2023 Pacific Northwest Drawers
Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts is pleased to announce the 59 artists selected for the 2023 Pacific Northwest Drawers. Each artist showcases a series of 10 photographic works, which will be on view in the Pacific Northwest Drawers flat files from April 2023 through March 2024 and on our website in perpetuity. These selections showcase the range and vibrancy of Pacific Northwest artists working in the photographic medium.
Blue Sky received a record number of submissions for its 16th iteration of the Pacific Northwest Drawers. The exhibition was juried by Crista Dix, the Executive Director at the Griffin Museum of Photography. The 2023 cohort comprises a strong showing from Blue Sky鈥檚 home state, with 37 artists from Oregon. Other artists hail from Washington (11), British Columbia, Canada (4), Alaska (3), Idaho (2), and Montana (2). The photographic work includes both lens-based and alternative processes, with a range of themes including identity, environment, connection and loss.
Reviewing so many images to narrow to 59 talented creative artists is always exciting and often overwhelming. Learning something new each time I see a photograph by the people and artists who live and explore the Northwest helps me grow, change and learn more about myself in the process.
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Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts is pleased to announce the 59 artists selected for the 2023 Pacific Northwest Drawers. Each artist showcases a series of 10 photographic works, which will be on view in the Pacific Northwest Drawers flat files from April 2023 through March 2024 and on our website in perpetuity. These selections showcase the range and vibrancy of Pacific Northwest artists working in the photographic medium.
Blue Sky received a record number of submissions for its 16th iteration of the Pacific Northwest Drawers. The exhibition was juried by Crista Dix, the Executive Director at the Griffin Museum of Photography. The 2023 cohort comprises a strong showing from Blue Sky鈥檚 home state, with 37 artists from Oregon. Other artists hail from Washington (11), British Columbia, Canada (4), Alaska (3), Idaho (2), and Montana (2). The photographic work includes both lens-based and alternative processes, with a range of themes including identity, environment, connection and loss.
Reviewing so many images to narrow to 59 talented creative artists is always exciting and often overwhelming. Learning something new each time I see a photograph by the people and artists who live and explore the Northwest helps me grow, change and learn more about myself in the process.
Artists on show
- Adair Rutledge
- Aidan Barbar
- Albert England
- Alexis Joy Hagestad
- Alyson Bowen
- Ann Kendellen
- Barbara Gilson
- Barbara Strigel
- Blue Mitchell
- Brittney Cathey-Adams
- Cara Jaye
- Carol Isaak
- Chris Lael Larson
- Christopher Trotchie
- Christopher Valentine
- Claire Dibble
- Claudia Hollister
- Craig Hickman
- Danielle Quenell
- David Frazier
- Eric Walker
- Ethan Bickel
- Ford Gilbreath
- Gloria Baker Feinstein
- Horatio Law
- Jenny Irene Miller
- Jim Lommasson
- Jo Cosme
- Josh Hobson
- Katherine Curry
- Kentaro Metzger
- Kirk Hostetter
- Kristina Barker
- Laura Kurtenbach & Brian McGloin
- Lawrence Manning
- Liz Kuball
- Liza Faktor
- Loren Nelson
- Marcelo Fontana & Katherine Spinella
- Margo Geddes
- Mark S. Danley
- Melinda Hurst Frye
- Michael Rainey
- Mick Hangland-Skill
- Mike Vos
- Neil DaCosta
- Paul Gravett
- Rachel Nixon
- Rebecca Cummins
- Reese Kempter
- Ridwana Rahman
- Sarah Grew
- Shawn Records
- Skip Smith
- Stuart Allen
- Vanessa Marsh
- Vanessa Marsh
- Xinyu Liu
- Young Kim
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