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RiverSea Gallery Contemporary works of art curated for creativity, design and spirit. Visit our website: riverseagallery.com Call 503.325.1270 or visit riverseagallery.com

This destination gallery on Oregon’s north coast offers contemporary works by established and emerging artists, with a focus on those from the Northwest. Browse through over 3500 square feet of exhibit space presenting painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, art glass, woodworking, ceramics, furniture, textile art, and an outstanding selection of artisan jewelry. Since 1997, RiverSea Gallery has been at the heart of the vibrant artsscene in Astoria, Oregon, a historic town where the Columbia meets the Pacific. The gallery is located in a 1920’s storefront in the downtown historic district, within strolling distance of restaurants, theaters, hotels, boutiques, museums and other galleries. RiverSea Gallery presents monthly exhibitions featuring individual artists or themed group shows. Throughout the year the gallery hosts poetry readings, receptions and special events tied to the creativity and spirit of the region.

10/10/2026

Erik Sandgen’s new show “Deep Northwest” opens tonight!
Sandgren’s paintings are sublime expressions of moody north coast wild spaces that radiate the drama of sky and water energy while alluding to the deep layers of history that mark and overlay the familiar landscapes of western Oregon and Washington. Imbued with rhythms of nature, they transport the viewer into a world suffused in soft greens, blues, and grays dominated by powerful forces. In these paintings, the vast sweep of wild sky, the surge of roiling tide, and the depths of entangling forests immerse any human figure or structure. In some works, mythic symbols are subtly layered throughout, hinting at the presence of an ancient past. This show is an exuberant celebration of nature’s majesty. The show will be up through November 10th.

09/12/2026

Joan Stuart Ross’s new show “Recent Collages” opens tonight. Joan Stuart Ross is a nationally recognized artist who lives and works in Seattle and in Nahcotta near Willapa Bay. In this new series of vibrant, abstract collages, Ross assembles fragments from her collection of earlier painted, printed, and mixed-media works, drawing on decades of visual impressions and memories, and using color to convey emotion, psyche, and spirit. In eloquent rhythms of obsessive pattern-making, she freely combines mediums, transmuting color, marks, and personal iconography into layered visual narratives inspired by natural forms. Elements from her previous artworks reemerge and transform, creating interconnected compositions alive with exuberant color, pattern, and personal history. The show will be up through October 6th.

09/12/2026

Karen Wippich’s new show “Curiosity & Instinctual Play” opens tonight. Karen Wippich’s mixed-media paintings and sculptures are dynamic expressions of contemporary life, with engaging narratives that zing with emotional energy. These works are playful, clever, and quietly satirical, with an occasional political edge. They grab the imagination through odd juxtapositions of expressive figures along with collaged elements from vintage photos and typography. The sculptures are her latest endeavor, and share the same vibrant energy as her paintings. The show will be up through October 6th.

08/08/2026

Robert Gamblin’s new show “Mementos of Europe” opens tonight. In this show, Robert Gamblin brings together two passions: oil painting and exploring Europe. Over many years, while visiting historic sites and picturesque landscapes, he made at least one drawing each day on location, using watercolor, graphite, or ink. Back in his studio, he translated a select few of these studies into oil paintings, guided by the interplay of memory and marks on paper. An intrepid colorist, Gamblin’s palette changes with each painting as he uses color to express his emotional response to place and to evoke the beauty, mystery, and layers of history experienced in his travels. The show will be up through September 8th.

08/08/2026

Kathy Tilley’s new show “In the Company of Women” opens tonight. Kathy Tilley’s evocative oil paintings are steeped in atmosphere and narrative. Through a series of dreamlike tableaux, she employs enigmatic female figures to allude to stories and relationships inspired by her upbringing in close-knit fishing communities in Washington and Alaska. Brimming with intrigue and nostalgic allure, these paintings honor the connections seated in memory that thread through our lives. The show will be up through September 8th.

07/11/2026

Gail Owen’s hand-pulled linoleum relief prints draw inspiration from the lush natural surroundings of the Pacific Northwest. In a profusion of blooms and foliage, she captures botanical rhythms from garden and landscape, translating them into vibrant, graphic compositions. This retrospective exhibition gathers prints she’s created over the past twelve years. Her show “The Printed Garden” opens tonight and will be up through August 4th.

Gail Owen

07/11/2026

Lisa Sofia Robinson’s paintings reveal cabaret and circus performers offstage, after the lights go down, when they return to being themselves. These small works portray the inner strength demanded by the roles we are compelled to play and the masks we wear. Her show “Clowning Around” opens tonight and will be up through August 4th

Lisa Sofia

06/13/2026

Kay Worthington presents just a slice of the 387 days she spent creating abstract collages from paper ephemera. In her daily art practice, she found that making these small, quick, randomly imperfect pieces grounded her and carried her through challenging times. As the days accumulated, the routine of letting go and rearranging on paper translated into more ease with handling the twists and turns of life. These light-hearted, intimate collages deftly pull together elements of typography, photography and illustration to dance between focused musings, random memories, and self-dialogue.

Kay Worthington

06/13/2026

In this series, Sam turns to the same process she uses for figurative paintings and applies it to working with fabric and thread. In her usual intuitive style, she explores relationships between humans and their animal friends, effortlessly combining scrawling machine-stitched lines and text with energetic swathes of paint to compose emotive narratives. Most of all, she celebrates how much fun a crooked, uneven, messy, un-clipped embroidery project can be. In her usual intuitive style, she explores relationships between humans and their animal friends, effortlessly combining scrawling machine-stitched lines and text with energetic swathes of paint to compose emotive narratives. Most of all, she celebrates how much fun a crooked, uneven, messy, un-clipped embroidery project can be.

Sam Yamauchi

Christopher St. John offers a collection of anthropomorphic clay sculptures titled, Emissaries. Shaped from local materials found near his Houston studio and brought into being through processes of electricity and fire, these sculptural works function as both object and transmitter. They sustain the mystery they carry, like a tone held in the air. What emerges is not a fixed message, but an encounter, a recognition that this world is already strange.

Christopher St. John

Oh My! ... Look at these sublime beauties that Terry Williams Brau just brought in to the gallery The level of craftmans...
05/28/2026

Oh My! ... Look at these sublime beauties that Terry Williams Brau just brought in to the gallery The level of craftmanship is amazing and we have already sold some of them!



Address

1160 Commercial Street
Astoria, OR
97103

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 11am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 11am - 5:30pm
Thursday 11am - 5:30pm
Friday 11am - 5:30pm
Saturday 11am - 5:30pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

Telephone

(503) 325-1270

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