Blackfish Gallery

For Immediate Release

20th Annual Recent Graduates Show

Featuring the work of Oregons top BFA and MFA grads
June 30 August 1, 2015
Opening: Thursday, July 2, 2015 | 6 pm 9 pm
Blackfish Gallery: 420 NW 9th Ave., Portland, OR 97209 | 503-224-2634
director@blackfish.com | http://www.blackfish.com
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am 5 pm

Define oneself or show others the way? The great thing about being an artist is that you
can do both, simultaneously, and the 20th Annual Recent Graduates Show is one of the
best places to see this phenomenon in action.
The exhibit juxtaposes ageless
themes such as dread, anxiety
and courage; loss, imagination
and transcendence; and
process and change in the
natural world with more present
day concerns, like social
boundaries in public transit and
the value of gardening and
cooking.
How are cultural narratives
created and what is the role of
institutional authority in framing
perceptions of reality? How are
expectations and ideals of
women embedded in cultural language? How can photography be a form of automatic
drawing and what does that say about the nature of photographic reproduction? Youll
find Oregons top art school grads grappling with these and many more questions in this
one-of-a-kind exhibit.
Blackfish Gallery has sponsored the Recent Graduates exhibit for 20 years and counting,
because we support hardworking, emerging artists and believe in arts education.
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Images
Above: Sharlene Fagersten, Advice for Women Series: Keep it together, 2014, Digital
photograph, 20 x 16
Below: Austen Camille Weymueller, Six Cloths and a Background, 2014, India ink, chiffon,
rice paper, dimensions variable.

Participating Artists and Institutions

Eastern Oregon University
Genevieve Gaudreau
George Fox University
Alyssa Andrews
Annelise Koeth
Lewis & Clark College
Liz Finch
Malcolm Hecht
Linfield College
Taryn Takara
Maya Luque
Marylhurst University
Alyx Brennan
Sara Webb

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Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC)

Amanda Harris
Emma Weber
Oregon State University
Stirling Gorsuch
Sharlene Fagersten
Pacific University
Michael Zane
Stephanie Abraham
Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA)
Erin Marshall
Cate Andrews
Portland State University (PSU)
Maggie Heath
Pam Minty
Reed College
Austen Weymueller
Kaori Freda
Southern Oregon University
Kelly Brand
The Bad Girls Club (Rebecca Hanley, Olivia Merkle-Lawler, Kelly Brand, and Kate Holub)
University of Oregon
Alex Krajkowski
Jessie Rose Vala
Western Oregon University
Eric Loftin
Tyler Brumfield
Willamette University
Brita Ness
Michaelanne Foster