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Jennifer Rabin
May 1 – May 29
Receptions:
Opening Reception: May 1, 5–7 PM
Artist Talk: May 2, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Register here
On View: Wednesday - Saturday, 11 AM-4 PM beginning May 1st.
Home is filled with second chances. Each sculpture begins with a discarded object—metal rusted thin, concrete crumbled by time, materials warped by weather and neglect. Their surfaces record everything that has shaped them, echoing the ways our bodies and our communities carry the marks of their experiences.
Inspired by how creatures build homes from whatever is at hand, Rabin combines found forms with plant and animal fibers to reimagine these unwanted objects as shelters—structures that might still protect, cradle, or hold. By transforming what is ruined into something resilient, the work asks how we might rebuild the structures in our lives that have been fractured. It imagines repair not as restoration to a previous state, but as an evolving, adaptive way forward.
About Jennifer Rabin:
Jennifer Rabin is a mixed-media sculptor who works with objects that have been discarded and forgotten, having outlived their intended purpose. Using a broad range of plant and animal fibers, Rabin reimagines these unwanted objects as shelters, places of safety that can once again support life. This act of reclamation is a testament to rebuilding and resiliency. By making something whole out of something broken, she creates refuge from ruin.
She has been an artist in residence at Caldera, Jentel Artist Residency, The Rensing Center, Pine Meadow Ranch, and The Oregon Historical Society. She has received grant support from the Regional Arts and Culture Council and The Oregon Community Foundation and was recently named a 2026 Visual Arts Fellow by the Oregon Arts Commission.
Jennifer has worked in the arts for almost fifteen years—as an arts writer (Oregon ArtsWatch, Hyperallergic, Variable West, Willamette Week), equity advocate, arts administrator, and public art collections manager. She lives in Portland, Oregon.