Terrain is a community driven environmentally centered art oasis bringing wild nature through artistic responses to the surrounding landscape and its history. At its core, Terrain provides supported opportunities for artists to create new, unique works, cultivating the expansion of creative thinking and making. The goal is to foster greater environmental awareness both in the artists themselves and our audiences. Terrain artists were prompted by the dynamic history of what lies around and beneath Building 5 (2516 NW 29th Avenue, Portland, OR). This site used to be home of Guildes Lake and wetlands up to the bank of the Willamette River, and where Terrain is taking place.

VIP Preview August 14 from 6-9pm find tickets HERE

Public viewing from August 15-17 and 22-24 from 11am to 5pm find tickets HERE

Panel discussion with Terrain artists, the Forest Park Conservancy and the Portland Parks Foundation on August 19 at 7pm. More information forthcoming.

Invited artists include Intisar Abioto, Midnight Abioto, Lauren Carrera, Rose Covert, Santigie Fofana-Dura, Sapata Fofana-Dura, Pamela Hadley, Erinn Katheryn, Daniela Naomi Molnar, Jocelyn Rice, Philip A. Robinson, Clairissa Stephens, Amanda Triplett, Alice Christine Walker, Beth Wilson, MO WO, and Rory Restani.

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Tickets released June 1, 2025

Terrain is co-curated by Kendra Roberts, an independent artist-curator who recently co-curated the well-received Terra Incognita, a land art exhibition hosted by the Verdancy Project in 2023. Currently, she serves as the director of public engagement at Blackfish Gallery, the president of the Portland Art Dealers Association, and founder of Common Ground Arts. Clairissa Stephens is a studio artist and curator, her practice and research explores a sense of place, wonder and relationship to the natural landscape. Her work is influenced by mapping, navigation, historical research, weather patterns and extreme natural environments. Tammy Jo Wilson is an artist, curator, and co-founder of the nonprofit Art in Oregon. Wilson curates the ongoing traveling art exhibit BLACK MATTER showcasing Oregon-based black artists. Wilson also serves as Ambassador for the Portland Art Museum Black Art & Experiences Initiative and the Director of Exhibits & Programming for Bush House Museum in Salem, Oregon.