Selected Press
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
February 6, 2024 | Soak up the sun: Georgie Friedman, Oregon Artswatch
February 1, 2024 | What Was Lost and What Remains: Marcus Fischer, Ever Out
January 4, 2024 | Exhibition - What Was Lost And What Remains, American Towns
September 18, 2023 | A biennial in Oregon explores the role of art in political and social critique, The Art Newspaper
September 6, 2023 | Get Thee to a Gallery, Portland Mercury
January 9, 2023 | Winter visual arts showcase contemporary visions, interactive opportunities, The Oregonian
November 23, 2022 | ‘i gently place my brain in cold rice,’ at Oregon Contemporary, Oregon ArtsWatch
September 14, 2022 | Art Review: Willie Little at Oregon Contemporary, Oregon ArtsWatch and OUT OF THE BOX
June 8, 2022 | Rick Silva’s “Peaking” at Oregon Contemporary, Oregon ArtsWatch
April 20, 2022 | Rick Silva’s Peaking Makes a Stunning Visual Map of Our Overwhelming Age, Portland Monthly
February 25, 2022 | Art Review: Pat Boas at Oregon Contemporary, Oregon ArtsWatch
January 14, 2022 | 10 shows in Portland area museums and galleries to stretch the mind and eyes in 2022, The Oregonian
December 8, 2021 | The Best Oregon-Made Movies, Books, Music & Art of 2021, Portland Monthly
November 16, 2021 | Oregon Contemporary’s Water: NFS Is an Act of Resistance, Portland Monthly
November 3, 2021 | Katarina Zdjelar’s “Proximities, a rehearsal, an archive” at Oregon Contemporary, Oregon Artswatch
July 13, 2021 | Joseph Gallivan interviews Blake Shell and Adam McIsaac of Oregon Contemporary, KBOO Art Focus
June 15, 2021 | Portland Art Space Disjecta Has a New Name, The Oregonian
April 20, 2021 | UNQUIET OBJECTS: Curated by Lucy Cotter, Happening
April 24, 2021 | OBJECTHOOD: A Conversation with Lucy Cotter, Art and About PDX
February 22, 2021 | Timelines of the Future: Christine Howard Sandoval, Art and About PDX
April 30, 2020 | Interview with Curators of the 2019 Portland Biennial, ASAP Journal
February 15, 2020 | The Spiritual Side of Performance, Hyperallergic
January 17, 2020 | Beneath the surface seductions, Oregon Arts Watch
January 12, 2021 | Via Art Fund Announces Record $1.5 Million in 2020 Grants, Artforum
January 6, 2020 | Queer Art in Portland’s Spotlight, Alta
October 29, 2019 | A Poignant Tour of a Disappearing Queer Neighborhood in Portland, Hyperallergic
September 23, 2019 | The view from Portland2019, Oregon Arts Watch
September 4, 2019 | The Curators of This Year’s Portland Biennial Imagine the Future of Regional Art by Uncovering Oregon’s Past, Willamette Week
August 15, 2019 | Disjecta’s Portland 2019 Biennial: North Interstate Love Song, Portland Mercury
August 22, 2019 | Portland Biennial by Yaelle S. Amir, Elisheba Johnson and Ashley Stull Meyers, X-Ray in the Morning
August 23, 2019 | Portland2019 Biennial explores Oregon through contemporary art, Street Roots News
April 16, 2019 | Conversation with Blake Shell, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, I is for Institute, ICA Philadelphia
Winter 2019 | Curating the Digital, Arcade
January 9, 2019 | In Seattle, Creating Community by Collecting Art and Artists, The New York Times
August 2, 2018 | Blake Shell on The Non Profit Happy Hour
January 15, 2018 | Sarah Meyohas at Disjecta, The Rib
December 13, 2017 | 10,000 Roses Later: Sarah Meyohas’s ‘Cloud of Petals’, Oregon Arts Watch
April 20, 2017 | Blake Shell takes the lead at Disjecta, Oregon Arts Watch
March 29, 2017 | Disjecta Contemporary Art Center Appoints Blake Shell as Executive Director, Art Forum
July 22nd, 2016 | 10 Picks from Portland2016, Interview Magazine
July 12th, 2016 | Punk Rock Spirit Gives the Sprawling Portland Biennial a Much-Needed Edge, Artnet News
July 4th, 2016 | Portland2016 Biennial offers broadest survey yet of contemporary art in Oregon, Oregonian
April 8th, 2016 | Disjecta Connects to Kenton With Music as the Medium, Oregon ArtsWatch
February 3rd, 2016 | Artist List Announced for Portland2016 Biennial, Artforum
October 27th, 2015 | The Book of Scores Reviewed, Willamette Week
October 16th, 2015 | On View: ‘Book Of Scores’ At Disjecta, Oregon Public Broadcasting
June 15th, 2015 | Michelle Grabner Named Curator of Portland’s Contemporary Art Biennial, Artforum
June 15th, 2015 | Michelle Grabner Announced as Portland2016 Biennial Curator, Artnews
December 31st, 2014 | So Money, Portland Mercury
October 13th, 2014 | Opposites attract in Disjecta’s Intimate Horizons, Oregonian
July 13th, 2014 | Portland2014, Frieze 164
May 28th, 2014 | Getting to Know You: Interrogating Disjecta's Newest Curator-in-Residence, Portland Mercury
April 22nd, 2014 | How to have a body: Five things I learned from Kelly Rauer’s ‘Locate’, Oregon ArtsWatch
March 25th, 2014 | PDX Road Trip: New Work from Ellen Lesperance, Jessica Jackson Hutchins and Wes Mills, New American Paintings
March 24th, 2014 | Disjecta’s Third Go At A Biennial, Portland2014, Oregon ArtsWatch
March 11th, 2014 | Portland2014…captures the breadth and quality of area’s art scene, Oregonian
February 11th, 2014 | Deville Cohen’s ‘Zero’ at Disjecta plays with time, space and expectations, Oregonian
December 16th, 2013 | Vlatka Horvat explores the boundaries between negative and positive space, Oregonian
October 23rd, 2013 | Summer Guthery focuses on emerging artists & community outreach, Oregonian
April 4th, 2013 | Meet Disjecta’s New Curator-In-Residence, Portland Monthly
March 6th, 2013 | Chris Fraser’s “In Passing” at Disjecta, Portland Monthly
February 8th, 2012 | Peter Halley’s Neon Installation Will Tickle Your Brain, Portland Monthly
January 20th, 2012 | Green light: Peter Halley in Portland, TwoCoatsofPaint