Beth Kerschen

Beth Kerschen is a multi-disciplinary artist using photomontage to create cityscapes that reflect on community, culture, and urban life. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, as one of the first students to exhibit digitally created art. Beth moved to Boston, MA to work for Polaroid then worked for ten years as a graphic designer with several creative firms in Boston, eventually moving to Portland, Oregon in 2008. Since that time, Kerschen has committed her life to capturing vast urban landscapes into one tangible image. She uses her photography, design, and illustration skills to turn urban landscapes into fantastical images filled with meaning and nostalgia. Her art explores and reflects on connections held by the landmarks, buildings, signage, graffiti, people, and events that are reflected in urban life and urban culture. She was awarded a Professional Development Grant from RACC (‘15) and a public art installation commission at the Portland International Airport (‘16). Her work has been held in a number of corporate and city collections, including two terms in the Mayor of Portland’s office. She has done a number of installation pieces for numerous residential buildings bolsterin...

New England School of Photography, Boston, MA

Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, Bachelor of Arts

AMC Italian Travel Abroad Program through Colorado College studied art, literature & language

Selected Exhibitions (*solo or 2-person events)

*2021 Side Street Arts, two-person show, “Processing, Pausing, Perspective”, Portland, OR

2021 Dab Art Co., “Art in the Time of Corona Vol. 1”, Los Angeles, CA

2021 Blue Sky’s Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Portland, OR, juried selection

2021 Gallery 114, “Hindsight 2020”, Portland, OR

2020 Verum Ultimum Gallery, “Generous Kingdom”, Portland, OR

*2020 “All Together The Dalles” Mural ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Mayor, The Dalles, OR

2019 The Dalles Art Center, “NW Printmaking”, The Dalles, OR

2019 Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Artworks Northwest, Roseburg, OR

2019 Gallery 114, “DECADENCE + DESIRE”, Portland, OR

2019 Cannon Beach Gallery, Portland Artists from PAMRSG, Cannon Beach, OR

2019 Sidestreet Arts, “Pacific Northwest Printmakers”, Portland, OR

2018-19 Portland’5 Newmark Theatre, 3-person show, “Surroundings”, Portland, OR

2018 East Creative, “Portland Rooted”, Rose City Festival Art Show, Portland, OR

2017 Center for Fine Art Photography,“Photography as a Response” Juror Christy Havranek, Fort Collins, CO

2017 Geezer Gallery, “Changing Landscapes of Oregon”, Portland, OR

2017 Verum Ultimum Gallery, “Scratching ...