Tonight! Our friends at Tribute Gallery present the Portland debut of Tyler Kohlhoff. If you're in Portland, and heading out for First Thurday, make sure to stop by Tribute @ 328 NW Broadway # 117.

INLAND EMPIRE by Tyler Kohlkoff
February 4th through February 21st, 2010
Opening Reception February 4th, 2010 6:00-9:00pm

A graduate of Whitman College, Kohlhoff now lives in Portland, Oregon and works throughout the Northwest as a photographer and a teaching artist.

“Inland Empires” focuses on the transitional habitats of the Interior West. In a series of two studies, the artist leverages anti-narrative to explore space as found artifacts of the abandoned. Housework explores the interiors of once-called home; Riverside explores the desolate landscapes of Southern California.

The images repeat the theme through installation. Photographs are mounted into light boxes contrived from more found artifacts and fluorescent light fixtures. The backlit photography clusters in space, resembling nodes on a circuit. Wiring pinned to the wall behind the images suggests a chip board’s gold leaf patterns.