Artist Bio

Malia Jensen lives and works in Portland, OR. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues and institutions including the Melbourne International Arts Festival (Melbourne, Australia), Schneider Museum of Art (Ashland, OR), Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (Portland, OR), Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma, WA), Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (Milwaukee, WI), Holter Museum of Art (Helena, MT), Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR), Mesa Arts Center (Mesa, AZ), Marian Goodman Gallery (London, England), Richard Gray Gallery (Chicago, IL), and Cristin Tierney Gallery (New York, NY). She has been an Artist in Residence at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (Captiva, FL), Ucross Foundation (Clearmont, WY), Headlands Center for the Arts (Sausalito, CA) and the Portland Garment Factory (Portland, OR); and a visiting artist and speaker at Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA), Southern Oregon University (Ashland, OR), Pacific Northwest College of Art (Portland, OR), and Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Boston, MA). She has completed numerous public commissions in the Northwestern United States, and her work is held in many public and private collections. Jensen has been represented by the Elizabeth Leach Gallery since 2006.

 
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  • Malia Jensen, Man Study #4, 2017
    Man Study #4, 2017
    ceramic
    8 x 10.5 x 11.5"
  • Malia Jensen, Worth Your Salt (Nearer Nature Project), 2019
    Worth Your Salt (Nearer Nature Project), 2019
    two channel video
    362 minutes
  • Malia Jensen, Wrecking Pet, 2007
    Wrecking Pet, 2007
    bronze
    5.5 x 7 x 4"
  • Malia Jensen, Tide Table (sandy), 2023
    Tide Table (sandy), 2023
    salt-fired ceramic, salvage-logged oak, wood laminate
    43.5 x 17 x 20"
  • Malia Jensen, Untitled (spots), 2023
    Untitled (spots), 2023
    glazed ceramic, deodar cedar, pigment dyed silk, palmyra bristle
    24 x 15 x 17"
  • Malia Jensen, Foot, 2020
    Foot, 2020
    kiln-cast glass, etching ink, white oak, reclaimed fir
    8 x 13.5 x 11.5"
  • Malia Jensen, Fox (Blue/green), 2024
    Fox (Blue/green), 2024
    bronze, patina
    21 x 28 x 11"
  • Malia Jensen, Yard Birds, 2023
    Yard Birds, 2023
    bronze (piped for water)
    42 x 23 x 22"
  • Malia Jensen, I'm Fine, 2021
    I'm Fine, 2021
    chrome chair frame, carved brick
    33 x 21 x 19"
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