/designer for 16 years and web/graphic designer for 20.

She loves animals, Prussian blue, tarot, miracles, crystals, nature, hummingbirds, and Jeeps

Lesley Reppeteaux 

Born in Nova Scotia, Canada, next to the Atlantic Ocean breeze, Lesley is a storyteller who is deeply affected by the marriage of art and literature. Within her work you’ll find long limbed beauties with dangerous claws, stories of sea swept sirens, and creatures from the deep.

Pouty-lipped heroines with melancholy softness permeate to create a peculiar world filled with chimera and charm – a bewitching gathering of all the cloven-hoofed vixens that prance in her head. Her female characters are strong and ethereal. The heart of her paintings lie within their concepts, each piece expanding your imagination as she takes you by the hand and leads you on a journey with her.

Reppeteaux has shown with Thinkspace, Copro/Nason, La Luz De Jesus, Gallery 1988, Strychnin, Last Rites, and many other esteemed galleries both nationally and internationally. She has been featured in King Brown, Hi-Fructose, Art Prostitute, Xfubs and Lemonade Magazine as well as BEASTS, the hardcover book by Fantagraphics.

Lea Barozzi

“REPOSE”

This fall, Redux Gallery is pleased to present a very special group show, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit the ALS Association of OR/WA. 

This show’s theme investigates difficult topics surrounding Death. It includes subject-matter related to the complex issues related to living with terminal illness like ALS, and also other death related topics surrounding the planning and inevitability of death, the grieving process and the importance of talking openly in coming to terms with end-of-life decisions.

We are asking invited artists to face their mortality and express thoughts on different ways that cultures and people grieve and think about death. It’s about celebrating a life well lived, but also about rejecting the notion that these are negative or taboo topics to be avoided. We all deserve a “Good Death” and encourage others within this public forum to  actively discuss the nature of grief, estate planning, ritualistic and commemorative celebration, traditions and burial practices popularized by both cultural norms and by the death industry as well as socially responsible alternative practices, and the importance of educating yourself about the options for you and your family when it’s time.

This show is dedicated to co-curator, friend and artist, Vashti Ross, will be in attendance at the show. Vashti is in her third year of living with ALS, and is excited to help oversee the event, contribute ideas and help raise awareness about ALS and some of the issues people with terminal and degenerative illnesses have. Please also check out Vashti Ross’s blog, which she has been contributing to since she was diagnosed. It’s a truly humbling and enriching experience. If interested, Here is where you can sponsor her for the ALS walk here in Portland on September 23rd.

We will also have a short discussion at 8pm introducing several of the participating artists  and inviting them to give short talks outlining the inspiration for their work within the show. Later we will open up for a public forum to anyone wishing to share their thoughts or stories.

We will also have copies on hand for sale of  “Morbid Curiosity“, the engaging trivia-style game and wonderful educational tool that can really help you and yours talk about all things death-related. Questions presented within the game offer encouragement to share thoughts, experiences, and humor. They also challenge one’s historical, factual, mythological, and cultural knowledge. We will be bringing guests a “Morbid Curiosity Moment” where we periodically read through a few throughout the event as discussion topics.

Here are the 16 contributing artists for the show:

Casey Capell

Mike Wellins

Heidi Elise Wirz

Kendra Binney

Helen Mask

Alea Bone

Alison Greyson

Emily Brown

Anneke Wilder

Kirsten Moore

Mavis Leahy

Mary Coleman

Isaac Fletcher Weiss

Brent Wear

Robyn Lee Williams

Lisa Laser

We are honored to present such fine artists for such a wonderful cause and hope that even if you cannot make it to the First Friday opening reception in person, you might consider stopping in sometime in Oct/Nov; show runs until Thanksgiving.

On Opening Day, all artwork will also be

posted and available for sale here in our online gallery.

Redux Gallery Presents:

lose yourself in…

HEARTBREAK CITY

– a poster show –

Join us for a photography exhibition featuring the work of Portland’s own Small Talk Collective. “Heartbreak City” evokes the nostalgic feeling of warm summer nights, seedy motels, female desire, and being young and free. The exhibition will feature small editions of posters available to take home right away at affordable prices! 

 Neighboring shops will also be open late and participating in their own featured artist shows, vintage clothing sales, DJ’s, trunk shows, as well as a plant clipping swap from the Portland plant propagation. 

Small Talk Collective:

Briana Cerezo

Leslie Hickey

Kristina Hruska

Marico Fayre

Audra Osborne

Kelli Pennington

Jen Timmer Trail

Opening Reception // First Friday

August 3rd, 2018 // 6:00-9:00pm

On display August 3rd – September 30th

at REDUX BOUTIQUE & GALLERY; 811 E. Burnside #116

View full exhibition online at reduxpdx.com/reduxgallery

Small Talk is a photography collective formed in Portland, Oregon in 2015. As a group, we explore the nature of what it means to be a visual storyteller, pool resources, provide support and critique, and facilitate community events and discussions. We engage in the best kind of “small talk,” that which binds us together both as a collective and within a larger community of women and minority artists, fostering stronger work and collaboration. Our first book, We’re Always Touching by Underground Wires, was published in April 2018.

www.smalltalkcollective.com

In some contexts, we wear our hearts on our sleeve, or in this imagined world, on top of our heads.

As if our thoughts and ideas could be worn like a headdress, this show explores what it would be like if our ideas were visible visual narratives.

Emoting both ones personal identity and cultural heritage, here we see a variety of magical portraits which convey the complex inner workings of ones mind as if they were literally Emerging from within.

For some, these ideas manifest as the spirit animals that give us strength, guidance and inspiration.

For others, they are represented as having a crystalline structure that erupts out of our being like the complex, many faceted souls that we are.

Join us for an exploration of self as we are introduced by four local artists to a variety of many-dimensional individuals who each wear many different hats.

Opening Reception;
First Friday
June 1st – 6-9pm

Redux Gallery
811 East Burnside st #116
www.reduxpdx.com

On First Friday, the show goes live on our online Gallery here:
www.reduxpdx.com/reduxgallery/

Kendra Binney

Kendra Binney was raised in a small mountain town with no shoe stores. Most of her time was spent barefoot treading through the miniscule world of spiders, snakes and all things hiding in the grass. She transfers this closeness with the small and obscure into her paintings. Through scenes of dripping landscapes and insecure, vulnerable characters, she illustrates a world draped in memories, remorse, and fragile realities. Seen through pastel washes and shiny candy coatings of resins, her works evoke both nostalgia and contempt. They are at once gentle and cruel, sweet and unsettling.

Though her paintings have been sold and exhibited around the world, Kendra herself spends most days in a small studio in Portland, OR.  There she paints, daydreams, and paints some more.

Marisa Govin

Marisa Anna Govin is an Artist, Art Educator and Designer born in the valleys of Southern Oregon. A chosen path, the life of Marisa has always been woven with art and culture. She grew up immersed in Latin American culture, creating connections that eventually lead her to move to South America where she spent over 12 years. Marisa studied Fine Arts at Universidad Museo Social Argentino and later continued her studies at Universidad de Cuyo specializing in Artistic Ceramics. An active artist and art educator during her formative years, Marisa established her path in the arts while finding her own expressive language and personal style that continues to define her art now.

Marisa’s life and art is focused on the ancestral knowledge of sustainability, ecology and the environment from a cultural perspective. Her artwork encourages the sustainability of the earth through the intrigue of the subject itself. It draws the sight to life; rich in diversity, forms, and colors as a way to connect more deeply with the world, promoting the discovery of natural resources and their conservation.  This body of work incorporates ideas of anthropomorphic integration with nature seen through a lens of cultural identity. It shows the spirit of the land that lives in our connections to our past and present.

Marisa continues to view art as an integral part of life experiences, drawing from a deep connection to nature and cultural tradition in the Americas as it is lived in this constantly changing world. With more than ten years of experience as an artist she has developed a strong sense of artistic identity which is shared in her exhibits and community events. Her work has been shown throughout the US, Canada, and South America and is part of private collections extending from the Americas to Europe. As an art educator, and currently working as the artistic director at a school, her methodologies prioritize enabling students to understand, identify and nurture their creative potential and to find innovative solutions to communicating through artistic expression.

Jaclyn Evalds 

In 2002, I graduated from Penn State University with a BA in Art and Media Studies. I moved to Portland in 2010, and at that time, my love of creating surfaced in the form of peculiar paintings of women. These women were inspired by early American folk portraiture, and were typically surrounded by birds or flowers. Eventually my interests in biology and natural history broadened, and my portraits became infused with images of anatomical hearts, detailed insects, and moody landscapes.

In the summer of 2012, I received a box of old family photographs, some dating back to the late 1800s. The recurring theme of family connections and ancestors pervaded my thoughts and my paintings, along with elements like ghostly forms and weirdly growing flora. I continue to explore my interest in folk art-inspired portraiture and the natural, sometimes strange, curiosities that surround our everyday lives. When not working, I enjoy cooking, live music, yoga, and spending time with my husband and our two cats.

Alison Greyson
I began carving skulls in 2016.  I had found a deer skull while mixing sound on a Discovery Network show in the Oregon woods.  One day, while working on a project in my tiny school bus house, I found myself holding my dremel while looking at the skull, and thought that perhaps I could combine the two.

​I wasn’t anticipating the connection I felt to the skull when I started on my first piece.  I wasn’t expecting to have a conversation with the skull, to be guided by its path, or to be encompassed with the feeling of releasing energy trapped by the fear and trauma of its death.  I wasn’t expecting the skull to have so much say- I had a loose idea of the design, and then the skull took it from there.  Every skull I’ve carved since has been the same.  I’ll approach the skull with a rough design or a concept, and once I’ve started the details and the evolution feel like they’re out of my hands.

The whole journey has been rather unexpected.  I spent 15 years of my life as a adamant vegetarian.  Seeing taxidermy and skull mounts used to make me viscerally uncomfortable. Sometimes they still do, if the animal’s spirit doesn’t feel honored.  I’d never imagine that I’d now have such an intimate connection with death, let alone be handling it so closely.  Some of the skulls I work on are found in nature, and others I purchase professionally cleaned.  All my skulls are ethically sourced and are recycling death, and no animals were killed for their skulls.  Even so skull carving is messy, dusty work, and there’s no questioning that I’m handling something that used to be very much alive. My spiritual connection to the process has been even more unexpected.  I’ve never considered myself a particularly spiritual person, but I can’t deny the energy I feel when I carve.  I often feel like a vehicle for the skulls and the life they used to contain while I’m carving them.

​As it turns out, I like a vocal canvas with such a strong say in its creation. The texture of each skull varies greatly, along with the strength.  This is a medium of no take backs! Though I have a background in visual art, it had been over a decade since I felt compelled to create non digital art, and I ran with it.  I quickly outgrew my tiny school bus house desk space, and I invested in a studio space within an artist collective in Portland, OR

​In addition to skull carving, I am a location sound recordist,a tiny house/skoolie advocate, a documentary film maker, a fighter, a dancer, a lover of life, and a newfound appreciator of death.

A WILD HARE

Heidi Davis
Tripper Dungan
Lisa Laser
and Amelia Opie

Opening Reception

April 6th, 2018

6:00-9:00PM
at 
REDUX BOUTIQUE and GALLERY
811 East Burnside St. #116
Portland, Oregon

“Not so Lucky”  Tripper Dungan

Tripper Dungan:

Tripper Dungan was born in Santa Barbara, California. At the early age of 4 he got in trouble for coloring in his brothers He-Man coloring book. He hasn’t stopped making art since.

Tripper attend the Las Vegas Academy of Performing and Visual Arts and International Studies. this is where he received the bulk of his art training. After a short stint in SanDiego Tripper hitchhiked up to Eugene to pursue his art. In Eugene Tripper met DIY fashion designers, film makers, fire dancers, amateur circus performers, DJs, musicians, puppeteers, fairies, baristas, and freaks. Needless to say college didn’t hold his attention for long.

Tripper has been a part many local art events such as Portland’s Holocene’s annual mini golf design competition, where he made a 7 foot tall robot head to hit your golfball into. He made a temporary moving mural of a woodsman playing a ukulele at the Goodfoot lounge. Whenever the men’s room door opened the woodsman’s arm strummed the weed wacker strings on the 11 foot ukulele. At a show at screaming sky he hand carved a totem pole as part of show about animal tales. just to name a few.

Tripper is currently showing in galleries across the country and slinging art at heavily curated craft shows on the west coast. He even sometimes picks up the odd graphic design job for local independent record labels, websites, people that want a design for a tattoo, HUB brewing, and weekly papers like the Portland Mercury. His art has been featured on the cover of the Portland Mercury a handful of times.

Tripper is often working away on one art project or another late into the night as his wife and daughter dream sweetly in their beds.

IG:   @trippers

Website:  http://www.numberstar.com/index.html

FB:   https://www.facebook.com/tripper.dungan?ref=br_rs

“Hot Tub” Amelia Opie

Amelia Opie :

Amelia was was raised with 3 siblings and a myriad of all kinds of animals in rural Pennsylvania by loving parents who were both artists.

Her mother was an animal lover and advocate and kept a steady stream of various rescued and fostered animals flowing through their home. In addition to to the rescued animals, their family also had the usual assortment of cats, dogs, horses and guinea pigs, etc. The artistic talents of her parents provided a great influence and encouragement towards her creative pursuits.

Her earliest experiences as an artist and animal lover have clearly influenced her paintings today. Amelia usually paints anthropomorphic animal(s) in a semi rural setting. She loves a fantasy themes and generally doesn’t paint with a great deal of realism, because of the limitless possibilities of fantasy painting; ANYTHING can happen. Dogs can fly! Cats can wear clothing!

She studied painting at Tyler School of Art, and U.C. Davis, moving to Portland in 1994, where she found a home in the vibrant eclectic city.

She is now married and lives in SE Portland with her husband and autistic son, soon graduating from high school. Raising a special needs person has been the biggest challenge of her life, but for some cosmic reason, she feels she was the right person for the job.

IG:  @threepawprints

Website:  http://ameliaopie.com/home.html

FB:  https://www.facebook.com/amelia.opie.1

“Jack Rabbit Slims”  Lisa Laser

Lisa Laser:

 I love to paint. I love to take things out of context and rearrange them.  I like black coffee, Reading, binge TV, dancing, OIL paint, acrylic paint, banging on things, getting dirty, bones and antlers, old photographs, BIG hair, and furry 70’s porn.  I prefer to walk.  I like music loud  music or complete silence when I’m working.  Best things: bougainvillea, limes, the ocean, rivers, forests, bright buildings, funny people, cats, dogs, 72* Fahrenheit,  and skinny dipping.

I mostly paint but have begun to work more on sculptural wood pieces. My current series involves secret boxes,  animal towers and assembled triptychs. The boxes appear as towers but come apart to reveal hiding places.

I live in Portland, Oregon with my two kids and three cats. Please follow me on lisabunnylaser@instagram. Or check out my badly maintained Etsy site: LisaLaserArt. I currently show at Sidestreet Gallery, Portland Oregon and Stewart Jones Design, Joseph, Oregon and work with Siren Nation on art events in Portland.

Instagram:   lisabunnylaser

Website: http://www.lisalaserart.com/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/lisa.laser.52

Heide Davis:

Heide Davis is a painter living in Portland, Oregon. She is originally from Houston, TX where she attended the Art Institute of Houston and Glassell School of Art, MFAH.
Her work as a specialty finisher ( www.flickr.com/photos/hldavis ) and muralist has influenced her use of materials and encouraged experimentation in mixed media.
She is currently using and oils to create abstract landscapes and figurative work.

IG:https://www.instagram.com/heidedavis1
Website: http://www.heidedavis.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/Heide-Davis-Artist

 We are so excited to finally have a shiny new

FIRST FRIDAY ONLINE GALLERY

with Archives of some of our most recent shows, and all shows going forward, complete with beautiful pictures, descriptions, measurements and details for each piece. This is the place to look and see if the piece you had your eye on at the last show is still available.  As a general rule, if there’s no “SOLD” note in the caption, it means there’s a good chance it’s still available and we can still get it for you, even after a show has already closed. Shoot us an email for purchasing inquiries!

info@reduxpdx.com

Redux is proud to present our first Group show in 2018

Opening reception: First Friday February 2nd, from 6:00-9:00 pm

featuring 5 talented Portland-based collage and mixed-media artists:

Karen Wippich

Karen Wippich grew up moving across the US, spending time alone creating characters and fantasies. Most of her adult life has been spent working as a graphic designer. Her design work has been widely published in the US and internationally. A few years ago her focus changed to something she dreamed about as a child, to have a career as a fine artist.

Karen’s expressionist acrylic paintings show her graphic influence with figures inhabiting and blending into abstract environments, their bodies breaking into geometric shapes, incised by lines. Her paintings have been shown extensively in Oregon and California galleries as well as shows in New York, Los Angeles, Monterey, Telluride, Philadelphia and Washington DC. See more at Karenwippich.com

Kevin Sampsell

Kevin Sampsell is a long-time Portland author, bookseller, and small press publisher who paused his writing career to learn about and pursue collage making in 2014. He wrote the collage column, Paper Trumpets, for The Rumpus website for thirty installments and his collages have appeared in various magazines and websites including Kolaj Magazine, Black Candies, Chicago Quarterly Review, Ohio Edit, Clackamas Literary Review, 7×7, and others. His books include a memoir, A Common Pornography, and a novel, This Is Between Us. Recent fiction of his appears in Portland Review, Tin House, The Elephants, and Wigleaf. See more at kevinsampsellcollages.tumblr.com and kevinsampsell.com

Kevin Cascell

Kevin Cascell moved to Portland from San Diego in 1994 with out-rock ensemble TrumansWater. For over a decade he toured and recorded with Trumans, and designed album covers both Trumans and several other bands. He also wrote for, edited, and did the layout art for the music ‘zine Osmotic Tongue Pressure. For the past 5 years he has been pursuing collage most of the time. His work has been shown locally at Genie’s, Space Room, The Red E, Park 19, and elsewhere. Kevin’s collages are comprised of cutouts from discarded books and magazines, without digital manipulation, and all frames are thrifted or found. His work is non-conceptual and intricate, and is more reminiscent of surrealist painting than pop art. His work can be seen on Instagram @kcascellcollage

Jackie Treiber

Jackie Treiber is a self-taught collagist and writer residing in Portland, Oregon. Her work is radically feminine, concerned with the present and historical states of women’s power as exemplified through healing, myth and magic making. Her writing has appeared in The Literary Review and Nailed Magazine.  See more on her Instagram @jackal_ann.

Greg Hanson

Greg Hanson is a mixed media assemblage artist who likes to document his work online with in-process photographs; he also makes short videos on a YouTube channel with more than 800 subscribers. Greg builds amazing assemblages and mixed media collages from vintage photos, old toys and other pieces of antique ephemera that he collects and finds. Orchestrating relationships between incongruous objects, Hanson says of his art, “it’s all about being able to play as an adult.” Recently, Greg has been given an art grant that allows him to collect, rummage or what he refers to as “glean” from the Portland Oregon Metro Transfer Station close to where he lives. You can read more about Greg and the other four artists who were given this grant by popping over to their blog GLEANings where each of the artists are writing about their experiences “working with trash.” See more of his mixed media and collage work at Galleriagreg.com

The Opening Reception is Feb 2nd for this very special two-month show at Redux Gallery. Join us from 6-9:30 PM to hang out with all of these local artists and bask in the glory of their new work. We will be servin’ up the usual wine, snacks and good cheer. See you in February!!!

//FELINE FAMILIARS// 

a group benefit show this First Friday in October/November 2017

It is with great pleasure that Redux announces our upcoming benefit group show entitled “FELINE FAMILIARS”. This show will be in appreciation of felines, and will recognize black cats in particular, with half of the proceeds benefitting CAT, (the Cat Adoption Team) a feline only no-kill shelter in Sherwood, OR.

We are honored to make this announcement on Black Cat Appreciation Day, August 17th, and encourage folks to visit the CAT website for more information on how to adopt black cats with no fees today!

*Thanks to Jenna Barton for use of your image for show promotion!

A bit about the show:
The theme and title concept harkens back to a time when witches were thought to keep black cats as their “familiars”. Unfortunately this has created a superstition in modern-day society that associates black cats as “unlucky” and thus has had a significant impact on the adoptability of black cats. We hope to raise awareness on the topic, as well as have fun with the obvious playful potential in doing a cat themed show. We also hope artists will rise to the challenge of retaining the dark and moody feel of the October/November time-frame within their pieces, as well.
For this 2-month show, an opening reception will be held 6-9pm at Redux Gallery on October 6th, and the show will run through the end of November, 2017.

We will also have a photobooth by PARTY CAT, a Portland based photobooth featuring handmade backdrops and props. You better believe there is gonna be some adorable Halloween and black cat themed props for this one!

We have 37 participants all creating at least one piece for the show, the majority are based in the Pacific NW. the following show links to their online presence as well as their Instagram handle:

Agnes Hamilton @aggie.q.tattoo
Alea Bone @aleabone
Alex Fletcher @Paleocat
Alicia Justus @theamazingjustus
Amelia Opie @threepawprints
Apaki (Ayumi, Aaron & Aki)@apakstudio
Beth Myrick  @yeahrightokay
Brent Wear @brentwear / @fancy_mammal
Casey Capell @wolfteacreations
Cate Anevski @beeskneesindustries
Dominic De Venuta @kungfutoast
Eling Chang @elingeling
Emily Brown @birdmafia
Emily Small  @beetleinkco
Heidi Elise Wirz @heidielisewirz
Isabela Fawn @fawnisabela
Jesse Reno @jessereno
Jessie Fox-Nystrom @whatifcreations
Kendra Binney @kendra_binney
Kevin Cascell  @kcascellcollage
Kirsten Moore @piperewan / @fancy_mammal
Lea Barozzi @leabarozzi
Michele Maule  @michelemaule
Mike Wellins @peculiarium
Miranda L. Tarrow @mrrranda
Morgaine Faye @morgaine_faye
Nanette Wallace @nanettewallace
Paige Cambern @redbird_props
Pamela Davis @pameladavis333
Renee Staeck @renazerbean
Shana Lee Hampton @shanaleehampton
Shawn Hampton @8bit0
Stephanie Brockway @stephaniebrockway
Susan Freedman @susan.freedman
Tera Stenzel @terastenzel
Tripper Dungan @tripperd
Wendi Anderson @wanderingwonton

**SNEAK PEEKS BY ARTISTS**

(posted regularly now until showtime on our Instagram and Facebook pages.)

RSVP for the event on Facebook here!

A bit about the benefit:
Half of the total proceeds shall go towards the benefit. Redux will donate at least half of it’s portion as well as many of the participating artists.

The mission of the CAT adoption team is to save the lives of homeless, unwanted, sick, and injured cats and to work with our community to provide feline expertise and quality programs and services for people and cats.

Currently they achieve this mission by
• Providing shelter, medical care, evaluation, and treatment to cats who have become homeless
• Finding homes for the cats and kittens in our care
• Providing people who care for cats with resources, education, and support to help keep human-animal bonds strong and prevent cats from becoming homeless
• Offering low-cost spay/ neuter services to cat owners in need to prevent the births of unwanted litters
• Working closely with other animal organizations to implement projects and programs that positively impact cats at a community and regional level

//First Friday Group Show //

AUG/SEPT 2017

Girls of Summer: Art Inspired by Love

Alea Bone

Stephanie Brockway

Heide Davis

We are so excited for this months First Friday Featured Group Show,

“Girls of Summer: Art Inspired By Love”

This collective show features the work of three incredible local artists who specialize in mixed media, painting and creative repurposing.

There will be prints available as well as amazing original creations fashioned from wood, metal, paint and canvas.

Don’t miss this inspiring  two and 3-D imagery from Portland’s own female power-trio!

Stop by the shop on opening night to COOL OFF in our fabulous A/C (brrrr!!!) and set your eyes on some amazing art,

schmooze with your friends at the ‘Dux and enjoy a refreshing drink and snack on us!

// REDUX IS PLEASED TO PRESENT //

Light Fuse and Fly Away: Crows Playing With Fire

Collaborative Works by Brent Wear + Kirsten Moore

// First Friday Opening Reception //

June 2nd, 6:00-9:00PM

Show runs through JUNE-JULY 2017

Brent Wear was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, and has been living in the Portland area for the past 18 years. He studied art and illustration at Parsons School of design in New York and the University of Kansas. While living in Portland, he has had many solo and group shows, and has become known for his brightly coloured paintings of whimsical creatures in odd situations. In the past several years Brent has been exploring the realm of abstract painting, along with collaborative works with artist Kirsten Moore. In his free time Brent likes to ride bikes, chase trains, and make friends with crows.

Kirsten Moore is the proprietress of Piper Ewan, a fashion design and now illustration company in Portland, Oregon. She started in 2013 drawing a bird a day to hone her drawing skills to possibly translate to surface designs on corsets for her fashion design business. The project was supposed to last a year. Since then illustration has taken over her life. Kirsten moved to Portland when she was 6 months old, and has lived here ever since. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Music from Portland State University in 1995. In her spare time, she pets cats, talks to crows and knits piles of shawls.

Find more of their work and follow what they’re up to below!

Redux is pleased to present our next First Friday Featured Show

 INTERTWINED

A Modern Macrame Exhibition

Michelle Blomstedt

Opening Reception

April 7th, 2017

6:00PM – 9:30PM

Featuring Work by Local Artists:

Brooke Anderson

Terra Blakely

Michelle Blomstedt 

Emily Katz

Audra Osborne

Rachael Perisho

Curated by Audra Osborne, this exhibition showcases the rediscovery and modernization of the ancient art of macrame. We are so excited to exhibit these gorgeously detailed fiber art pieces at Redux in conjunction with First Friday and our Grand Reopening in our new and spacious shop! This is going to be a super special opening reception because we will also be celebrating our big move – only a few doors down from the shop we’ve been in for the past 11 years! There will be live music by DJ BLACKBARS, a photobooth by Party Cat, wine, snacks, and a general good time! Come party with us!

Redux is pleased to present our next First Friday Featured Artist

// TERA STENZEL //

Opening Reception

February 3rd, 2017

6:00PM – 9:30PM

We are excited to showcase the sculptural works by amazing local artist, Tera Stenzel! Tera creates delightfully weird and funky sculptures she calls “Mushroom People”, and they are just that. Each mushroom sculpture has different facial features and characteristics and are named oh so appropriately to match their persona.

// ABOUT THE WORK //

Tera Stenzel’s Mushroom People first appeared in the 2015 Magic & Mystery Show at Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts. Stenzel says, “Mushrooms are an amazing part of our ecosystem; they keep everything in balance. There are no two mushrooms alike,much like humans, so maybe we’re not so different after all. Through humor and whimsy, Stenzel asks the world: “Couldn’t we use a bit more magic in our lives?”

// ABOUT THE ARTIST //

I am a self-taught artist from the Midwest; I moved to the Pacific Northwest almost 10 years ago and I’ve been in love ever since.

Life, nature and humor have always influenced my art. I gravitate more towards the three dimensional. I like creating something that has mass and life to it–a piece you can look at and think up endless storylines for.

I work with a range of mediums, including: acrylic paint, raw wool, yarn… old siding from a house. I like repurposing discarded materials and try to incorporate them as much as possible. I use Sculpey for all sculpted work, but don’t use molds so each piece has its own personality.

Ever since I was little I liked making things. I just want to create and if people find joy in what I do, then gravy.

Check out her website to see more of her work!

Redux is pleased to present:

// Renee Staeck //

First Friday Featured Artist December-January

//Opening Reception//

December 2nd, 2016

6:00-9:30

SEEK, gouache and graphite on paper, 11×14″

Please join us for artist reception of “In Search Of…”, paintings by Portland artist Renee Staeck! Renee’s work is dreamy, etherial and yet rooted in reality – a beautiful juxtaposition we are excited to showcase. Named after Leonard Nimoy’s 1970s television series that examined a spectrum of mysterious phenomena, IN SEARCH OF… illustrates imagined acts of exploration into esoteric mysteries. Each piece portrays a form of participation in occult practices, such as magic, spiritualism, alchemy, and divination. Check out her website to see more of her incredible work!

// ABOUT THE ARTIST //

Renee Staeck is a mixed-media artist and illustrator based in Portland, Oregon. She received a BFA in Fine Art/Drawing from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (Milwaukee, WI) in 2003, and has been working artist ever since.

Renee’s illustrative work varies from art nouveau and Persian miniature-inspired vignettes to abstract landscapes. Drawing most of her influence from the “hidden” beauty, mystery, and humor that underlies everyday life, Renee creates images that often leave the viewer with more questions than answers.

Summon, gouache, graphite, and gold leaf on paper, 11×14″

Redux is pleased to present:

An Art Installation by Casey+Bryan of WolfTea

First Friday Featured Artists October-November

//Opening Reception//

October 7th, 2016

6:00-9:30

Casey and Bryan are mixed media artists working with found and repurposed objects. Each object, whether its a skull, bits of metal, antique beads, or thrifted frames and tins, becomes a new precious entity honoring it’s original form. These pieces will be displayed for two months as an installation in our front window and on our gallery walls. We could not be more stoked for this exhibition, which will be just in time for Halloween! Stop by the shop opening night during the First Friday Art Walk for some seriously spooky art and the meet the artists behind this incredible work!

 

//ARTIST STATMENT//

Wolftea is a small business working out of our tiny home within the damp woodlands of Washington. We are a husband and wife duo and have been running our little business together for the last 3 years. 

Our work is meant to bring a new life, a new perspective to materials and items that may otherwise become overlooked or forgotten, lost an abandoned. We strive to keep most all of our materials secondhand and salvaged, meaning they all come from a variety of places. 

Bones and animal remains are collected from ethical and secondhand sources from roadkill to nature finds,  from bone dumps to garage sales.  90% of beads and mismatched findings are reclaimed from old broken jewelry,  found objects, barter, thrift shops, garage sales,flea markets and gifts. We also hand-make a portion on our beads and charms from clay, wood, bone and scrap metals. Fabrics and leathers are collected from old found coats, thrift shops,  free boxes, secondhand craft stores, garage sales, trades,gifts, left overs from other crafters and scrap bins. Feathers are obtained from molting birds to small family farms, from found feathers in our coop to secondhand thrift stores.  

The reason behind using salvaged materials is that each bead, each bone or each charm has its own history to contribute both aesthetically and energetically.  As you wear,display or gift these creations to new homes, you are enriching the history already embedded within. 

We hope our work brings inspiration to you<3 

Visit their website to see more amazing work, and make sure to stop by the shop for an amazing show!

// JASON GREENE //

//FIRST FRIDAY FEATURED ARTIST : AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2016//

Opening Reception // August 5th // 6:00-9:30

Click above to check out more work from the show!

We are stoked to announce our next featured artist – Portland artist Jason Greene! We’ll be showcasing some of his new drawings and paintings focusing on beautifying seemingly mundane objects. Check back here for updates on the show and on his website to see more of his incredible work!

// ABOUT THE ARTIST //

Jason Greene is an artist, musician, toy-maker, and tinkerer. Raised in Mississippi, he has been living in Portland for the past 16 years. During that time, he’s had several solo exhibitions and been a part of many group shows. Much of his work has appeared as public art throughout the city of Portland as well as in Los Angeles. Leaning away from his most recent business, Board Games, which recycled skateboards into toys such as slingshots and yoyos, he is putting more energy back into painting and drawing. His artwork often centers around the beauty of seemingly mundane objects and the expressive play of line and form.

// SUSAN FREEDMAN //

//FIRST FRIDAY FEATURED ARTIST- JUNE-JULY 2016//

Click here to check out more pieces from the show!

Redux is pleased to present these amazing encaustic mixed media pieces by Portland artist Susan Freedman! Help us celebrate her work at her opening reception during the First Friday Art Walk!

//JUNE 3RD 2016//

//6:00pm – 9:30pm//

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Susan Freedman was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She graduated from Portland state university and began work in graphic design, but has always created fine art as well. She has worked in encaustic for over 15 years and has shown her work in galleries and shops throughout Portland.

Encaustic is mix of beeswax, resin and pigment which is heated until it’s in a liquid form. The resin in the mixture raises the melting temperature of the wax, which helps to prevent it from melting in heat once the artwork has cooled.

Encaustic is incredibly versatile; it can be polished to a high gloss, carved, scraped, layered, collaged, dipped, cast, modeled, sculpted, textured, and combined with oil. Because It cools immediately there is no drying time, yet it can always be reworked. it’s like drawing, painting and sculpting all at once.

Check out more of her work on her website, or in the shop!

Redux is excited to announce our next First Friday Featured Artist

// RACHAEL PERISHO //

OPENING RECEPTION

APRIL 1ST // 6:00-9:30

We are so excited to have Rachael’s incredibly gorgeous and intricate ink + graphite drawings adorn the Redux walls for April and May! Stop by the opening this First Friday for an awesome show, to meet the artist, and to have a few snacks and drinks on us!

Rachael Perisho is an artist and illustrator living in Portland. She received a BFA in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2011. Her work centers around ideas of memory, sentimentality, longing and manipulating  “the gaze”. She is interested in the push and pull between states of intimacy and inaccessibility, and the relationship between ambivalence and desire. Visit her website to see more of her beautiful work!

//BONEWERX BY ALEA BONE – VALENTINE’S FEATURED ARTIST  //

Redux is pleased to present incredible original works by Portland artist Alea Bone for a special Valentine’s Weekend art opening!

//OPENING RECEPTION – FEB 12TH 6:00-9:30//

Under the name BoneWerx, Alea creates mixed-media assemblage art from found objects and upcycled materials. Vintage beer cans, scavenged bottle caps and reclaimed denim, leather and velvet are transformed into unexpected combinations. Inspired by the alternative sub-cultural aesthetics of Day of the Dead, Voodoo, Punk and Beer, she blurs the lines between the sacred and the profane, high brow and outsider art. The result is her own edgy and irreverent version of a new American folk art.

What started as an Eco-conscious effort to rescue cast off materials from gutters and landfills, has grown into an exploration into the stories that found objects have to tell. Besides a plentiful availability, beer cans and bottle caps specifically have emerged as a featured element in Bonewerx.

Alea and her husband moved to PDX in 1995 from Yosemite National Park so she could pursue a degree from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. They chose Portland, in large part because even then, it was an emerging Mecca for beer lovers. Hops grow in the Bone family yard, and they never miss the Oregon Brewer’s Festival. Alea saw ‘Beer Art’ as a huge opportunity that hadn’t been tapped yet and the perfect way to combine her interests.

Usually considered mundane, metal pieces bearing their original maker’s logos, Alea saw a kitschy charm in the cans/caps. It soon became apparent that when elevated into creative compositions, they took on a deeper significance as people started sharing their personal stories with her. Whether you are a part of it or not, beer culture and the role it plays in our individual histories is something we can all identify with and relate to on some level. The memories connected to old beer labels tend to evoke nostalgia for simpler times, youthful rebellion, old bands, fishing buddies and pool games that got out of hand in dive bars. Perhaps it’s the brand your grandpa always had on hand or the beer you shoplifted when underage, just to see if it tasted as bad as everyone said it did, beer, in one way or another is a part of our collective consciuosness.

Objects themselves cannot tell us their own stories. It is our memories, (our secrets) that breathe life into them and give them value. It is the aim of Bonewerx to stir up a few of those stories for you.

We’re so excited to hang her new work, and to share it with you all just in time for V-Day!

// FIRST FRIDAY FEATURED ARTIST – ISABELA FAWN //

Help us celebrate Isabela’s incredible collection of oil paintings and graphite drawings entitled “Zoological Society ” this First Friday!

Opening Reception // December 4th 

// 6:00-9:30 //

Dance around the shop to live music by DJ RODOX!

Get your photo snapped at the Holiday Photo Booth set up by Party Cat!

Holiday snacks and warm adult beverages provided!

About The Artist

         I have been experimenting with the theme of anthropomorphic animals for several years. Although animals have been represented as people within the context of mythology and folklore for thousands of years, I feel as if I am discovering something new with each picture I create. I have always loved animals and I see them as characters with human qualities. When I was very young, I had countless stuffed animal toys but wanted nothing to do with human dolls whatsoever. Sometimes, even now, I feel I relate to animals better than humans and, very often, individuals in my dreams fluctuate between being people and animals. 

        I work with a wide variety of imagery including pictures from old books and magazines, anonymous found snapshots, as well as my own photographs. I explore themes concerning memory, dreams, time and place by combining various images from which I draw or paint. When I replace a person’s face with that of an animal, I am attempting to take a moment of time that is specific to that person and stretch it into an experience that is universal. The fact that there is an animal in the scene rather than a recognisable person hopefully makes it easier for the viewer to sympathise with the situation I am depicting. The substitution of the animal also helps to create a sense of timelessness as this process has the ability to transport the most contemporary of images into a world of mythology. For me, the world I depict in my drawings and paintings is my own personal parallel universe.

Below are a handful of her works that will be adorning the Redux gallery walls, stop by the shop to see the full show!

//FIRST FRIDAY FEATURED ARTIST – EMILY BROWN of BIRD MAFIA//

Help us celebrate this coming First Friday with original designs in handcut paper by BIRD MAFIA to adorn our walls for two months this summer!

Opening Reception // June 5th, 2015

The show will be up for your viewing pleasure for 2 months, through June and July.

Working under the name Bird Mafia, paper cut artist Emily Brown draws inspiration from the beauty in nature and her travels to create meticulously cut lines and textures in her hand-cut paper art. Each image is hand-drawn and hand-cut with an xacto knife (no lasers, no stencils, no die cut, no joke.)

We are excited to exhibit these original shadowboxed pieces, which feature layer upon layer of intricate paper cuts. In person, these works illustrate the dimensionality of carefully layered scenes to illustrate a new way of imagining a window into the natural world. We also already carry her beautiful pillows in the shop, which are silkscreened on cotton flour-sack towels, and feature many of her detailed animal images.

Emily’s work has been featured in a variety of publications including the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Dwell and Design Sponge.

In her words:

“Many years ago my husband started making stencils. Shortly after, his xacto knife disappeared. I fell deeply in love with creating cut paper art. To this day he still can’t seem to hold on to his own xacto knife.

When building this love of cut paper into a business, I began using my papercuts to make screens for printing. Each bird mafia design starts as a papercut. Each design is cut out of paper, burned on to a screen and then printed. About two years ago, (with a little push from some very good friends and my lovely husband) I started selling my artwork alongside my printed items.

I find inspiration in the forests of northern California, Oregon, and Washington, as well as their coasts and cities I love to explore.”

//FIRST FRIDAY FEATURED ARTIST – SANDY PERAZA//

Redux is pleased to present our October/November featured artist Sandy Peraza, aka; CHAPIES! These dark, mystical paintings will bring you into a new dimension with their reverence for surreal, suspended forms elevated in the darkness.  Her paintings often incorporate shades of pink an grey which pop in contrast against the blackness all around, metaphorically elevating objects out of their mundane contexts and into one celebrated, central focus. In support of breast cancer awareness and in honor of her favorite painting instructor who is a survivor, she has devoted her color palate accordingly.  These beautiful, original works will be adorning the walls of Redux in early October *just* in time for Halloween!

OPENING RECEPTION:

6-9:30PM, FIRST FRIDAY

OCTOBER 2nd, 2015

//ABOUT THE ARTIST//

Sandy Peraza is a self taught Portland based artist. She grew up on a small island off the Eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Southern Mexico before she made the move to the Pacific Northwest, where her adventure into art-making began. 

//FIRST FRIDAY FEATURED ARTIST – JESSIE FOX-NYSTROM //APRIL/MAY 2015//

Redux is pleased to announce our newest upcoming First Friday Featured Artist, Jessie Fox-Nystrom! Jessie’s fun and funny illustrations of hybridized animal creatures will be on display April 1st through the end of May. The artist will be in attendance to chat and answer questions during the Eastside First Friday Art Walk. Come help us celebrate her work, drink wine and eat snacks! We’re excited to see you!

Opening Reception:

6-9:30 pm, April 3rd, 2015

//ABOUT THE ARTIST//

Jessie Fox-Nystrom is a Portland-based illustrator. Born in San Francisco, she moved to Portland in 2005 to study fine art. She gravitates towards subject matter that is witty, provocative, biting, playful, and humorous. Her “Whatif Critters” have been her most popular series of work to date, selling successfully in a handful of loyal Portland retail locations. After a 3 year hiatus from all art endeavors, Jessie began creating while working in a residential treatment facility for drug addicted adolescents. Her caseload was especially fond of ridiculous animal mash-ups. She learned to translate the kids’ imaginings onto paper as means of building rapport, and hasn’t stopped drawing since. Jessie’s full portfolio, bio, and contact info is available online on her website: whatifcreationspdx.com

We are happy to announce that artist Lea Barozzi will be showing her work here at Redux August-September 2015. Her first friday opening will be August 7th.

Get to know Lea’s work:

Lea Barozzi is an American artist whose work has shown in Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Scotland, and Germany among other places. She is currently represented by The Dream Factory and is a member of the Bad Apple Artist Collective. Her illustrations have been featured on surfboards, skateboards, cd covers, books, jewelry, and apparel.

Lea Barozzi’s subject matter juxtaposes innocent doll-like maidens with distorted natural imagery and psychological symbolism. When she is not covered in paint, she enjoys exploring the Oregon coast, listening to punk rock, and beating her husband at video games. She currently lives in Portland with her husband, her boy, and her pets. You can view Lea’s work at LeaBarozzi.com.

 

Below are her beautiful pieces we will be featuring, and we can’t wait to see this detailed work in person! In the mean time, head over to her website for more gorgeous work.

Be sure to pencil in August 7th into your calendars now – this is a show you won’t want to miss!

We are proud to present the beautiful portraiture project “Letting Go” adorning the big back windows at the 24/7 Photography Gallery by OCTAVIA HUNTER.

A small selection of these works will be up and ready for viewing in time for this First Friday’s Opening Reception this December 5th from 6-9:30, but Octavia will be hosting an additional opening upon her return soon afterwards. (TBA) She is currently on tour with the project, which she successfully funded through a Kickstarter this past summer.

Statement:

I use my camera to document individuals as they go through their own process of  “Letting Go.”  Each participant brings with them an object that symbolically represents that which they are choosing to release from their lives.  Each session is unique to the individual, and the questions I ask are part of the process in helping the subject identify, communicate and let go in front of the camera.  Each person has a unique and powerful story that connects us to one another, and ultimately unearths the essence of what makes us human: our vulnerable yet resilient hearts.

My approach to each session is, grace, humor, contradiction and sorrow. Each experience is thus a unique and intimate one for each person to walk into; bringing a shift of consciousness from the obvious implications of what it means to hold onto a particular object, to what beauty and opportunity might be made available in one’s life by “Letting (it) Go?”

Participating subjects of the “Letting Go” portrait project will have any physical and emotional  experience documented of whatever they might be holding onto or releasing while going through the process.

Michele Maule is our next featured artist at Redux, showing her original works in our main gallery from Dec 1st-Jan 31st.  

The Opening Reception is from 6-9:30 pm on First Friday, Dec 5th, so swing on by, meet the artist and share a sip and a nibble with us!

Biography: Michele Maule received a degree in art from Portland State University in 2005 and has since become a full-time artist working in Portland, Oregon. She loves creating in a variety of different mediums including gouache, ink, etching and printmaking. The themes she explores in her work often include where we live, how we live, outdated forms of communication and Pacific Northwest native animals. She is interested in the human impact on our environment and the speed at which our technology advances and strives to express her contemplation of the ever changing landscape around us through her work. She has been exhibited extensively in Portland OR, as well as in Detroit, Arkansas, New Hampshire, and New York.

Statement: This series of work explores alternative housing ideas. The past several years we’ve been seeing a huge boom in very large, expensive houses, in many of our affordable neighborhoods in Portland. Small houses on large lots are being torn down to make room for two 3-4 story houses in the same space. Often these houses tower over the rest of the block. They’re made quickly and from materials that are not of the same quality of many of the surrounding homes.

My tree house illustrations are based on the idea of living small, building a shelter yourself, out of recycled materials in a space where a person is within their environment. I imagine myself reading, making tea and doing my daily chores in these little homes. I know that logistically speaking, many of these houses would not work, but I love the idea of ‘What if?’

The rest of this series explores the simple beauty in nature. Moths, the butterflies ugly cousin, is represented in several of my pieces. I loved exploring the different patterns, colors and shapes that occur in  their soft, velvety wings.

And feathers are the last piece to this series. I often find them while walking my dog and pick them up. Each line that is drawn, each color that is painted helps me to center myself. They’re so simple but full of many colors and lines.

Liv Rainey-Smith woodcut prints are up for you to check out! Her bold stroke style paired with a few prints that lean toward the darker side are perfect for this spookier time of year. Here is a bit about the artist and show:

//SOLO SHOW//  

RAINEY-SMITH’s stunning Xylographilia will be on display for the months of October and November.

The First Friday Opening Reception is

October 3rd from 6pm-9:30pm.

She will be in attendance and bringing merchandise (including fabulous refrigerator magnets!).

// WOODMAPPING //

Cartography is the art of mapmaking that combines science and aesthetics. Woodmapping creates beautiful handcrafted objects using both modern and traditional techniques. Each wood map starts with locally sourced woods, selected for its rich color and grain. The map graphics are composed to marry with the wood characteristics and laser engraved multiple times to create depth and texture. A contrasting wood species is  inlayed by hand to represent bodies of water and then each piece is hand sanded and finished. The first series of maps “Willamette River Series A” depicts the Willamette River as it meanders through the heart of Portland.

Don Lee is a local artist, architect and inventor who started Woodmapping to as a creative outlet, “I love the immediacy and tactile process of woodworking”.

// SHOW DETAILS //

Don Lee’s beautifully detailed woodmapping pieces will adorn the Redux gallery walls for a full two months running from February 6th through March 31st 2015. Join us for the opening reception during the Eastside First Friday Art Walk on February 6th from 6pm-9:30pm, snacks and beverages will be provided!

Mary Tapogna moved to Portland from Cincinnati, Ohio 24 years ago. She received a BFA from the Cincinnati Art Academy in Photography, and has since exhibited her work all over the country. Her mosaics are hand fabricated using a variety of found and discarded materials (most often, tiles and glass) combined with the underlayment of imagery. The final result derives from the intuitive placement and layering of these materials and images.

This past year has been filled with several significant events for Mary. She recently completed a large scale 17 ft. tall mosaic that adorns the outdoor chimney at Fire on the Mountain, at 57th and Fremont. This epic project took 4 months from start to finish, and was created on site. It is an abstract, vibrant, and inspired textural representation of a fire and it’s sparks.

Recently she also completed her first residency at The Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury, Vermont at the recommendation of friend, Vermonter and singer, Neko Case. The residency involved teaching middle school children, and creating a public art piece for the Art Center’s front grounds. Mary exhibited her work there in the Art Center’s gallery, made many new friends, and fell in love with Vermont.

Last fall Mary was forced to move from her rented studio/storefront space after ten years of contributing to that community’s identity with her brick and mortar store, Hail Mary. It was a disruptive change for her and her business, but a necessary one. Working from her home studio, she is in the midst of a large commission making several lamps and a window for a medical marijuana clinic.

Her work can be seen today in fine establishments across Portland in both public and private venues.

A few of these in Portland include:

McMenamins Kennedy School

Dots Restaurant – SE Clinton and 26th

Pizza A Go Go – NE Williams at Cook

Interstate Light Rail Line – Kenton Station Train Platforms, Portland

prAna store, NW 23rd and Irving

Maryville Nursing Home, Beaverton

This will be Mary’s third time showing her amazing mosaics at Redux.

**She will also showcase a collection of her photographs around back at the “24-7 Photo Gallery”. 

Mosaics, lamps and photos will exhibit for two full months in August-September, with an Opening Reception Aug 1st, 6-9:30pm.

Portland artist IAN ANDERSON’S lush, surrealist works are often highly detailed, intimate works in gouache and graphite or charcoal. With this show he will unveil a new group of black and white illustrations.

His themes visualize chaos, conflicts and disorder inherent in life as a means in gaining insight into the nature of beings and their complex interactions.
He explains, “… Dualistic narratives take shape [and] opposing forces are typically revealed: Life and death, good and evil, man and beast, predator and prey, war and peace. These dreamlike and often nightmarish fables reflect an outward and subconscious view of man and his destructive role in this world. Through this lens, my own place in these mostly impossible scenarios can be triangulated, and I am on my way to resolving the confrontation and understanding the need for such destruction.”

Check out these original works up close and personal, on display for two months at REDUX, in June & July, 2014. 
Opening Reception is First Friday, June 6th from 6-9:30pm.
811 E. Burnside st #110

Artist Statement:  Noelle Barce

Epochal Void is a moment of time which is pure potential.  It is existing simultaneously in states of detachment and attachment to personal identity, which is a personal expression of our experience of time. My interest lies in that which exists outside of time.  This void is the state which precedes all creation.  By nature, it is abstract; we depend upon metaphor to describe it.  It is represented as the Fool card in the Tarot.  The Fool is numbered zero;  it is not completely nothing, but an emptiness awaiting fulfillment.  It is the dark, mercurial sea.

I’ve been told that we humans do not create from a void, but rather from chaos, from an amalgamation of environmental factors which surround us everyday of our lives.  The experience of void, of being outside of time and space, makes itself available through the creative impulse.  It is the ambiguous state of constantly becoming.  Even with this awareness, we cling to our money, possessions, territories, identities. Linear time is a construct which fuels the belief that our memories are historical, and that the future can somehow be controlled.   It is futile.

Much of my illustrative work employs iconic, mystical imagery, and figures involved in narrative cycles which depict a journey toward, and experience of, awakening.  My abstract work explores the concept of futility, of ordered systems and structures breaking down, geometric shapes and patterns falling into chaos.  I work mostly in ink, watercolor, colláge, and print, specifically etchings on copper, woodcut relief, and monotype.

 Show Opens at REDUX on April 4th and runs for two months through the end of May.  Opening Reception is 6-9:30 pm  on First Friday, April 4th.

For more information about commissions, collaborations & other projects, contact Noelle Barce:

epochalvoid.tumblr.com

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epochal.press@gmail.com

Drawing on a visual style influenced by classic fantasy artists like Frank Frazetta and other old pulp sci-fi paperbacks, Adam Burke has come to create works that immediately stand out and are easily identifiable as his own.  He has done show posters, record album covers and many other commissioned paintings in watercolor or acrylic for many Pacific NW bands.

In his Own Words:

“As a kid, I was introverted, lost in dinosaur books, science magazines, my rock collection and the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To pass time, I’d sit down with a pencil and draw the things I loved, letting my imagination wander. This was a central focus of my young life, and a motivator for much of what I would explore as I grew up. I went to school for art, but as my adult responsibilities grew, I let drawing fall away, and spent less time in the woods. I told myself I’d return when I was older.

Things didn’t go quite as planned. Through a series of events, some beautiful, some heart-rending, all of them profound, I found myself fundamentally changed, and I knew I had to do what I loved. So I started drawing again. And painting again. And being in the woods. I let my imagination go where it would.

My work reflects a love of the natural world and a sense of wonder at the spectrum of possibility. But I also embrace harshness, strangeness and awfulness. Darkness/light/terror/beauty are a part of my art because I’ve had a taste of life’s polarities. A little boy’s imagination, thrown into the big world.”

For more information or custom work inquiries, go to his website Nightjar Illustration

Adam installs several of his original paintings at Redux in April/May with compatriot Noelle Barce.

Opening Reception is First Friday in April, 6-9:30pm on April 4th, 2014

Artist bio:

Joseph Valentino was born in San Diego, CA in 1975 and taught himself to draw at age 4. He never paid attention in the majority of his high school classes during his junior and senior years and somehow still managed to graduate. Attended community colleges in Portland, Oregon and Tucson, Arizona studying printmaking, life drawing and print design. Has been keeping a blog (evenindreamswefail.tumblr.com) documenting day to day life, sketches, short stories and thought poems since May of 2010. When not drawing, he also records and performs music under the moniker Neglect (soundcloud.com/neglectsound) and has been releasing material of this project since 2005. This is his fourth solo show.