PRINT WALL: THE NECESSARY INVENTION OF THE MIND
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Jacob Hashimoto
The Necessary Invention of the Mind
September 2 - October 2, 2021
Elizabeth Leach Gallery is pleased to highlight Jacob Hashimoto’s prints from the series titled The Necessary Invention of the Mind. The multilayered color works on paper combine relief and silkscreen and will be on view in the gallery and online to celebrate Hashimoto's recent large-scale installation at the Portland International Airport. The prints feature Hashimoto’s signature kite imagery in dynamic compositions that reference virtual space, natural environments and cosmology.
In 2020, the artist created two large site-specific installations for the Portland International Airport titled The City and The Sky. “PDX is an iconic space in my mind. It was the big city to me when I was a kid, and the opportunity to come make artwork in collaboration with PDX was really inspiring,” said Hashimoto. “I am interested in how I can design artwork that is a pleasure to discover as you travel through it visually.”
To view The City and The Sky, follow this LINK.
Jacob Hashimoto’s art practice bridges sculpture, painting, and installation through entrancing and complex installations that shift perceptions of light, space, and motion. In the recent print series on view, Hashimoto combines different printmaking mediums and techniques to enliven his visual experimentations. Repeating hexagonal structures, kaleidoscopic patterns, undulating organic forms and energetically entangled lines continuously activate the eye and invite the viewer into the artist’s fantastically imaginative floating worlds.
Jacob Hashimoto was born in Greeley, Colorado in 1973 and grew up in Walla Walla, WA. He is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, and lives and works in Ossining, NY. Hashimoto has been featured in museum exhibitions at MOCA Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome and Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, Italy; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Finland; Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Italy; Site Santa Fe, NM; and Science Museum of Oklahoma, OK. He has also had solo shows at Mary Boone Gallery in New York, NY; Rhona Hoffman Gallery in Chicago, IL; Studio la Città, Verona, Italy; Galerie Forsblom in Helsinki, Finland; and Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA, among others. His work is in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; Saastamoinen Foundation, Finland; Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Germany; The Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, WA; Capital One Collection, Tysons, VA; Fondation Carmignac, Paris, France; and numerous other public and private collections.
WHEN
Starts: September 2, 2021
Ends: October 2, 2021
WHERE
Elizabeth Leach Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10:30 am to 5:30 pm, and by appointment. We are limiting the number of visitors at any one time. Please wear a mask and maintain social distancing. To schedule an appointment, give us a call at 503-224-0521 or email art@elizabethleach.com.
417 NW 9th AVENUE
PORTLAND, OR 97209
TEL: 503-224-0521
MORE INFORMATION
https://www.elizabethleach.com/exhibitions