Residency 2026:
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The residency show returns to the 1122 Outside Gallery this year, with 9 artists creating objects in a wide variety of media.
For information on the residency program, see here
For information on events, see here
- Groundwork (My Beloved Dead)
Harper Lethin
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Reishi fungus on local wood shavings, wool, beads, muslin, cotton thread Harper is a multimedia artist and microbiologist. They graduated Reed College in 2024, where they studied art and biology, and continued working there as a research assistant of Juniper Harrower. This artwork is an attempt to establish mycelial connections with their maternal lineage. In September, Harper will begin a research project on phage therapy in Tbilisi, Georgia, with a Fulbright fellowship. |
- Mycelium Metropolis
Sakura Azzopardi
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Mixed-media sculptures: Mycelium-based Composite Material (Reishi fungus & wood shavings), moss, LED lights, 1:100 scale architectural model figures. Sakura is a recent graduate of Reed College, completing a Bachelor's in studio art and biology with a minor in music. This work is a continuation of her senior thesis project, "Reimagining the Built Environment Through Mycelium-Based Composites, which examined both the artistic possibilities of mycelium and its potential as a functional biomaterial for insulation & architecture. Sakura's interdisciplinary approach the to art bridges biology, materials science & speculative sculpture creation as means for contemplating climate resilience and dystopian post-humanist realities. She plans to continue exploring the realm of bio-art and is pursuing a career in landscape architecture. |
- Palynology
Alice Langlois
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Microscopic stop-motion animation |
- Items from the Beatrice Wilford Research Archives and Museum
Kate Stock
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Kate is a Portland-based artist. She is the proprietor of the Museum of Future Memory, a sidewalk installation in Portland's Irvington neighborhood, and Super Awesome Prizes, an interactive vending machine art installation in the same location. |
- Artistamps/Mail Art
Nonlocal Variable
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Duane Schulz, a.k.a. Nonlocal Variable, is a longtime and prolific mail and Fluxus artist based in Beaverton, OR. He is an alumnus of 2024 residency program where he created a diorama, artistamps, a collage zine, a series of cards, and other small paper works. |
- Poster Remnants
Amber Wolf
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Amber Wolf is a Portland-based observer and mail artist. These pieces explore authorship, place, and impermanence through the collection of layered poster remnants from Portland's streets. The works on display are collaborative artifacts shaped by countless contributors and the transformative forces of weather and time. |
- Portrait of Mathematician
Phoebe Mol & Anthony Clementi
| Mixed Media (india ink, oil paint, watercolor, acrylic paint, paper mache, glass, wire) Phoebe Mol is a multimedia artist and arts educator making comics, puppets, and poems in Portland. Anthony Clementi is a multimedia artist making paintings, video, and comics in Portland. Together, Phoebe and Anthony run World Egg Press, a micropress that publishes comics and poetry. |
- Patty Burns
| Patty is a trash sculptor obsessed with thrown-away plastic, She is the founder and co-director of The Bywater Museum of Unnatural History, a diorama and oddities museum in New Orleans. Her diorama "The Age of Plastic" her residency project in 2024. |
- Wren Van Deusen
| Wren is a recent graduate of Bennington College, majoring in animation and ecology. This work was part of her senior project, examining the nature of monsters in nightmares. Their appearance is inspired in part by creatures from the Zymoglyphic region. |