04.13.26 – 06.04.26

Artist Bios:

VIKTOR KOBYLIANSKI:

Viktor Kobylianski (b. 1995) is a Ukrainian-born artist based in the United States.

He works with materials commonly associated with construction, including mineral dust, cement slurries, pigments, and sand applied to raw fabric, with the image formed through imprinted residue after removal.

His practice is process-driven and subtractive. Applied directly by hand, he establishes conditions in which the materials cure, settle, and imprint, allowing their behavior to determine the final residue embedded within the surface. Individual surfaces are often stitched together, assembling separate fragments into a single work. Removed from their functional role, these materials shift from utility to memory. Positioned between object and surface, presence and absence, the work invites slow looking and operates as a physical record rather than an image.

BENJAMIN EWING:

Benjamin Ewing is a multidisciplinary artist located in Portland, Oregon. With a background in editorial photography and print design, his transition into painting and sculpture is rooted in the same visual principles. He continues to sift these concepts through new mediums. In the attempt to better understand the power of materials and the way in which they can inform one another. Ultimately, providing a language in which we may better understand ourselves. Oil painting, stone sculpture & lighting design are of his current focus.

ADELINA RUVELCABA:

Adelina Ruvalcaba is a mixed media visual artist and emerging curator in the Pacific Northwest. She enjoys reading fiction novels and exploring the forest with her dog. She was born and raised in the Central Valley of California and is of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent. After moving to Oregon, she found herself at a loss with her identity. This realization sent her down a path of rediscovery. Ruvalcaba’s creative practice highlights the labor of love from one’s home, especially the kitchen. Influenced by her deep-rooted love for prehistoric cave art, she reimagined fossils by transforming them into ceramic dinnerware. She also creates immersive installations that help tell the intimate stories of her fossils, offering viewers a sense of belonging and space for reflection.

TYLER YOUNG:

Tyler Young is a Portland based artist who received his BA in ceramics and jewelry and a minor in philosophy from San Diego State University. Young’s interest in philosophy has led them to explore themes around identity and the various social systems that inform how they are cognizant of their identity. Young’s practice takes an interdisciplinary approach by combining multiple mediums and art disciplines, such as fine art painting and sculpture, with jewelry.

CHARLiE SALAS-HUMARA:

Charlie Salas-Humara is a painter and musician living in Portland, OR. Self-taught, he began working with acrylic, oil, charcoal, and collage as a means of expressing his love of dance and music through art. Salas-Humara has toured extensively in the United States, Europe, Russia, and China (with The Planet The and under the moniker of Panther), and has shown his visual work in Portland, OR, Springfield, OR, Los Angeles, and New York. He is represented by Nationale.