March 2 through March 25 at the Screaming Sky Gallery (1416 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR). Opening reception from 6-9pm Friday, March 4th.
A group show featuring five artists from PNCA; Anthony Hudson, Kathryn Knowlton, Morgan Murphey, Ashley Reather and Mona Superhero. In art school, time is your enemy. Deadlines loom ominously over the heads of student artists; our sleeping schedules warp, in turn twisting us into caffeinated, art-making zombies. The present becomes a battleground where we banish completed pieces to the past without a minute’s relief to stave off a new rush of incoming work. We are told to forget our pasts and the now-antiquated styles into which we’ve grown so that we may move forward into a new realm of artistic growth and true individuality. And when only one out of one-hundred students is said to make it in his or her chosen field, the future becomes even more uncertain – and exciting – than the already-chaotic present.
We are the future, but how do we fit into it? Future Was Here explores the past, present, and futures of five student artists, however we interpret each intertwining phase. We aim to offer our audience insight into the growth of not only artists but human beings, showcasing the universal experience of what it means to be a person inextricably caught in the vast and mutable web of time itself.