Current Exhibition

Jonathan Canady: Carry On
On View: March 7th – March 28th, 2026
Opening Reception: March 7th , 5-8pm
Hours: Thursday – Saturday, noon-5pm

Jonathan Canady, untitled, pencil and wax oil pastel on paper, 8.5″ x 11″, 2025

Every day we edge towards the end of everything positive the human race has done. The figures in these drawings represent variations and abstractions of us. They are transparent members of the human race navigating the world in what time they have left. These beings are living in the “now what?” After spending years making work about human psychology, our mistakes and tragedy, then the end of the world itself, this is where I have been led. This is my own answer to “now what?” I like to think that the figures I create are successfully enduring the absurdity of our current reality.

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Well known in the experimental music underground, Jonathan Canady (b. 1972 in Denver, Colorado) began to focus his creative efforts on visual art in 2007. He has been living in Portland, Oregon since 2014.

Canady’s work has been exhibited in The United States and Europe, and has been featured in multiple print publications. His “Quaranzine” collaboration with Marc Fischer / Public Collectors is currently on display as part of Collection in Conversation with Pablo Helguera at The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Jonathan Canady’s work has ranged from drawing and oil painting, to video art and live sound performances. In recent years his focus has been on drawing, and the publication of numerous artists’ books. The list of publications includes a collaboration with John Duncan titled “Show Your Love.”