If you aren’t keeping up with the new generation of gallerists in Portland–Laurel Gitlen (Small A Projects), Jenn Armbrust (motel gallery), and the New American Art Union gals, not to mention Tilt in the Everett Lofts, Sugar Gallery in the old Gallery 500 space, and now Renowned in the 811 E Burnside building–you’re missing the boat.
Opening tonight with a reception from 6-9 PM at Small A Projects (1430 SE Third), is a solo exhibition of new work by Allyson Vieira. Brooklyn-based Vieira shows sculpture and works on paper that “explore the formal and ideological connections between disparate historical periods including Periclean Greece, the Enlightenment, the American and French Revolutions and Minimalism” with a red, white, and blue palette.
Vieira (Brooklyn) has a BFA from Cooper Union and has been included in several group exhibitions including “Freedom Salon” at Deitch Projects. A monograph of her works is forthcoming from Evil Twin Publications this fall. This is her first solo exhibition.
Shawna Ferreira has completed two new large-scale mixed-media works for her project, Oblivion’s Everywhere Else, showing at Small A Projects in conjunction with her Case Works exhibition at Reed College. These kinds of institutional/gallery collaborations are exciting and nothing but good, good, good for Portland. Ferreira is a Portland-based artist whose prints and videos have been exhibited at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery and PICA’s TBA festival.
The show runs through April 29. The gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday, 12-6 PM.
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