Scalehouse

The current exhibition, 𝙀𝙭𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙈𝙚: 𝘼 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, is changing weekly! This week Jessie Spiess Werner will be taking over the gallery.

Jessie Spiess Werner (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist, educator and arts administrator based in Portland, OR. She earned her BFA from The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in 2009 and her MFA from The Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2014. After graduating with her MFA, she co-founded FO(u)RT Collective, a multidisciplinary artist collective whose primary focuses are exhibitions, group critique and collaboration. Her creative practice spans sculpture, installation, drawing and photography while using minimalist gestures and cheeky humor.

Spiess Werner co-founded PAGE Space, PNCA’s Alumni Gallery in 2017 which received a Ford Family Foundation Grant. She also serves as a Career Opportunity Grant panelist for the Oregon Arts Commission. Spiess Werner is currently the Administrative Director of Graduate Studies at PNCA and a Mentor in the MFA in Visual Studies program in Portland, OR. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally and her work is held in both private and public collections including the permanent collection at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Scalehouse would like to thank all of our Scalehouse Gallery artists for making 2021 an exceptional year at our new location!

Here’s to furthering our collaborative connections in 2022 and beyond!

Thank you Shabazz's Art Shop, samuel stubblefield, Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts, Josh MacPhee, Heather Crank, OSU-Cascades, COBIPOC, and Jon Gann.

Have a wonderful New Year!