Artist statement for Dene bāhī Naabaahii at the Portland Art Museum Demian DinéYazhi´s creative practice is materialized through the lens of curatorial inquiry, site-specific installation(s), poetic expression, social engagement, and art production. DinéYazhi´ was raised in a matrilineal household and his maternal grandfather served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Navajo Code Talker. Therefore, […]

“I travel to distance myself from the anxieties of my own familiar landscape.”

Cleavemark Drive is a collaborative, multimedia installation between poet/artist Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer and visual artist Cheryl Wassenaar.

In a similar vein, Rise Up Thy Young Blood depicts both the stigmatized and marginalized humans that make up America’s great “stars and stripes”, and painted with their own blood.

Rob Gibsun’s traditional drawing techniques and “calligraffiti" elements present a vibrant, provoking, and compelling voice.

Some things require you sit in the dark for them to reveal themselves to you. Other things will never fully reveal themselves, though we feel their presence.