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Celebrating Pacific Northwest Black Artists

At Northwest Framing, we embrace and celebrate diversity, creativity and stand in solidarity with those confronting racism.  In honor of Black History Month, we’d like to showcase some of our favorite Pacific Northwest Black artists and galleries.

We also like to showcase our BIPOC Artist directory.  Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) is a term meant to unite all people of color with the understanding that not all people of color face the same degrees of injustice.  Interested in learning more about or supporting the amazing BIPOC artists in our region?  Download the list here: BIPOCARTISTDIRECTORY.  We’re sure we’ve missed some artists and this list is meant to be an ever-evolving resource so we encourage our communities to submit additions to the directory through our web contact page here.

 

 

Sade DuBois (Portland)

Raised in North Portland, DuBoise is a mixed media painter known for her magnificent portraits of strong, beautiful black women.

Website: https://sadeduboisestudio.com/

Mother of Judah, soft body and gouache acrylics on heavy watercolor paper

 

 

Hobbs the Artist (Portland)

Hobbs is a Portland teen whose work revolves around his ‘City Troll’ persona (City Troll /sit-ee trōl/ noun, one that appreciates urban aesthetics; is accepting, resilient and diverse) and aims to bring perspective to the world through both performance and visual art.

Website: https://www.citytroll.com/

Earth/Mainstream Consumerism is Massacring the Ecosystem, mixed media

 

 

GreenHAUS Gallery & Shop (Portland)

GreenHAUS is a North Portland boutique featuring artisan crafted and vintage treasures as well as an art gallery build to positively impact the local community.

Website: http://www.greenhausgallery.com/

Currently showing Latoya Lovely:

Neon Woman, oil, acrylic, mixed media

 

 

Chi Moscou-Jackson (Seattle)

A Seattle based artist, Chi Moscou-Jackson’s mixed media work (photography, sculpture, drawing, etc.) draws on social political and ecological themes.

Website: https://chimoscoujackson.com/work

Their Mission, 2017, collage from found vintage magazines

 

 

Aramis O. Hamer (Seattle)

A nurse turned artist, Aramis brings ‘Black girl magic’ to the Seattle masses through her psychedelic murals featuring goddess figures.

Website: https://aohamer.com/

Gone, acrylic paint

 

 

Wa Na Wari (Seattle)

Wa Na Wari, a creative space in Seattle’s Central District, is a center for Black art and culture that showcases local and regional Black artists as well as provides space for workshops, performances and an oral history studio.

Website: https://www.wanawari.org/

Currently showing Andrea Coleman

Finding a Seat at the Kitchen Table, digital collage