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Main Gallery Exhibitions 2006
December 8 - January 31
18Artists | Group Art Show Fundraiser
Curated by Rhoda London

Artists: Josh Arseneau, John Brodie, Jacqueline Ehlis, Cecilia Hallinan, Harvest Henderson, Scott Wayne Indiana, Una Kim, Rhoda London, Ron Mills, Suzanne Moulton, Liz Obert, Eugenia Pardue, William Park, Donna Savastio, Blair Saxon-Hill, Megan Scheminske, Michael Schlicting, Pat Walker
February 2 - 25
Portland Modern: issue no. 3 exhibition

Artists: Marc Manning, TJ Norris, Craig Payne, Mariana Tres
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March 2 - April 23
Multiplicity: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture
Curated by Kate Bonansinga and Vincent Burke
Organized by the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
In conjunction with the 40th Annual NCECA Conference

Artists: Shawn Busse, Marek Cecula, Bean Finneran, Kay Hwang, Jeanne Quinn, Gregory Roberts, Juana Valdes
April 23 - May
Main Gallery is under construction to build-out the space to better exhibit contemporary works
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June 1 - July 29
Comutatus | Barry Johnson
The installation represented sculptural forms developed as a group and were unified by using similar materials and a particular vocabulary. Variations in materials allowed each work to arrive at its own conclusion.
June 1 - July 29
Gallery Guide Exhibition I
a collection of works from select galleries to celebrate the printing of the first Portland Gallery Guide Map

Participating Galleries: Chambers Gallery, ONDA Arte Latina, Guardino Gallery, Butters Gallery, Froelick Gallery, Guestroom Gallery, Motel Gallery, New American Art Union, Newspace Center for Photography, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, PDX Contemporary Art.
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August 3 - September 3
Focus Group | Installation by HOUSTON
Focus Group is a selection of sculptures, photographs and video from a series called Market Penetration, begun in 2003. The work is produced by "Houston" a logo, a brand, a group or an individual.

title= August 3 - September 3
Waiting Room | Installation by Scott Wayne Indiana
Waiting Room is comprised of 39 axes lodged into the ceiling. The space below will remain open taunting a viewer to experience 39 axes hovering 12 feet above. The axes will be installed into a 12ft x 12ft section of the ceiling.
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piece by Dash Snow		 September 7 - October 1
The Inside Game: a selection from PDX art collections
Curated by Joel Leib

The artwork in The Inside Game was drawn entirely from the local collections of Elizabeth Leach, Joel Leib, Rod Pulliam, Justin Oswald and Jeffrey Thomas. Each participating collector is currently or was at one time an art dealer, hence "the inside game" of collecting from within the profession. The primary emphasis of The Inside Game was on artists who are emerging locally, nationally and internationally.

Artist's presented: David Altmejd, Chandra Bocci, James Bolton, Claire Corey, Russell Crotty, Roe Ethridge, Harrell Fletcher, Harry Fritzius, Nick Di Genova, William Kentridge, Dinh Q. Le, Frank Magnotta, Roy McMakin, Lari Pittman, Rob Pruitt, Nick & Sheila Pye, Halsey Rodman, Will Rogan, TM Sisters, Dash Snow, Pinar Yolacan
title= October 13 - 31
The Portland Catacombs
The Portland Art Center in conjunction with Hand2Mouth Theatre, Fever Theater and other Independent Performance, Video, Sound and Visual Artists presented An Interactive Performance Based Installation exploring the dreams of Portland, past and present grounded in Historical Material from Portland’s Old Town and North End. It was a malleable and chimerical collision of visual and performance art played out over 13 nights.

Artists and Participants: Kollodi, Alex Reagon, Frank Marroquin, Ryan Cross, Scott Jackson, Arcy Douglass, Ian McNicol, Theodore Holdt, Andy Brown, Jason Frank, Emily Stone.
title= November 2 - 4
Viktor Popovic
PICA Artist in Residence, Viktor Popovic exhibits a temporary installation in collaboration with Portland Art Center.

Popovic’s temporal, glowing installation of chairs has been culled for the exhibit from people he has encountered during his residency. The delicately orchestrated pile reflects the aura of its owners. Popovic uses light, found and industrial materials to construct his piece about contemplation. Recently featured in the Triennial of Croatian Sculpture in Zagreb, Croatia, Popovic is one of the most important emerging artists in this region.
title= November 10 - 26
Eyewitness to History | photojournalist David Rubinger
Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland in conjunction with their annual fundraiser benefit.

The Eyewitness to History exhibition presents Mr. Rubinger’s life work. His photographs record fiery battles, intimate portraits, landmark passages, and even the bloodstained paper that ironically bears the words for the ‘Song of Peace’ that Yitzhak Rabin sang moments before his assassination.
title= November 29 - December 23
Yoshihiro Kitai
Courtesy of the Artist and Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery
Organized by Jeanine Jablonski

"Bird’s eye views using metal leafing clouds are often found in traditional Japanese works. I exaggerate cloud shapes more and combine with dots. It is this unity of Japanese elements with a western style of art making that represents my position in the United States. “
- Yoshihiro Kitai