Arielle Zamora they/them (b.1990) is a Portland, Oregon-based painter. Their painting practice features layers of paint and joint compound as an exploration of line and form. These mathematically-informed, hand-carved patterns contrast with softer elements like subtle color and chance imperfections in their ground to create unexpectedly tender ruminations on shape. They are intensely drawn to relationships between line and form, and they draws inspiration from architecture and its surroundings to help assign structure, repetition, and function to the two dimensional plane. Recently they have been paying more attention to how repetition and symmetry affect our feelings of belonging and safety within a world full of noise, loss, and uncertainty.
Represented by:
Uprise Art, NYC
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC
Picture Room, NYC
Fuller Rosen Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
C.V.
Education
• 2013 BFA in Drawing and Painting, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Upcoming Shows / Events
• Future Fair, NYC, with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, 2024
Curated and Directed
• 'Beyond the Pale,' Red Star Event Space, June 2015
• 'Perfect, Not So Perfect,' Red Star Event Space, November 2014
Solo Exhibitions
• Upcoming : November 2024, ‘My Blue Friend,’ Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC
• August-September 2019, ‘Additions,’ EWF Modern, Portland, OR
• February-April 2016, ‘Above; Below,’ Holst Gallery, Holst Architecture Portland, OR
• July- August 2015, 'In and Around In,' Centrum Gallery, Portland, OR
Selected Group Exhibitions
• January - March 2024, ‘Abscissa’, Uprise Art, NYC. A duo show with Devon Reines.
• July 26 - August 21, 2023, ‘In Conversation,’ Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, NY
• May 10 - May 13, 2023, Future Fair NYC with Markel Fine Arts
• November 29 - December 4, 2022, SCOPE Miami Beach with Uprise Art
• November 2022 - January 2023, ‘The One with all the Squares,’ El Paso Frame Shop, El Paso TX
• November 2022 - January 2023, ‘Meander,’ curated by Fruit Super, Foundry Vineyards, Walla Walla OR
• September-October 2022, ‘Introductions,’ Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC
• June-August 2022, ‘Held Tight,’ Fuller Rosen Gallery, Portland, OR. A duo exhibition with Molly Alloy
• February-April 2018, 'EMERGENCE,' Guild Mortgage Portland, OR
• June 2015, 'Beyond the Pale,' Red Star Event Space, Portland, OR
• November 2014, 'Perfect, Not So Perfect,' Red Star Event Space, Portland, OR
• August 2013, Hot Lips Gallery, Portland, OR
• July 2013, 18th Annual Recent Graduates Exhibition, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
• May 2013, '31•13,' Attic Gallery, Portland, OR
• April 2013, OCAC Thesis Show, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR
• November 2011/2012/2013, Juried Student Show, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR
• March 2012/2013, OCAC Juried Book Arts Department Show, Portland, OR
• January 2011/2012/2013, OCAC Juried Drawing and Painting Department Show, Centrum Gallery, Portland, OR
• April 2012, Twist Gallery, Portland, OR
• May 2011, 'Paintings,' Southwestern Community College, North Bend, OR
• January 2006/2007/2008, Coos Bay Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Awards and Honors
• 2011/2012/2013, President's Scholarship, OCAC
• 2012, Gamblin Paint Award, OCAC
• 2013, Art on the Vine Book Arts Commission, Portland Art Museum