Dextrous multi-media sculptor and conceptual artist, Philip A. Robinson Jr. uses wood to symbolize temporality within natural cycles of time and geography to amplify the narrative of identity within popular and marginalized cultures. The linear marks and structural beauty in spalted maple; the varied palate of tinted tones in walnut and the enduring history of…
Through February of 2024, located post-security within Concourse B, a wondrous, thought-provoking salon-style painting exhibition of forty-three (43) masterful portraits and landscapes populates a sizeable wall for PDX’s Rotating Art Program. Artist Uyen-Thi Nguyen created this delightfully engaging public project titled Gardens of People: A Portrait of Cottage Grove, Oregon as a way to celebrate…
Starting tonight—Friday, February 3rd, as you drive along Airport Way you’ll see Portland International Airport’s Concourse E exterior awash in vibrant lights slowly and methodically morphing to represent roses, mountains, water, and even the distinctive PDX carpet. These celebrated colors of our region are in partnership with the Willamette Light Brigade’s Portland Winter Light Festival…
The PDX Rotating Art Program is completely overjoyed to partner with brilliant Portland-based artist and musician Larry Yes for an expansive and electrifying new site-specific installation titled Everyone on This Planet Is Family. Designed and produced specifically for PDX travelers and viewers, the exhibition is located post-security within the Concourse E Extension display case. Yes’s…
Celebrating summer travel and Pacific Northwest heritage, the PDX Art Program is honored to present an exhibition of sixteen splendid black and white photographs by Portland-based artist and architect Harley Cowan. Cowan’s PDX exhibition, aptly titled Historic Wonderland, is currently on view post-security within the Concourse B/C Connector (located on four walls of the SW…
Educated as a city planner, an architect, and an artist, Yoonhee Choi creates powerful work that explores the potential of unexpected materials to express both multiple scales of spatial experience and intimate, personal associations. Choi’s projects utilize everyday materials in an improvisational manner, ranging from tiny collages and drawings on paper to large-scale immersive installations….
Now celebrating its seventh year, the Portland Winter Light Festival (PDXWLF) is an annual event of the Willamette Light Brigade, a non-profit arts organization. PDXWLF is presented to guests for free and builds community by bringing art and technology to inclusive audiences while invigorating Portland in the winter. In 2022, the Portland Winter Light Festival…
This autumn, the PDX Art Program is delighted and honored to present a mesmerizing new exhibition titled Nekton. Produced by the exceptionally talented Vancouver, Washington-based sculptor LB Buchan, the exhibition for Portland International Airport couldn’t have a more fitting title than Nekton—defined as aquatic animals that are able to swim and move independently of water…
The PDX Rotating Art Program is honored to present a lively large-scale mural located post-security within Concourse D to ring in the New Year. Living and working in Tokyo, Japan, artist Shohei Takasaki has energetically depicted twelve symbolic animals within his mural titled Reflection for Junishi or Juunishi—the Japanese zodiac. Takasaki’s radiant and playful combination of the…
Just in time for the start of the holidays, the PDX Rotating Art Program is honored to feature an impactful new site-specific installation by acclaimed Pullman, Washington-based artist Io Palmer. Aptly titled Cut Out, Palmer’s large-scale work will be on view overhead post-security within the Concourse E Extension at Portland International Airport through December of…
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