January 24-25 The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Portland is a printmaking town owing to the efforts of Gordon Gilkey and his network. The Portland Art Museum hosts the Print Fair where galleries in Portland, and most importantly beyond, ply their wares. There will be talks and demos. It is a good place to see a lot of art in one place and a natural segue into the upcoming Hockney show opening February 14.

https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/portland-fine-print-fair-2026/ Full details https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/portland-fine-print-fair-2026/. At the Portland Art Museum www.pam.org 1219 SW Park 11AM-5PM Free

January 21-22 Winter Devotion

Reflections of Devotion is when vinyls will be played. It's curated by Roman Norfleet. It is a reflection on the music of Alice Coltrane with a focus on the spiritual.

Reflections of Devotion https://mono-space.org/blogs/events/reflections-of-devotion-with-roman-norfleet at Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. 7PM Tickets https://www.tickettailor.com/events/monospacestratafoundation/2018637 $20-35

January 17 Another Heavy

Devine Heavy is a group show of artists Judy Cooke, Mo Costello, Caleb Jamel Brown, Caleb Jamel Brown, and the curator.

At I Love You 2 - ILY2 https://ily2online.com/ 925 NW Flanders Recommended 4PM-6 Free


Lynne Woods Turner brings One Thing and Another. A description of the show and artist statement is https://adamsandollman.com/Lynne-Woods-Turner-one-thing-and-another.

At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of four members of the New Art Dealers Alliance newartdealers.org/members, www.adamsandollman.com 418 NW 8th 3PM-5 Free

January 16 Pictures of You

Ryan Bubnis has a group show Pictures of You with artists Jeremy Okai Davis, Ty Ennis, Dan Gluibizzi, Emily Kepulis, Colete, Nicole Williford, Emily Wise, and the curator. The space hews to outsider but not lowbrow.

At the Purple Door https://www.thepurpledoorpdx.com/ 3557 SE Division 6PM-9

January 15 First Light

Sculpted Light by Dan Flavin, Peter Gronquist, Fabiola Menchelli, Gregg Renfrow, and Hap Tivey is up regular hours beginning today. The reception is First Thursday February 5.

At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 10:30PM-5:30 Free

January 13 Copy Inexact

All the way from Riverside Sarah Grace Faulk visits to speak. Her thesis topic was artist Elaine Frances Sturtevant, 1924-2014 https://whitney.org/artists/10205. Tonight she gives a rundown in person on Sturtevant in the context of recent shows.

At https://societysocietysociety.com/ 711 SE Grand upstairs above Mother Foucault’s. 5PM-7 Free

January 10 Northside Art Openings +

Oregon Contemporary and Franklin Foto continue.


Rep Maxine Dexter has a town hall at the East Portland Community Center at 1.


The Schnitzer collection is a vast archive of mostly multiples. They assemble vast shows from that. What's Not to Love is primarily portraits, local, national, and international.

At the Schnitzer Family Collection https://www.jordanschnitzer.org/schnitzer-collection/ 3033 NW Yeon Noon-6 Free


Portland painter Charlie Salas-Humara brings Billboards.

At Nationale www.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map 2PM-4 Free


Stello continues its residency readouts. Photographer and movement performer Hanna Krafcik https://www.hannahkrafcik.com/ performs in her installation Between Frames.

Https://www.steloarts.org/stelo-events/betweenframes at Stelo Arts https://www.steloarts.org 412 NW 8th 3PM-5 Free


Matt Schu from Portland has illustrations.

Https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/schu2026 at Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free


Colin Kippen has Domestic Topologies sampled from everyday objects and embelished with paint.

At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map  5PM-8 Free


Pamela Hadley has Holding Me, video works and an imersive video projection installation. Follow-on events are January 24 and January 25.

At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free

January 9 Hieronymous Folklore Errata

Stevie Shao from Seattle has colorful illustrations inspired by Chinese folklore.

See the dragons https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/shao2026 at Nucleus House Gallery https://www.nucleusportland.com/ 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free


Raul J Mendez brings paintings, Common Distortion Fields and Everyday Summonings. At 7 there will be a film, Endnotes & Errata, with a live score from Hieronymous Ross and a discussion by the artist. It is a small space.

At PPSTMM 323 NE Wygant #203. 6PM-8 Free