04/21/2026
Portland Monthlyโs Matthew Trueherz visits Umico Niwaโs exhibition at ILY2 Portland, and speaks with the artist about her works.
Read the article at the link in bio.
On view now through July 3rd
gallery hours 11:00am-6:00 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday and by appointment.
DM or [email protected] for more information.
xo,
ILY2
โI canโt remember feeling as strongly that the physical, saleable, shelf-stable objects of an art show were merely one piece of the larger thing. As if to prove that point, Niwa has โentombedโ two of the chapters, mounting the drawings and writings facing inward. All you see is the verso, a matrix of neatly taped secrets; some are marked with a faint spray of paint to expose any tampering. In the show notes, she specifies they should remain sealed until she dies. It seems more likely that the artworks will sprout limbs and go on to flower.โ
- Matthew Trueherz, ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ธ๐ข ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ
Portland Monthlyโs Matthew Trueherz visits Umico Niwaโs exhibition at ILY2 Portland, and speaks with the artist about her works.
Read the article at the link in bio. On view now through July 3rd, gallery hours 11:00am-6:00 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday and by appointment. DM or [email protected] for more information.
xo,
ILY2
โI canโt remember feeling as strongly that the physical, saleable, shelf-stable objects of an art show were merely one piece of the larger thing. As if to prove that point, Niwa has โentombedโ two of the chapters, mounting the drawings and writings facing inward. All you see is the verso, a matrix of neatly taped secrets; some are marked with a faint spray of paint to expose any tampering. In the show notes, she specifies they should remain sealed until she dies. It seems more likely that the artworks will sprout limbs and go on to flower.โ
- Matthew Trueherz, ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ธ๐ข ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ
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