Thank you everyone for coming out on a rainy Portland evening! It was a blast.
Tatyana Ostapenko and Brooke Budy's artist reception at Erickson-Fritz Gallery
First Thursday (March 3) from 5:30-8:30pm
What: Paintings! French + Russian-inspired food! Wine provided by Rose & Fern Wines!
Where: Erickson-Fritz Gallery, at 9 NW 2nd Ave, in Portland
When: First Thursday, March 3, from 5:30-8:30pm (open at other times by appointment only)
Why: There will be (real!) food and drink and art and nice people. And don't forget, the paintings are for sale ;-)
On view at Fireplace Gallery until February 26, 2016
This February Fireplace Galley at Mt. Hood Community College will be exhibiting over 15 of my recent paintings.
Armel Jullien
Why chase art when you can let it come to you? Dubbed the Bronco Gallery, this mobile art space makes its home in, yes, a 1991 Ford Bronco. In 2014, artists Emily Wobb and Maggie Heath (from left) purchased the SUV after falling in love with its quintessential Americanness during a cross-country move and retrofitted the ride with track lighting and a hardwood floor. Artists use the space in different ways: Tatyana Ostapenko displayed her paintings on small easels at a motocross rally, while Kelly McGovern’s nighttime screening and performance showed a series of crash-test videos on a loop. “The context of where we move the Bronco to ultimately changes the conversation that happens with the artwork,” says Heath. True to the car’s namesake, the gallery can be found tailgating rodeos, too.
Portland Monthly about Bronco Gallery.
Country Evening. 24x36 inches. acrylic on canvas. 2014
by Wendy Shwartz
FENCES, BUCKETS, MUD, AND HEELS
paintings by Tatyana Ostapenko
On view at Division December 2nd - January
Reception Sunday, December 6th, 4-6pm
After a couple of months of correspondence, I got to visit with Tatyana in her studio. Her posture is that of studious dancer. There is strength in her stance. She had recently returned from a show in New York where she encouraged the viewers to touch her paintings. In order to get the paintings to New York (affordably), she removed the canvases from their frames, rolled them up into two architectural drawing tubes and took them on the plane as her carry-ons.
Tatyana gave me a little history of what it was like growing up in Soviet Union (now independent Ukraine) and how that tied into her work. Her voice is direct and thoughtful.
Tatyana immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 18. She completed her undergraduate studies with a B.A. in Spanish and International Business. As a child she loved to draw, but was stifled by the restrictive academics of her upbringing. It wasn't until after graduating that she began to really explore different artistic mediums – first photography, then pencil, charcoal, pastels and finally, paint. Painting is where she found the most challenges and the biggest rewards.
When I asked Tatyana if there was anything specific she would like to do for her reception, this is what she said, "I grew up in a country with strong traditions of hospitality. When anyone comes over we always offer them some form of nourishment.
When I set up my work in a gallery, that space becomes home to my paintings. I want to extend that same tradition of hospitality to my gallery goers as I would to guest in my home. I cannot think of anything more appropriate than dark bread an borscht: one of the most humblest, most common, and most well loved of traditional foods, meant to be eaten with family and close friends, food that compliments my paintings."
We hope you can join us Sunday, December 6th from 4-6pm.
Tatyana will be serving her homemade borscht with bread to those attending her reception.
I am super excited about this show and really impressed with Tatyana's full vision for it.
Stay tuned for the official reception announcement for my Stuptown on Division show this December.
Jane Gifford has been painting her dreams for decades. There's so much more on her site
Maggie Heath at Short Space
Photographic series about lives of older women living alone in New York city.
via Hyperallergic
I was interviewed for PDX Mag. The article never saw the light of day, but I had a great conversation and got some sweet photos.
Photography by Jayna Milan
Read a review by Hearne Pardee here
October 6 through November 20, 2015
10 am - 3 pm, Monday through Friday
8825 SW Barnes Rd, Portland, OR 97225
