ESKart Fine Art - Eileen Kane - Fine Art Ink and Charcoal Drawings, Colorful Abstract Paintings and Watercolors

Biography: Eileen S. Kane, Portland, Oregon

Eileen S. Kane was born in Cambridge, MA and educated at Smith College (AB,'67-Zoology), Harvard University (MS,'69 and Ph.D.,'67-Anatomy) and the Pacific Northwest College of Art (BFA equivalent, '87-painting & drawing). She has shown her work nationally and internationally in many one-person and group shows. Kane published her large, charcoal drawings and related poems in: Forms of Protest: Drawings and Poems about Racism" (Joseph Press, 1994). She has taught a variety of classes in both science and art at the grade school and college and graduate levels. Kane is currently an Art Instructor at Art Institute of Portland (OR) where she teaches drawing, anatomy and painting. Her work can be seen in Portland, OR at Belinki & DuPrey Gallery and at the Rental/Sales Gallery of the Portland Art Museum. Kane has work in numerous private and public collections throughout the Northwest and Northeast US, including the Corvallis (OR) City Hall & Portland Community College. Kane has been a speaker and panelist for several public forums as well as a juror for art exhibits in the Northwest. She is married and has two children.

One or Two Person Shows (Selected)

  • 2006: First Unitarian Church, Portland, OR
  • Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland, OR
  • Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Island, WA
  • 2005: Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR
  • 2004: Portland State University, White Gallery- Portland, OR
  • 2003: Belinki & DuPrey Gallery, Portland, OR
  • In Her Image Gallery, Portland, OR
  • Rogue Art Center, Medford, OR
  • 2002: In Her Image Gallery, Portland, OR
  • 2001: Smith College, Alumnae Hse Gallery,Northampton,MA
  • Rogue ArtCenter Gallery, Medford, OR
  • 2000: OTWAU Gallery, Portland, OR
  • 1999: Brian Marki Gallery, Portland, OR
  • 1997: Seattle University, Seattle, WA
  • 1996: Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
  • 1995: Linn-Benton Community College, Albany, OR
  • 1994: Grants Pass (OR) Museum of Art Grants Pass, OR
  • 1990: Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR
  • Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
  • Portland State University, Littman Gallery, Portland, OR

Group Shows (Selected)

  • 2006: Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro, OR
  • 2005: Expressions West, Coos Bay (OR) Art Museum
  • 2004: Caplan Art Designs, Portland, OR
  • 2003: "Urban Imagery". Fredericksburg (VA) Art Center
  • 15th Anniversary Show, Wiseman Gallery, Grants Pass, OR
  • Art Institute of Portland, Faculty Show
  • 2002: "Artists Respond to 9-11", Rockville Arts Ctr, Rockville, MD
  • 2000: "Lines into Shapes" , Art Center of Estes Park, CO
  • Juried Inland Exhibit, San Bernadino County Museum, Redlands, CA
  • "Found Objects", Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA*
  • Annual Juried Show, Rogue Art Assoc., Winterhaven,
  • 1999: "Self-Portrait, Expression of Individual Spirit", Toucan Gallery, Billings, MT
  • 1998: Jazz Gallery, New York, NY
  • Maude Kerns Art Center., Eugene, OR
  • "A Show of Hands", Lubbock, TX
  • 1997: "New Artists' Work", State Street Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
  • 1996: "Exquisite Corpse NW", The Art Gym, Marylhurst College (Collab.prints)
  • "Figures", Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
  • 1995: "Challenging Human Rights" Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR