MIDORI HIROSE
Born in Hood River, OR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Untitled, Das Schaufenster, Seattle, WA (upcoming Dec 2025)
2024 Giggle in -==≡≡≡One, Ha Ha Crystals n’ Then Sum＋‿ ◕), Project Room, Nationale, Portland, OR
2018 Of the Unicorn (and the Sundowner Kids), Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR (curated by Portland Museum of Modern Art, King School Museum of Contemporary Art, and Converge45)
2018 Of the Unicorn (and the Sundowner Kids), MCASB Bloom Project, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA (curated by Libby Werbel, Portland Museum of Modern Art and Brooke Kellaway, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara)
2016 Hummm, The Portland2016 Biennial, Oregon Contemporary (formerly Disjecta), Portland, OR and The Vogt Opera House, Morin Printing, The Dalles, OR (curated by Michelle Grabner and presented by Disjecta Contemporary Art Center)
2015 The Joker is Wild, Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR
2010 New Works, Appendix Space satellite Little Field, Portland, OR
2010 L Sub to the Polynomial, Nationale, Portland, OR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Toad Stool, Helen’s Costume, Portland, OR (upcoming)
2024 Vote or Suck, 4 Oceans 1 Family, Portland, Or
2024 mee mi mo mum i smell ahh, Tee Time, Anita, Astoria, OR
2024 The Old Art Show, Mother Foucault, Portland, OR (curated by Grapefruits)
2024 Labor of Love, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland, OR
2024 Gresham Folklife, Gresham Historical Society, Gresham, OR
2023 InterACT!: The Art of Creating Together, Japanese American Museum of Oregon, Portland, OR
2022 Foxgloves, Helen’s Costume, Portland, OR
2019 Trash Hackers, Paragon Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2019 Redesigning the Narrative, WK Gallery, Portland, OR (curated by Portland in Color)
2018 Carian Project, Carian Trail, Turunç, TR
2018 Vanitas Vanitas Ha Ha Ha, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2018 CogoWosoSogoCoco, Earth to Her, One Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 Portland Museum of Modern Art: Houseguest, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, OR (curated by Libby Werbel creator of PMOMA, hosted by PICA TBA Festival & co-presented by House Guest)
2013 Mother, Fylkingen, Stockholm, Sweden
2011 Interior Margins, Lumber Room, Portland, OR
2011 The New American Landscape, Kahnaway Art & Ecology, Washougal, WA
2011 Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2010 Relative Picnic, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2010 Smell the Glove, CO Exhibitions, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Shadow + Sunlight, East/West Project, Gallery Homeland, Berlin, DE
2007 Star Jelly, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2007 Weirding and the Uncanny, Newbery Gallery, Glasgow, SC
2007 Supernatural, PICA TBA Festival, Portland, OR (curated by Arnold Kemp)
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2022-2023 Furin Project & Symposium, APANO, Portland, OR
2018 Utopian Visions Art Fair Performances, UVAF, Portland, OR
2017 Cassette Butlers, Mother Foucault's, Portland, OR (Co-curated with the McDonell Production House)
2017 Never Not Here | PPROT-SE, OV Gallery, Portland, OR
2017, 2014 and 2011 Meatspace: A Space Where Minds Meet and Gather, Portland, OR
2015 GG at the Helm: Portland Women's Forum, Bronco Gallery, Corbett, OR
2015 The Joker is Wild Performances II, The Littman Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 The Joker is Wild Performances I, Mother Foucault's, Portland, OR
2011 to 2013 WoWoWoWo, Community-Action Project, Portland, OR
PERFORMANCES
2024 Le Dépays Chris Marker Reading, Tomorrow Theatre, Portland, OR (Written by Sadie Starnes, music by Spencer Doran of Visible Cloaks and rare screening of Sans Soleil. (upcoming)
2024 Say When Festival, Performance Works NW, Portland, OR
2022 Dundee Lodge Festival, Gaston, OR
2022 I Say Potato You Say, Xhurch, Portland, OR
2022 Wasted, Burnside Skatepark, Portland, OR (performance in collaboration with Mia Ferm and curated by Dan Sasaki)
2021 Nanda Yo, Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, Portland, OR (curated by Pidzn Club)
2018 Utopian Visions Art Fair, PICA TBA, Portland, OR (curated performances and performed with Mia Ferm. UVAF curated by Srijon Chowdhury)
2018 Summer Solstice, Nancy Russel Overlook, Washougal, WA (performance in collaboration with Tunnels)
2018 Champagne, Performance Works NW, Portland, OR (performance in collaboration with Mia Ferm)
2017 Sound Et Al, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR (composition and curation by Ben Glas)
2017 Forbidden Love, HOG, Portland, OR (performance in collaboration with CrudLord)
2017 Shoulder of the Stick, Portland, OR (performance in collaboration with Mia Ferm and curated by Jin Camou)
2017 Cassette Butlers, Mother Foucault's, Portland, OR (performance in collaboration with McDonell Production House and Mary Sutton)
2017 Never Not Here | PPROT-SE, OV Gallery, Portland, OR (performance in collaboration with Smegma)
2016 Portland2016 Biennial, Portland Cable Access, Portland, OR (video performance for Julia Calabrese and Emily Bernstein)
2016 SexPest, The Know, Portland, OR (performance in collaboration with Natalie Howard, Nicholas Bindeman, Tony Remple and Sean Sumler)
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2024 Artist Fellowship Recipient, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Portland, OR (upcoming)
2022 Public Art and Civic Engagement (PACE) Capacity Building Initiative Catalyst, APANO, Portland, OR & Mural Arts Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Professional Development Grant, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR
2012 Ford Family Foundation Caldera Artist AiR Prize, Eugene, OR
2011 Professional Development Grant, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR
COLLECTIONS
City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art, Portland, OR
Meta Open Arts, Menlo Park, CA
Seattle Public Utilities 1% for Art Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA
Multnomah County Portable Works of Portland Collection, Portland, OR
Seattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA
City of Portland Initiative, Portland, OR
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2024 AiR, Pilchuk Glass School, Stanwood, WA (June 7 - 18)
2023 Sou’Wester Teaching Residency, Seaview, WA (June 7 - 11)
2022 Community Co-Coordinator and Mentor, Nationale, Portland, OR (January - May)
2021 Meta Open Arts, FB Menlo Park AiR, Menlo Park, CA (June 14- 27)
2021 Sou’Wester Arts Week, Seaview, WA (March 7 - 14)
2019 Plastic Vision, Spaceness, Seaview, WA (March 1-3)
2018 S-AIR, Sapporo, JP (December 8 - 28)
2012 Caldera, Sisters, OR (January)
VISITING ARTIST, PRESENTATIONS, AND TEACHING
2024 Presentation, Converge45, Nationale, Portland, OR (upcoming)
2024 Workshop, Say When Festival, Performance Works NW, Portland, OR
2024 Presentation, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland, OR
2023 Visiting Artist, THE ACHE, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2023 Presentation, Mural Arts Institute, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Lecture/Graduate Critiques, PNCA | Willamette University, Portland, OR
2023 Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2022-2024 Lecture/Graduate Critiques, Portland State University, Portland, OR
2022-2023 Visiting Artist, APANO, Portland, OR
2022-2023, Presentation, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
2021 Presentation, Girl Scouts of Oregon and SW Washington, Salem, OR
2020-2021 Lecture/Critiques, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2021 Presentation, Sou’Wester Lodge, Seaview, WA
2019 Lecture/Critiques, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2019 Presentation, Spaceness, Seaview, WA
2019 Presentation/Workshop, Paragon Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 Presentation, S-AIR, Sapporo, JP
2018 Visiting Artist, PSU Art & Social Practice & Columbia River Correctional Institution, Portland, OR
2018 Visiting Art Fair Artist/Mentor, King School Museum of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2018 Visiting Artist/Terre-Travaux Teaching Artist, Creek College, Portland, OR
2018 Presentation, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2018 Presentation, Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2018 Visiting Art Fair Artist/Mentor, King School Museum of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2018 Presentation, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
2017 Visiting Artist/Critiques, Pacific NW College of Art, Portland, OR
2015 to present Teaching Artist, Right Brain Initiative, Portland, OR
2016 Presentation, Disjecta, Portland, OR
2016 Presentation, The Vogt Opera House, Morin Printing, The Dalles, OR
2016 Visiting Artist/Mentor, Prequel, Portland, OR
2015 Lecture, Portland State University, Portland, OR
2015 Lecture, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
2013 Visiting Artist/Panelist, Pacific NW College of Art, Portland, OR
2011 Lecture, Lumber Room, Portland, OR
2011 Presentation, Kahnaway Art & Ecology, Washougal, WA
2010 Lecture, Gallery Homeland, Berlin, DE
2010 Lecture, Nationale, Portland, OR
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2024-Present Trash for Peace Consultant, Portland, OR
2023-Present East County Library Artist Selection Panelist, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
2024 Ocean Choir Singer, Te Moana Meridian by Sam Hamilton, PICA TBA:24 Festival, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2023 Portrait Series Model, They Come From Fire by Jeff Gibson, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2023 Recordist, composition by Sam Hamilton, Sator Project, Portland, OR
2022 Art Collaborator, Making Earth Cool, Portland, OR
2020–2022 Mutual Aid Organizer & Creative, Snack Bloc, Portland, OR
2019–2023 Founding Member, Art Educator, and Maker, Trash Hackers Collective, Portland, OR
2019-2020 Founding Member, CHIME (Critical Humanities & Interdisciplinary Medical Education) Initiative, Seattle, WA
2018–2019 Advisory Committee Member, International Sculpture Conference, Portland, OR
2018 to 2019 Founding Member, Art Educator, and Maker, Plastic Vision Art Collective, Portland, OR
2016–2020 Artist Residency Liaison, End of Summer Residency, Portland, OR
2016–2018 Co-founding Member and Creative, NXT LVL, Portland, OR
2015–2019 Public Outreach & Process Lab Manager & FORM+ADX Artist-in-Residence Founder, FORM, Portland, OR
2013 to 2014 Radio Cab Foundation Food Drive Media Volunteer Coordinator, Radio Cab, Portland, OR
2009 to present Costume Designer, Portland, OR and Seattle, WA
2005 to 2013 Research & Production Design Specialist, Sticky, Portland, OR and Amsterdam, NL
PUBLICATIONS
2024 The Peculiar Parade of Playful Interactions: a Play, Berm Magazine, Portland, OR (upcoming)
2019 S-AIR 2018 Artists and Curators Series, Sapporo, Japan
2018 Class Set Volume 4, Class Set, San Francisco, CA
2015 Connective Conversations: Inside Oregon Art, The Ford Family Foundation with the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts, Eugene, OR
2015 Contributing Artist, Free Spirit News, Portland, OR
2014 Studio Journal Knock, Book Series Issue 3, Fukuoka, Japan
2013 Three Artist Books, Publication Studio, Portland, OR
2013 Spitwad I and II, Artist Books, Monograph Bookwerks, Portland, OR
2012 Mush, Mush, the Sloping Midnight Line, Carson Ellis & Midori Hirose, Catalog, Nationale, Portland, OR
2012 Summer Sigs '12 Release #3, Container Corps, Limited Edition, Portland, OR
2011 Zehn Sense Forever, Nova Contemporary Culture & Outscapes, Rojo Magazine, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2010 Nudity in Groups #02, curated by Alex Felton and Kevin Abell, Limited Edition Poster, Portland, OR
2008 You Don’t Care But it was the Best Moment in My Life, Hippy Shit, Vol. No. 1, Portland, OR
2007 Character, created by Stephen Slappe, Portland, OR
EDUCATION
University of Washington - School of Art + Art History + Design
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Photomedia
CHIME (Critical Humanities + Interdisciplinary Medical Education) Initiative
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Sculpture
Washington State University Vancouver
Bachelor of Arts - BA, History + Human Development
ASWSU-V Student Government Officer + President’s Service Award Recipient
Selborne College, Kochi City, Japan
Japanese Studies
* Recipient of the Oregon Arts Commission Artist Resilience Award (2022); the Regional Arts and Culture Council Urgency/Stability Grant (2022); and Of the Unicorn (and the Sundowner Kids) (2018) and works for B&B (2011) were created with the help of the Professional Development Grant provided by the Regional Arts and Culture Council.
*Email midorihirose@gmail.com to request a complete exhibition history.