Gallery 114

Gallery 114 is an independent, artist-run cooperative located in the pearl district of Portland, Oregon. www.Gallery114pdx.com

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So excited for First Thursday and honored to host such great work! Come see me this Thursday and share how you like the show!

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To celebrate Winter Solstice, please enjoy a sneak peek of our 2016 Winter Juried show. Our January show features local and national artists Gary Aagaard, Serena Barton, Jan Bell, Richard Boswell, Zel Brook, Bonnie Buckman, Eric Demattos, Suzanne Flynn, Sandy Friedman, Robert Gervais, Jamey Gray, Benjamin Hersh, Livia Irwin, Kim Lakin, Anne Magratten, Jan Nelson, Susan Pavel, Shaun Roberts, Claudia Schouten, and Amanda Sweet.

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Guest artist @zak_long has his wonderful prints on display until the end of the month! #contemporaryart #art #pdxart #pdxartist #pdxartists #portlandart #portlandartist #portlandartists #visitthegalleries #visitthegallery #gallery114 #artgallery #artgalleries (at Gallery 114)

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New painting from member Joanie Krug! Follow her on Facebook to see all of her latest work.

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"This lady started out as a rather stiff portrait, very geometiric and cubist. I went to bed last night unsure whether I would even continue to work on it, and this morning decided to start over. But, the scraping revealed something, I can't exactly say what, and I responded by attacking the board in a fury with my crayons. I had no idea if I was destroying the painting or recovering it. Then, it just took off from there. It now has an overlay of unleashed energy. No background yet and no ideas for that yet. I might let it dry and leave that for another trip." - Gallery 114 member David Slader

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Typical day at the gallery. 😊 #pdx #portland #pdxart #portlandart #pdxartist #portlandartist #pdxartists #portlandartists #contemporary #contemporaryart #art #artist #artists (at Gallery 114)

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Our December show opens tonight! See you from 6-9 PM!

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Happy Small Business Saturday! While you're out supporting our great neighbors in the Pearl, drop in to catch the last day of our November show! #shopsmall #shopsmallbusiness #shopsmallsaturday #pdx #portland #pdxart #portlandart #visitthegalleries #visitthegallery #shopsmallbiz #pdxartist #pdxartists #portlandartist #portlandartists #gallery114 #contemporary #contemporaryart (at Gallery 114)

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Gallery 114 is proud to partner with Deskhub, located at NW 11th and Flanders. Deskhub offers three floors of collaboration areas for entrepreneurs and creative space for events. You may remember them saving the day last month when a broken pipe flooded our space. They have once again made part of their work space available to us for satellite shows. Three gallery members, Jon Gottshall, Al Stone, and David Slader, are now exhibiting in the space. We look forward to our association with our new neighbors and friends!

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Thanks so much to Theresa Buckley for this awesome shot of Jeff's work! If you missed out on First Thursday, drop in before the 28th! #pdxart #portlandart #visitthegalleries #contemporaryart #portlandartist #pdxartist #pdxartists #portlandartists #art #artist #artists (at Gallery 114)

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Remember this awesome piece by John Movius? 'Szechzin' was featured in our summer juried show in June. You can have your art featured in our gallery this winter! Details on our #Facebook, #Twitter, & #tumblr! #art #contemporaryart #juriedshow #juriedexhibition #portland #pdx #pdxart #pdxartist #portlandart #portlandartists #contemporary

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Please join us tomorrow evening for the opening reception of 'Of Cabbages & Kings' by member Jeff Leake! #firstthursday #firstthursdaypdx #visitthegalleries #pdxart #portlandart #contemporaryart #pdxevents #pdxartist #pdxartists #portlandartist #portlandartists #portlandevents (at Gallery 114)

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New month, new show! Of Cabbages & Kings will feature our very own, Jeff Leake. RSVP here!

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Calling all artists! Show us what you've got by entering our Winter 2016 Juried Exhibition! Deadline is November 15th so don't delay!

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October guest artist Jerry Wellman hawks words on Portland's streets. Check out more incredible photos at @xandermarrowphotography's Instagram! #instapdx #pdxart #pdxphotography #pdxphoto #portlandart #portlandphotography #portlandphoto #portland #pdx #instaportland (at Portland, Oregon)

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Artist: China Faith Star Title: SELF ABSORBED MONSTER Medium: Cut paper prints in relief Exhibition: Ethos, Pathos, Logos

Artist Statement

My work attempts to capture the essence of the vibratory energy exchanged during human interaction. As our interactions with each other and the world become more abstracted by the use of technology, the presence of feeling begins to dissipate and transform. We are attracted or repelled in a way that expands beyond the base human condition, sight, sound, smell, sense and we form connections with a broader scope of like minds to form a global webbing of communication. My work seeks to capture the essence of the fourth dimensional intuitive sensing of each other, call it vibes, and transmute it into a two dimensional representation. I work with imperfect symmetry and a flatlanding of the human condition. I then build these characters into detailed paper cut mandalas. The mandalas have an essence of organic flowering when viewed from a distance and a sense of organized chaos when viewed up close. The submission pieces are layers of cut paper prints made from a collating of my illustrations.

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"I enjoy a good story. Most of my paintings are what I call 'abstract narratives.' I think of them as illustrations separated from their text. I hope each viewer wonders, 'What IS going on here?'"

- Curtis Settino