b. 1992, Oregon
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Kalaija is a conceptual research-based artist and community liaison;
her practice takes many forms, some of which have recently included
painting clouds, researching cults, and writing about a love-ethic.she recently moved to St. Louis, MO and continues to write, research, and collect data.
she completed her MFA in August 2020 at the Pacific Northwest College of Art under the study of program chair Aeron Bergman.
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Exhibitions
2020
Virtuous Beasts (solo), Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
Paper Dagger, Tropical Contemporary, Eugene OR
2019
Out of Nothing Comes with maximiliano, Spaceness 2019, Seaview, WA
2018
Big Workout, AMNUA International Project III, Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China
A Total Flame Burning Itself Up (solo),
Composition Gallery, Portland, OR
2017
Obscuring the Ambient, Concealing the Encompassing, The Mezzanine, Portland, OR
Object Memory, OV Project Space, Portland, OR
Kalaija Mallery (solo), NeverLab, Portland, OR
2016
Illustration of Future Palinodes (solo), Elevator Gallery One, Portland, OR
Photography Scholarship Show, Gallery B10, Portland, OR
Media Arts Exhibition, 511 Atrium, Portland, OR
2015
Color Photography: A Picture Show, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
Punctum: 20th Annual Juried Exhibition, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Third RoomStatic Age with Alexis E. Mabry (2020)
Living School of Art: Nuestra Identidad Social (2019)
Ambiguity of Land (2019)
The Artificial Obvious (2019)
Capital Crawl (2019)
Alone And Together (2019)
Christopher Willauer: Keeping Time With The Tide (2019)
Ivana Dama (2018)
Often I Accidentally Say Hi (2018)
Sari Not Sari (2018)
Expanding Expanded Cinema (2018)
Abigail Emiko Inoue Cox (2017)
Published Works (written and visual)Sex and Oranges,
Soft Surface: Spring Equinox 2020What The Fuck is the Value of Contemporary Art,
Institute for Conceptual Studies (2020)
The Book of Everyday Instruction (photography for Chlöe Bass), The Operating System, New York, NY (2018)
Oneiric House, Self Published (2017)
The Whole Animal, PNCA's literary journal (2016)
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Manager,
The Luminary Arts: St. Louis, MO (2020)
Founder + Program Director,
Third Room: center for arts/research, Portland, OR (2017)
Graduate Teacher’s Assistant: Sara Bernstein, Portland, OR (2017)
Artist Assistant:
Chloë Bass, Brooklyn, NY (2017)
Documentation Photography:
Michael Mandiberg, Brooklyn, NY (2017)
Blue Sky Curatorial Committee Member, Portland, OR (2017)
TA: Advanced Studio Lighting, PNCA, Portland, OR (2017)
Artist Assistant:
Letha Wilson, Portland, OR (2017)
Nike: Photo Tech, Portland OR (2017)
Digital Print Studio: Lab Technician, Portland, OR (2016)
Empire Labs: In-House Designer, Advertising/Product Photographer, Portland, OR (2016)
Jennifer Brinkman: Photo-Assistant, Portland, OR (2016)
JD White Studios: Studio Intern, Portland, OR (2015)
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