Chris Moss is primarily known as a video and installation artist. He helms the excellent Linfield College gallery. Tonight he opens A Thousand Single Trees Can't Be Wrong, an unusual for him show of photography. At Visage Eyewear www.visageeyewear.com 1046 NW Johnson 6PM-9
The Elizabeth Leach Gallery continues the Robert Rauschenberg print show, recommended. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-9
MSHR continues Binary Lore in the Feldman Gallery. Recommended. The new bicycle oasis, Student Pedal Garden, on the corner of 13th and Johnson is complete. Its a memorial to PNCA student Tracy Sparling and PNCA alumnus Brett Jarolimek, both killed on their bikes by trucks turning right over the bicycle right of way. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 1241 NW Johnson Map
Arnold J Kemp opens his show, When Will My Love Be Right, minimal sculpture of everyday objects and photographs of surfaces of aluminum foil. For this work, Kemp is inspired a ballad When Will My Love Be Right. The artist statement in the gallery is much more eloquent. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM
Blue Sky has Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows, from the Jeffrey Goldstein Collection. We had a long description of the photographer's work for a December show at Powell's. Recommended. Also portraits by Pedro Farias-Nardi share the gallery. Richard Cahan, author of Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows speaks at the gallery February 10 at 2PM. One of the original founders of the Nine Gallery, Gary Boswell PSU '80, occupies the Nines space. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9
Compound Gallery has a huge group show, Portland as Fuck, curated by Molly Georgetta & Scrappers Morrison. Artists include Ryan Berkley, Ryan Bubnis, Michael Buchino, Keith Carter, Alex Chiu, Jeremy Okai Davis, Tripper Dungan, Morgaine Faye, Meg Hunt, Fawn Gehweiler, Trish Grantham, Micheal Illick, JesseHectic, Ian Karmel, Tim Karpinski, Josh Keyes, Nicole Lavelle, BT Livermore, Steve Mathews, David Neevel, Bethany Ng, Jennifer Parks, Jack Pollock, Jeff Proctor, Wilder Schmaltz , Scrappers, Jeff Sheridan, Bwana Spoons, Brett Superstar, Brent Wick, David Wien, Lloyd Winter and Brooke Weeber. At Compound Gallery www.compoundgallery.com 107 NW 5th 6PM-10
Grass Hut has a home themed show by APAKi, Sean Christensen Eatcho, August Lipp, Zachery Maverick, Jeremy Nichols, Jaclyn Rose, Jeff Sheridan, Amber W. Smith and Ryan Thompson. At Grass Hut in Floating World. www.grasshutcorp.com 400 NE Couch 6PM-9+
Reading Frenzy is moving. Their last day in the current location is Valentines Day. To celebrate, they have a silent auction tonight of prime artists who have shown in the space before. A list is on their website. At Reading Frenzy www.readingfrenzy.com 921 SW Oak 6PM-9
Hellion has Cole Gerst, illustrator, who has also worked in the music industry doing graphics, digital design and art direction. At Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style. Map 6PM-10
Elizabeth Malaska shows paintings at Portland Center Stage curated by May Juliette Barruel of Nationale. At Portland Center Stage, Gerding Theater at the Armory, 128 NW 11th 6PM-9
The UofO has a decent school of landscape architecture in Eugene. In Portland, their gallery presents two landscape inspired artists: Claire Zitzow with Remains To Be Seen, and Dawn Roe with Goldfields. Zitzow is inspired by the landscape and human artifacts of the American Southwest. Roe works from the landscape and history of the area around Melbourne Australia. Roe will give a talk February 9, 7PM, and Zitzow, February 11, 6PM. At the University of Oregon White Stag Building, whitebox.uoregon.edu 70 NW Couch 6PM-9
Croatian artist in Portland, Dunja Jankovic, moves drawing in a sculptural direction. In addition to her experimental illustrations she does animation. You can see it in her show, Enter/Return, at the White Gallery littmanandwhitegalleries.tumblr.com in Smith Hall 1825 SW Broadway, 2nd Floor 5PM-8 Free
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map
Henk Pender is back with his large scale paintings in a more electric palette. An interesting contrast to Paul Missal's work at Blackfish. At Laura Russo Gallery www.laurarusso.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-8
