Jason Berlin
Portland, OR
360-431-0941
jasonberlinart@gmail.com | Dispersal Collective
Education
- Masters of Fine Arts in Visual Studies Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR. 2016
- Bachelors of Fine Arts, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR. 2013.
- Associates of Applied Science, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, WA. 1994.
Teaching Experience
2019
- Painting instructor, ( BFA ) Spring 2019 Oregon College Art and Craft, Portland, OR.
- Introduction to Drawing, Continuing Education, Spring 2019 Oregon College Art anCraft, Portland, OR.
2018
- Sketchbook Atelier, Introduction to Drawing, Figure drawing Continuing Education,
- winter / spring 2018 Oregon college Art and Craft, Portland, OR.
- Figure Drawing, Continuing Education, Summer 2018 Oregon College Art and Craft, Portland, OR.
- Middle school art camp grades 6th, 7th, and 8th and Pre-College, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR. Summer 2018.
- Drawing foundations, Continuing Education, Winter 2018 Oregon College Art and Craft, Portland, OR.
- Sun School, Winter, and Spring 2018 Martin Luther King JR, Elementary, Portland Public Schools.
2017
- Sketchbook Confidential, Continuing Education, Fall 2017 Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR.
- Drawing, Vintage Illustration, Beginning Painting, Alternative Mark Making. Art Adventures Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR. Middle School Art Camp grades
- 6th, 7th, and 8th and Pre-College, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR. Summer 2017.
- Mark Making workshop, spring 2017 Continuing Education, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR.
- Sketchbook intensive, Beginning Acrylic Painting Pre-college, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR. 2017.
Substitute Teaching
2018
- Figure Drawing, Image, Spring 2018 Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR.
2017
- Beginning Life Drawing, Introduction to Painting, Spring 2017 Image, and
- Color Theory, Fall 2017 Oregon College of Art and Craft, Spring, Portland, OR.
MFA committee and first and end year revue, BFA thesis end year revue.2018 – 2019 Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR.
Studio Manager 2016 – 2019
- Painting, Drawing, Foundations Department Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR.
Teaching assistant
2016
- Pre-college summer 2016 Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR.
- Teaching Assistant fall 2015 Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR.
- Basic Drawing.
- Teaching Assistant Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR.
- Observational Painting – Paul Missal
Accolades & Affiliations
2018 – 2014
- Judge: Scholastic Art Awards Oregon.
2016 – 2014
- Pacific Northwest College of Art, Merit Scholarship Recipient.
2015
- Visiting Graduate Student Städelschule Frankfurt am Main, Germany June.
2013
- The Brannon – Boekleheide Award for the most outstanding graduating thesis student.
- Oregon College of Art and Craft Portland, OR May 6.
- Winner Oak Knoll Winery wine bottle design for the Portland Rose Festival.
2008 – 2018
- Gallery Advisory Committee Lower Columbia College Longview, WA.
Publications
2019
- “Inside out” Cut Me Up magazine, issue 2 Winter 2019.
2017
- Ric Kasini Kadour, “Mail Art Show,” Kolaj no. 18 (2017) : 20.
- .http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2017/01/alanna_risse_at.html. •
- Jeff Jahn “Jason Berlin + Alanna Risse at Rainmaker: Portlands Best Cultural Cards” PORT:Portland art. January 4, 2017.
2015
- Pacific Northwest College of Art “Museum, Gallery, Studio, A Field Study”.
Artist in Residence
2017
- Rainmaker Artist Residency, Portland, OR. August 2016 – January 2017.
2015
- Caldera Arts Center, Sisters, OR. October.
Lecture / Panels
2019
- “Sketchbook / A History of Drawing in Books”. Art foundations, South Puget Sound Community College. Olympia, WA. Jan, 25th.
2016
- “Queer / Failure”. Critical Theory, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR. Nov, 3.
- “Getting Started”. Senior Seminar, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland,OR. Sept, 28.
- “La Vie En Rose: Queer Aesthetic, Color Codes, Bundling, and Glitter”. MFA in Visual
- Studies Thesis Oral Defense, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR. May 18th. 2016
Curatorial
2019
- Viva Tualatin, Dispersal Home world, Tualatin OR.
2016
- Dispersal mail art show at Rainmaker Artist residence.
- Stall Gallery Tokyo – Popup.
- Stall Gallery Portland, OR founder 2016 – present
2015
- Strange Meat, The Lodge Gallery @ Allied Works Portland, OR.
Solo Exhibition
- 2017 “Last Night Out” queer aesthetics, color codes, and murder: Rainmaker,
- Portland, OR
- 2016 Vergepdx Gallery, Portland, OR.
- 2015 Manuel Izquierdo Sculpture Gallery @ Pacific Northwest College of Art,
- Portland, OR
- 2013 Featured Artist, Broadway Gallery Longview, WA
- 2010 Lust, Cannibals Gallery Portland, OR
- 2009 Dirty Laundry, Cannibals Gallery Portland, OR
- 2006 The Antiquities, Splendor of the Male Image, The Rainbow Room Portland, OR
- 2003 Flotsum, Koth Gallery Longview, WA
Group Exhibition
2020
- The View From Here: Artist collaborating in the time of pandemic,
- Elisabeth Joans Art Center. Portland, OR.
- Celebration of the Mae Form, Angst Gallery, Vancouver WA.
2019
- Sketchbook II Elisabeth Joans Art Center, Portland, OR.
- Unlimited alumni exhibition Place, Portland, OR.
- PRIDE Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, Oregon.
- June Pride River Sea Gallery, Astoria, Oregon.
- Male form, Angst Gallery, Vancouver, WA.
2018
- Page Space, Portland, OR.
- Vergepdx gallery, Portland, OR.
- CAP Annual Art Auction Cascade Aids Project Portland, OR.
- Male Form, Angst Gallery Vancouver, WA.
2017
- Art on the Vine, for OCAC Portland, OR.
- Big 500 Portland, OR.
- Resilience In Flux Page Space Portland, OR.
- Alumni Exhibition PNCA Portland, OR.
- Red, Angst gallery Vancouver, WA.
2016
- Big 500 Ford Gallery Portland, OR.
- Gallery 135 Honor Thy Music Rock and Roll Day of the Dead Portland, OR.
- Rainmaker Artist in residency exhibition 2016 Portland, OR.
- Visual Studies Thesis Exhibition Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR.
- Cavendish at Verge Gallery, Portland, OR.
- Hybrid Salon Gallery 157 PNCA, Portland, OR.
2015
- Address_01 Address _02 Portland, OR.
- Home / Less, Pacific Northwest College of Art Portland, OR.
- Strange Meat, The Lodge Gallery @ Allied Works Portland, OR.
- Terminus Klause, Worksound International Gallery Portland, OR
2014
- Perfect Not So Perfect A PopUp, Red Star @ Hotel Monaco Portland, OR
- Day of the Dead, Guardino Gallery Portland, OR
- Altered Ground, The Lodge Gallery @ Allied Works Portland, OR
- Art On The Vine, for OCAC Portland, OR
- Annual Art Auction Cascade Aids Project Portland, OR
- Gallery 6 PDX Small Sculpture Portland, OR
2013
- Day of the Dead, Guardino Gallery Portland, OR
- Little Things, Guardino Gallery Portland, OR
- Art On The Vine Portland, OR.
- Annual Art Auction, Cascade Aids Project Portland, OR
- Group show Thesis show Hoffman Gallery, and Thesis Exit show Portland, OR
2012
- Group show Male Form Angst Gallery Vancouver, WA
- Group show Sex and Religion, Leslie Lohman Gallery New York, NY
- Annual Art Auction, Cascade Aids Project Portland, OR
- Group show Day of the Dead, Guardino Gallery Portland, OR
- Group show Hoffman Gallery OCAC Portland, OR
2011
- Group show Project Runway Detroit, Janice Charach Gallery West Bloomfield, MI
- Group show Assemblage, Annie Meyer Artwork Gallery Portland, OR
- Annual Art Auction, Cascade Aids Project Portland, OR
- Art on the Vine, Oregon College of Art and Craft Portland, OR
- Group show Spread Ego, Place Gallery Portland, OR
2010
- Group show Facing Fear, Launch Pad Gallery,Portland, OR
- Group show Day of the Dead, Cannibals Gallery Portland, OR
- Group show Revolutionary’s, Cannibals Gallery,Portland, OR
- Annual Art Auction, Cascade Aids Project Portland, OR
- Wonder Quest art benefit for Quest Center Portland, OR
- Group show 5th Annual Love, Show Launch Pad Gallery Portland, OR