Collage

38194165_1675289032597920_7629380948844347392_n — At the Collage and Illustration pop-up at Outlet PDX, organized by Zachary Schomburg, July 2018. Photo by Evan Clayton Horback.

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I’d been doing word collages for a long time but then started–in 2014–using manipulated-by-hand images (from old magazines and books) and became much more serious and passionate about it. I’m still learning and exploring all the time. Like with writing, I’m self-taught, but have been influenced by many contemporary collage artists and friends (see bottom of this page). This page will have links to collages published on websites as well as some unpublished ones. I also have a Tumblr page now, which I sometimes update with new work.

I wrote thirty installments of a collage “column” for The Rumpus in 2014 and 2015. It’s called PAPER TRUMPETS. You can read my interview on HTMLGIANT about it.

A book of my collages and poems, I Made an Accident, is available from Clash Books. I was super honored to have this book published.

In the early days of COVID, as a response to not being able to gather at galleries in person, I teamed up with collage friend Cheryl Chudyk to start Sharp Hands Gallery, a virtual gallery which features collage works from international artists. We’ve put up several shows since then.

In January of 2015, I had my first big solo show at Powell’s called Rookie Season. I made a limited edition zine to go with it. It was chosen as a zine-of-the-month selection by the IPRC that summer.

I’ve also had shows at The Waypost, Crema, and Radio Room. In June of 2016, I curated the show, Northwest Collage, at Powell’s. It featured twelve artists from around the Pacific Northwest. In May 2024, I curated a Portland Collage Showcase featuring works by 39 artists living in Portland.

More shows: November, 2016, at Rudy’s Barbershop in SE Portland. In March of 2017, I had a show at Composition Gallery in downtown Portland with Jay Berrones and Christina Gontzes. Redux in Portland in February and March of 2018. In August, 2018, my work was featured on the back wall of Blick Art Supply in downtown Portland, and also in the window the following year. In 2019, a piece of mine was included in Copyright Bandits, a show at Collapse Gallery in Wenatchee, Washington. In 2022, I had a collage in the Paper Cuts II show, also at Collapse. In 2022, I had a solo show at Powell’s Books to coincide with the release of my book, I Made an Accident. In February 2023, I had a collage at the Love is Love show at Plural Collective in Sellwood. And another at Shift Gallery in Seattle in March 2023. In March 2025, I had a solo show at Replicant Beer & Wine in Portland. Also in 2025, I was featured in the Let ‘Er Rip window display at 811 Stark in Portland and at the No/Stalgia group show at Art at the Cave in Vancouver, Washington. In summer 2025, I had a collage at the Beverly Arts Center in Chicago for Cut Me Up Magazine’s RE-BOP show.

Besides all that, I hosted an “Open Collage Night” once a month at the Independent Publishing Resource Center for four years from 2014 to 2018 and it was amazing. I met a lot of collage friends there.