Now on view post-security within Concourse D (through September 2024) is an exquisite temporary exhibition of fourteen (14) captivating ceramics produced exclusively by Portland, Oregon-based artist Whitney Lowe. Aptly titled Finding, Lowe’s exhibition of skillfully crafted sculpture is intentionally refined. Whitney Lowe’s approach to clay and the sculptural results directly relate to his 2-decade-long career as an architect and graphic designer. His ceramic work–as with all his 2-D and 3-D design work–is spatially intricate with an emphasis on the sharpness of edge to create line. His approa ..read more

For 60 years, The Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts has proudly presented unique art exhibits including more than 600 local, national, and international artists. Visitors can also experience live music on two stages, performances, kids’ activities, artist demos, and a variety of food. It’s free to the public (donations encouraged) and attracts thousands of festival-goers each year. The PDX Temporary Rotating Exhibition Program is honored to partner with The Festival through a special satellite pop-up exhibit of three unique large-scale banners highlighting the collaboration between music and vi ..read more

Dextrous multi-media sculptor and conceptual artist, Philip A. Robinson Jr. uses wood to symbolize temporality within natural cycles of time and geography to amplify the narrative of identity within popular and marginalized cultures. The linear marks and structural beauty in spalted maple; the varied palate of tinted tones in walnut and the enduring history of the red oak trees, metaphorically define and contextualize selfhood as part of a global discourse about power paradigms that delineate culture and ethnicity as valued products and objet d’art within the marketplace.  On view post-se ..read more

On view, post-security at PDX within Concourse B is a wondrous thought-provoking salon-style painting exhibition of forty-three (43) masterful portraits and landscapes populating a sizeable wall for the PDX Rotating Art Program. Artist Uyen-Thi Nguyen created this delightfully engaging public project titled Gardens of People: A Portrait of Cottage Grove, Oregon as a way to celebrate people, but also to question that which defines, and divides, us and our understanding of one another. This series is a public art project and published book of people from Cottage Grove, Oregon, aimed at exploring ..read more

Starting tonight—Friday, February 3rd, as you drive along Airport Way you’ll see Portland International Airport’s Concourse E exterior awash in vibrant lights slowly and methodically morphing to represent roses, mountains, water, and even the distinctive PDX carpet. These celebrated colors of our region are in partnership with the Willamette Light Brigade’s Portland Winter Light Festival (PDXWLF) theme for 2023—THE LIGHT OF STARS, bringing a warm glow to the city during the darkest months of the year. PDX’s Concourse E Extension facade with architectural lighting display Titled Elevation II, t ..read more

Stories are both history and prophecy—time is circular—stories are among our most potent tools for restoring the land and our relationship to it. -Robin Kimmerer Owed to The Mountain is a wondrous expertly crafted sculptural artist book about Mt. Hood (Wy’east) by Portland artist Diane Jacobs. On view post-security in Concourse D of PDX within the display case between Gate D9 and D10—through June 2023. Diane Jacobs uses her hands, heart, and critical thinking to make artist books, installations, mixed-media sculptures, and works on paper utilizing printmaking, drawing, and text. She uses mater ..read more

The Port Art Program is delighted to present a dynamic and highly-crafted new temporary exhibition by Portland artist Jo Hamilton titled Open Entanglement. Currently, on view post-security within Concourse D/E at PDX, this enthralling exhibition of six large-scale hand-crocheted portraits can be experienced firsthand by ticketed travelers through May of 2023. Crochet is a process of creating textiles by using a crochet hook to interlock loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials. The name is derived from the French term crochet, meaning ‘hook’. Hooks can be made from a variety of ma ..read more

The PDX Rotating Art Program is honored to present a lively large-scale mural located post-security within Concourse D to ring in the New Year. Living and working in Tokyo, Japan, artist Shohei Takasaki has energetically depicted twelve symbolic animals within his mural titled Reflection for Junishi or Juunishi—the Japanese zodiac. Takasaki’s radiant and playful combination of the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Boar for the Junishi mural is a playful representation of humankind, individual traits, and our unique personalities. The Chin ..read more

Utilizing sculpture, painting, and installation, internationally renowned contemporary artist Jacob Hashimoto creates complex worlds from a range of modular components: bamboo-and-paper kites, model boats, even astroturf-covered blocks. His accretive, layered compositions reference video games, virtual environments, and cosmology, while also remaining deeply rooted in art-historical traditions notably, landscape-based abstraction, modernism, and handcraft. Jacob Hashimoto, Neutron Star (detail), 2015, Wood, acrylic, bamboo, paper, and Dacron, 66 x 60 x 8 inches Hashimoto’s permanent sculp ..read more

The PDX Rotating Art Program is thrilled to unveil a colorful and fascinatingly complex new large-scale mural this summer pre-security in North Baggage Claim. By Portland, Oregon based artist and designer Reshidev RK, this exciting new mural titled PDXPLORE  pops with Portland’s intricacies, people, personalities, and the vibrant flavor of the city and the Pacific Northwest. Born in Kerala, India, Reshidev RK is an incredible artist and graphic designer. His journey between continents has been a unique one, both satisfying and a great learning process. While growing up in India, Res ..read more