Exhibition Tour + Conversation with Mark R. Smith & Linda TesnerJoin us for the virtual opening of Mark R. Smith's "Phalanxes" and Jeremy Okai Davis's "Black Wood." Elizabeth Leach Gallery will Livestream an exhibition tour and a conversation with artist Mark R. Smith and Linda Tesner. Mark R. Smith's work explores pattern and recycled textiles, creating unconventional objects based on a conceptual framework. Smith manifests his ideas through a labor-intensive process, transforming everyday materials into dynamic, thoughtful paintings. Smith received his BFA from The Cooper Union (New York, NY) and his MFA from Portland State University (Portland, OR). He has had solo exhibitions at the Office of the Governor (Salem, OR), Northview Gallery at Portland Community College (Portland, OR), Gallery Hlemmur (Reykjavik, Iceland) and The Art Gym at Marylhurst University (Marylhurst, OR). Smith was included in The Oregon Biennial three times and received the curator's award in 1995 and 2001. He has also received many public commissions, including projects with Trimet, Providence Hospital and the Port of Portland (all Portland, OR). Smith's work is included in a number of public and private collections, including the American Embassy (Accra, Ghana), CityArts Inc. (New York, NY), King County Public Art Collection (Seattle, WA), Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR) and Nike Inc. (Beaverton, OR). Linda Tesner is an independent curator and arts writer based in Portland, Oregon. Previously, she served as the interim director and curator of the Jordan D. Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University and as director and curator at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art at Lewis & Clark College for the past two decades (1998-2019). She was formerly the Portland Art Museum assistant director and the director of the Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale, Washington. She received her BA in Art History from the University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) and her MA in History of Art from Ohio State University (Columbus, OH).
Posted by Elizabeth Leach Gallery on Thursday, October 1, 2020
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VISIT THE EXHIBITION PAGES
Mark R. Smith
Phalanxes
October 1 – November 28, 2020
Jeremy Okai Davis
Black Wood
October 1 – 31, 2020
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