Within / Without
2014–2015 Papermaking Residency Exhibition
Pat Boas, Bukola Koiki, Palmarin Merges, and Mami Takahashi
June 20–July 25, 2015 | Friday–Sunday, noon–5pm at c3:initiative
The gallery will be closed for 4th of July weekend
Programs & Events
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Opening Reception
Saturday, June 20, 2015, 2–5pm |
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Suburban Signals
Collaborative Performance with Palmarin Merges Saturday, June 20, 2015 Arrive at 1pm, Performance begins at 1:15pm |
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Gallery Walk-Through
with exhibiting artists Saturday, July 11, 2015, 1pm |
Within / Without presents work from 2014–2015 c3:initiative and Pulp & Deckle Papermaking Residency artists Pat Boas, Bukola Koiki, Palmarin Merges, and Mami Takahashi. Culminating from their experiences in the Pulp & Deckle studio, each artist utilized handmade paper as a medium to create new works that present ideas central to their art practice. Their varied approaches result in distinct, yet related artworks. Within / Without considers the boundaries of forms and spaces in which we construct identity, create culture, and perform ritual. Investigations of materiality, language, collective memory, and the public/private are presented in sculptural installations, wall works, and performance.
About the Artists
Pat Boas makes drawings, paintings, prints and digital projects about the activity of reading. Her work has been shown at the Portland Art Museum, the Art Gym, PDX Contemporary, and the Elizabeth Leach Gallery, in Portland, Oregon; the Hallie Ford Museum in Salem, Oregon; the Center for Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and academic galleries nationally and internationally. patboas.com
Bukola Koiki was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and has lived in the United States since she was eighteen. In her work, she employs labor-intensive and layered techniques including natural dyeing, embroidery on paper and textiles, printmaking, drawing, and painting to evoke ideas about home, cultural displacement, memory, and time. She received her BFA in communication design from the University of North Texas in 2006 and her MFA in Applied Craft + Design from Oregon College of Art and Craft and Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). bukolakoiki.com
Palmarin Merges is an artist whose work draws from the desire to become more sustainable by re-using materials close at hand and by adapting restriction as a generative force for creation. Working primarily in mixed media, printmaking, and painting, common materials formed from the fabric of her daily life are processed then transformed into new work. Merges received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and has exhibited in Japan, the Philippines, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon. palmarinmerges.com
Mami Takahashi is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist and scholar based in Portland, Oregon. She integrates traditional and contemporary approaches in ideas, methods, and media to address foreignness and Americanisms. Takahashi received her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice from Portland State University (Portland, OR) in 2013. Currently, she is a research scholar at the University of Oregon focusing on the conceptual understanding of Japanese aesthetics. Her work has been collected and exhibited internationally. mamitakahashi.virb.com
Pat Boas makes drawings, paintings, prints and digital projects about the activity of reading. Her work has been shown at the Portland Art Museum, the Art Gym, PDX Contemporary, and the Elizabeth Leach Gallery, in Portland, Oregon; the Hallie Ford Museum in Salem, Oregon; the Center for Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and academic galleries nationally and internationally. patboas.com
Bukola Koiki was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and has lived in the United States since she was eighteen. In her work, she employs labor-intensive and layered techniques including natural dyeing, embroidery on paper and textiles, printmaking, drawing, and painting to evoke ideas about home, cultural displacement, memory, and time. She received her BFA in communication design from the University of North Texas in 2006 and her MFA in Applied Craft + Design from Oregon College of Art and Craft and Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). bukolakoiki.com
Palmarin Merges is an artist whose work draws from the desire to become more sustainable by re-using materials close at hand and by adapting restriction as a generative force for creation. Working primarily in mixed media, printmaking, and painting, common materials formed from the fabric of her daily life are processed then transformed into new work. Merges received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and has exhibited in Japan, the Philippines, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon. palmarinmerges.com
Mami Takahashi is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist and scholar based in Portland, Oregon. She integrates traditional and contemporary approaches in ideas, methods, and media to address foreignness and Americanisms. Takahashi received her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice from Portland State University (Portland, OR) in 2013. Currently, she is a research scholar at the University of Oregon focusing on the conceptual understanding of Japanese aesthetics. Her work has been collected and exhibited internationally. mamitakahashi.virb.com
Helen Hiebert, Interluceo, 2015, limited edition book. Image courtesy of the artist.
Helen Hiebert | Screening + Conversation
Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 6:30pm
c3:initiative | 7326 N. Chicago Ave, Portland 97203
Join c3:initiative for an artist talk with internationally recognized paper and book artist and former Portlander Helen Hiebert. Hiebert will give a hands-on tour of a selection of her artists’ books and unique handmade papers. Her film Water Paper Time will be screened throughout the evening. Copies of Heibert's how-to books and a selection of handmade papers will be available for purchase. Preview Hiebert's artists’ books here.
Heibert is teaching a 3-day workshop at Oregon College of Art & Craft July 10-12. For more information and to sign-up for the class click here.
About the Artist
Helen Hiebert constructs installations, sculptures, films and artist books using handmade paper, thread and light. She teaches and lectures about papermaking and lampmaking and exhibits her work internationally. She is author of the books Papermaking with Plants, The Papermaker's Companion, Paper Illuminated, Playing With Paper, and Playing With Pop-Ups. Helen has an extensive network of paper colleagues around the world and her interest in how things are made (from paper) keeps her up-to-date on current paper trends, which she writes about in her weekly blog post called The Sunday Paper. Helen’s most recent installation, The Wish, is a giant dandelion sculpture at Anythink Huron Street Library in Thornton. She holds an annual paper retreat in her Red Cliff studio each September.
Heibert is teaching a 3-day workshop at Oregon College of Art & Craft July 10-12. For more information and to sign-up for the class click here.
About the Artist
Helen Hiebert constructs installations, sculptures, films and artist books using handmade paper, thread and light. She teaches and lectures about papermaking and lampmaking and exhibits her work internationally. She is author of the books Papermaking with Plants, The Papermaker's Companion, Paper Illuminated, Playing With Paper, and Playing With Pop-Ups. Helen has an extensive network of paper colleagues around the world and her interest in how things are made (from paper) keeps her up-to-date on current paper trends, which she writes about in her weekly blog post called The Sunday Paper. Helen’s most recent installation, The Wish, is a giant dandelion sculpture at Anythink Huron Street Library in Thornton. She holds an annual paper retreat in her Red Cliff studio each September.
Pressing & Pulling: Greetings from Pulp & Deckle
September 5 - October 11, 2014
Opening Reception | September 5, 6-9PM
Design Week Portland | October 8, 4-7PM
Pulp & Deckle Open Studio | every Thursday 12-6PM
Gallery Hours | Wednesday - Saturday 12-6PM
Pressing & Pulling: greetings from Pulp & Deckle celebrates Portland's only public papermaking studio and the launch of The Nest, c3:initiative's studio incubator program. Over 45 artists, makers and designers from around the nation have been sent a handmade paper postcard to be transformed into an artwork for exhibit. Postcards will be displayed democratically alongside submissions by the general public. Participants received postcards made of unique fibers such as iris leaves, leek stalks, recycled office papers, cotton, and more.
For artists and designers, this project and exhibition is a way to get to know some of the resources available at Pulp & Deckle. During the exhibition visitors are invited to come create a postcard artwork and add it to the display. Other points of engagement include open studio Thursdays, a pop-up retail area, and participation in Design Week Portland.
About the Pulp & Deckle Postcard Project
Throughout their history, postcards have functioned not only as a medium for communication, but also as souvenirs, advertisement, and propaganda platforms. Typically featuring images of monuments, idealized landscapes, boosterism, and kitsch, postcards are seen as a way to send a message from a specific time and place. Pulp & Deckle is transforming the ubiquitous and mass-produced postcard into a more intimate exchange by inviting artists, writers, makers, and the public to respond. In using post-consumer waste and plants, Pulp & Deckle is interested in using design as a tool to transform disposable materials into vehicles for the exchange of ideas.
To view the exhibit archive of contributing artists click here.
September 5 - October 11, 2014
Opening Reception | September 5, 6-9PM
Design Week Portland | October 8, 4-7PM
Pulp & Deckle Open Studio | every Thursday 12-6PM
Gallery Hours | Wednesday - Saturday 12-6PM
Pressing & Pulling: greetings from Pulp & Deckle celebrates Portland's only public papermaking studio and the launch of The Nest, c3:initiative's studio incubator program. Over 45 artists, makers and designers from around the nation have been sent a handmade paper postcard to be transformed into an artwork for exhibit. Postcards will be displayed democratically alongside submissions by the general public. Participants received postcards made of unique fibers such as iris leaves, leek stalks, recycled office papers, cotton, and more.
For artists and designers, this project and exhibition is a way to get to know some of the resources available at Pulp & Deckle. During the exhibition visitors are invited to come create a postcard artwork and add it to the display. Other points of engagement include open studio Thursdays, a pop-up retail area, and participation in Design Week Portland.
About the Pulp & Deckle Postcard Project
Throughout their history, postcards have functioned not only as a medium for communication, but also as souvenirs, advertisement, and propaganda platforms. Typically featuring images of monuments, idealized landscapes, boosterism, and kitsch, postcards are seen as a way to send a message from a specific time and place. Pulp & Deckle is transforming the ubiquitous and mass-produced postcard into a more intimate exchange by inviting artists, writers, makers, and the public to respond. In using post-consumer waste and plants, Pulp & Deckle is interested in using design as a tool to transform disposable materials into vehicles for the exchange of ideas.
To view the exhibit archive of contributing artists click here.