Around Oregon Biennial

The contemporary arts ecosystem of Oregon was once known for its underground sensibilities – DIY aesthetics, experimental practices, craft, noise, and a unique lens for landscape. As many parts of the state struggle to remain economically viable sites for arts production and artist support, Around Oregon 2023 seeks to honor the artists holding fast to the previously described legacy. The selected artists’ works venture from traditional conceptions of their medium, and showcase Oregon for all that is strange, wild, and fighting to regrow.

Ashley Stull Meyers, 2023 AOB Juror

Selected Artists

• Alison Lutz
• Amy Joy Snyder
• Angennette Escobar
• Anthony Hudson
• Bobbie Jansen
• Carley Hansen-Prince
• Chelsea Sanford
• Epiphany Couch
• Erick Grundman
• Evan Burnette
• Gretchen Bracher
• Hannah Newman
• Jan Konzack
• Jonathan Potter
• Keri Clement
• Limei Lai
• Lindsey Luna Tucker
• The Living Studio (Collaborative Project)
• Loo Bain
• Marilyn Joyce
• Monte Shelton
• Nancy Watterson Scharf
• Niya Lee
• Renee Couture
• Robin Kerr

About the Juror

Ashley Stull Meyers is a writer, editor, and cultural worker. She has curated exhibitions and public programming for a diverse set of arts institutions along the west coast, including those in San Francisco, CA, Oakland, CA, Seattle, WA, and Portland, OR. Ashley has been in academic residency at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art (Omaha, NE) and the Banff Centre (Banff, Alberta). She has served as Northwest Editor for Art Practical and has contributed writing to Bomb Magazine, Rhizome, Arts.Black and SFAQ/NYAQ. In 2017 Stull Meyers was named Director and Curator of The Art Gym and Belluschi Pavilion at Marylhurst University, and the following year was made co-curator of the 2019 Portland Biennial. Currently, she serves as the Thomas Hart and Mary Jones Horning Chief Curator of Art, Science, and Technology at Oregon State University, and as a board member at Oregon Contemporary.

Eligibility

• The exhibit is open to all active artists living or working in Oregon.
• The work does not need to have “Oregon” as its subject matter.
• All work must have been completed in the last two years.
• All visual mediums will be considered.
  • Performance can be submitted as a 3-minute video in MP4 format. 
  • Video or animation must be submitted in MP4 format.
• Work previously exhibited at The Arts Center will not be accepted or presented to the juror.