Myra Clark makes work driven by observation, imagination, color, and materials. Known for her wide range of practice, her art is centered in drawing, abstract painting, creating installations focused on social justice issues, and iconography. She has exhibited locally and regionally since 2006, and her work was recently included in the exhibit, “Even in June,” at the Canopy Studio in Chelsea, NYC. She has studied intensively at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland Community College, the New York Studio and the New York Crit Club. Clark is represented by Blackfish Gallery, where she has been a member/owner for 6 years. Clark lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025 Poustinia, Responding to the Antarctic, Blackfish Gallery, Portland OR

2024 Love Letters from the End of the World, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR

2024 Signs and Symbols, 2-person show with Angennette Escobar, Blackfish
Gallery, Portland, OR

2023 Pictures of No Things, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR

2022 Where the Shaman Lives, Backroom, Blackfish Gallery, Portland OR

2022 There’s a Party in My Head, Yoga Boda Cascadia Pilates, Belmont Studio,
Portland, OR

2022 Tangled Up, Yoga Boda Cascadia Pilates, Williams Avenue Studio,
Portland, OR

2021 For All the Saints, Fishbowl I exhibit, Blackfish Gallery, Portland OR

2021 The Slow Regard of Hidden Things, Blackfish Gallery, Portland OR

2019 Pilgrimage, Blackfish Gallery, Portland OR

2018 Sanctuary, Gallery 114, Portland, OR

2017 Pussy Got Pissed, Gallery 114, Portland, OR

2015 Disrupted, Gallery 114, Portland, OR

2014 Aperçu, Gallery 114, Portland, OR

2013 A Moment in Time, Gallery 114, Portland, OR

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 Even in June, Group Show, Canopy Studio, Chelsea, NYC

2024 Past and Present Members Group Show, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR

2024 The Writers Block, Blackfish 45th Anniversary Show, Portland OR

2024 Centrl (sic) Workspace, Portland Oregon

2024 Illuminations, Blackfish Member Show, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR

2023 Creative Diversity Abides, Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR

2023 What It Is: A Survey of Blackfish Artist Studios, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR

2022 Land Art, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR

2022 Sighted Land, art sited on the land, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR

2020 30 Works in 30 Days, Virtual exhibit, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR

2020 Love Politik, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR

2019 Group Member Show, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR

2018 New Member Show, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR

2018 5th Annual Living Mark Exhibit, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR

2017 Light Out of Darkness, Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento, CA

2015 Open Juried Abstract Show, EAFA, Seattle, WA

2014 CAP Art Auction, Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR

2013 Northwest Art Annual, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

2013 Artist Group Show Exchange, Gallery 114 and University of Portland,
Portland, OR

2013 CAP Art Auction, Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR

2012 Portland Open Studios, Portland, OR (also 2007)

2012 Exit Winter, Gallery 114, Portland, OR

2008 Gifts of the Spirit, Artist’s Repertory Theater Invitational Group Show, Portland, OR

2007 Invitational Group Show, Art of Changes Gallery, United Way, Portland, OR

2006 Matt Lyon Memorial Exhibit, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, OR

Recognitions

2022 “Subject and Object,” featuring Portland Artists, by Aaron Johanson

2020 ”The Slow Regard of Hidden Things,” sculptures cast with Reynolds Advanced Materials were spotlighted on their website https://www.reynoldsam.com/spotlight/artist-myra-clark-creates-the-slow-regard-of-hidden-things-with-the-help-of-reynolds-seattle/

2018 “Pussy Got Pissed,” Fifth Annual Living Mark, Catalog Cover, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland OR