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Cameraless: Artist Talk with C. Meier
June 24 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Cameraless: Artist Talk with C. Meier
Portland Art Museum Photography Council Lunchtime Talk Series
Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 12 noon to 1pm
Portland Art Museum
1119 SW Park Ave.
Portland, OR 97205
www.portlandartmuseum.org / 503 226 2811
Cost: Free to the public. (People are welcome to bring their lunch.)
Artist C. Meier will discuss their experimental approach to photography through their latest series Haptics (2024–ongoing), which consists of vibrant chromatic abstractions made without a camera. Meier will also share the process behind the work, the evolution of their practice, and the “artcestors” who continue to shape and inspire them.
C. Meier (American, b. 1982, they/them) is an artist, curator, and community organizer based in Portland, OR. Their art practice explores materiality, reveling in the hybridization of processes including painting, drawing, and photographic methods. They earned their MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago (2017) and BFA in Studio Art from Pacific Lutheran University (2004). Meier has exhibited at Candela Books + Gallery, Hyde Park Art Center, Mana Contemporary (Chicago), Filter Space, Blue Sky, Nine Gallery, Solas Gallery, Carnation Contemporary, among others. Their work is part of the Permanent Collection of Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, WA).
Meier curated Creative Resilience: Critical Mass 2025 Top 50 at Blue Sky (2026), Size Matters for Medium Photo (2023), and co-curated re:collection at the Museum of Contemporary Photography (2017). In 2025, Meier started UNFOLD, a diy gallery in their SE Portland apartment where they curate exhibitions and host artist salons. Professional roles include Collections Manager at the Museum of Contemporary Photography (2018-2020), Studio Assistant to artist Barbara Kasten (2019-2020), and Exhibitions Director at Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts (2021 – present).