The Linfield Art Gallery

Exhibitions

 Current Exhibition

Connected to the Land

An Exhibition by Leland Butler

March 20 — May 3

(Closed March 25 - 30)

Artist Talk & Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 20 from 5 to 7 PM in the Linfield Gallery

STATEMENT FROM THE ARTIST: “Over the course of making photos, I’ve become attached to the duality of light and shadow and the beauty it creates in an image. With that same idea, there is an internal exploration that takes place throughout life and similarly, one can find the beauty in the duality of our own internal light and shadow through expression and exploration (internally and externally). This collection of photos explores that concept through landscape photos of the Pacific Northwest that were created while also exploring the internal light and shadow. The spiritual journeys we embark on to find life’s answers about self often brings us back to nature and that's what connects us to the land.”

ARTIST BIO: Leland Butler is a Grand Ronde tribal member who is also Siletz (tribe) and Yurok (tribe). Leland started taking photos 10 years ago with the curiosity of self in mind and exploration of land and people. Today that curiosity has brought him to exploring further into the duality of light and shadow and how the two co–exist both in nature and inside of us.

Artist Instagram: @leland_butler1

This exhibition is co–curated with the Chachalu Museum and Cultural Center of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and the Linfield Gallery. It is sponsored by the Lacroute Arts Series and the Department of Art. The Lacroute Arts Series at Linfield University is made possible by the generosity of arts benefactor Ronni Lacroute. The series, sponsored by the Lacroute Arts Fund at Linfield, is dedicated to helping the university present art events and activities for the campus and community. It provides programs featuring artists in the areas of music, art and theatre.

Upcoming Exhibition

Ripples

May 8 - 25, 2024

Immerse yourself in the works of Linfield University’s studio and digital art capstone students. Ripples debuts the newest projects from artists Daniel Olson, Annemarie Mullet, Adrian Lee, Allison Hmura and Andrew Goodwin. All of the works pay close attention to dimensions and space as they ripple conversations about home, nostalgia, and comfort. They range from expressive, introspective complexities to cathartic, aggressive confrontations. The exhibition is the result of a year-long collaboration between the artists with ongoing mentorship from contemporary creatives and Linfield faculty.

“The rippling oscillations between past trauma and pleasurable nostalgia function as a binary and a means of navigating the wavy waters of one’s life—sometimes up, sometimes down,” suggests Brian Winkenweder, professor of art history. “These artists surf on the ripples of their memories to produce works of art that provoke us to enjoy the euphoria of happier days behind and ahead of us and the awareness that our trauma indelibly orients our identity.”

A gallery opening with refreshments will take place in the Linfield Gallery at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8. Artist talks will take place in the Nicholson Library’s Austin Reading Room at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15. An additional gallery reception, also with refreshments, will follow the artist talks.

About the artists

Coming from an engineering and design background, Daniel Olson (he/him) wants to expand his skills to every facet digital art has to offer. His goal is to learn as many different softwares and techniques as he can, ranging from graphic design to animation. Follow him on Instagram.

Annemarie Mullet (she/her) enjoys finding ways to merge digital art with other, more traditional art mediums such as crochet and printmaking. Her work is primarily introspective, filtering elements of her life through art. Find her and purchase many fun crochet items on Instagram.

Adrian Lee (she/her) is a multimedia artist who upcycles materials within her art to help heal the inner child. Her art conveys feelings of joy and nostalgia through playful visuals and whimsical themes. Follow her on Instagram.

Allison Hmura (she/her) uses the means of installation art, painting, and photography to show the human experience of living with pain and what it takes to repair and enjoy one’s life. For her, creation is a means of protesting against an imbalance of work and life. She draws from the nature around her in search of comfort. Follow her on Instagram.

Andrew Goodwin (he/him) uses art video and experimental film to concretize the disjointedness between his upbringing in Oregon and his extended family in North Carolina. He draws on current events and literature for inspiration. His works can be found on YouTube.

Past 2023-24 exhibits

Earth & Place/Roots & Movement

An Exhibition by Jess X Snow & Kill Joy

Exhibition Dates: February 7 — March 16, 2024
Opening Reception Wednesday, Feb. 7: 5–7 p.m.
Artist Talk in the Austin Reading Room 5–5:30 p.m.
Poetry Reading and Refreshments to follow in the Gallery.

Earth & Place/Roots & Movement explores the works of queer Chinese diasporic artist, Jess X Snow and Filipino American artist Kill Joy. Through films, liberation graphics, community–created murals, poetry and installation, the works imagine healing in the aftermath of violence and transnational worlds without borders.

Drawn from their ancestors, lands of origin, and speculative visions, these multimedia works create visions of abolition, feminism and mutual care. Bridging the historical intersections of art and social movements, this exhibit plants seeds of coalition–building across the Asian diaspora. In collaboration with New Orleans–based Palestinian organizer and poet, Amira A, the exhibit includes an interactive altar offering a healing space to help the viewer keep Gaza alive in their hearts and examine the ways their own struggles can be entwined with Palestinian liberation. 

In-between Poetical Absurdities

Oct. 18-Nov. 17
Artist talk and opening reception on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 5:30 p.m. in Delkin Recital Hall in Vivian Bull Music Center.

Serhat Tanyolacar is a Turkish artist, autism father, educator, socio-political activist, and free-expression advocate currently living in Oregon. This exhibit takes us into his journey of being an oppositional artist.

As a conscientious objector, he has been self-exiled from his native country since 2015, producing poetically political artworks through print, performance and multimedia. For more than 20 years of his artistic career, he has shown works and intervened in public life both in America and internationally with his provocative and radical art-making process.

Serhat Tanyolacar is an assistant professor of studio art at Linfield University.

Blame it on Art: Creative Mentorship Outside The Frame

Aug. 30-Oct. 6, 2023

If youth experiencing houselessness can make films, they can do anything. At Outside The Frame, we believe that creative collaboration is an essential ingredient for healing, growth and empowerment. Our professional and peer mentors take the work of making art seriously - and playfully - with those we support and in our own art practices. At the Linfield Art Gallery, see Outside The Frame youth films alongside mentor-made art.

This exhibition is sponsored by the Lacroute Arts Series and the Department of Art. The Lacroute Arts Series at Linfield University is made possible by the generosity of arts benefactor Ronni Lacroute. The series, sponsored by the Lacroute Arts Fund at Linfield, is dedicated to helping the university present art events and activities for the campus and community. It provides programs featuring artists in the areas of music, art and theatre.