Opening Reception:
01.21.26
01.12.26 – 03.13.26
Faces in Everything
Curated by Deven Truong
Program Description:
Humans by nature are hardwired to seek patterns. Our minds find comfort within repetition and motif. At the same time, pattern and routine are seldom consistent in our lives. With the ebb and flow of life, it is important that we honor the faces, places, and living things that gave us comfort, even if they’re gone.
Faces in Everything explores the ephemeral nature of pattern by honoring objects and faces we remember and using their memory as a tool for self-exploration. Synthesizing a range of materials from sculpture and ceramics to fiber arts and photography, the show approaches this idea of honor from all angles with the intimate works of local artists:
Anne Mavor
Lalo
Nicki Eybel
Andy Clift
Artist Statements:
Anne Mavor (b. 1952, Annapolis, Maryland, USA) is a visual artist and writer based in Portland, Oregon. Her multidisciplinary work illuminates social and personal issues through painting, printmaking, book arts, sculpture, installation, and performance. Anne has a BA in art from Kirkland College and an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University, Los Angeles. Originally from Massachusetts, in 1976 she moved to Los Angeles to join the Feminist Studio Workshop at The Woman’s Building.
Anne received grants from the John Anson Kittredge Fund, The Puffin Foundation, The Regional Arts and Culture Commission and a writing residency from The Mesa Refuge. Her work has been exhibited at Archer Gallery at Clark College (Vancouver, WA), Walters Cultural Art Center, (Hillsboro, OR), Huntington Beach Art Center, (Huntington Beach, CA), Alexander Gallery at Clackamas Community College, Lower Columbia College (Longview, WA), Highfield Hall (Falmouth, MA), Newport Visual Art Center (Newport, OR) and many other venues in Oregon, Washington, and Massachusetts. Her installation I Am My White Ancestors: Claiming the Legacy of Oppression has traveled to six venues in Oregon and Massachusetts.
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Lalo’s practice is formed around their relationships to the human body, their Mexican-American identity, and the queer environments they belong to. They use an interdisciplinary approach to their practice that is grounded by the fragility of their memories to these relationships. They are heavily influenced by the actions of constructing and deconstructing. They use sculpture, photography, print media, and performance to reshape the dialogue between material, language, and imagery. They aim to build a catalog for these memories of connection, serving as a reminder of the inherited faith that they have gained in themself through this form of practice.
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Nicki Eybel is an emerging, self-taught mixed-media collage artist who recently retired from a decades-long career working with young children. Nicki began her art journey in paper collage, later incorporating stitching after a class at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. She now works entirely in textiles and is entering her third year of a daily stitching practice.
This body of work reflects her relationship to life’s fleeting nature. Some pieces contain a single black thread near the edge—a personal memento mori and a visual reminder of the transient nature of life. All materials are reused scraps of linen, wool, and previous projects. All materials are reused scraps of linen, wool, and previous projects. Nicki hopes viewers feel the care and intention behind each piece. Every stitch is considered, echoing the mindful approach she brings to her life. Through color, texture, and quiet detail, she aims to offer a sense of comfort, calm, and stillness.
Her work has been shown at the Hillsboro Library, Art at the Cave in Vancouver, WA, and the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, OR. She is a member of the Columbia Fiber Arts Guild and will have work available at Guardino Gallery this winter.