Stories are both history and prophecy—time is circular—stories are among our most potent tools for restoring the land and our relationship to it. -Robin Kimmerer Owed to The Mountain is a wondrous expertly crafted sculptural artist book about Mt. Hood by Portland artist Diane Jacobs. On view post-security in Concourse D of PDX within the…
The Port Art Program is delighted to present a dynamic and highly-crafted new temporary exhibition by Portland artist Jo Hamilton titled Open Entanglement. Currently, on view post-security within Concourse D/E at PDX, this enthralling exhibition of six large-scale hand-crocheted portraits can be experienced firsthand by ticketed travelers through May of 2023. Crochet is a process…
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….
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…
Utilizing sculpture, painting, and installation, internationally renowned contemporary artist Jacob Hashimoto creates complex worlds from a range of modular components: bamboo-and-paper kites, model boats, even astroturf-covered blocks. His accretive, layered compositions reference video games, virtual environments, and cosmology, while also remaining deeply rooted in art-historical traditions notably, landscape-based abstraction, modernism, and handcraft. Jacob Hashimoto, Neutron…
A very impressive LEGO scale replica of Portland’s St. Johns Bridge is currently on view through August 2021 post-security within the Concourse DE display case for the PDX Rotating Art Program. Constructed by local LEGO artist Erik Mattson, this masterpiece is made up of approximately 120,000 LEGO elements and is 4 feet tall x 2 feet wide…
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