Artist's Biography

Evan La Londe is an artist working and living in Portland, Oregon. He holds a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and will receive an MFA from Portland State University in 2012. He co-directed Gallery 2219, an independent exhibition space in Baltimore from 2008-2010. Through photography, drawing, and sculpture, La Londe explores the liminal shifts and visual translations that occur between an object's form and surface during re-presentation. His work has been exhibited at Swell Gallery, San Francisco; Place Gallery, Portland; The University of Ulsan, South Korea; School 33, Baltimore; and Palazzo Casali Gallery, Cortona, among others.

Curator's Biography

Justin Cole is a Los Angeles-based artist working in drawing, photography, sculpture, and audio – his multi-disciplinary practice addressing the complexities of the cultural landscape of Los Angeles, Cole’s native Detroit, and the United States in general. Cole’s work has been exhibited at Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles; The Project, Los Angeles; Lizabeth Olivera Gallery, Los Angeles; Co-Lab, Copenhagen; LA>< Art, Los Angeles; Queens Nails, San Francisco; and Centre Pour l’Art et le Culture, Aix-en-Provence, among others. Most recently, Cole presented a solo exhibition, entitled Historical Impulse, at Pepin Moore, Los Angeles. Additionally, Cole performs as part of the collaborative art and music group OJO.