Past Exhibitions

Inspired by an almost microscopic examination of nature, Claire Burbridge creates beautifully drawn magical worlds. Her subjects, trees, flowers, plants, fungi, insects, morph from realistic depictions into a heightened reality that entices our vision and invigorates our spirit. The current exhibition features works produced since 2015, as well as new works, informed by a recent visit to Iceland.

This exhibition introduces viewers to the dynamic history of satire and caricature permeating eighteenth- and nineteenth-century print culture in Western Europe. Selections from the JSMA’s collection explore consecutive eras of printmaking in Great Britain, Spain, and France through the work of William Hogarth, James Gillray, Francisco de Goya, and Honoré Daumier.

This exhibition celebrates the history of Japanese mezzotint prints. Mezzotint is Italian for “half-tone,” a reference to this intaglio technique’s capacity to produce a broad tonal range of deep blacks through bright whites.

How do artists reflect and respond to social issues and advocate for equality, awareness, and change? Those questions inspired 36 UO students and student athletes from our Art of the Athlete program to create self-portraits this summer as part of a series of workshops.

The JSMA’s fourth “Common Seeing” exhibition supports the UO’s 2019-20 “Common Reading” of Under the Feet of Jesus by Helena Maria Viramontes. In the book, the resilient protagonist, 13-year-old Estrella, works in the hot California grape fields while navigating the realities of first love, financial struggle, family separation, and illness.

Tom Cramer (American, b. 1960) is widely known for his intricate relief paintings, which celebrate the lushness of nature and the mysteries of the cosmos. This exhibition explores his parallel practice in drawing.