Artists Announced for 2026 Edition of Converge 45
The Portland-based triennial Converge 45 has announced its list of participating artists for the 2026 edition, scheduled to run from 27 – 30 August
Portland, Oregon. Courtesy Wikimedia Creative Commons
The Portland-based triennial Converge 45 has announced its list of participating artists for the 2026 edition, scheduled to run from 27 – 30 August.
Titled Here, To you, Now, the city-wide event’s 10th edition is curated by Lumi Tan. The exhibition cites a phrase mentioned in sci-fi novel Always Coming Home (1985), written by the late Portland-based author Ursula K. Le Guin. The story unfolds after an ecological catastrophe which leads the survivor to think about impermanence and emphasise meaning making in each moment, via spoken language. Here, To you, Now take this as a method to create communities and events pondering the unstable and transient.
Participating artists are:
Trisha Baga (New York, NY); Ricky Bearghost (Portland, OR); Meech Boakye (Portland, OR); Lex Brown (Rome, Italy); Gerald Clarke (Anza, CA); Srijon Chowdhury (Portland, OR); Aaron Cunningham (Portland, OR); Tannaz Farsi (Eugene, OR); Marcus Fischer (Portland, OR); Michelle Fromme (Portland, OR); keyon gaskin (Portland, OR); Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork (Los Angeles, CA); Frank Heath (New York, NY); Linda K. Johnson (Portland, OR); Annie Rose Macer (Portland, OR); Elmeator Morton (Portland, OR); sidony o’neal (Portland, OR); Ido Radon (Portland, OR); Rob Rhee (Seattle, WA); Morgan Ritter (Portland, OR); Amy Ruhl (New York, NY) with performances by Sophia Cleary (New York, NY) and Lu Yim (New York, NY); Rose Salane (New York, NY); Dan Tran (Portland, OR); Patricia Vázquez Gómez (Mexico City and Portland, OR); Vo Vo (Portland, OR); and Lynn Yarne (Portland, OR).
Of the 16 venues, participating organisations include Barn Radio; Cooley Gallery at Reed College; Hoffman Gallery at Lewis & Clark College; Movie Madness; Native Arts and Cultures Foundation; Open Signal Community Access Network; Oregon Contemporary; Pacific Northwest College of Art; Patricia Reser Center for the Arts; PLACE; Portland Institute of Contemporary Art; Portland State University Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design; and SE Cooper Contemporary, among others.
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