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'84
William P Gefroh - Still doodling in my hermit shack...
'88
Linda Hutchins - I am presenting a video installation by my husband, who died in February, 2024: John T. Montague: Willamette Greenway 45.52951° N, 122.67341° W October 3 - November 2, 2024 Wednesday - Saturday 12-5 pm First Thursday October 3, 5-8 pm Nine Gallery (within Blue Sky) 122 NW 8th Ave, Portland, OR
'89
Remedios Rapoport - This year’s Art that Matters to the Planet exhibition takes its theme from Wild America, the chronicle of a 100-day, 30,000-mile journey undertaken by Roger Tory Peterson and his British counterpart, James Fisher. RTPI has invited artists from throughout the world to revisit this seminal work of exploration and discovery. This exhibition will explore the relationship between place and identity and depict the breadth and depth of American land and its histories. 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of Wild America, a classic in environmental literature and art. It has inspired generations of artists, conservationists, and birders, including Kenn Kaufman, who is the guest juror for the exhibition. As a boy, Kaufman was strongly influenced by the artwork and writing of Roger Tory Peterson. Wild America inspired Kaufman to pursue birds all over North America while he was still a teenager—an adventure later chronicled in his own classic work of environmental non-fiction, Kingbird Highway. An accomplished writer, artist and leader of international birding tours, Kaufman has authored or co-authored 14 books about birds and nature, including his most recent book, The Birds That Audubon Missed. Exhibition Date: 3/29/25–7/27/25 Link: Art that Matters to the Planet: Wild America
Margaret Synan-Russell - HI, I am happy to announce that I just retired after 32 years of being an art teacher. I am rebuilding my art practice. I would love to connect with folks from PNCA '89 or there about. Recent work can be found at www.margaretsynan.com
Remedios Rapoport - My Gentle Revolution body of work now includes the series Sacred Earth Holy Water with paintings of nature from my homelands in the Pacific Northwest. A feature show of this work at Grover Gallery, Port Townsend in June/July, stimulated interest where now Freeman Falls from that show has been accepted into the CAM Biennial 2024. CAM Biennial 2024, Oct. 11 – Dec. 29, 2024. Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Avenue, Coos Bay, OR 97420 info@coosartmuseum.org
'92
Susan Seubert - My show, Fragile Beauty, was in March of 2025 and has received a good bit of press, including being named as an official side event to UNESCO's Year of Glacier Preservation. You can read more about it at the link from PDX Contemporary Art's website. If anyone is interested, I can also send links to the various articles that have been published, and there is one more forthcoming from the University of Oregon.
'93
Lisa Brinkman - Lisa Brinkman, BFA 93, has been selected to exhibit her eco-printed botanical paintings at Maude Kern’s Art Center from August 2 to August 23, 2024.Group show with Carissa Burkett’s sculptures and Leanne Ellis’s collage.
• Opening reception: Friday, August 2, 5-7 pm. Artist Talk: August 3, 1-2 pm
• Location: Maude Kerns Art Center 1910 East 15th Avenue. Eugene, Oregon 97403
Gallery Hours:
• Monday to Friday: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
• Saturday: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
'95
Chelsea Biondolillo - Three of my mixed media and paper collages are included in the juried show, “Love is Love” running through February 26th at the Art at the Cave gallery in Vancouver, WA.
Holly White-Gehrt - PNCA 1995 Studio Art graduate Holly White-Gehrt founded the Texas Hill Country Atelier in the picturesque small town of Kerrville, Texas. Now entering its eighth year, and second year as the non-profit organization it evolved into, TX HCA offers four levels of programming: a 3-4 year Core Atelier, 5 week classes in Landscape Painting, 3-4 day workshops by visiting artists, and weekly open studio life drawing sessions. Holly would be delighted to welcome any PNCA alumnus for a visit!
Eric H. Cline - 1177 B.C. tells the story of one of history’s greatest mysteries: what caused the ancient civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean to collapse more than three thousand years ago, bringing the Late Bronze Age to an abrupt end? In this vivid and captivating full-color graphic adaptation of the landmark book, author-illustrator Glynnis Fawkes invites us to follow two young friends living in the aftermath of the cataclysm as they unravel why it happened—and reveal important lessons for today’s interconnected and vulnerable world.
Holly White-Gehrt - In the last year, I opened my own non-profit art school, Texas Hill Country Atelier. We teach the fundamentals of painting and drawing. Although I teach a traditional approach that I learned in an Atelier, I'm proud that my Atelier is richly informed with an understanding and deep appreciation for Modern and Postmodern Art. This sets TX HCA apart from other Ateliers, and I have my excellent education at PNCA to thank. Shout out to Anne Johnson, who significantly influenced my art and worldview.
'98
Janelle Schneider (Pierce) - Checking in! Currently with Nike as Senior Manager of Virtual Material Design, I lead a team who collaborates on footwear product creation. In my studio I also create acrylic paintings on canvas. My painting titled "New Coat" has been included in Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 52. Studio Visit is a series of juried artist books produced by the publishers of New American Paintings. Washington County Art Alliance Open Studios event 2024 is just around the corner - October Saturday and Sunday October 19-20th. Special limited edition signed prints of "Out For a Spin", "Last Dance" and "Night Life", "Gale" and "Lullaby" will be available only in my studio during the event. Come visit me in my studio, say hello and talk art with me! I am also excited to share that my recently completed paintings; "Gale" "Lullaby" and "Out For a Spin", "Last Dance" and "Night Life" will be exhibited in The Curio: Presented by the Beaverton Arts Market at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton. Exhibition Schedule Friday, November 1 Exhibit & Sale opens Artist Reception & First Friday event, 6 – 9 PM Friday, December 6 First Friday event, 6 – 9 PM Monday, December 23 Exhibition closes Exhibition hours & Location The Reser 12625 SW Crescent St Beaverton OR 97005
'99
Amanda de Beaufort - botanical dyer and owner of Dye Kween will be publishing her first book with Timber Press (Hachette Book Group) that will be an enchanting and unconventional journey into the art of botanical dyeing and printing. More than a craft book, it’s an ode to the natural world—an invitation to the wild-hearted, offbeat artisans, and anyone with imagination and style to explore their creativity while deepening their connection with the earth and its plants. The book will come out Spring 2026.
Kathan Zetrzan - class of 1999, celebrates her move and return to the Studio with an artist talk and current exhibit of "Greetings from Palestine" featuring their current work. New and current students, alumnae, and the general public are invited for open discussion.
• Date: August 1, 2024
• Time: 6 pm-8 pm
• Place: Upshur Building #610. Kathan Zerzan Studio. 1801 NW Upshur Street. Portland, Oregon 97209
'01
Tim Bovey - I’ve recently updated my portfolio and website. You can view it by clicking on the link below. You can also signup for my monthly newsletter to keep up with the latest. Thanks, enjoy! https://www.timbovey.com/selected-work
'02
Fritz Liedtke - This summer, Fritz Liedtke’s artwork was featured in five exhibitions across the U.S., including a solo show in Portland. A photographer and artist for 25 years, his work has been published in places like National Geographic, and collected by museums worldwide. This fall he will travel to Prague to photograph Ukrainian refugee youth. See his work online at www.fritzliedtke.com and www.fritzphotographic.com.
'04
Ryan Alexander-Tanner - has recently been elected Chairman of the Mervyn Seldon Charitable Arts Trust. He will lead a small board who will select arts organizations to be beneficiaries of a trust left by educator and arts appreciator Mervyn Seldon.
Tamara English - Tamara English’s artwork will be featured in two upcoming exhibitions in the Pacific Northwest. The Heart Is A Garden exhibition opens in September at the Clymer Museum of Art in Ellensburg, WA. Another exhibition of her work opens in January 2025 at Clark College. This exhibition is being curated by PNCA Alumna Kendra Larson ‘04.
'05
Tara Tamaribuchi - Just closed an exhibit, Groove Bardos, at the Jack Straw Cultural Center in Seattle.
Federico Nessi - Paris-based creative, under his moniker Be My Wife, continues to carve out a striking world of experimental pop and shadowy romanticism with his latest EP ‘To Deliver a Feeling’, released on September 5th, 2025. A project rooted in theatricality, experimentation, and emotional depth, Be My Wife exists at the intersection of introspection and performance. Drawing from goth sensibilities, stream-of-consciousness lyricism, and a fascination with the immersive and the subliminal, Nessi’s work creates a liminal space where post-punk intensity meets pop romanticism, and where music becomes a deeply visual and cinematic experience. Photo by Isabelle Wenzel
Federico Nessi - Under the moniker BE MY WIFE, Nessi returns with his hypnotically disorienting new single and accompanying visual, “Me Cuesta,” from the forthcoming EP, To Deliver a Feeling. Traversing an artistic map that spans from Miami to Buenos Aires and is now firmly anchored in Paris, Nessi cultivates an aesthetic steeped in angular eccentricity and the avant-garde intrigue of post-punk, minimal synth explorations, and nocturnal no-wave sensibilities.
'06
Erin Walters - I traveled to New Orleans in February as Key Makeup Artist for principle performers in Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl Half Time Show.
Sara Kaltwasser - Currently living and working in Baltimore City, MD. Have been teaching at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) for 6 years in the Graduate Studies Program. Recently wrapped up a 5 year position as the Artist in Residence at the Keswick MultiCare Campus where I supported art engagement and health-based programming with older adults. Having been serving as the Associate Director of Community Art & Service at MICA for the last year, where I mentor/assist undergraduate and graduate students, working with community partners in Baltimore. I am also a Board Member of Art Against Ageism, a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization that leverages art and creativity to combat ageism.
'08
Sarah Farahat - recently finished a mural at Clear Creek Middle School! See the photos below for details and more info on that project. She is also working on a long term collaborative textile piece with co-producer Zandi Saleem including 7 other SWANA artists and she is also co-curating solo shows for Bint Bandora and Amirra Malak coming to the SWANA Rose Culture and Community Center in 2026.
'09
Thom Wheeler Castillo - DVCAI International Cultural Exchange Panama 2025 Talking Across Difference. This is my fourth trip with Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, and our second visit with Panamanian artists' across the country including the city, Colon, and Portobello. This trip will include a site visit to the Panama Canal, visits with cultural institutions but most importantly, studio visits with artists that foster dialogue and lay the groundwork for further exchanges.
'15
Jessica Riehl - and Jake McIntire MFA'15, recently facilitated the National Assembly of Strategic Arts Agencies 2025 Executive Forum. The forum hosted state arts agency Executive and Deputy directors from around the country and US territories in Omaha, NE. They employed visual facilitation and collaborative design methods to support sense-making around emerging challenges in arts administration. Their responsive and creative approach generated meaningful conversation and creative problem-solving among this diverse group of cultural leaders.
Kailey Fry - I'm excited to announce the launch of my health coaching practice for artists and creatives! Merging my PNCA MFA with my National Board Certification, I help those navigating chronic illness and life transitions move from burnout to thriving. My unique "Art of Wellbeing Method" blends evidence-based coaching with creative process. A special welcome to fellow alumni!
Tara Angelina (Williams) Pierce - Pursuing the intersection of art, ecology, & activism, I'm sailing from the Netherlands to California. My art practice is focused on uniting human activity with our habitat.
'16
Rachel Rosenkoetter - was recently selected for and accepted a full-time teaching position as Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at New Mexico State University’s Alamogordo campus. Her new position will start in Fall of 2026.
Amory Abbott is the co-founder of Fire Season, a biennial art book publication that collects visual art, photography, writing, and ephemera on the topic of wildfires. Starting with a focus on wildfire in the Pacific Northwest, the books have expanded in experiences and perspectives from contributors all around the world. Beginning in 2020, each book has served as a time capsule for those reflecting on wildfire from urban, rural, and professional perspectives.
Rachel Rosenkoetter - I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining the faculty at William Woods University next semester as an instructor in the Arts department.
'18
The Walker Youngbird Foundation is pleased to announce that Lehuauakea, a Native Hawaiian artist and kapa practitioner, has been awarded its latest grant recognizing early-career Indigenous artists. Lehuauakea is reimagining kapa (Hawaiian barkcloth) through innovative techniques that expand its artistic possibilities while ensuring the survival of this ancestral practice for future generations. The $15,000 grant, awarded twice annually, will support their preparation for a 2026 solo exhibition in New York City.
Sydney Stegeman - I got married and have two dogs and two cats. I am currently working on something related to my financial future. It has been nearly 10 years since my first year at PNCA, and it still feels like I was walking those halls just yesterday. Time sure does fly!
'19
Angelica Trimble-Yanu (class of 2019 BFA Fine Arts) featured on PBS news Hour for Indigenous artists on reclaiming authenticity at the ‘Future Imaginaries’ exhibition.
'20
Solo exhibition of weavings and sculpture by Vo Vo at Elizabeth Leach gallery. Date: 4/30/25–5/31/2025 Link: Vo Vo: Of ev rywh re and n wh re
Oliver Jaskowski ('20) - is celebrating one year of his commercial photography studio in Brooklyn, NY, specializing in creative commercial and product photography for forward-thinking brands. His client roster includes Back Market and Maria Nila. His work has been featured in Only Child Magazine and Nike SNKRS app. Additionally, he founded Big Love, a monthly supper club focused on sustainable food practices and community building. View his work at oliverjaskowski.com
'22
Carlee Wilson - In the past year I have been participating in events to help with fundraising for an upcoming museum in Portland, OR. The Museum of Stop Motion Animation (MoSMA).
Rachel Gering - In February and March, I got Honorable Mention awards for Blue Koi Gallery's "Back to Nature" juried show and Ten Moir's "Natures Wonders" art competition.
'23
Tristan Perrotti - Just began a new 9 month Art Residency at Southwestern Oregon Community College and recently wrapped up an Art Residency with the Etaj Artist Collective in Bucharest, Romania. This fall I will also be finishing my time as the Artist-in-Residence at the University Club of Portland. I have an upcoming solo exhibition at The Old Church Concert Hall in Portland this October, opening night is October 2nd
'24
Sunshine Tourtillott - I'll be in artist in residency at Topls Farm in Maine for November of 2025 to continue photography and genealogy research for my project titled Maine 350 years. This project discusses and highlights my physical and emotional journey through grief by focusing on my ancestors and their journey from France to the New World. Expanding definitions of family bonds and kinship through knowledge and metaphysical understanding. I'm also working on a book of poems titled Blackballed. These poems are also grief based and highlight what it means to be a childless mother. The social and emotional struggles of inactive motherhood.
Jess Pedrosa - My book Encircle was picked up by Fonograf Editions and will be published in 2026.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Joanne Radmilovich Kollman '82 (12/7/25–1/25/26) - Exhibit Title: "Close to Home" Reflections on painting: “The majority of my paintings are painted Alla Prima on location and from life. In this exhibition, I have chosen Portrait, Landscape, and Still Life paintings that explore the expressive nature of the oil paint and the contemplative nature of the sitter and as well as the artist. Problem-solving in painting and in life seems to always migrate back to relationships, and mine are close to home.”
Ryan Bubnis BFA'06 (1/16/26–2/15/26) - I curated a self-portrait painting show that features a lot of PNCA alum and faculty. Details below. SHOW STATEMENT: Purple Door is pleased to announce Pictures of You: a self-portrait painting exhibition curated by painter and educator Ryan Bubnis. What does it mean to be an artist and image-maker in a time of economic uncertainty, violence, and political chaos? Thirteen Portland-based painters were invited to turn the blade of vision inward, exploring the concept of self through the medium of painting. Artists have long used the genre and format of self-portraiture as a means of documenting themselves, their identities, personal experiences, memories, and stories. Featuring self-portraits by Jeremy Okai Davis, Ty Ennis, Dan Gluibizzi, Emily Kepulis, Colete Martin, V. Maldonado, Dylan Mead, Molly Mendoza, Nia Musiba, Souther Salazar, Nicole Williford, and Emily Wise. The works in Pictures of You examine our evolving relationships with a rapidly changing society, our communities, our city, and the artist's role within it all. These self-portraits serve not as mirrors but as thresholds, where the eye learns to burn, wander, and abandon its own name.
Maitland Jones BFA'05 (2/1/26–2/28/26) - “Puddle City Eddie.” Extracto Coffee Roasters 2921 NE Killingsworth Street, Portland, OR 97211. Portland Artist Maitland Jones debuts his newest solo exhibition “Puddle City Eddie” at Extracto Coffee Roasters. Maitland is a Portland-based painter whose work explores landscapes through the lens of abstraction. Maitland was a music promoter in Portland in the 1990s at the Satyricon Music Club. He met musician Christopher Brady then and was surprised to find that Chris and his partner Celeste running the Extracto Coffee Roasters in Northwest Portland. After his music endeavors, Maitland studied painting and printmaking at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, graduating in 2005. He has been painting for 25 years and has exhibited his work at River House Gallery in Stevenson Washington, Shearwater Gallery in Seaside Oregon as well as the Portland venues A-List Studio, Boys Fort Gallery, Cornerspace Gallery and Laurelthirst Public House. “I love things I see while driving a school bus full of little kids through our city streets. I lived 5 blocks from Extracto Coffee Roasters in the Concordia neighborhood as a little boy, and attended Kennedy School in the 1960s. I am part of this neighborhood. I love Portland’s green neighborhoods, snug little houses and moody skies. Hours: Everyday 7am - 2pm Press Contact: Maitland Jones maitpaint@gmail.com | (503) 481-6901
Elan Chardin Gombart MFA'22 (1/29/26–3/14/26) - I'm excited to be included in the group exhibition 'The Pursuit of Happiness' at the Schneider Museum of Art in the spring of 2026. The opening is Thursday, January 29th from 5-7pm.
Erin Bodfish MFA'22 (7/1/26–7/8/26) - I will be showing with Building5 at Marine Artworks this coming July. This show will consist of large scale painting and performance art. I will also be teaching an Encaustic Painting workshop creating assemblage paintings with the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology this upcoming Sunday. The workshop will take place over 3 days.
Julian Voss-Andreae BFA'04 (4/2/26–10/31/27) - I will show a monumental sculpture (and some smaller ones) at three prestigious European art venues: - Art Karlsruhe 2026, Germany - NordArt 2026, Germany - 10th Swiss Triennial of Sculpture, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland and Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Paula Overbay (2/1/25–2/1/30) - Installation of eight paintings at the new US Embassy in Casablanca, Morocco through the Art in the Embassies Program, US Department of State, WA DC. It is ongoing. Curator Hafiz Imtiaz of the US Dept. of State was responsible for the selections. The works become the property of the US Art in Embassies. Each painting at the Embassy is placed with a plaque describing the work in English and the local language.
