BIO
Lindsey Fox is an artist working in Portland, OR. She grew up in Northern Michigan, a place that nurtured her love of the natural world and the land. She received her BFA in Fine Art at The University of Michigan. Her hiking adventures among the mountains and valleys of the Pacific Northwest continues to inspire her work and fill the pages of her sketchbook.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
My current body of work uses patterns inspired by nature, balancing abstraction with traditional rendering of the landscape en plein air. I love to explore wild places, and bring to the viewer an experience of the awe and wonder that I experience in the backcountry. Painting outside is important to my practice; it serves as a way for me to remember the textures, unique colors and incredible compositions of the world around me. I then bring my outdoor studies into the studio to finalize and create abstract interpretations. One of my goals is to make the viewer experience what I feel when I am out in nature; I want you to feel like you are on a hike with me. I want you to notice the wild patterns, the textures, the perspective, and the color relationships that can never been captured in photographs. I’m communicating what I both feel and see.
UPCOMING SHOWS & EVENTS
Art in The High Desert
Bend, OR
August 22nd-23rd
Art in The Pearl
Portland, OR
August 30th-September 1st
Best of Northwest
Seattle, WA
November 7th-9th
NWMAW Open Studio
Portland, OR
December 6th & 7th
EXHIBITS
New Landscapeism, Columbia Center for The Arts, Hood River OR. '25
On Location, Sherwood Art Center, Sherwood OR, '25
Sitka Art Invitational, Oregon Contemporary, Portland OR. '24
Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite Museum, group show, Yosemite, CA. Summer ‘24
Tangible Cadence, The Writers Block, group show, Portland, OR. '24
Alpine Playground, The Writers Block, Solo show, Portland, OR. '23
Redwall Project, Portland OR. '21
Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite Museum, group show, Yosemite, CA. Summer ‘20
Drawn Between Miles, Pacific Crest Trail Paintings, Lizard Lounge, Portland, OR. '16
Landscape Abstraction, West Elm, Portland, OR. '17​
Groundlines, Backtalk, Portland, OR '14
Reframing Nature : Thesis Exhibition, Work Gallery, Detroit, MI. '13
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AWARDS
Kimball Art Festival, Best in Show: Drawing '25
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Merit Award '24
Sun Valley Arts & Crafts Festival, Best in Show for Painting '23, ‘24
WEISS VOCELKA Special Award, Yosemite Renaissance '20
The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design, Senior Thesis Exhibition Award '13
Ted X Poster @ The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. '13
Haystack Mountain School of Craft Work Study Scholarship Recipient, Deer Isle, ME '14
The Graham Institute, The University of Michigan, Artist Residency Field Experience Grant '13
The University of Michigan, The Sidney J. and Irene Shipman Scholarship Full Ride Scholarship '09-'13
The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design, Annual All-Student Exhibition Award '09, '10, '11
COLLECTIONS
Amaterra Kitchen and Social Club, Bend, OR
Fireside, Portland, OR
The Cambria Hotel Portland, OR
Vista Capital Partners, Beaverton OR
NW Natural Gas, Portland, OR. “Waterfall Abstract”
Loop De Loop Wines, Underwood, WA. "Ramona Falls" Reproduction
Touchmark Retirement, West Hills, OR. “Walk Up Whitney"
Interlochen Arts Academy, Admissions Office, Interlochen, MI. “Leelanau Land”
​Private collections across The United States
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EDUCATION
University of Michigan, B.F.A. ‘13
Concentrations: Textiles, Printmaking, Geology
Loughborough University, ’12
Study Abroad in Textiles
Haystack Mountain School of Craft '14
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PRESS
Oregon Public Broadcast Art Beat Feature
Video Feature https://www.pbs.org/video/lindsey-fox-ff6ke7/
Written Interview https://www.opb.org/article/2025/02/09/watercolor-artist-lindsey-fox-captures-oregons-natural-beauty-in-her-own-abstract-way/
Lindsey Fox's Wild Celebrations The Stranger 2023
https://www.thestranger.com/visual-art/2023/01/09/78806736/lindsey-foxs-wild-celebrations
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Landscape Art as Travel: Turning to Painting for Escapism Art & Object
https://www.artandobject.com/news/landscape-art-travel-turning-painting-escapism
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Backpacker Magazine 2016
https://www.backpacker.com/stories/pct-watercolor-artist-lindsey-fox/
