CHARACTER, CHARACTERS, AND CONTRAPTIONS
September 3-18, 2010
Artist Reception: First Friday, September 3, 2010, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Preview Reception: First Thursday, September 2, 2010, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Artist Talk with Stewart Harvey: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 4:00 p.m. 

Stewart Harvey – I Am What I Need To Be
A Photo Essay on the Odyssey of Identity in New OrleansStewart Harvey’s second solo show [...]

Diane Jacobs-Bowing to Paradox
July1-31, 2010
Artist Reception: First Friday, July 2, 2010, 5:00-8:00 p.m.

In Bowing to Paradox, Portland artist, Diane Jacobs, contemplates life—both the joys and sorrows. Incorporating the structure of the “mobile” into several pieces in this installation, Jacobs metaphorically suggests the human desire for equilibrium. The viewer will experience the constant motion of her [...]

Book Power!
June 3-26, 2010
23 Sandy Gallery is pleased to present  Book Power! An Exhibition of Artist Books. Book Power! will showcase artist books that address the social, political or environmental issues of our times. This national, juried exhibition features artist book as a vehicle to shed light on the problems we face in the world and [...]

Andrea Benson and Roberta Lavadour
May 6-29, 2010
Please join us for an artists’ reception: First Friday, May 7, 2010, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
      
Andrea Benson – Hands and Minds
Andrea Benson presents new encaustic paintings with a show titled, Hands and Minds. With delicate luminous layers and subtle colors, Andrea’s figurative paintings explore hands, arms and stance in [...]

For one day only, David Abel of Passage Bookshop is emptying out the flat file and bringing to 23 Sandy Gallery a selection of artist’s books, fine printing, broadsides, books on typography and book arts, and art and photography monographs and exhibition catalogues.
Most items are long out of print and hard to find, including books by and [...]

 
Mar Goman, Mixed Media 
Mar Goman’s amazing work involves a wide range of materials and media including a variety of recycled and repurposed materials. Think pieces of rusty metal, old books, sticks, stones and bones, bottles, boxes, toys, vintage fabrics and more. The show includes her series of “dresses,” which serve as stand-ins for the female [...]

23 Sandy Gallery is pleased to present three book and paper arts shows in in March. The shows will run March 4 –27, 2010. Please join us for an artists reception for all three show on First Friday, March 5 from 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Virginia Flynn
The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker
In this new body of work, [...]

New Directions 200: Down + Out
February 4-27, 2010
Artists Reception: First Friday, February 5, 5–8 p.m.
23 Sandy Gallery is pleased to host a traveling exhibition organized by wall space gallery (sic) in Seattle and juried by Carol McCusker, Curator of Photography at the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, California. New Directions 2010, Down + [...]

The Assignment
23 Sandy Gallery and the College Book Art Association (CBAA) are pleased to present The Assignment, a national, juried book arts exhibition being held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the CBAA in Portland, Oregon. To illuminate the meeting’s focus on book arts teaching practice and pedagogy, this exhibition features artist book works [...]

Heidi Kirkpatrick: Gray Area
Victoria Bjorklund: Glass Figments
November 6-28, 2009
Please join us for an artist reception on First Friday, November 6, 2009, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Location: 23 Sandy Gallery, 623 NE 23rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97232Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday, Noon-6:00 p.m. and by appointment

Heidi Kirkpatrick: Gray Area. As a fine art photographer, Kirkpatrick offers interpretations of [...]