jeff beers
visual artist
Jeff’s art focuses on materials, the essence and dynamics of the materials he’s formulated and foraged from the rural and urban landscape. He makes his own concoctions of paints, often from raw pigments and natural materials that he collects, like volcanic soils. He does extensive experimentation with oils, resins and glues to make his own emulsions. He builds up layers of wax, papers, resins and paints and scrapes them down, and slowly the images emerge.
Jeff has had solo shows at the Carl Jung Institute of San Francisco and the Venus Gallery (San Francisco), and he’s been in seven group shows.
current project: "Paper & Raincoat" - his debut Portland solo show
We’re supporting Jeff as he completes a new body of work that represents a significant evolution in his practice. We’re producing his debut solo exhibition in Portland (“Paper & Raincoat”), which will be open to the public November 12-14 and November 19-21. This show will be hosted by The Salmonberry Trail Foundation on SW Naito. See here for more details.