Gabe Flores is an artist/curator living in Portland, Oregon. His work often reflects on identity-based ideologies and personal narrative. Flores’ artistic practice is relationally based; he thinks of his projects as explorations in sociology and political theory. He was the curator/director of Place, a 4000 sqft installation-based gallery on the top floor of Pioneer Place Mall, which he co-founded with Gary Wiseman. Place ran from June 2010 to March 2014. Flores recently ended a two-year exhibition experiment, Surplus Space, co-founded with Tabitha Nikolai, which utilized each room of a small Northeast Portland house in partnership with a long-term homeowner.
Recent
"Random Tuesday in April," Bronco Gallery, September 2015.
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"doing, undoing, repeat," Portland State University's Littman & White Galleries, August 2015.
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"Gabe Flores in the Arts: A Five Year Project," experiential/relational work, August 2009 - August 2014.
Press
Exhibition Projects
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Place Exhibition project located on the 3rd floor of Pioneer Place mall in downtown Portland, OR occupying a former Pottery Barn and Present Perfect. Co-Founded w/Gary Wiseman. June 2010 - March 2014 |
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Surplus Space Alternative space utilizing every room in a small house in partnership with a long-term homeowner. Co-Founded w/Tabitha Nikolai. August 2013 - November 2015 |
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Throwbacks
Wall Dances w/Gary Wiseman while creating Place
Wall Dance 1 - Collaboration from PLACE on Vimeo.
Wall Dance 2 - Communication from PLACE on Vimeo.