Artist List    Jack Portland    Images  |  Bio Born, 1946 San Luis Obispo, CA EDUCATION Academia Caerite, Ceri (Roma), Italy 1994 Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 1967-1971 Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR 1966-1967 University of California at Santa Barbara, CA 1964-1966 AWARDS Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR, Individual Artists Fellowship 1979, 1989 Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR, CETA VI Grant 1975-1976 Oregon Arts Commission, Statewide Services, Traveling Grant Award 1974, 1976 ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995-1999, 2001, 2003, 2007 “Small Paintings,” Buckley Center Gallery, University of Portland, Portland, OR 2003 Castello Colonna, Genazzano, Italy 1999 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997 Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR 1994 Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, OR 1992 "Art in the Governors Office," Oregon State Capitol, Salem, OR 1988 Hodges/Banks Gallery, Seattle, WA 1983, 1985, 1987 Fountain Gallery of Art, Portland, OR 1973, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986 Gallery Paul Anglim, San Francisco, CA 1983, 1985 The Fountain Fine Arts, Seattle, WA 1982 Eason Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1980 Clark/Benton Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1981 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA 1980, 1981 Marylhurst Education Center, Mayer Gallery, OR 1978 Gallery of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM 1976 University of Oregon Art Museum, Eugene, OR 1974, 1976 Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle, WA 1975 Washington State University Art Gallery, Pullman, WA 1972 GROUP EXHIBITIONS “Art in Embassies Program,” U.S. Department of State International Loan Program, American Embassy in Malta 2005-2008 The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 “20th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006 “PNCA Faculty Show,” Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 2002 “15th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 P.S.U. Faculty Show, University of Ulsan, School of Design, Ulsan, Korea 1997 Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1995 Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 1995 American University, Rome, Italy 1995 Artquake Arts Festival, Portland, OR 1990, 1994 ArtFair, Seattle, WA 1993, 1994 Faculty Show, Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, OR 1993 "Portland Collects," Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1993 "Anniversary Show," Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA 1993 Sandy Carlson Gallery, Denver, CO (three person show) 1992 "Spirit of the West" traveling exhibit, sponsored by West One Bank 1992 "More Blue is Bluer," Shasta Community College, CA 1989 "Contemporary Survey: A Visible Presence in the Northwest," Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA 1988 “50 Years of Oregon Art", Oregon Art Institute, Portland, OR 1987 "Drawing Power," Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA (catalogue) 1986 "Portland Painting Now," Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR 1985 "Watercolor: Oregon," The Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; traveled to Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR, and JK Ralston Museum, MT 1983 Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY 1982 Holly Solomon Gallery, Kansas City, KS 1982 Gallery Paul Anglim, San Francisco, CA 1982 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY 1980 Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1978 Printmakers/Graduates, Pacific Northwest College of Art,Portland, OR 1976 Western Washington State College Art Center, Bellingham, WA 1976 "In Touch: Nature, Ritual and Sensuous Art from the Northwest," Portland Center for the Visual Arts, travelling exhibition curated by Lucy Lippard 1976 "First Editions," Oregon Arts Foundation, Salem, ORtravelling print show 1976 "Art of the Pacific Northwest, 1930-1973," National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., travelling exhibition 1973 "Artists Under 35," Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1973 University of Oregon Art Gallery, Eugene, OR 1973 "Ten Oregon Artists," Pacific NW Art Center, Seattle, WA 1972 Statewide Services Show, Oregon Arts Commission 1972 "Eight Young Artists," White Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR 1972 "Works on Paper," Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1972 COLLECTIONS Arthur Young & Associates, Portland, OR Bricker Zakovics & Querin, Portland, OR Ball, Janik LLP Portland, OR Bank of America, Portland, OR Bank of America, Seattle, WA Bank of the Northwest, Portland, OR Bogle & Gates, Seattle, WA Bureau of Land Management, Klamath Falls, OR Children's Art Museum, Portland, OR Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA City of Portland, OR City of Seattle, WA, Portable Works Collection Claremont Resort Hotel, Oakland, CA Clay Towers, Portland, OR Coldwell Banker, Portland, OR Coopers & Lybrand, Portland, OR CTC Consulting, Inc., Portland, OR Davis Wright Tremaine, Portland, OR Deloitte & Touche, Portland, OR Delta Airlines, Crown Room, Portland International Airport, Portland, OR Diantha Knott & Associates, Portland, OR Eastern Oregon State College, La Grande, OR Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, CA Gionet Development Co., Portland, OR Eastern Oregon State College, La Grande, OR Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, OR Harmony Elementary, Evergreen, WA (Washington State Arts Commission) H.J. Heinz Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA Harsch Investment, Portland, OR Instromedix, Portland, OR Junior League Collection, Seattle, WA Lattice Semiconductor, Hillsboro, OR Lazenthol & Horwath, Seattle, WA Marine Resources, Seattle, WA (Russian Headquarters) Matsushita Electronic Materials, Inc., Forest Grove, OR MCG NW, Portland, OR Mentor Graphics, Portland, OR Meriwether Building East, Gerding/Edlen Development, Portland, OR Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR Microsoft, Redmond, WA Mitzubishi Bank, Portland, OR Mt. Hood Medical Center, Gresham, OR Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, HI National Gallery of the Arts, The Smithsonian,Washington DC NEC America, Portland, OR Nerco Inc., Portland, OR Nissho Iwai, Portland, OR Northwest Natural Gas Building, Portland, OR Northeast Tacoma Elementary, Tacoma, WA (Washington State Arts Commission) Omark Industries, Blount Corp. Collection, Portland, OR Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR Oregon State University Valley Library, Corvallis, OR Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR Pacific First Bank, Seattle, WA Pacific Northwest Bell, Seattle, WA Phillip Morris Collection, Albany, OR Pioneer Elementary, Evergreen, WA(Washington State Arts Commission) Port of Portland, Portland International Airport, Portland, OR Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus, Portland, OR Portland State University, Portland, OR Portland Police, Southeast Precinct, Portland, OR Prendergast & Associates, Portland, OR Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR Rogue Valley Medical Center, Medford, OR Safeco Corporation, Seattle, WA Salem Hospital, Salem, OR Schnitzer Investment Corp., Portland, OR Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA Seattle City Lights Collection, Seattle, WA State of Oregon Printing Plant, Eugene, OR State of Oregon, New Capitol Wing, Salem, OR Seattle Northwest Securities, Portland, OR Theodore Lilley Investments, Portland, OR U.S. Bank Trust, Portland, OR U.S. Bank, Seattle, WA University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Washington County Justice Services Building, Hillsboro, OR Washington Mutual Savings Bank, Vancouver, WA Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA West Linn Library, West Linn, OR Western Oregon State University, Monmouth, OR Westin Portland Hotel, Portland, OR COMMISSIONS St. Philip Neri Parish, Portland, OR 2007 Western Oregon State University, Monmouth, OR 2000 Portland Police Southeast Precinct, Portland, OR 1996 US Bancorp Trust, Portland, OR 1994 Northwest Natural Gas Building, Portland, OR 1994 Seattle Northwest Securities, Portland, OR 1994 Matsushita Electronic Materials, Inc., Forest Grove, OR 1994 Port of Portland, Portland International Airport, Portland, OR 1991 Diantha Knott & Associates, Portland, OR 1990 Artquake, Portland, OR 1990 West Linn Library, West Linn, OR 1989 Coldwell Banker, Portland, OR 1989 RELATED EXPERIENCE Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR, Associate Professor, 1998 –Present Institute of Italian Culture & Art, Collemelone, Italy, Instructor 2005 American University, Rome, Curator for Exhibition of Northwest Artists 1995 Portland State University, Portland, OR, Associate Professor 1993-1994 Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, OR, Instructor 1992-1993 Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, Lecturer 1976-1987 Centrum Summer Arts Program, Port Townsend, WA, Artist-In-Residence 1980, 1981, 1983 University of Portland, OR, Adjunct Professor Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR, Instructor PUBLICATIONS “Laura Russo Gallery,” Preview: The Gallery Guide, April/May 2007, pp. 64-65 Row, D.K., “Art scene in full bloom,” The Oregonian, April 5. 2007, pp. E1. E3 “Exhibition Calendar: Laura Russo Gallery,” April 2007. Vol. 38, Issue 3. p. 11 Tannler, Nancy, “Artists adorn altar,” The Southeast Examiner, Portland, Oregon, March 2007, pp. 11, 16 “Oregon ArtBeat,” Oregon Public Broadcasting, Channel 10, Broadcast April 5, 2007 Row, D.K. “Laura Russo toasts 20 years atop Portland’s Art World,” The Sunday Oregonian, October 15, 2006, pp. O1 and O11 Culverwell, Wendy, “You gotta have art,” Portland Executive Home and Life, Fall 2006, pp. 10, 54-55 Bordonaro, Molly, “Art in Embassies Program,” Catalog of artwork at US Embassy in Malta, April 2006, pp. 16-19 Sykes, Claire, "Portland Galleries," Art on Paper, Vol. 8, No. 2, November/December 2003, p. 72 Kelley, Rob. “Jack Portland at Laura Russo Gallery,” The Oregonian Artsweek, September 21, 2003, p. E10 Koppman, Debra. “Previews: Marlene Bauer and Jack Portland,” Artweek, September 2003, p. 33 Row, D.K. “Critic’s Picks,” The Oregonian, September 4, 2003, Living Section page 1 Row, D.K. “First Thursday: Laura Russo Gallery,” The Oregonian, August 29, 2003, A&E p. 52 “Alumni Notes,” 1/4: Pacific Northwest College of Art Quarterly Newsletter, Spring 2002, p.6 Caruthers, Maryanne, “Artist Finds His Dream Home Under the Roman Sun,” The Oregonian, December 2001 Hicks, Bob, “Mary Josephson and Jack Portland at Laura Russo Gallery,” The Oregonian, October 2001 Row, D.K., “Technique and Beauty,” The Oregonian, December 1999 Caliendo, Christie, “A Portland Painter,” Ourtown, November 1998 Gragg, Randy, “Jack in Italy,” The Oregonian, November 1998 Row, D.K., “Jack Portland,” Willamette Week, May 1997 “Tip Sheet: Portland, Italy,” The Oregonian, May 1997 Soldati, Joseph, O Poetry, Oh Poesia - Poems of Peru and Oregon, Oregon-Peru Poetry Project Portland, OR, 1997 Bennett, Laura Lee, "Jack Portland Embraces Roma But Keeps His Name the Same," The Oregonian, March, 1996 Ross, Terry "Laura Russo Gallery Pairs All-Star Painter, Sculptor, "The Oregonian, May, 1 Ross, Terry, “Of Frescoes and Photos,” The Oregonian, May 1995 Duchene, Pat, “Opening March 19 in Rome: Exhibit by Northwest Artists,” The Oregonian, March 1995 “First Thursday,” The Oregonian, September 1991 “Artist Portland to Design Artwork for Artquake ’90,” The Oregonian, April 1990 Ament, Deloris Tarzan, “Jack Portland’s Paintings are Abstract and Playful,” The Seattle Times, November 1990 "Artquake," poster published by Arts Celebration, Portland, OR, 1990 "Faculty Members Awarded Grants," OAI Magazine, 1989 Ryberg, Barbara, "The Northwest's Blues," Artweek, April 1989 Hunt, Phil, "An Artist Who is Right at Home in Portland," The Oregonian, April 1989 Campbell, R.M., “Portlandd’s Paintings are About Everything- and Nothing at all,” Post-Intelligencer Hackett, Regina, "If It's Got Form, Pattern, Painter Gives it Some Life," Seattle Post Intelligencer, 1988 “Art in the Governor’s Office,” OAC News, Salem, OR, Fall 1988 “Faculty Members Awarded Grants,” OAI Magazine, 1988 McAllister, Lynn, Drawing Power, Northwest Invitational Drawing Show, exhibition catalog, Lynn McAllister Gallery, 1986 Guenther, Bruce, The Fountain Gallery of Art 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Portland, OR, 1986 Johnson, Barry, “Fountain Nears its Finale with Show Spotlighting Three Artists,” The Oregonian, February 1986 Johnson, Barry, “Viewer’s Dipstick Checks Oil Paintings,” The Oregonian, February 1986 “Waterworks,” The Oregonian, December 1986 Sutinen, Paul, Portland Painting Now, exhibition catalog, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR, 1985 Berger, David, "Artwork Reveals Tougher Side of Portland," Seattle Times, September 1985 Hayakawa, Alan R., “Influential Mike Russo, Festive Jack Portland Ready Fountain Show,” The Oregonian, May 1984 Reed, Eddie, “Interview with Jack Portland,” Vision, 1983 Guenther, Bruce, 50 Northwest Artists, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, 1983 Burress, Charles, “A Touch of Northwest Class at The Claremont,” The Oregonian, July 1983 Zwinger, Susan, “The Teacher’s Pet (Milk),” Viewing Art Sutinen Paul, “Four Shows Soon to Close,” Willamette Week Drawing at the Henry, catalogue, Henry Gallery, Seattle, WA, Oregon Arts Commission, 1980 “Light-Hearted,” Oregon Journal, February 1980 "Artspace," Southwestern Contemporary Arts Quarterly, 1976, 1977, 1978 Lippard, Lucy R., "In Touch: Nature, Ritual, and Sensuous Art from the Northwest," exhibition catalogue, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR, 1976 Art in America, review of exhibition, 1976 Art Week, review of exhibition, 1975 Magee, Daisy, “Fountain Gallery Displays LC Professor’s Work,” Pioneer Log, 1975 Hull, Roger, “Artist’s Statements Contrast,” The Oregonian, November 1975 Art of the Pacific Northwest 1930-1973, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1973 The Beautiful Smile, poems by William Benton, paintings by Jack Portland, 1973