Russo Lee Gallery

Russo Lee Gallery Portland's Russo Lee Gallery specializes in contemporary art by emerging & established PNW artists

Portland, Oregonโ€™s Russo Lee Gallery specializes in contemporary art by emerging and established Pacific Northwest artists.

๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, 2026. โ โ Rooted in Margot Voorhies Thompsonโ€™s decades-long engagement with Oregonโ€™s remote Northern Great ...
05/21/2026

๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, 2026. โ 
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Rooted in Margot Voorhies Thompsonโ€™s decades-long engagement with Oregonโ€™s remote Northern Great Basinโ€”Fort Rock, Summer Lake, Abert Rim, Hart Mountain, and the Warner Valleyโ€”the works in ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ draw their palette directly from the desertโ€™s lichen colonies, yielding colors of vermillion-orange, cochineal red, cadmium yellow, and brilliant green, alongside pigments the artist has collected on-site in the form of ditch dirt, minerals, and sand. The paintings explore themes of cosmology, survival, and cultural memory, informed by petroglyphs dating back 10,000 to 18,000 years that speak to the ingenuity of the regionโ€™s Paleolithic nomadic cultures. Accompanying the exhibition, two short documentary film clipsโ€”๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ and ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€”will stream on the gallery monitor, offering an intimate look at Thompson making art on location under the intense desert sun.โ 

Margot Voorhies Thompsonโ€™s ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ is on view through May 30, 2026. โ 
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Image: Margot Voorhies Thompson, ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, 2026, gouache and charcoal on watercolor paper, 25 x 19 inches framed.โ 
Installation view: ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ by Margot Voorhies Thompson, 2026.โ 
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For more information, please contact [email protected]

05/06/2026

Tomorrow evening, please join us at the gallery for the opening of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, an exhibition of early works by Michael C. Spafford. The exhibition brings together a notable body of work spanning 1960 to 1967, comprising large-scale works on canvas alongside mixed media works on paper. Executed in a mostly monochromatic palette, the works in The Origin reveal a pivotal moment in Spaffordโ€™s development as an artist, one in which abstract technique expanded to encompass iconic and mythological themes. Spafford forged a visual language rooted in narrative and archetype that would define his practice for decades to come. These early works do more than document a beginning, they shape the artistic vision that would carry Spaffordโ€™s practice forward throughout his career of enduring significance.
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May 7โ€”May 30, 2026โ 
๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: May 7, 2026 | 5:00โ€”7:00 PMโ 
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Images: Michael C. Spafford, ๐˜๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, 1964, oil on paper, 40.25 x 29.75 inches framed; ๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ 15, 1964, oil on canvas, 68 x 84.5 inches framed; ๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ 10, 1963, oil on canvas, 71.25 x 73.5 inches framed
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For more information, please contact [email protected]

05/06/2026

Tomorrow evening, please join us at the gallery for the opening of ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ, a new exhibition of paintings by Margot Voorhies Thompson. Rooted in Thompsonโ€™s decades-long engagement with Oregonโ€™s remote Northern Great Basinโ€”Fort Rock, Summer Lake, Abert Rim, Hart Mountain, and the Warner Valleyโ€”these works draw their palette directly from the desertโ€™s lichen colonies, yielding colors of vermillion-orange, cochineal red, cadmium yellow, and brilliant green, alongside pigments the artist has collected on-site in the form of ditch dirt, minerals, and sand. The paintings explore themes of cosmology, survival, and cultural memory, informed by petroglyphs dating back 10,000 to 18,000 years that speak to the ingenuity of the regionโ€™s Paleolithic nomadic cultures. Accompanying the exhibition, two short documentary film clipsโ€”๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ and ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€”will stream on the gallery monitor, offering an intimate look at Thompson making art on location under the intense desert sun.โ 
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May 7โ€”May 30, 2026โ 
๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: May 7, 2026 | 5:00โ€”7:00 PMโ 
๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ : May 16, 2026 | 11:00 AMโ 
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Images: Margot Voorhies Thompson, ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, 2026, gouache and charcoal on watercolor paper, 25 x 19 inches framed; ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด, 2026, gouache and charcoal on watercolor paper, 25 x 19 inches framed; ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด 4, 2026, gouache and charcoal on watercolor paper, 14.75 x 10.25 inches framedโ 
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For more information, please contact [email protected]

04/01/2026

Tomorrow evening, please join us for the opening of ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด, an exhibition of new works by Betty Merken. With over thirty years dedicated to developing her artistic practice, Merken brings together abstract paintings, collages and monotypes that explore the dynamic interplay between structure and improvisation, color and architectural space. Her recent works are grounded in architectural underpinnings yet remain deeply painterlyโ€”forms emerge intuitively through color and structure, drawing inspiration from architecture, nature, and the rich history of twentieth-century art and design. The collages, often more intimate in scale, offer a poetic counterpoint to the larger works on canvas, their layered surfaces building quietly toward something essential. Throughout, Merken navigates a delicate tension between structure and fragilityโ€”a balancing act she invites viewers to recognize as a reflection of our shared human condition, where color and form evoke emotion and encourage contemplation.

April 2โ€”May 2, 2026โ 
๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: April 2, 2026 | 5:00โ€”7:00 PMโ 
๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ : April 11, 2026 | 11:00 AM



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Images: Betty Merken, ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ #02-26-11, 2026, oil on canvas, 59.75 x 59.75 inches; ๐˜๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข #01-26-03, 2026, oil on canvas, 49.75 x 56 inches; ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ #02-26-09, 2026, oil on canvas, 49.75 x 56.75 inches
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For more information, please contact [email protected]

04/01/2026

Please join us tomorrow evening for the opening of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ by Dan Gluibizzi. This exhibition brings together large-scale paintings on paper and free-standing two-sided sculpture paintings that draw from the vast reservoir of contemporary visual culture, including found photographs, digital clip art, and drawings of everyday objects. Gluibizziโ€™s process is one of patient accumulation, images are gathered and tended over time, forming a visual ecology where meaning emerges through proximity and care. Still life and the figure serve as recurring frameworks, while ancient myth, personal memory, and everyday imagery converge in the same pictorial territory. The result is a body of work that feels simultaneously familiar and dreamlike, where stylized flowers, humble objects, and the human form inhabit a neighboring world that is not something remote or imagined, but something already present in the images and objects that surround us.

April 2โ€”May 2, 2026โ 
๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: April 2, 2026 | 5:00โ€”7:00 PMโ 
๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ : April 11, 2026 | 11:00 AM



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Images: Dan Gluibizzi, ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, 2025, acrylic, gouache and colored pencil on paper, 46.5 x 84.5 inches framed; ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ, 2025, acrylic and gouache on paper, 54.5 x 46.5 inches framed; ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, 2026, acrylic and gouache on paper, 46.75 x 70.5 inches framed
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For more information, please contact [email protected]

03/04/2026

Tomorrow from 5โ€”7 PM, please join us at the gallery to celebrate the opening reception of ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, a new exhibition of paintings by invited artist Heather Lee Birdsong. This body of work explores deeply personal and universal themesโ€”grief, memory, climate anxiety, and displacementโ€”through a striking visual language that blends observed plants and real landscapes with imagined, dreamlike spaces. Several works take their titles from texts by Bethany C. Morrow, Pablo Neruda, and John Cage, whose ideas resonated with Birdsongโ€™s process. Together, these paintings offer not answers, but quiet, luminous questions about what it means to be human, to remember, and to make a home in an uncertain world.

Heather Lee Birdsong (b. 1984 in Spring Valley, Nevada) is an artist based in Portland, Oregon since 2005. Birdsong received a BFA in Intermedia from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2011, and is the recipient of a Career Opportunity Program grant from the Oregon Art Commission (2026), along with three individual artist grants from the Regional Arts and Culture Council (2023, 2022, 2014). She was a member of Carnation Contemporary, an artist-run exhibition space, from 2022 through 2024 and was an artist-in-residence in Print Arts Northwestโ€™s Emerging Printmakers Program in 2012.

March 5โ€”March 28, 2026โ 
๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: March 5, 2026 | 5:00โ€”7:00 PMโ 
๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ : March 14, 2026 | 11:00 AM



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Images: Heather Lee Birdsong, ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ (๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ), 2026, flashe paint, Blue Lit pigment, acrylic on translucent Yupo (recto and verso), 44.25 x 31 1/8 inches framed; ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ. 2, 2026, flashe paint and acrylic on cradled panel, 7 x 5 x .75 inches; ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข (๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ก๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ), 2025, acryla-gouache on hot pressed paper, 25 1/8 x 31 1/8 inches framed
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For more information, please contact [email protected]โ 
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03/04/2026

Tomorrow from 5โ€”7 PM, please join us at the gallery to celebrate the opening reception of ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด: ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, an exhibition of paintings by Michael Dailey. Spanning work made between 1969 and 2009, the exhibition offers an opportunity to trace the arc of Daileyโ€™s artistic visionโ€”one defined by a lifelong devotion to the light, atmosphere, and expansive beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Working through abstraction, Dailey transformed land, sea, and sky into luminous, meditative images, building up layers of translucent color to create an inner glow that feels both intimate and boundless. Through the balance of line and color, Daileyโ€™s paintings explore the nuances of space and landscape that shape our memories of time and place. His compositions are quietly architectural, using horizontal and vertical structures to frame generous open expanses, inviting the viewer to settle into something contemplative and still.

Originally from Iowa, Michael Dailey (1938โ€“2009) moved to Seattle in 1963 to teach painting and drawing at the University of Washington. He was an influential teacher and artist whose select exhibitions included shows at the San Francisco Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In 2008, Dailey was honored with a major retrospective exhibition at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem, OR. His work is held in numerous public and corporate collections.

March 5โ€”March 28, 2026โ 
๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: March 5, 2026 | 5:00โ€”7:00 PMโ 

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Images: Michael Dailey, ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, 1994, acrylic on canvas, 22.25 x 31.5 inches framed; ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ, 2005, acrylic on canvas, 19.25 x 29.75 inches framed; ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ, 1969, oil on canvas, 64 x 55 inches framed
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02/04/2026

Tomorrow from 5โ€”7 pm, please join us at the gallery to celebrate the opening of ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข by Michael Paul Miller. โ 
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This exhibition explores the sublimity of existence within dystopian environments shaped by disaster and destruction while retaining subtle indications of awe and hope. Millerโ€™s practice is driven by a fascination with perseverance, which he views as both noble and suspect when survival unfolds along perilous paths with uncertain or bleak outcomes. Often described as imagined realism, Millerโ€™s imagery is altered, conflated, and re-contextualized from firsthand observation, photographic reference, and invention, then realized through traditional hand-applied mediums refined over an extended studio process.
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February 5โ€”February 28, 2026โ 
๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: February 5, 2026 | 5:00โ€”7:00 PMโ 


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Images: Michael Paul Miller, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ, 2023, pigment and wax on paper on cradled panel, 14 x 14 inches; Michael Paul Miller, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ (detail), 2022, pigment and wax on paper on cradled panel, 24 x 36 inches; Michael Paul Miller, ๐˜ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, 2025, ink on paper, 15.5 x 15.5 inches
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For more information, please contact [email protected]โ 
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02/04/2026

Tomorrow from 5โ€”7 pm, please join us at the gallery to celebrate the opening of ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ by Dirk Staschke. โ 
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For the past eighteen years, Staschkeโ€™s practice has explored the space between painting and sculpture, producing works that include sculptures of paintings, vases, and ceramic paintings. Best known for his shadowbox sculptures that juxtapose virtuosic illusion with visibly rough construction, his earlier works function as observations on control and perception. This exhibition marks a shift toward a more formal investigation of beauty and a reflection of the artistโ€™s own worldview. Drawing on the tradition of Vanitas still life paintingโ€”with its symbolism of transience, futility, and mortalityโ€”the current work seeks to transform this grim legacy into something more positive. Staschke describes his process as a construction of smaller pieces that form a larger whole. Lush ceramic surfaces soften foreboding forms, employing a transgressive beauty that finds elegance within the seemingly disturbing.
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February 5โ€”February 28, 2026โ 
๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: February 5, 2026 | 5:00โ€”7:00 PMโ 


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Images: Dirk Staschke, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, 2021, ceramic, 20 x 17 x 6 inches; Dirk Staschke, ๐˜๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜น 11, 2018, ceramic, 24 x 20 x 3 inches; Dirk Staschke, ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, 2019, ceramic, 16 x 14 x 4 inches
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For more information, please contact [email protected]โ 
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01/07/2026

To commence our 40th anniversary year, Russo Lee Gallery is pleased to present ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ & ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด by Michele Russo. This curated selection brings together rarely exhibited works spanning the late 1960s through the early 2000s, offering a comprehensive look at one of the regionโ€™s most enduring artists. Russo painted in well-established historical genres, including figuration, still life, and abstraction. His iconic figures are often presented within the classical figure/ground relationship, while his abstract compositions are best characterized by both simplification and monumentality. Russoโ€™s keen understanding of visual structure and his distinctive minimalist sensibility lends itself to the large scale of his canvases, inviting viewers into compositions that feel at once contemplative and powerfully direct.

January 8โ€”January 31, 2026โ 
๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: January 8, 2026 | 5:00โ€”7:00 PMโ 

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Images: Michele Russo, ๐˜”๐˜™265 ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ca. 1970s, acrylic on canvas, 57.75 x 50 inches framed; Michele Russo, ๐˜”๐˜™357 ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, 1995, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 60 inches framed; Michele Russo, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ (๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ), 1969, oil on canvas, 58.25 x 50.75 inches
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12/04/2025

Russo Lee Gallery is pleased to announce our ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, a presentation of new and recent works by our roster of gallery artists alongside selected guest artists. This exhibition brings together painting, sculpture, and works on paper, offering a comprehensive view of the artistic practices represented by Russo Lee. Highlighting both established and emerging voices, through a diverse range of materials, the annual group exhibition invites viewers to explore new perspectives, and revisit the work of longstanding gallery artists.

๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™จ: James Allen, Marlene Bauer, Heather Lee Birdsong, Michael Brophy, Sean Cain, G. Lewis Clevenger, Laura Domela, Kaโ€™ila Farrell-Smith, Tom Fawkes, Gabe Fernandez, Julian V.L. Gaines, Dan Gluibizzi, James Lee Hansen, Roll Hardy, Lisa Jarrett, Jackie Johnson, Fay Jones, Mary Josephson, Mel Katz, Connie Kiener, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Willie Little, Brenda Mallory, Betty Merken, Michael Paul Miller, David Curt Morris, Richard Notkin, Whitney Nye, Stephen Oโ€™Donnell, Kim Osgood, Lucinda Parker, J.D. Perkin, Jack Portland, Renรฉ Rickabaugh, Chris Russell, Anne Siems, Eric Stotik, Whiting Tennis, Margot Voorhies Thompson, Samantha Yun Wall, Gina Wilson, Sherrie Wolf, Ko Kirk Yamahira

December 4โ€”December 20, 2025โ 
๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: December 4, 2025 | 5:00โ€”7:00 PMโ 

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Images: Dan Gluibizzi, September Gathering, 2025; Samantha Yun Wall, Diaspore No. 13, 2025; G. Lewis Clevenger, Copper Beech (Portland Heritage Tree), 2025; Gina Wilson, Terrarium, 2025; Eric Stotik, Untitled, 2025
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