Up in NE Chase Biado opens the Spring season at Appendix with Chase Biado in time. An artist and curator to watch. At Appendix Project Space www.appendixspace.com On the alley between 26th and 27th, South of Alberta. Map 7-10ish Free
Ty Ennis opens JKJKJK tonight. He is an illustrative painter with eclectic subject matter. He moves to Nationale for full time representation, a welcome move given Nationale's network, span and respect. At Nationale www.nationale.us 811 E Burnside Map 6PM-9
For Hire is a show of resumes. And resumes are still being accepted. The studios at Recess: Maggie Craig, Figurative Painting; Jenny Vu, Drawing, Painting & Comics; Lucile Marlome, Jewerly Making; Erica Edmonson, Sculpture & Textiles; Ashley Burke, Graphic Design; Paul Clay, Video & Performance and Chloe Kendall, Video & Printmaking, will be open as well. And a DJ opening night for your dance pleasures. At RECESS recessart.com at Oregon Brassworks Building, 1127 SE 10th Map 7PM-late
Ann Ploeger is one of Portland's great individualistic portrait photographers. Her trademark is people at home with their feet maybe oddly bare. She shows My Melinda tonight, multiple personae of a single subject. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-9
Charlie Haughey presents A Weather Walked In a show of photographs made between 1968 and 1969. Haughey served in the infantry in the Vietnam War. His over 2000 negatives remained largely unseen until last year. Haughey has selected 28 and presents them in his handmade frames. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 6PM-10
Redux has a favorite illustrator Jennifer Parks. Her subject is women who would seem at home in Portland. Parks is one of the partners in the Pony Club. At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside 6PM-10
Black Box has a photo salon, a larger show than most for them. At Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30
New to LoBu Home Bass has a show by Davey Cadaver and Sarah Hoyt with DJ's. Hoyt makes caffeinated drawings of many-eyed cats. Cadaver has Juxtapoz-style heads. Both artists have made work for viewing with 3d glasses which induce extreme chromatic aberration, pulling red forward and violet back. Many other items in the store look great through them too. At Home:Bass www.homebasspdx.com 123 NE 6th 6PM-10 Free
Newspace has some potential curiosities. Early Works are some of the first images of now grown up photographers with their personal narratives. Then. Now. Here is a sequence of images alternating vintage photographs with current Oregon photographers working the same locations. There will also be a show of photographs by Newspace's young after school program photographers. At Newspace Photo www.newspacephoto.org 1632 SE 10th Map 6PM-9
