CV
Education
2005 Portland State University, Portland, OR
B.S., History, Political Science, Sociology, minor in Psychology
Spaces and Larger Projects
Surplus Space. Co-Founded w/Tabitha Nikolai. Alternative space using every room in a small house in partnership w/a long-term homeowner. Director. Portland, OR. August 2013 - November 2015.
Neighborhood Gallery Grant. Crowdsourced funds redistributed to support three new resident-based exhibition projects. Founder/Director. Portland, OR. May 2015 - present.
CubFluffer. Videocast/Podcast. Collaboration w/Mark Martinez. Portland, OR. April 2012 - July 2013.
Place. Co-Founded w/Gary Wiseman & Palma Corral. Gallery, installation, performance/social experiment. Director/Curator. Pioneer Place mall. Portland, OR. June 2010 - March 2014.
Store. Co-Founded w/Gary Wiseman & Palma Corral. Gallery devoted to professional development for college students. Co-Founder and Director. Pioneer Place mall. Portland, OR. November 2010 - March 2012.
Settlement. Co-Founded w/Gary Wiseman & Palma Corral. Gallery collaboration: Place, Store, and Peoples Art of Portland. Co-Founder and Co-Director. Pioneer Place mall. Portland, OR. November 2010 - March 2012.
Gabe Flores in the Arts: A Five Year Project. Experiment to create a way to participate in the Arts. Various locations/mediums. August 2009 - August 2014.
Selected Exhibitions
"Remembering Unintended Consequences." mamuk x̣alaqɬ iliʔi. Portland State University's Littman Gallery. Portland, OR. August 2016.
Random Tuesday in April: Bronco. Relational installation. Bronco Gallery. Portland, OR. September 2015.
"doing, undoing repeat." For an Exchange Program. Curator. Portland State University's Littman & White Galleries. Portland, OR. August 2015.
Random Tuesday in April:Home. Relational installation. Fremont House. Portland, OR. July 2013.
"Private Screening." Confirmation Data. Installation. Collaboration with Ním Wunnan. False Front. Portland, OR. February 2013.
Cavity Search. Relational installation. Kronika Center for Contemporary Art. Bytom, Poland. July 2012.
My Little Boy Pussy: Like a Stump. Relational installation. Cascade AIDs Project. Portland, OR. April 2012.
If I Were You: An Apology From Myself To Myself. Installation. Half/Dozen Gallery. Portland, OR. February 2012.
Intimate Historical Fictions. Installation. Place. Portland, OR. December 2011 .
"Overall Readings." Geographies. Relational installation. Collaboration w/Gary Wiseman. Reed College Arts Week (RAW). Portland, OR. April 2011.
"Manufactory." Synthesis Series: Synthesis. Installation. Collaboration w/Dasha Shleyeva. Recess. Portland, OR April 2011.
" Answers." Synthesis Series: Antithesis. Performance. Collaboration w/Jason King. Recess. Portland, OR. February 2011.
When Life Gives You Rolls of Carpet. Installation. Store. Portland, OR. January 2011.
" When Things Fall Apart." Synthesis Series: Thesis. Video installation. Collaboration w/Abe Ingle. Recess. Portland, OR. December 2010.
Overall Readings. Relational installation. Collaboration w/Gary Wiseman. Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). Portland, OR. November 2010.
Transmitting Yesterday. Installation. Place. Portland, OR. November 2010 .
Wittenmeier’s Release Party. Relational installation. Collaboration w/Gary Wiseman. Core Gallery. Portland, OR. June 2010.
“28 Days of May(hem)." 28 Days In May. Collaboration w/Gary Wiseman. Residency/relational work. Charles Wittenmeier’s House. Portland, OR. May 2010.
Greener than You? (phase 2). Installation. Milepost 5 Lofts. Portland, OR. May 2010.
"Race/Ethnicity." Talking in Circles. Relational. Tribute Gallery. Portland, OR. March 2010 .
"Gender/Sexuality." Talking in Circles. Relational. Tribute Gallery. Portland, OR. April 2010.
I’m Calling It a Retreat. Sculpture. Q Center. Portland, OR. October 2009.
“Greener than You?" (phase 1). Manor of Art. Installation. Milepost 5. Portland, OR. August 2009.
“Traveling Through Time.” It Takes a Village. Photography. Portland Art Center. Portland, OR. December 2007.
I Am. Installation. PULSE. Portland, OR. October 2006 .
Alternative Perceptions to the Statistical Norm. Installation. Milk Studios. Portland, OR. October 2005.
I Am Not the Korean Community. Installation. Various locations. Portland, OR. June/July 2005.
Boredom: I Learned It by Watching You. Co-Curated with Josh Arseneau. Portland Art Center. Portland, OR. May 2005.
Power Plant. Installation. Oregon Food Bank. Portland, OR. October 2004 .
Raw + Art. Curator. Oregon Food Bank. Portland, OR. October 2004.
Contain This. Curator. Oregon Food Bank. Portland, OR. August 2003.
Professional Experience
A Discussion on Art + Activism. Prequel Artist Incubator. C:3 Initiative. August 2016.
Artist Talk: Yokuts Baskets Not on View. Portland Art Museum. March 2016.
Thesis Exhibition Coordinator. PNCA. Portland, OR. May 2010 - May 2016.
Spring Mid-Term Thesis Review panelist. PNCA. Portland, OR. March 2011 - March 2016.
Fall Mid-Term Thesis Review panelist. PNCA Portland, OR. November 2010 - November 2015.
Visual Arts panelist. Artist Foundation of San Antonio. San Antonio, TX. December 2015.
"Surplus Space." Portland Slide Jam. Collaborative presentation w/Maggie Heath. National Performance Network / Visual Artists' Network Conference. Portland, OR. December 2015.
"EIS: Approach." Environmental Impact Statement: Sound Management. Moderator for a panel of artists working in response to environmental issues concerning Mt. Hood. Portland, OR. October 2015.
Visual Arts Fellowship panelist. Regional Arts and Culture Council. Portland, OR. September 2015.
"Changing Cities: An Arts and Culture Outlook." TBA:15. Panelist. Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA). Portland, OR. September 2015.
"Surplus Space and the Neighborhood." Mobilizing Local Culture. Visiting Lecturer. University of Oregon. Portland, OR. July 2015.
"Making Surplus Space." Lewis & Clark Art Week. Visiting Lecturer. Lewis & Clark College. Portland, OR. April 2015.
"Gabe Flores in the Arts: A 5 Year Project." Common Gournds v3. Visiting Lecturer. Mount Hood Community College. Gresham, OR. February 2015.
Precipice Fund grantee for Surplus Space. Collaborative application w/Maggie Heath. The Andy Warhol Foundation of the Visual Arts and Calligram Foundation/Allie Furlotti via PICA. Portland, OR. December 2014.
"Creating Surplus Space." Collaborative lecture w/Tabitha Nikolai. Research Club Brunch. Portland, OR. June 2014.
"Artist Discussion w/Michael Endo and Stacey Smith." The End and After. Moderator. Bullseye Glass. March 2013.
Visual Chronicles of Portland panelist. Regional Arts and Culture Council. Portland, OR. May 2012 - May 2014.
Career Opportunity grantee. Oregon Arts Commission. Used for Kronika Contemporary Art Residency in Poland. Spring 2012.
"Portland's Grass roots Arts Organizations." Open Engagement Conference. Panelist. Portland State University. Portland, OR. May 2012.
Organization Grant Review panelist. RACC. Portland, OR. September 2011.
"Freedom in Determinism." Praxis. Lecture. Place. Portland, OR. April 2011.
"Developments at Place." Collaborative lecture w/Gary Wiseman. Research Club Brunch. Portland, OR. October 2010.
"Talking in Circles: I'm a Racist." Lecture. Research Club Brunch. Portland, OR. January 2010.
Artist Chair. PULSE. Children's Heart Foundation. Portland, OR. 2007.
Grant Writer. Portland Art Center. Portland, OR. 2006.
Press
"Featured Artist: Gabe Flores." Gertrude Press. J. Jansen. Issue 22. Fall/Winter 2015.
"Introducing Surplus Space's Neighborhood Gallery Grants - A Conversation with Gabe Flores." Oregon Arts Watch. Matt Stangel. May 1, 2015.
"Mall Art: How a Portland Mall Nurtured, Then Ousted, One of the City's Best Installation Galleries." Pittsburg Articulate. Ryan Woodring. May 16, 2014.
"On the forced closing of Place Gallery Or: How can you be two places at once ." Oregon Arts Watch. Patrick Collier. April 8, 2014.
"Scoop: Why Not Some Pretty Balloons Instead?" Willamette Week. March 26, 2014.
"Surplus Space PDX." Portland State University's Vanguard. Jeoffry Ray. May 1, 2014.
"Why Shit Balloons Shouldn't Float Around a Shopping Mall: Place PDX Gallery gets booted from Pioneer Place Mall, thanks to "shit balloons" and suicide celebrations." Willamette Week. Richard Speer. March 27, 2014.
"Mall Art: Place Gallery Loses Lease Over Objectionable Content." Portland Mercury. Alison Hallett. March 26, 2014.
"Pioneer Place Terminates Art Gallery's Lease; Gallery Director Questions Motive," Fox 12 Oregon, March 24, 2014.
"Shit Balloons and Suicide: Pioneer Place Mall Pulls Place Gallery's Lease," Portland Mercury. Alison Hallett. March 24, 2014.
"Place gallery gets the boot from Pioneer Place." Oregon Artswatch. Barry Johnson. March 24, 2014.
"You Can't Ride the Bus for Free Forever - Place Lease Discontinued." Plazm. Joshua Berger. March 23, 2014.
"5 Year Gabe. " Portland Mercury. Matt Stangel. Portland, OR. May 15, 2013
"Chris Haberman, Mark Woolley, and Gabe Flores." Art Focus. KBOO. Eva Lake. Portland, OR. May 30, 2012.
"Interview with Gabe Flores." PDX Art: The Art Observer. Richard Schemmerer. Portland, OR. May 12, 2012.
"New Faces of the Portland Art Scene 2012 Edition.” PORT. Jeff Jahn. February 7, 2012.
“Artists Turn A Mall Into A Settlement.” Oregon Public Broadcasting. Finn Paul. February 27, 2011.
“Between Two Escalators.” Portland Mercury. Matt Stangel. December 23, 2010.
"Compromising Authority." Portland Mercury. Matt Stangel. December 9, 2010.
“Gary Wiseman and Gabe Flores.” Art Focus. KBOO. Eva Lake. December 7, 2010.
“An Eye-Catching Surprise at the Mall.” EnzymePDX. TJ Norris. August 6, 2010.
“Pioneering Place.” Portland Mercury. Matt Stangel. July 8, 2010.
“Estate of Mind.” Portland Mercury. Matt Stangel. May 20, 2010.
"Art Lit: Interview with Gabe Flores." Art Lit. Richard Schemmerer. December 22, 2009.
“Fall Arts Preview.” Just Out. TJ Norris. October 2, 2009.
“Review: Manor of Art.” Portland Monthly. Lisa Radon. Aug 15, 2009.
“2 Quick and Dirty Reviews.” PORT. Jeff Jahn. April 21, 2006.
“Boredom? Hardly. First Thursday in Review.” Willamette Week. Richard Speer. April 12, 2006.
2005 Portland State University, Portland, OR
B.S., History, Political Science, Sociology, minor in Psychology
Spaces and Larger Projects
Surplus Space. Co-Founded w/Tabitha Nikolai. Alternative space using every room in a small house in partnership w/a long-term homeowner. Director. Portland, OR. August 2013 - November 2015.
Neighborhood Gallery Grant. Crowdsourced funds redistributed to support three new resident-based exhibition projects. Founder/Director. Portland, OR. May 2015 - present.
CubFluffer. Videocast/Podcast. Collaboration w/Mark Martinez. Portland, OR. April 2012 - July 2013.
Place. Co-Founded w/Gary Wiseman & Palma Corral. Gallery, installation, performance/social experiment. Director/Curator. Pioneer Place mall. Portland, OR. June 2010 - March 2014.
Store. Co-Founded w/Gary Wiseman & Palma Corral. Gallery devoted to professional development for college students. Co-Founder and Director. Pioneer Place mall. Portland, OR. November 2010 - March 2012.
Settlement. Co-Founded w/Gary Wiseman & Palma Corral. Gallery collaboration: Place, Store, and Peoples Art of Portland. Co-Founder and Co-Director. Pioneer Place mall. Portland, OR. November 2010 - March 2012.
Gabe Flores in the Arts: A Five Year Project. Experiment to create a way to participate in the Arts. Various locations/mediums. August 2009 - August 2014.
Selected Exhibitions
"Remembering Unintended Consequences." mamuk x̣alaqɬ iliʔi. Portland State University's Littman Gallery. Portland, OR. August 2016.
Random Tuesday in April: Bronco. Relational installation. Bronco Gallery. Portland, OR. September 2015.
"doing, undoing repeat." For an Exchange Program. Curator. Portland State University's Littman & White Galleries. Portland, OR. August 2015.
Random Tuesday in April:Home. Relational installation. Fremont House. Portland, OR. July 2013.
"Private Screening." Confirmation Data. Installation. Collaboration with Ním Wunnan. False Front. Portland, OR. February 2013.
Cavity Search. Relational installation. Kronika Center for Contemporary Art. Bytom, Poland. July 2012.
My Little Boy Pussy: Like a Stump. Relational installation. Cascade AIDs Project. Portland, OR. April 2012.
If I Were You: An Apology From Myself To Myself. Installation. Half/Dozen Gallery. Portland, OR. February 2012.
Intimate Historical Fictions. Installation. Place. Portland, OR. December 2011 .
"Overall Readings." Geographies. Relational installation. Collaboration w/Gary Wiseman. Reed College Arts Week (RAW). Portland, OR. April 2011.
"Manufactory." Synthesis Series: Synthesis. Installation. Collaboration w/Dasha Shleyeva. Recess. Portland, OR April 2011.
" Answers." Synthesis Series: Antithesis. Performance. Collaboration w/Jason King. Recess. Portland, OR. February 2011.
When Life Gives You Rolls of Carpet. Installation. Store. Portland, OR. January 2011.
" When Things Fall Apart." Synthesis Series: Thesis. Video installation. Collaboration w/Abe Ingle. Recess. Portland, OR. December 2010.
Overall Readings. Relational installation. Collaboration w/Gary Wiseman. Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). Portland, OR. November 2010.
Transmitting Yesterday. Installation. Place. Portland, OR. November 2010 .
Wittenmeier’s Release Party. Relational installation. Collaboration w/Gary Wiseman. Core Gallery. Portland, OR. June 2010.
“28 Days of May(hem)." 28 Days In May. Collaboration w/Gary Wiseman. Residency/relational work. Charles Wittenmeier’s House. Portland, OR. May 2010.
Greener than You? (phase 2). Installation. Milepost 5 Lofts. Portland, OR. May 2010.
"Race/Ethnicity." Talking in Circles. Relational. Tribute Gallery. Portland, OR. March 2010 .
"Gender/Sexuality." Talking in Circles. Relational. Tribute Gallery. Portland, OR. April 2010.
I’m Calling It a Retreat. Sculpture. Q Center. Portland, OR. October 2009.
“Greener than You?" (phase 1). Manor of Art. Installation. Milepost 5. Portland, OR. August 2009.
“Traveling Through Time.” It Takes a Village. Photography. Portland Art Center. Portland, OR. December 2007.
I Am. Installation. PULSE. Portland, OR. October 2006 .
Alternative Perceptions to the Statistical Norm. Installation. Milk Studios. Portland, OR. October 2005.
I Am Not the Korean Community. Installation. Various locations. Portland, OR. June/July 2005.
Boredom: I Learned It by Watching You. Co-Curated with Josh Arseneau. Portland Art Center. Portland, OR. May 2005.
Power Plant. Installation. Oregon Food Bank. Portland, OR. October 2004 .
Raw + Art. Curator. Oregon Food Bank. Portland, OR. October 2004.
Contain This. Curator. Oregon Food Bank. Portland, OR. August 2003.
Professional Experience
A Discussion on Art + Activism. Prequel Artist Incubator. C:3 Initiative. August 2016.
Artist Talk: Yokuts Baskets Not on View. Portland Art Museum. March 2016.
Thesis Exhibition Coordinator. PNCA. Portland, OR. May 2010 - May 2016.
Spring Mid-Term Thesis Review panelist. PNCA. Portland, OR. March 2011 - March 2016.
Fall Mid-Term Thesis Review panelist. PNCA Portland, OR. November 2010 - November 2015.
Visual Arts panelist. Artist Foundation of San Antonio. San Antonio, TX. December 2015.
"Surplus Space." Portland Slide Jam. Collaborative presentation w/Maggie Heath. National Performance Network / Visual Artists' Network Conference. Portland, OR. December 2015.
"EIS: Approach." Environmental Impact Statement: Sound Management. Moderator for a panel of artists working in response to environmental issues concerning Mt. Hood. Portland, OR. October 2015.
Visual Arts Fellowship panelist. Regional Arts and Culture Council. Portland, OR. September 2015.
"Changing Cities: An Arts and Culture Outlook." TBA:15. Panelist. Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA). Portland, OR. September 2015.
"Surplus Space and the Neighborhood." Mobilizing Local Culture. Visiting Lecturer. University of Oregon. Portland, OR. July 2015.
"Making Surplus Space." Lewis & Clark Art Week. Visiting Lecturer. Lewis & Clark College. Portland, OR. April 2015.
"Gabe Flores in the Arts: A 5 Year Project." Common Gournds v3. Visiting Lecturer. Mount Hood Community College. Gresham, OR. February 2015.
Precipice Fund grantee for Surplus Space. Collaborative application w/Maggie Heath. The Andy Warhol Foundation of the Visual Arts and Calligram Foundation/Allie Furlotti via PICA. Portland, OR. December 2014.
"Creating Surplus Space." Collaborative lecture w/Tabitha Nikolai. Research Club Brunch. Portland, OR. June 2014.
"Artist Discussion w/Michael Endo and Stacey Smith." The End and After. Moderator. Bullseye Glass. March 2013.
Visual Chronicles of Portland panelist. Regional Arts and Culture Council. Portland, OR. May 2012 - May 2014.
Career Opportunity grantee. Oregon Arts Commission. Used for Kronika Contemporary Art Residency in Poland. Spring 2012.
"Portland's Grass roots Arts Organizations." Open Engagement Conference. Panelist. Portland State University. Portland, OR. May 2012.
Organization Grant Review panelist. RACC. Portland, OR. September 2011.
"Freedom in Determinism." Praxis. Lecture. Place. Portland, OR. April 2011.
"Developments at Place." Collaborative lecture w/Gary Wiseman. Research Club Brunch. Portland, OR. October 2010.
"Talking in Circles: I'm a Racist." Lecture. Research Club Brunch. Portland, OR. January 2010.
Artist Chair. PULSE. Children's Heart Foundation. Portland, OR. 2007.
Grant Writer. Portland Art Center. Portland, OR. 2006.
Press
"Featured Artist: Gabe Flores." Gertrude Press. J. Jansen. Issue 22. Fall/Winter 2015.
"Introducing Surplus Space's Neighborhood Gallery Grants - A Conversation with Gabe Flores." Oregon Arts Watch. Matt Stangel. May 1, 2015.
"Mall Art: How a Portland Mall Nurtured, Then Ousted, One of the City's Best Installation Galleries." Pittsburg Articulate. Ryan Woodring. May 16, 2014.
"On the forced closing of Place Gallery Or: How can you be two places at once ." Oregon Arts Watch. Patrick Collier. April 8, 2014.
"Scoop: Why Not Some Pretty Balloons Instead?" Willamette Week. March 26, 2014.
"Surplus Space PDX." Portland State University's Vanguard. Jeoffry Ray. May 1, 2014.
"Why Shit Balloons Shouldn't Float Around a Shopping Mall: Place PDX Gallery gets booted from Pioneer Place Mall, thanks to "shit balloons" and suicide celebrations." Willamette Week. Richard Speer. March 27, 2014.
"Mall Art: Place Gallery Loses Lease Over Objectionable Content." Portland Mercury. Alison Hallett. March 26, 2014.
"Pioneer Place Terminates Art Gallery's Lease; Gallery Director Questions Motive," Fox 12 Oregon, March 24, 2014.
"Shit Balloons and Suicide: Pioneer Place Mall Pulls Place Gallery's Lease," Portland Mercury. Alison Hallett. March 24, 2014.
"Place gallery gets the boot from Pioneer Place." Oregon Artswatch. Barry Johnson. March 24, 2014.
"You Can't Ride the Bus for Free Forever - Place Lease Discontinued." Plazm. Joshua Berger. March 23, 2014.
"5 Year Gabe. " Portland Mercury. Matt Stangel. Portland, OR. May 15, 2013
"Chris Haberman, Mark Woolley, and Gabe Flores." Art Focus. KBOO. Eva Lake. Portland, OR. May 30, 2012.
"Interview with Gabe Flores." PDX Art: The Art Observer. Richard Schemmerer. Portland, OR. May 12, 2012.
"New Faces of the Portland Art Scene 2012 Edition.” PORT. Jeff Jahn. February 7, 2012.
“Artists Turn A Mall Into A Settlement.” Oregon Public Broadcasting. Finn Paul. February 27, 2011.
“Between Two Escalators.” Portland Mercury. Matt Stangel. December 23, 2010.
"Compromising Authority." Portland Mercury. Matt Stangel. December 9, 2010.
“Gary Wiseman and Gabe Flores.” Art Focus. KBOO. Eva Lake. December 7, 2010.
“An Eye-Catching Surprise at the Mall.” EnzymePDX. TJ Norris. August 6, 2010.
“Pioneering Place.” Portland Mercury. Matt Stangel. July 8, 2010.
“Estate of Mind.” Portland Mercury. Matt Stangel. May 20, 2010.
"Art Lit: Interview with Gabe Flores." Art Lit. Richard Schemmerer. December 22, 2009.
“Fall Arts Preview.” Just Out. TJ Norris. October 2, 2009.
“Review: Manor of Art.” Portland Monthly. Lisa Radon. Aug 15, 2009.
“2 Quick and Dirty Reviews.” PORT. Jeff Jahn. April 21, 2006.
“Boredom? Hardly. First Thursday in Review.” Willamette Week. Richard Speer. April 12, 2006.