Horte at the 2018 KSMoCA International Art Fair.
Samantha Wall’s portrait of Horte is exhibited in the school’s main office.
Samantha Wall, Horte, 2018
Samantha Wall worked one-on-one with Horte, a Dr. MLK Jr. School student, during the 2018 KSMoCA International Art Fair. They worked together to draw portraits with graphite on paper. Pictured here is Samantha’s portrait of Horte, which she donated to KSMoCA’s permanent collection.
The 2018 KSMoCA International Art Fair was organized by Harrell Fletcher and Lisa Jarrett, co-curated by Roz Crews and Amanda Leigh Evans, and produced in collaboration with Dr. MLK Jr. School students, PSU students, and community partners. This kid-scale art fair, hosted by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA), was the culmination of a special three-week summer program that paired each booth exhibitor with 3rd–7th grade Dr. MLK Jr. School students and PSU students, who participated as gallerists, artists, exhibitors, and curators in artistic and curatorial projects.
Samantha Wall, originally from Seoul, South Korea, is an artist working in Portland, Oregon. Wall immigrated to the United States as a child and comes from a multiracial background. Operating from within this framework, her drawings embody the experience of navigating transcultural identity through portraiture, gesture and ritual practices. Her projects have been exhibited at the Hangaram Art Museum in the Seoul Arts Center, CUE Art Foundation in New York, and the Portland Art Museum, as well as exhibition spaces in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Frankfurt. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including an MFA Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, a Golden Spot Residency Award from Crow’s Shadow Institute for the Arts, and a Hallie Ford Fellowship from the Ford Family Foundation.