Portland, Oregon, has an extensive public art collection. Displayed artworks undergo an approval process. Many of the artworks are administered by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
Several statues were toppled during the 2020s, including ones depicting Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt. The Promised Land, the Thompson Elk Fountain, and a statue of Harvey W. Scott were also removed.
Mosaics, murals, and paintings
Mosaics, mural, and paintings have included:
Art Fills the Void (1982) Avenue of Murals Bill Papas's mural of Portland, Oregon Black Lives Matter street mural (2020) Capax Infiniti (2014), Faith47 Conduit (2009–2010), Emily Ginsburg George Floyd mural (2020) Lovejoy Columns Never Ending / Endless (2021), Fatma Al Sharshani Never Look Away (2021) Oregon History (1989–1990), Richard Haas Packy mural (1990, destroyed in 2008), Eric Larsen Portland Memorial Mausoleum Mural (2009), Dan Cohen and Shane Bennett The Continuity of Life Forms, Willard Martin The Knowledge (2010), Harrell Fletcher and Avalon Kalin Tri It (2015), Blaine Fontana We Stand with You (2021) Women Making History in Portland (2007), Robin Corbo Woodstock Mural (2013, original, 2015 reproduction), Mike Lawrence
Sculpture Sculptures have included: Garden Wreath (1997), Larry Kirkland, Central Library Mago Hermano (Brother Wizard or Magician) (2003), Antoinette Hatfield Hall Solar Wreath (1997), Larry Kirkland, Central Library
Outdoor sculptures
118 Modules (1979), John Rogers Ainu and Native American power boards Allow Me (1983), John Seward Johnson II Alluvial Wall (2001), Peter Nylen Along These Lines (2005), Anne Storrs Animals in Pools (1986), Georgia Gerber Artwall (2005), Herbert Dreiseitl Ascension (1996), Robert Calvo Awning (1976), Douglas Senft Bell Circles II Broken Wall Memorial Brushstrokes (1996), Roy Lichtenstein Burls Will Be Burls (2009), Bruce Conkle The Burnside Nest (2014), Hannes Wingate Bust of York (2021) Cairns (2008), Christine Bourdette Capitalism (1991), Larry Kirkland Captain William Clark Monument (1988) Cat in Repose (1997), Kathleen McCullough (née Conchuratt) Chiming Fountain (1891), John "Hans" Staehli Chinatown Gateway (1986) City Reflections (2009), Patti Warashina Coming of the White Man (1904), Hermon Atkins MacNeil Constellation (2000), Tad Savinar Contact II (1972), Alexander Liberman Continuation (2009), Michihiro Kosuge Da Tung and Xi'an Bao Bao (2002) Daddy Long Legs (2006), Mel Katz David Campbell Memorial Dog Bowl (2002), William Wegman The Dream (1998), Michael Florin Dente The Dreamer (1979), Manuel Izquierdo Driver's Seat (1994), Don Merkt Echo Gate (2001), Ean Eldred Electronic Poet (1984), Keith Jellum Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc, Emmanuel Frémiet Facing the Crowd (2001), Michael Stutz Farewell to Orpheus (1968–1973), Frederic Littman Festival Lanterns (2006), Brian Goldbloom Floribunda (1998), Mark Calderon Folly Bollards (1998), Valerie Otani Fountain for Company H (1914), John H. Beaver Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain (1975), Lee Kelly Friendship Circle (1990), Lee Kelly and Michael Stirling From Within Shalom (1984), Steve Gillman Ghost Ship (2001), James Harrison The Green Man of Portland (2009), Daniel Duford Heart Beacon (2013), Blessing Hancock and Joe O'Connell Holon (1978–1979, re-carved 2003–2004), Donald Wilson Host Analog (1991), Buster Simpson Howard's Way (2007), Lee Kelly Ideals (1992), Muriel Castanis In Honor of a Lifetime of Sexual Assault (2024) In the Shadow of the Elm (1984), Paul Sutinen Interlocking Forms (1977), Donald Wilson Inversion: Plus Minus (2012), Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial (1965) Kerf (2015), Thomas Sayre Korean Temple Bell (1989) Kvinneakt (1973–1975), Norman J. Taylor Leland I (1975), Lee Kelly and Bonnie Bronson Lewis and Clark Memorial Column (1908), Otto Schumann Liberty Bell (1963, destroyed in 1970; replaced in 1972) Little Prince (1995), Ilan Averbuch Loyal B. Stearns Memorial Fountain (1941), A. E. Doyle and Associates Memorial Fountain, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Memory 99, Lee Kelly Mimir (1980), Keith Jellum Nash (1978–1979), Lee Kelly Nepenthes (2013), Dan Corson O Cruceiro (1986) Oddo Memorial Oregon Landscape (1962), Thomas Hardy Oregon Holocaust Memorial (2004) Oregon Irish Famine Memorial Passage (2014), Bill Will Peace Chant (1984), Steve Gillman People's Bike Library of Portland (2009), Brian Borrello and Rankin Renwick Perpetuity (1970), Alexander von Svoboda Pioneer Woman (1956), Frederic Littman Pod (2002), Pete Beeman Portland Immigrant Statue (2011), Jim Gion Portlandia (1985), Raymond Kaskey The Promised Land (1993), David Manuel The Quest (1970), Alexander von Svoboda The Responsibility of Raising a Child (2004), Rick Bartow Ring of Time (1965–1967), Hilda Grossman Morris The Rippling Wall (2014), David Franklin River Legend (1976), Dimitri Hadzi Royal Rosarian (2011), Bill Bane Running Horses (1986), Tom Hardy Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste (1905), Alice Cooper Salmon Cycle Marker (2005) The Scout Sculpture Stage (1976), Bruce West Shakespeare Memorial (1946) Shemanski Fountain (1926), Carl L. Linde, and Rebecca at the Well (1928), Oliver L. Barrett Silicon Forest (2003), Brian Borrello Silver Dawn (1980), Manuel Izquierdo Skidmore Fountain (1888), Olin Levi Warner Soaring Stones (1990), John T. Young Spanish–American War Soldier's Monument (1906), Douglas Tilden Spanish–American War Veterans Memorial Stack Stalk (2001), Ean Eldred Statue of Abraham Lincoln (1928), George Fite Waters Statue of Benjamin Franklin (1942), George Berry Statue of George Washington (1926–1927), Pompeo Coppini Statue of Harvey W. Scott (1933), Gutzon Borglum Statue of Paul Bunyan (1959) Statue of Vera Katz (2006), Bill Bane Stratum (2016), Mikyoung Kim Streetcar Stop for Portland (2013), Jorge Pardo Talos No. 2 (1959–1977), James Lee Hansen Tecotosh (2005–2006), Ed Carpenter Terra Incognita (1995), Ilan Averbuch Theodore Roosevelt Memorial (1939) Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider (1922), Alexander Phimister Proctor This All Happened More or Less (2014), Crystal Schenk and Shelby Davis Thomas Jefferson (1915), Karl Bitter Thompson Elk Fountain (1900), Roland Hinton Perry Thor (1977), Melvin Schuler Three Figures (1991–1992), Mark Bulwinkle Tikitotmoniki Totems (2001), Kenny Scharf Transcendence, Keith Jellum Tree of Life (1964), Lee Kelly and Bonnie Bronson Triad (1980, remade 2003), Evelyn Franz Trigger 4 (1979), Lee Kelly Trio (2013), Elizabeth Conner Unfolding Rhythms (1987), Manuel Izquierdo Untitled (1977), John Killmaster Untitled (1977), Ivan Morrison Untitled (1977), Bruce West Upstream Downtown (1992), Gary Hirsch Urban Hydrology (2009), Fernanda D'Agostino Uroboros (1979), Charles Kibby Velosaurus (2015), Horatio Law Ventana al Pacifico (1989), Manuel Neri Victory Bell Voices of Remembrance Water, Please (1997), Don Merkt We Have Always Lived Here (2015), Greg A. Robinson Weather Machine (1988), Omen Design Group Inc. Whistlestop for an Organ Teacher (2009), Cris Bruch Wind Gate, Hilda Grossman Morris Winter Rider No. 2 (2003), James Lee Hansen Yankee Champion (1985), Thomas Morandi York: Terra Incognita (2010), Alison Saar You Are Here (2012), Ron Baron
See also
Coraline's Curious Cat Trail (2024), temporary art trail Culture of Portland, Oregon Fathom (art installation) Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King Robot Alley Santa Clones Wildwood: Follow the Crows
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