Mako Miyamoto https://www.makomiyamoto.com/ is an ad man and an artist. He has been with Chefas for a time. IMO it falls into https://www.instagram.com/p/DKs-ZLxs7r5/.
This body of work, Vein of Salt, is abstract, in contrast to his Wookie and Jitaku projects. He uses infrared imaging to capture landscapes but lacks the gravitas of infrared imaging worker Richard Mosse.
A more extensive statement is https://www.stephaniechefas.com/mako-miyamoto-2025-preview t Stephanie Chefas gallery www.stephaniechefas.com 134 SE Taylor, Ste 203. Map. 5PM-8 Free
L' Atlier Yaffe is a very beautiful organic social scene built with care. They have a good art curation program which is independent of most of the rest of what is going on with Portland galleries, commercial and nonprofit.
Tonight they bring self-taught Xavier Raymond Kelley https://winston-wachter.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/2025/01/Kelley_CV_WW_2024_WithHeaderAndFooter.pdf from Seattle. He made his first show 4 years ago there at age 19. He lives in Portland today.
"My background is definitely in athletics — that really informs my art and the concepts and motifs that show up in my art," Kelley said. "Art and sports are very intersectional, and they're both very acute forms of self-expression. Just like dance is a form of art, I believe sports is also a form of art and self-expression."
His work reminds Basquiat. He samples themes from athletics, science, ancient Egypt, African culture, and social change. Some works include text. Bright colors. Afrofuturism. His portrait was painted by Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe and is in the show at Russo now.
Recommended. At https://www.atelieryaffe.com/ 111 NE MLK BLVD, Suite 104. 5PM-9 Free
