Crow's Shadow Artist Talk
Brenda Mallory and Samantha Wall in Conversation
August 17 | 2:00 – 3:30pm
Tickets | $25
Registration strongly encouraged; walk-ins welcome as space allows
Hoffman Center for the Arts | 594 Laneda Avenue | Manzanita
Brenda Mallory and Samantha Wall in Conversation
Join artists Brenda Mallory and Samantha Wall as they discuss their practices, using their works in the Crow’s Shadow Institute for the Arts exhibition in the Hoffman Center for the Arts gallery in August as a foundation for their conversation.
Originally from Seoul, South Korea,
Samantha Wall immigrated to the United States as a child and comes from a multiracial background. Operating from within this framework, her drawings embody the experience of navigating transcultural identity. Wall’s art is characterized by her unique approach to traditional drawing techniques combined with a contemporary vernacular that reflects her understanding of the world around her. Wall graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies from Pacific Northwest College of Art, and she is the recipient of awards and grants from organizations including the Oregon Arts Commission, Seattle Art Museum, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation. Her work has been exhibited widely including the Cue Art Foundation, New York, New York; Portland Art Museum and Oregon Contemporary in Portland, Oregon; The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, Oregon; The Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana; Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea and Frye Art Museum; Seattle, Washington.
Brenda Mallory’s mixed media sculptural works are comprised of a variety of materials including cloth, fibers, beeswax, and found objects. By creating multiple forms that are joined with crude hardware that imply tenuous connections or repairs, her work addresses ideas of interference and disruption in long-established systems of nature and human cultures. Mallory lives in Portland, Oregon but grew up in Oklahoma and is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She holds a BA in Linguistics & English from UCLA and a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art. She is a recipient of the The Hallie Ford Fellowship, the Eiteljorg Contemporary Native Art Fellowship, the Native Arts and Culture Foundation Fellowship in Visual Art and the Ucross Native Fellowship. She has received grants from the Oregon Arts Commission, Ford Family Foundation, and the Regional Arts & Culture Council. Artist residencies include Ucross, Anderson Ranch, Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Glean, Bullseye Glass, and the Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency at Sitka Center for the Arts.
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August 17, 2025
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Crow’s Shadow | Brenda Mallory and Samantha Wall in Conversation
Address:
594 Laneda Avenue, Manzanita, Oregon, 97130, United States
Description:
Situated on the main street in Manzanita just a few blocks west of Highway 101, the Hoffman Center is located across the street from the North Tillamook Library.
