2021 Pacific Northwest Drawers
Blue Sky is pleased to announce the following 59 artists selected by jurors Yaelle Amir and Aaron Turner for the 2021 Pacific Northwest Drawers. Debuting in Blue Sky's flat files and on our website on Thursday, April 1, each artist will be represented by 10 original photographic prints from a single body of work through March 2022. Please stay tuned for a virtual opening event for the exhibition!
The complete list of artists selected from nearly 200 submissions includes:
Christine Armbruster, Adam Bacher, Darryl Baird, Lisa Bauso, Zack Bent, Rich Bergeman, Jeremy Brooks, Wayne Bund, Ryan Cade, Ezra Carlsen, Alan Chait, Pamela Chipman, Meghan Crandall, Jessica Daugherty, Peter Dawson, Jordan DeLawder, Lucas DeShazer, Josh Dupuis, John Francis, Robert Gervais, Barbara Gilson, Joseph Glode, Lauren Grabelle, Tyler Green, Emily Gresham Beamer, Lorraine Olivia Hamberger, Sophia Hatzikos, Jessica Hays, Patrice Helmar, Paul Higgins, Julie Jacob, Lauren Johnson, Laurel Kadas, Beth Kerschen, Emma Kisiel, Brian Kosoff, Zachary Krahmer, Trevor Kubat, James Lommasson, Stuart McCall, Sandee McGee, C. Meier, Christian Orellana Bauer, M Prull, Shawn Records, Zachary Reno, Isaac Sachs, Ryan Skut, Jerry Slough, Deb Stoner, Barbara Strigel, Cristal Tappan, Kelda Van Patten, Mike Vos, Thanh Vu, Alice Christine Walker, Aaron Wessling, Alan Wieder, Yuyang Zhang
2021 Jurors:
Yaelle S. Amir is a curator and researcher with a primary focus on artists whose practices supplement the initiatives of existing social movements, rendering themes within those struggles in ways that both interrogate these issues and promote them to a wider audience. Yaelle’s programming has appeared in art institutions throughout the United States including Artists Space (NY), CUE Art Foundation (NY), The Elizabeth Foundation (NY), Franklin Street Works (CT), Holding Contemporary (OR), and Marginal Utility (PA) among many others. She has held curatorial and research positions at major institutions including MoMA NY, the International Center of Photography, and New York University. In Portland, she was Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs at Newspace Center for Photography and Co-Curator of the Portland2019 Biennial. She was recently named he 2020-2021 Curator-in-Residence at University of Oregon's Center for Art Research (CFAR) and she currently teaches art and curatorial studies at Lewis & Clark College.
Aaron Turner (b.1990) is a photographer and educator currently based in Arkansas. Aaron uses the view camera to create still life studies on the topics of race, history, blackness as material, and the role of the black artist. Aaron founded a curatorial project titled Photographers of Color in 2014 to aggregate the historical and contemporary work made by artists of color working in lens-based media. Aaron is currently developing the beginning stages of the Center for Photographers of Color within the School of Art at the University of Arkansas in the form of a Research Fellowship appointment with teaching duties. His awards include 2018 Light Work Artist-in-Residence, 2019 En Foco Photography Fellow, and 2020 Visual Studies Workshop Project Space artist in residence. He is also the host of The Photographers of Color Podcast.
