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PNCA Low-Residency in Visual Studies MFA Thesis Exhibitions
(See also:) variable performances of a well-designed site index

All Galleries

2023 LRVS Thesis Exhibitions
2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition - After/time
2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Stelo
2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Expensify
2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition
2023 BFA Thesis Exhibition
2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition
2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Applied Craft & Design
2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Print Media
2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Visual Studies
2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition - MFA Collaborative Design / MA Design Systems
2022 BFA Thesis Exhibition
2021 LRVS Thesis Exhibitions
2021 BFA Thesis Exhibition
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Applied Craft & Design
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Print Media
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Visual Studies
2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition - MFA Collaborative Design / MA Design Systems
2021 Post-Baccalaureate
2020 BFA Thesis Portfolios
2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition
2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Applied Craft & Design
2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition - Print Media
2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition - MFA Visual Studies
2020 MFA Thesis Exhibition - MFA Collaborative Design / MA Design Systems
2021 MFA 1st Year Exhibition
PNCA Low-Residency in Visual Studies MFA Thesis Exhibitions
(See also:) variable performances of a well-designed site index

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Natalie Laswell

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Natalie Laswell

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To Unravel

Lighting candles for the corner spaces of myself and my memories, invoking a return to joy from grief.

Gallery Details

July 14 – July 18
On view at Fourteen30 Contemporary
1501 SW Market Street, Portland OR 97201

https://fourteen30.com

Natalie Laswell

Natalie Laswell (b. 1985; lives and works in Independence, Oregon) received her MFA from Pacific Northwest college of Art (PNCA) in 2020. With the recent return to painting, Natalie’s work explores the reclamation of joy and memories, and shining light into the corner spaces of hidden self and hidden identities.

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