The Body Heals PAINTINGS BY JOLYN FRY
SW COMMUNITY CENTER
6820 SW 45th Ave
Portland, OR 97219
March 1st through April 10th
CLOSING RECEPTION: Thursday, March 27th, 6-8pm
Radius presents Body Surreal! /
About this show:
Body Surreal is a show of art comprised of the work of three painters. Each artist explores their process differently but with the common thread of the body. The paintings in process become a body of work. Amanda’s paintings weave through memories of self and family, often touching on the juxtapositions of humans’ place in the world. Meadow’s painting stretches back in time, studies the works of strong women painters such as Sirani and Gentileschi, and responds with interpretations of bodies pushing back against the patriarchy. Jolyn’s paintings are dream studies and are somatically inspired by the body and its grief and healing response to past traumas and present-day oppressions.
Why surreal? The dictionary defines surreal as something strange or dreamlike. In the past, many surreal artists often used their art to critique and respond to social imbalance and injustice. We believe that, at its base, art can be a way, in its dreamlike quality, to question established reality and invoke change through the creative process. Hence, our title, The Body Surreal.
Ulna Community Art Show! /
Bones, Flowers, and Fabric! /
Paintings by Jolyn Fry , On view through September.
Closing Reception Thursday September 26th, 5- 7pm
Turn Turn Turn at 8 NE Killingsworth! Open Wednesdays - Sundays 4-11pm
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Charms for your whole and broken heart /
Charms for your whole and broken heart.
A series of little paintings in the note of expression By Jolyn Fry
Opening: Friday September 8th 5-9pm
Radius Community Clay Studio 2324 SE Belmont
Art will be up through the month of September
ULNA Community Art Show! /
Thirty plus Artists from the Radius/Ulna Community join together to create a large community exhibit at the Olympic Mills Commerce Center. The opening reception is free and open to the public!
Opening Saturday October 8th! 6-9pm 107 SE Washington St. Portland OR 97214
additional artists showing creative projects: Kristen Diederich, Rachel Mulder, Cole Lyons, Ron Bunch, Nicole Musgrave, Olivia Smith, Allison MacMillan, Beth Wooten, Jaici Shiemke, Allison MacMillan, and more!
Belly- Exhibit at Radius Community Clay Studio /
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Tuesday Night Art Seminar- March Show- Radius Annex gallery /
An exhibit featuring work by the Tuesday Night Art Seminar! Showing work by 20 artists total! Show is open to the public for socially distanced viewing through the month of March! Check out the Radius Annex website for open days and hours. radiusannex.com
Art pictured here by Peggy Pfenninger, Greg Campanile, Natalie Whitlock, and Jeanne James.
Show statement: The Tuesday Night Art Seminar is a meeting of artists, painters, and students who share the intention to learn about and practice painting. The art we created during the last year felt significant, both individually and as a group, so I wanted to produce this exhibit as a shared record of where we each were artistically during the year 2020.I want to extend a huge thank you to Radius Community Art Studio for providing a common place where many of our group originally met. I also want to say thank you to each artist who created art, wrote statements, and participated in creating this show. As an artist and teacher, I have been deeply grateful to share time and the practice of art making with this group. So often art is more than just placing your brush on surface, though on some days that is the best we can each do. It has been a wonderful experience to watch as each person in this group continued to realize themselves and bring more to their practice. Lastly, I’d like to thank you as the viewer, because in showing this work to you, we come full circle in the process of contemplating, creating, and sharing. Jolyn Fry
February Artist talk by Jolyn Fry /
February 23rd artist talk via Zoom. Jolyn Fry speaks to her process and art practice around creating the Body of paintings called Songs for My Child. Scroll down to see the recorded artist talk link below.
ENDING STASIS Frosberg Gallery, Lower Columbia College /
The work in Ending Stasis invites the viewer to consider the relationship between art and mental well being. Don’t miss the opportunity to witness work of six artists who all use art making as a form of emotional exploration and healing. February 16th-March 12th 2021, Zoom reception: February 12th at 5pm
Art by Alyssa Black, Sandee McGee, Jolyn Fry, Julia Canfield, Alex Rushmore, and Ashley Larson
Social Distance Painting in August /
Fresh Air Painting 9am-Noon Saturday’s in August, Open invite!
August 29th Oaks Bottom Lower Trail-platform. Park in the parking lot where SE 7th meets Sellwood Blvd. There is a descending trail from the parking lot that takes you to the East side of the swamp. Here is a map with a red dot marking approximately where there is a view point platform beside the trail. It’s a bit of a hike, so pack light, we’ll be painting there!
Please plan to wear a mask and keep 6ft distance- pack light, and bring what you need️-remember bringing easels and seating are your choice :) -bring your own snacks, water, blanket, dress for the elements, consider wearing a brimmed hat -drop in as you like, and come and go as you prefer- remember to be respectful of others, wear a mask and keep 6ft distance!
Radius Annex Gallery Show- Jackie Manson & Jolyn Fry /
Radius Annex- Live Paint-Off!!! /
Join us to watch two painter’s race against the 3 hour clock, as the build and develop individual paintings in response to a collaborative still life!
Radius Community Art Show /
Opening Friday May 3rd, 6-8pm
Public viewing open throughout the month, Olympic Mills Building 107 SE Washington St. Portland
Radius Studio Featured Artists:
Abigail Marble, Andie Furtado, Angela Sagues, Carly Larson, Claire Luce Baldwin, Desiree Turner, Diana Louise Smith, Eldon Potter, Emily Howell, Jacob Wooten, Jessica Leigh Rodgers, Jill Aki, Jolyn Fry, Jordan Raye, Julia Himmelstein, Laura Hasanen, Leah Faure, Mary Lindsay-Shiang, Megan Iacocca, Melanie Giusto, Natalie Whitlock, Nele Redweik, Peter Chamakian, Ron Bunch, Sarah Faulkner
Help Me Group Exhibit- Salem Art Association- Bush Barn Art Center- Opens May 1st, 2019 /
Jolyn Fry, Head to Heart
Help me “an intimate portrayal of mental illness”
Exhibition: May 4 - June 23, 2019 | Bush Barn Art Center
Reception: May 3, 2019 | 5:30 - 7:30 PM | Bush Barn Art Center
This exhibition is sponsored by Salem Health.
Salem Art Association exhibitions are always free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, and Saturday-Sunday from 12:00 - 5:00 PM.
Help Me: a portrayal of mental illness" is a collection of intimate artwork, installations and interactive experiences from several local and international artists who live with mental illness in varying capacities. We are representing artists who live with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Bipolar 1 & 2, Major Depression Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Schizophrenia & Schizoaffective Disorder, Dysthymia, Psychosis and all the gaps and overlap in between them all.
The show will consist of affecting visual, auditory, tactile, and other sensory pieces in an attempt to connect with their audiences in a way that would provide insight into their illness and how they view the world. The goal of this show is to create a broader understanding of mental illness and mental health as a spectrum, and how it affects everyone.
Songs for my child. Songs for myself. /
Exhibit opens: September 29th 6-9pm closes: October 24th
A series of large scale paintings created in relation to healing from post trauma dissociation.
"On the day I was raped I was not alone. I became one with my sisters, my ancestors. I became nothing and whole at the same time. I became hate. In losing myself I became something I never was before. I was a child human. Human. Small and insignificant. And it wasn't until today that I knew as I paint these paintings these pieces of myself, of women, these stories they become me and they become above and below and around me. It was yesterday that I was so small... so insignificant. As I am today, but I am all of these things at once small and big. Pain and joy. And I live. I will live. Everything up until this moment has been past. An unfathomable past and I live as life is meant to be for today for a moment with utter knowingness, and a trust that I have never understood before and today becomes a day just like any other day in any other lifetime and that is what makes me rise and fall..."
Ford Gallery
2505 SE 11th Ave.
Open daily 9am-6pm
Show closes October 24th
Luke's Gallery- /
Landscape’s by Jolyn Fry
Opening: Saturday, May 19th 6-9pm 4703 N. Albina Ave Portland, OR 97217
“I use the landscape as a metaphor to explore my feelings through painting. My color palette and gestures are in reference to what I view, but also more importantly take on a feeling of their own in relation to what I am experiencing internally. On my better days I transcend my thoughts and just have an experience of movement in relation to my viewpoint. In life the sky always meets the tree line or the roof or the land. Even a pile of debris generally has a skyline, a base...a foundation. There is nothing to turn away from in life, but when I see something in a landscape I am often moved to return again. Not to mimic every line and every sound. But to lay out the experience. The presence and then later the movements of that moment. ”