Wet Pictures / Titty Bears
Melanie Flood & Evan La Londe
April 28 - May 19, 2018
Melanie Flood
Melanie Flood (born 1979 Manhasset, New York) is an artist and curator based in Portland, OR. She holds a BFA (2001) in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MFA (2017) in Contemporary Art Practice from Portland State University. Since 2008, she directs Melanie Flood Projects, which began as an artists’ salon located in her Brooklyn residence. In 2014, the gallery relaunched in downtown Portland, OR with a focus on contemporary photography. Her projects have been featured in Art in America, The New York Times, ARTnews, New York Magazine, zingmagazine, Photo District News, among others. Recent solo exhibitions include Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR (2018), Autzen Gallery, Portland, OR (2017), Carl & Sloan Contemporary, Portland, OR (2016) and Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR (2014). Flood is the recipient of a Regional Arts & Culture Council Project Grant (2014), and a Precipice Fund Award (2016). Her work will be part of a two person exhibition at Ditch Projects in Springfield, OR (2018).
www.melanieflood.com
Evan La Londe (born 1981 Lowville, New York) is an artist who lives and works in Portland, OR. Recent solo exhibitions include Sundials, at Melanie FloodProjects, Portland, OR (2017),and A Camera is a Room, Autzen Gallery, Portland, OR (2012). Recent group exhibitions include CANADA, NY, (2017), Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR (2016), Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR (2014),Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2014), and the lumber room, Portland, OR (2013). Evan was a finalist for the Brink award in 2015, and is the recipient of an Oregon Arts Commission Career Opportunity Grant (2014 & 2018), and a Regional Arts & Culture Council Project Grant (2014). La Londe holds an MFA (2012) from Portland State University, and a BFA (2003) from the Maryland Institute College of Art. His work will be part of a two person exhibition at Ditch Projects in Springfield, OR (2018).
http://evan.lalon.de
Supported by the Oregon Arts Commission Career Opportunity Grant and the Portland State University Faculty Association Professional Development Grant.
Melanie Flood (born 1979 Manhasset, New York) is an artist and curator based in Portland, OR. She holds a BFA (2001) in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MFA (2017) in Contemporary Art Practice from Portland State University. Since 2008, she directs Melanie Flood Projects, which began as an artists’ salon located in her Brooklyn residence. In 2014, the gallery relaunched in downtown Portland, OR with a focus on contemporary photography. Her projects have been featured in Art in America, The New York Times, ARTnews, New York Magazine, zingmagazine, Photo District News, among others. Recent solo exhibitions include Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR (2018), Autzen Gallery, Portland, OR (2017), Carl & Sloan Contemporary, Portland, OR (2016) and Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR (2014). Flood is the recipient of a Regional Arts & Culture Council Project Grant (2014), and a Precipice Fund Award (2016). Her work will be part of a two person exhibition at Ditch Projects in Springfield, OR (2018).
www.melanieflood.com
Evan La Londe
Evan La Londe (born 1981 Lowville, New York) is an artist who lives and works in Portland, OR. Recent solo exhibitions include Sundials, at Melanie FloodProjects, Portland, OR (2017),and A Camera is a Room, Autzen Gallery, Portland, OR (2012). Recent group exhibitions include CANADA, NY, (2017), Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR (2016), Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR (2014),Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2014), and the lumber room, Portland, OR (2013). Evan was a finalist for the Brink award in 2015, and is the recipient of an Oregon Arts Commission Career Opportunity Grant (2014 & 2018), and a Regional Arts & Culture Council Project Grant (2014). La Londe holds an MFA (2012) from Portland State University, and a BFA (2003) from the Maryland Institute College of Art. His work will be part of a two person exhibition at Ditch Projects in Springfield, OR (2018).
http://evan.lalon.de
Supported by the Oregon Arts Commission Career Opportunity Grant and the Portland State University Faculty Association Professional Development Grant.
