 portland  Shows: 2007 December: Magnolia Grill - Durham, NC November: Backspace - Portland,OR August: Jace Gace - Portland, OR August: Audio Cinema - Portland, OR April: Ogle - Portland, OR 2006 Dec-Jan: Upper Playground - Portland, OR Oct: Ayden Gallery - Vancouver BC. Aug: Audio Cinema - Portland, OR July: Disjecta - Portland, OR ( Portland Modern Group Show) June: Portland Modern - Issue 4. 'Saturation' curated by Kristan Kennedy and Matthew Stadler May: Mark Woolley Gallery - Portland, OR May: Sugar gallery - Portland, OR April: Backspace Annex gallery and live painting - Portland, OR Feb: Zitegist - Portland, OR 2005 Oct:Capers Gallery Salina, KD Sept: Pause Gallery - "New Build" Solo Show Portland, OR May: Everett station - Portland, OR Feb: Backspace gallery - Portland, OR Education: Currently Attending Pacific Northwest College of Art  build/eightysixnine mission statement. Justn Gorman and Caleb Freese Art periodically goes through major transitions, progressing the current state of art while retaining it's past. We are interested in this progression and how it will benefit us as artists and the people who make art possible or inspire art to be made. Our goal is to sell our art on a large scale through limited edition prints, clothing, and posters which are rarely fully utilized as art. Simply incorporating concepts of design such as mass production, collaboration, and functionality into our art without sacrificing the art itself. Our style sums up the upcoming generations energy but applies it tastefully. We work seamlessly with technology, which allows our art to be fully reproducible and easily sold online. We utilize the Internet as a more effective marketplace (no overhead, more effective advertising, and a global reach). We are young and talented artists with solid experience. Such as design work for: Ziba Design, Mahlum architects, and Portland Trailblazers. We supply art for Saks Fifth Ave. We represent the community and public art by creating 60 ft mural in north Portland for Providence Medical Group. As traditional artists we've shown in over 20 shows since being in Portland, and have just been featured in the new Portland Modern publication.. We have a committed work ethic that we wish to channel into something more forward thinking than just showing at galleries. We are looking for similar minded people. Help us by donating comments, email addresses, and investments. Our sucess depends upon you.  Drips And Splatters Backspace scores a hit with action-painting duo. BY RICHARD SPEER If gonzo artist Ralph Steadman were a Gen-Y Portlander instead of a 59-year-old Brit, chances are he'd be making work like Justin Gorman and Caleb Freese's collaborations in the Backspace annex. Gorman and Freese deliver dynamic silkscreens, combining design elements, photographs, drawing and action painting, synthesized with invigorating spurts, splatters and drips. The artists (who have shown before in the Everett Station Lofts, Portland's most vital petri dish for emerging talents), will soon be contributing work to an upcoming issue of Portland Modern. Complementing the silkscreens, a video loop shot by Gorman shows Freese action-painting on a plexiglass lightbox, shooting arcs of black ink out of a squirt bottle. The team's splashy expressions contrast with their dry, subdued wit. One of the silkscreens is titled Trucks, street lamps, and going reverse in a Taco bell parking lot. Their First Thursday show card promised "Live nude models appear at 2 am," while their website, squadup.net, offers Web surfers a quid pro quo: "Support our art, and I'll share my girlfriend." Technically accomplished, winningly sassy, this is a duo to watch.  |