| A Broken Tower Solo exhibition by Garrick Imatani Hap Gallery 916 NW Flanders Street Portland, Oregon 97209 Exhibition Dates | November 17–December 30, 2016 Opening reception | November 17, 2016 6pm–8pm Gallery Hours: Tues - Saturday 11am - 6pm |  Parallax // archival pigment on prints // 11 1/2 x 11 1/2" unframed // 2016 |
Hap Gallery presents its final show, A Broken Tower, an exhibition of new work by Garrick Imatani. The opening reception will be November 17, 2016 from 6:00PM to 8:00PM. A Broken Tower will run through December 30, 2016 and will be Hap Gallery's final exhibition.
Imatani is known for carefully researched work that presents nuanced studies of the intersections of race, the body, and political history. With A Broken Tower Imatani turns this process on its head, starting by writing poetry and connective fragments of thought and building a metaphorical structure for the show. The resulting exhibition is an exploration of living as a person of color within an institutional world--a visual analogy for the politics and psychology of skin color expressed in objects and images.
Imatani is known for carefully researched work that presents nuanced studies of the intersections of race, the body, and political history. With A Broken Tower Imatani turns this process on its head, starting by writing poetry and connective fragments of thought and building a metaphorical structure for the show. The resulting exhibition is an exploration of living as a person of color within an institutional world--a visual analogy for the politics and psychology of skin color expressed in objects and images.
The Veil // acrylic on panel, concrete, string, eye screws // 2016 / dimensions variable
In A Broken Tower, Imatani references techniques associated with dying or shifting technologies, the dodge and burn from analog photographic processes, for example, as tactics for creating a language of metaphors tying the past with the present and commenting on strategies used to navigate between different worlds.
Garrick Imatani’s recent collaborative public art project The Watcher Files Project (with Kaia Sand) has been exhibited at Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston; Art, Design, and Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara; YNKB, Copenhagen, Denmark; and Portland Archives and Records Center, Portland, OR among others. Other recent exhibitions and venues include the Southern Oregon SITE Project at Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR with Physical Education (keyon gaskin, Allie Hankins, Takahiro Yamamoto, Lu Yim); Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia; Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR; Incident Report, Hudson, NY; and, the Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland, ME. Imatani is the recipient of several grants and awards including from The Ford Family Foundation, Oregon Arts Commission, Maine Arts Commission, and Regional Arts & Culture Council; as well as The Andy Warhol Foundation, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, and Calligram Foundation as part of the Spreading Rumours collaborative with Ariana Jacob, Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen. In 2016, he received a Percent for Art commission for a permanent public installation at the University of Oregon, the G. Douglas Byers Memorial Scholarship for a Signal Fire Outpost Residency, Mt. Hood, OR, and the Ford Family Foundation Resident Artist Fellowship at Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY.
Garrick Imatani holds an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University and a BA in Art Studio from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is Assistant Professor of Sculpture and 3D Fabrication at Southern Oregon University and lives and works in Portland and Ashland, Oregon.
Garrick Imatani’s recent collaborative public art project The Watcher Files Project (with Kaia Sand) has been exhibited at Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston; Art, Design, and Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara; YNKB, Copenhagen, Denmark; and Portland Archives and Records Center, Portland, OR among others. Other recent exhibitions and venues include the Southern Oregon SITE Project at Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR with Physical Education (keyon gaskin, Allie Hankins, Takahiro Yamamoto, Lu Yim); Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia; Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR; Incident Report, Hudson, NY; and, the Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland, ME. Imatani is the recipient of several grants and awards including from The Ford Family Foundation, Oregon Arts Commission, Maine Arts Commission, and Regional Arts & Culture Council; as well as The Andy Warhol Foundation, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, and Calligram Foundation as part of the Spreading Rumours collaborative with Ariana Jacob, Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen. In 2016, he received a Percent for Art commission for a permanent public installation at the University of Oregon, the G. Douglas Byers Memorial Scholarship for a Signal Fire Outpost Residency, Mt. Hood, OR, and the Ford Family Foundation Resident Artist Fellowship at Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY.
Garrick Imatani holds an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University and a BA in Art Studio from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is Assistant Professor of Sculpture and 3D Fabrication at Southern Oregon University and lives and works in Portland and Ashland, Oregon.
 The dunce // archival pigment on Sintra // 30 x 20 1/2" unframed |  A Broken Tower (detail) // wood, acrylic // 96 x 21 x 21" // 2016 |
About Hap Gallery
Hap Gallery opened in November 2013 to show contemporary artists, explore curatorial issues, and experiment with gallery practices. Hap works to build bridges between artists and their audiences, and to engage new and experienced collectors. Hap is located at 916 NW Flanders Street in Portland, OR. For more information, please contact Hap at 503-444-7101 or welcome@hapgallery.com, or visit hapgallery.com.
Hap Gallery opened in November 2013 to show contemporary artists, explore curatorial issues, and experiment with gallery practices. Hap works to build bridges between artists and their audiences, and to engage new and experienced collectors. Hap is located at 916 NW Flanders Street in Portland, OR. For more information, please contact Hap at 503-444-7101 or welcome@hapgallery.com, or visit hapgallery.com.
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