Current
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Rick Bartow
Looking for the Medicine 3 Dec 2024 - 1 Feb 2025 Looking for the Medicine is an exhibition highlighting the many mediums mastered by artist Rick Bartow... Rick Bartow (1946 - 2016) is considered one of the leading figures in contemporary Native American art, celebrated for his dynamic pastel and graphite drawings, as well as his contributions as a painter,... Read more -
Yoshihiro Kitai
I am looking at the same sky no matter where I am 3 Dec 2024 - 1 Feb 2025 どこにいても同じ空は見える “I am looking at the same sky no matter where I am” The exhibit I am looking at the same sky no matter where I am, explores the artist's internal struggle between their Japanese roots and their current life in the United States. This phrase represents their... Read more
Forthcoming
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Winter Group Exhibition
4 - 28 Feb 2025 Work by all Froelick Gallery represented artists. Read more -
Rebecca Boraz
Holding Space 4 Mar - 12 Apr 2025 Holding Space is the debut exhibition by Rebecca Boraz, a printmaker and ceramicist. The title carries a double meaning—one rooted in psychological presence, the other in physical form. It refers both to the act of being fully present with another, offering a non-judgmental, safe space where someone can feel seen,... Read more -
Tom Prochaska
15 Apr - 30 May 2025 Tom Prochaska works as early as 1970 including, fused glass, etchings, lithographs, monotypes and paintings. Read more
Past
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Laurie Danial
Before My Very Eyes 18 Oct - 30 Nov 2024 Froelick Gallery is pleased to present Laurie Danials latest body of work, Before My Very Eyes featuring new paintings and small, framed works on paper. Laurie Danial is known for her lose, gestural, abstract paintings and experimental practice. Starting new work comes naturally for Laurie, it's the process, the 'wrangling'... Read more -
29th Anniversary Group Exhibit
18 Oct - 30 Nov 2024 Presenting Outstanding Contemporary Artists Since 1995 Read more -
Jake Scharbach
Treachery of Images 3 Sep - 12 Oct 2024 A flock of birds, a herd of cattle, a murder of crows, a “Treachery Of Images”. A tongue in cheek revamp of “This is not a pipe”, the birthing grounds for postmodern lingual trickery. Art cannot be trusted. Images are illusions, masquerading as objects of truth. Magritte understood seeing the... Read more -
Orlando Almanza
Gente de Río 3 Sep - 12 Oct 2024 Orlando Almanza returns to Froelick Gallery with his latest body of work Gente de Río . These monumental sized group-portraiture paintings are based on precious moments of rest. His beloved models are the people and communities he has met throughout his early life in Cuba. The inspiration begins with family... Read more -
Emma Gerigscott
Ruminators 18 Jul - 31 Aug 2024 FROELICK GALLERY artist Emma Gerigscott, refers to herself as a ruminator and her artistic process as ruminations. In this new body of work, she reflects on her love for sweet moments of interaction between humans and curious creatures. Her daily stream of imagery includes lush expressionistic forms, color-blocked human figures,... Read more -
Andrew Alba
Older Than This 18 Jul - 31 Aug 2024 FROELICK GALLERY is proud to welcome back prolific, self-taught artist, Andrew Alba with his new exhibition of large oil paintings, wood sculptures and small works on paper. Blooming from the heartbreaking grounds of rubble and destruction, Older Than This is Andrew's visual reflection on the horrific images and actions that... Read more -
Takahiko Hayashi
Breath of Life, Breath of Line 4 Jun - 13 Jul 2024 The solo exhibition Takahiko Hayashi's Breath of Life, Breath of Line features new paintings on parchment and celebrates 25 years of representation at Froelick Gallery. Hayashi’s compositions are known for fluidly patterned lines drawn from the observed natural world and inspired by the perceived ethereal life. His works are often... Read more -
Kris Hargis
The Dash Between the Years 4 Jun - 13 Jul 2024 After a year of many tragic and sudden losses, Hargis brings forth a profound introspective through his self-portraits and still life bouquet’s. This exhibition invites the viewer into a private, internal space. The pastel and charcoal drawings walk a line between focused rendering and expressive gestural marks and erasures. Hargis... Read more -
Seiichi Hiroshima
No fish today. It’s a good day for printmaking. 18 Apr - 1 Jun 2024 Froelick Gallery is proud to welcome Seiichi Hiroshima back to the gallery with a solo exhibition of his color mezzotint prints. And, in celebration of Asian Heritage Month, there will be a group show of work by represented Japanese artists Yoshihiro Kitai , Takahiko Hayashi , and Ritsuko Ozeki .... Read more -
V. Maldonado
ojo de águila 18 Apr - 1 Jun 2024 Froelick Gallery is pleased to present V. Maldonado’s recent body of work titled, ojo de á guila (eagle's eye). At the core of V. Maldonado’s studio practice is their unique aerial perspective and their commitment to creative healing. The artist has journeyed through deep reflections and past experiences, often looking... Read more -
Tom Prochaska
Another Go 5 Mar - 13 Apr 2024 Exciting new works by the artist and a selection of work recently featured in the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Tom Prochaska: Music for Ghosts Read more -
Kevin Kadar
New Landscapes and Townscapes 5 Mar - 13 Apr 2024 This exhibition will feature 12 brand new paintings based on Kadar's years of journeys and painting from both direct observation plein air and memory. Kadar writes about the exhibition: 'The Pandemic has allowed for a fertile exploration of various painterly ideas. This present exhibition of Landscapes and Townscapes is one... Read more -
Nuestra Arte
Juntos PDX 2 Mar 2024 Nuestra Arte is a special one-day event in collaboration with Juntos PDX. Juntos PDX is a platform created to connect the Latin Hispanic community to their roots, inspire them to embrace their heritage, and celebrate the diversity, talent, and resilience of the culture. The event will be full of family-friendly... Read more -
Winter Group Show
1 Feb - 2 Mar 2024 Highlighting the range of Froelick Gallery with new works by our represented artists, this includes paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture. First Thursday Reception February 1, 5 - 8 pm. Read more -
Rick Bartow
What The Crow Knows 5 Dec 2023 - 27 Jan 2024 Rick Bartow lived and worked in Newport, Oregon until his passing in 2016. Bartow was a Vietnam Veteran, a lifelong musician and songwriter, a widower, an enrolled member of the Mad River Band of Wiyot Indians, and is considered one of the most important leaders in contemporary Native American art.... Read more -
Orlando Almanza
Love Letter From A Shapeshifter 1 Nov - 2 Dec 2023 Orlando Almanza (b. 1989, Las Tunas, Cuba) pulls us into his dream world of memory, myth, and loss with ethereal landscapes, portraits, and storytelling. His stories take place in the natural world where figures are intertwined with plants, animals, and light. The interconnectedness of his work points to the artist's... Read more -
28th Anniversary Group Show
3 - 28 Oct 2023 Froelick Gallery is proud to announce our 28th Anniversary Group Exhibition featuring all our represented artists, including new works by Benny Fountain, Tom Prochaska, Gwen Davidson, Laurie Danial, and many more... Froelick Gallery opened its doors in Downtown Portland in October 1995, and in 2007 relocated to the historic DeSoto... Read more -
Terrell James
Story 1 Aug - 30 Sep 2023 Artist Statement Story, 2023 Paintings and drawings tell stories, something I’ve worked on for decades. The idea for this exhibition began with a work I completed long ago, in 2000, called Story. Although it’s a small painting, not more than sixteen inches across, it expresses feelings at another scale. Since... Read more -
Orlando Almanza
Introductory Preview 6 - 29 Jul 2023 Froelick Gallery is proud to introduce our newly signed artist, Orlando Almanza, with this Introductory Preview Read more -
Andrew Alba
Weighted Home 1 Jun - 29 Jul 2023 Andrew Alba's first solo exhibition with Froelick Gallery Read more -
Holly Osborne
Boundless 19 Apr - 27 May 2023 Holly Osborne returns to Froelick Gallery for her second solo exhibition featuring recent paintings. While basing her pictures’ compositions on impulse, experiences and loved ones, she holds the steadfast intention to bring joy to the viewers. She writes “My artwork always comes directly from my heart- a place of love... Read more -
Takahiko Hayashi
Shi han Seiki: Trace the Drawn Lines 1 Mar - 15 Apr 2023 Froelick Gallery is proud to celebrate over 25 years of working with Japanese artist, Takahiko Hayashi with a survey exhibition titled, Shi Han Seiki: Trace The Drawn Lines. As promised by the show title, you will journey through the last 25 years of Hayashi’s work by following the iconic lines... Read more -
Winter Group Exhibition
1 - 25 Feb 2023 A group exhibtion featuring all Froelick Gallery's represented artists Read more -
Kris Hargis
There Are No Roads Here 29 Nov 2022 - 28 Jan 2023 After moving to an off the grid location artist, Kris Hargis, returns to Froelick Gallery with a new collection of reflective self-portraits and soft, still-life floral bouquets. Read more -
Rick Bartow
Frog Talk Seriously 29 Nov 2022 - 28 Jan 2023 Magpies, crows, owls, sparrows, and hawks play center stage here along with appearances by coyote, bull, deer and of course, a frog! We are presenting choice works that have never been exhibited, some that have great exhibition histories outside of the region, and several transformation self portraits. The show includes... Read more -
Laurie Danial
I'm This, I'm That 11 Oct - 26 Nov 2022 UNSCRIPTED AND PROCESS-DRIVEN is how I describe my practice. Even as a kid, embracing uncertainty and tapping into stream of consciousness was my preferred means to uncovering a narrative that was previously unknown to me. Content in my case, emerges from the act of making and not the other way... Read more -
Emma Gerigscott
For The Love of Duck 11 Oct - 26 Nov 2022 FOR THE LOVE OF DUCK is a cry for when nothing else seems to fit. It is both truly for the love of animals and yet a sigh of exasperation. In a world of chaos I am seeking earnestness. My work examines diffidence through narrative. I paint stories that are... Read more -
Benny Fountain
Landscapes: Palouse and Provence 31 Aug - 8 Oct 2022 Froelick Gallery is honored to host a solo exhibition of new paintings by Benny Fountain “Landscapes: Palouse and Provence,” on view September 1 through October 8, 2022. The gallery will celebrate the exhibition opening with a public reception during the Pearl District Neighborhood’s First Thursday neighborhood gallery walk on Thursday,... Read more -
V. Maldonado
Un Rinconcito En El Cielo 12 Jul - 27 Aug 2022 Mexican born artist, V. Maldonado returns to Froelick Gallery with a new exhibition of their immense acrylic on canvas paintings titled, Un Rinconcito En El Cielo. Ranging from small works on paper to monumental sized paintings, this collection is a study of what makes up their Mexican family’s, slice of... Read more -
Ritsuko Ozeki
Awai 12 Jul - 27 Aug 2022 'Awai' Person to person, object to object, time to time. An ancient word meaning 'betweenness,' or the relationship between things. An ambiguous boundry where two worlds are overlapping. It also means a space of chaos created by the melting together of the inside and outside, and a sense of vague... Read more -
Gwen Davidson
Alignment 1 Jun - 9 Jul 2022 Alignment, a sense of order, and understanding the cycle were sacred in that prehistoric time. What was built then still inspires a sense of wonder with such a direct connection between this earth, its seasons, and the sustaining sun. 'I come from a long line of farmers, and farmers have... Read more -
Yoshihiro Kitai
Ambivalence 1 Jun - 9 Jul 2022 Ambivalence is Yoshihiro Kitai’s fourth solo exhibition with Froelick Gallery and includes nine works on paper and canvas. The paintings flow with colorful Gansai pigment dots, and reflective gold leaf clouds are layered on top of Kitai’s signature textured gessoed patterns. This exhibition draws upon Kitai's ongoing observations of American... Read more -
Spring Group Exhibition
12 Apr - 28 May 2022 Read more -
Tom Prochaska
So You Say 2 Mar - 9 Apr 2022 Tom Prochaska’s latest exhibition, So You Say, sees the longtime Portland artist entering his 77th year with this series of sublimely powerful semiabstract paintings. These works are, foremost, exercises in composition-finding, in which Prochaska moves color around on his surfaces, chasing a pleasing arrangement of elements. From a dense snowfall... Read more -
Barry Pelzner
Still Life 1 - 26 Feb 2022 'After about ten years exploring non-representational imagery, I’ve returned recently to making drawings from direct observation of recognizable subjects. These drawings bear absolutely no conceptual freight. I’m just drawn to the mysterious beauty of everyday objects, and I never tire of the simple magic of three-dimensional space unfolding on a... Read more -
WORKS on PAPER
A Group Exhibition 1 Feb - 9 Apr 2022 Read more -
Rick Bartow
The Bear's Song 1 Dec 2021 - 29 Jan 2022 Rick Bartow (1946 - 2016) - a lifelong Oregonian, a Vietnam Veteran, and an enrolled member of the Mad River Band of Wiyot Indians - continues to garner recognition as a leading voice in contemporary Native American art. His work is held in over 100 public collections and has... Read more -
Gail Tremblay
Shattering Images 1 Dec 2021 - 29 Jan 2022 We are pleased to present Gail Tremblay's latest exhibition entitled Shattering Images. Tremblay has woven baskets for nearly 40 years using repurposed lengths of ethnographic and Hollywood film through which she comments on the cinematic representation of Indigenous life and people. Instructed in ash splint, sweetgrass, and weaving inspired by... Read more -
Summer Group Exhibit
14 Jul - 27 Aug 2021 We are pleased to announce the opening of our annual Summer Group Exhibit. A forum for Froelick Gallery artists to present selections of developing bodies of work from their studios as well as entries from ongoing series and notable pieces from their personal archives. Much color is present in this... Read more -
Terrell James
Between Land and Water 1 Jun - 10 Jul 2021 Please join us for a live broadcast conversation with Terrell James on Thursday, June 3 at 5:30pm via Facebook and YouTube . Call the gallery for a viewing appointment, and artwork availability. View the exhibition here . Read more -
Benny Fountain
Rest 30 Mar - 29 May 2021 Please join us for a live broadcast conversation with Benny Fountain on Thursday, April 1 at 5:30pm via Facebook and YouTube , and get in touch to make a masked, socially distant viewing appointment, and for collecting opportunities. Read more -
Holly Osborne
Rare Nature 2 Feb - 27 Mar 2021 Froelick Gallery is pleased to present Rare Nature, our first solo exhibition with Portland-based artist Holly Osborne. Her works exude a strong sense of place, whether she paints grand views of nature or quiet corners of a yard or abstraction-laced amalgams of remembered outdoor scenes. Masterful use of color transports... Read more -
Emma Gerigscott
Duck Duck Dog 2 Feb - 27 Mar 2021 Please join us for a live broadcast conversation with Emma Gerigscott on Thursday, February 4 at 5:30pm via Facebook and YouTube , and get in touch to make a masked, socially distant viewing appointment, and for collecting opportunities. Visit the exhibition view here , Read more -
Jake Scharbach
Collision Repair 1 Dec 2020 - 30 Jan 2021 Collision Repair, our second solo exhibition with Jake Scharbach , sees the New York-based painter continuing - with pointed critique as well as reverence for materials and surfaces - to mine images from the long-dominant Western art historical canon. He creates strange and compelling portraits mashed-up from features seemingly sliced... Read more -
25th Anniversary Group Exhibit
of Froelick Gallery Artists 1 Dec 2020 - 30 Jan 2021 In recognition of Froelick Gallery's 25th Anniversary, we are highlighting paintings, prints, photography, glass, ceramic and found film sculpture - both revelations from the archives and fresh work from the studio - by our gallery artists. Thank you to the incredible artists, collectors, supporters, curators, staff members past and present,... Read more -
Kris Hargis
Outer Hebo 14 Oct - 28 Nov 2020 We are pleased to exhibit Outer Hebo, Kris Hargis 's latest body of work. Often created in a state of ruminative isolation, heightened over these past months, his self-portraits and fading floral still life drawings- in chalk pastel, graphite, watercolor, charcoal, conte crayon- are the result of deep looking and... Read more -
Rick Bartow
Crow's Instructions 14 Oct - 28 Nov 2020 Froelick Gallery is proud to present an enlightening look into Rick Bartow's (Wiyot, 1946-2016) archive. Titled Crow’s Instructions- after a minimal 2007 monotype of black silhouetted corvid forms with human legs surrounded by cryptic letters, numbers and other markings- t his collection calls attention to some of Bartow’s most-venerated imagery:... Read more -
V. Maldonado
After the End of the World 1 Sep - 10 Oct 2020 I’ve been drawing as long as I can remember. It was my first language before I could speak. I learned how to draw from observation and from my imagination. I learned that I could draw portraits of my abusers and tormentors and that they would stop. That I could draw... Read more -
Laurie Danial
Navigating in Place 1 Jul - 1 Aug 2020 Laurie Danial’s abstract paintings in Navigating in Place are imbued with a kinetic energy and a dazzling panoply of brushwork styles suggesting mysterious places as viewed through slices of architectural structures, layers of screening grids, hued mists, and rippling, half-penetrable water surfaces, in color palettes that range from subdued to... Read more -
Tom Prochaska
Shuffle 3 Mar - 11 Apr 2020 Read more -
Yoshihiro Kitai
Conflux 3 Mar - 11 Apr 2020 March 2020 Yoshihiro Kitai Conflux Read more -
V. Maldonado "Excerpts from a Book I'll Never Write" at the Schneider Museum of Art
24 Oct - 14 Dec 2019 V. Maldonado's exhibition of new paintings, Excerpts from a Book I'll Never Write is on view at the Schneider Museum of Art at Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR through December 14. Maldonado writes: I've been drawing as long as I can remember. It was my first language before I could... Read more -
Takahiko Hayashi
Vibes in the Lines 16 Oct - 30 Nov 2019 Read more -
"Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain"
Rick Bartow touring retrospective, Missoula Art Museum, Montana 4 Oct 2019 - 15 Feb 2020 Conceived and organized by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon, in cooperation with Froelick Gallery, this retrospective exhibition represents nearly forty years of work. Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain features over 100 sculptures, paintings, drawings and prints dating back to 1979 that... Read more -
Rick Bartow
Bestiary 3 Sep - 12 Oct 2019 Read more -
Gwen Davidson
Monoliths 16 Jul - 29 Aug 2019 First Thursday Reception, August 1st, 5-8 pm Exhibition tour and discussion with Gwen Davidson (and Benny Fountain), Saturday, Aug 3rd, 11am. 'Oregon coast monoliths preserve the wildness of the place; their immensity makes the efforts of mankind seem small. Their great age proves strength and endurance, and their... Read more -
Benny Fountain
windowroom 16 Jul - 29 Aug 2019 First Thursday Reception, August 1st, 5-8 pm Exhibition tour and discussion with Benny Fountain (and Gwen Davidson), Saturday, Aug 3rd, 11am. never a root without a tree never a tree without a bird never a bird without a song never a song without a sky never a sky... Read more -
Jake Scharbach
Hand to Hand 5 Mar - 13 Apr 2019 First Thursday Reception, March 7, 5-8 pm 'I believe our intensely capitalistic techno-industrial civilization is poised on the brink of the greatest collapse in human history. As an artist I am questioning our cultural conditioning by looking at historical remains, Greek and Roman being the most relevant, as they... Read more -
Terrell James
Fable 22 Jan - 2 Mar 2019 'Throughout my studio work, I think about memory and place, and about landscape as a point of departure. The imagery is often abstracted from particular places, or objects, without actually describing or illustrating them. I am trying to paint, draw, and sculpt the essence of my experience, to share it,... Read more -
Ritsuko Ozeki
A 20-Year Survey 22 Jan - 2 Mar 2019 FEBRUARY 16, 2019 11AM Drop by the gallery and meet Ritusko Ozeki, visiting from Japan, and Froelick Gallery owner Charles Froelick who has worked with and exhibited the works of several Japanese artists, including Ritsuko Ozeki. Charles will discuss the nuances of Ritsuko's printmaking and painting as seen at... Read more -
Victor Maldonado
Liberation Stories 30 Oct - 1 Dec 2018 Victor Maldonado returns to Froelick Gallery with a new exhibition of their monumental acrylic on canvas paintings titled Liberation Stories. This body of work is a stirring response by the Mexican-born American artist to the policies and rhetoric of our political era. Painted in dynamic, linear strokes that have a... Read more -
Emma Gerigscott
St(r)ay 30 Oct - 1 Dec 2018 This exhibition of work from recent Oregon College of Art and Craft MFA graduate Emma Gerigscott features her latest work from this summer. She's continued her thesis work by pushing the dog imagery, unfolding a narrative that is somehow about pioneers, Eastern Orthodox icons, and freedom. Read more -
Laurie Danial
The Back of Beyond 2 - 27 Oct 2018 First Thursday Reception: October 4, 5 - 8pm Exhibition tour and discussion with the artist: Saturday, October 13, 11am My approach is intuitive, chaotic, and circuitous. Rarely do I begin a painting with a preliminary plan or tactic. Having said that, I have a lot of ideas and because I... Read more -
Kevin Kadar
Desire and Dread Revisited 28 Aug - 29 Sep 2018 Froelick Gallery is pleased to present our twelfth solo exhibition with Portland-based painter Kevin Kadar. The works in Desire and Dread Revisited (a nod to a similarly-titled show from 1991) can be seen to describe a journey through an allegorical contemporary landscape. Initially appearing as scenes of plains and plateaus... Read more -
Kris Hargis
A Michigan Winter 17 Jul - 25 Aug 2018 First Thursday Reception with the artist
August 2, 5-8pm
Exhibition tour & discussion with the artist
Saturday, August 11, 2pm
‘A Michigan Winter’ represents the process of trying to understand a grief and how it can morph into some of your own, for the same, yet different reasons. These works are about holding space and light, compassion, love, frustration, vulnerability, and also self care. Making these drawings has helped me to understand better and gives me hope to continue on down this path by shedding light on the unknown.
Kris Hargis, 2018 Read more -
Summer Group Exhibition
5 Jun - 14 Jul 2018 Welcoming summertime with recent works by Froelick Gallery artists. First Thursday Receptions: June 7 and July 5, 5-8pm Read more -
Barry Pelzner
(Ir)regular 1 May - 2 Jun 2018 'These paintings are the result of my ongoing interest in infinitely repeating two-dimensional patterns. The paintings are at once utterly abstract and utterly concrete. Abstract in that they allude to, without stipulating them, the rules that generate the patterns they contain. Concrete in that the paintings are about nothing whatever... Read more -
Tom Prochaska
The Boxer 27 Feb - 31 Mar 2018 Exhibition Tour with Tom Prochaska Saturday, March 10 at 11am Read more -
Gail Tremblay
Re-Imagining Film Images of American Indians 27 Feb - 31 Mar 2018 Special Reception with Gail Tremblay Wednesday, February 28th 5:00 - 7:00pm Gail will speak about the film choices, weaving the baskets, and titling her works at 6:30pm on Wednesday evening. Read more -
Untitled
Live Datamoshing 1 - 24 Feb 2018 This work utilizes a technique known at datamoshing. The visual effects are the result of systematically deleting information from the encoded data stream. By destroying aspects of the video you end up revealing others.
Smile.
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Welcoming Willie Little
16 Jan - 24 Feb 2018 Please join us for an exhibition tour and discussion with Willie Little at Froelick Gallery on Saturday, Februrary 3rd at 11am. Froelick Gallery is pleased to welcome Willie Little for his first exhibition with us. An artist and storyteller originally from rural North Carolina, he draws upon his early experiences... Read more -
Rick Bartow
Regarding Rascals 16 Jan - 24 Feb 2018 This exhibition of works on paper represents many of the themes that Rick Bartow (1946 - 2016) returned to over the scope of his career, from his earliest serious artmaking to the twilight of his prolific final months. Art- historical and literary references, sharp-eyed ravens, wild-looking dogs, coyotes, self-portraits and... Read more -
Micah Hearn
The Other Shoe Drops 5 Dec 2017 - 13 Jan 2018 Froelick Gallery presents our second solo exhibition for Portland-based painter Micah Hearn, The Other Shoe Drops. Coyly playful, unsparingly autobiographical, his active canvases evidence an impulsive, dynamic brushstroke laid over the imposed compositional order of a patchwork-like grid- a reference to his grandmother’s quiltmaking. His chromatically dazzling works are based... Read more
