List of public art in Portland, Oregon explained

Portland, Oregon, has an extensive public art collection. Displayed artworks undergo an approval process.^[1] Many of the artworks are administered by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

Several statues were toppled during the 2020s, including ones depicting Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt.^[2] The Promised Land, the Thompson Elk Fountain, and a statue of Harvey W. Scott were also removed.^[3]

Mosaics, murals, and paintings

Mosaics, mural, and paintings have included:

• Black Lives Matter street mural (2020)
• Capax Infiniti (2014), Faith47
• Conduit (2009–2010), Emily Ginsburg
• George Floyd mural (2020)
• Lovejoy Columns
• Never Look Away (2021)
• Oregon History (1989–1990), Richard Haas
• Packy mural (1990, destroyed in 2008), Eric Larsen
• Portland Memorial Mausoleum Mural (2009), Dan Cohen and Shane Bennett
• The Continuity of Life Forms, Willard Martin
• The Knowledge (2010), Harrell Fletcher and Avalon Kalin
• Tri It (2015), Blaine Fontana
• We Stand with You (2021)
• Women Making History in Portland (2007), Robin Corbo
• Woodstock Mural (2013, original, 2015 reproduction), Mike Lawrence

Sculpture

Sculptures have included:

• Garden Wreath (1997), Larry Kirkland, Central Library
• Mago Hermano (Brother Wizard or Magician) (2003), Antoinette Hatfield Hall
• Solar Wreath (1997), Larry Kirkland, Central Library

Outdoor sculptures

• 118 Modules (1979), John Rogers
• Ainu and Native American power boards
• Allow Me (1983), John Seward Johnson II
• Alluvial Wall (2001), Peter Nylen
• Along These Lines (2005), Anne Storrs
• Animals in Pools (1986), Georgia Gerber
• Artwall (2005), Herbert Dreiseitl
• Ascension (1996), Robert Calvo
• Awning (1976), Douglas Senft
• Bell Circles II
• Broken Wall Memorial
• Brushstrokes (1996), Roy Lichtenstein
• Burls Will Be Burls (2009), Bruce Conkle
• The Burnside Nest (2014), Hannes Wingate
• Bust of York (2021)
• Cairns (2008), Christine Bourdette
• Capitalism (1991), Larry Kirkland
• Captain William Clark Monument (1988)
• Cat in Repose (1997), Kathleen McCullough (née Conchuratt)
• Charles Frederic Swigert Jr. Memorial Fountain (1983), Richard Beyer
• Chiming Fountain (1891), John "Hans" Staehli
• Chinatown Gateway (1986)
• City Reflections (2009), Patti Warashina
• Coming of the White Man (1904), Hermon Atkins MacNeil
• Constellation (2000), Tad Savinar
• Contact II (1972), Alexander Liberman
• Continuation (2009), Michihiro Kosuge
• Da Tung and Xi'an Bao Bao (2002)
• Daddy Long Legs (2006), Mel Katz
• Dog Bowl (2002), William Wegman
• The Dream (1998), Michael Florin Dente
• The Dreamer (1979), Manuel Izquierdo
• Driver's Seat (1994), Don Merkt
• Echo Gate (2001), Ean Eldred
• Electronic Poet (1984), Keith Jellum
• Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc, Emmanuel Frémiet
• Facing the Crowd (2001), Michael Stutz
• Farewell to Orpheus (1968–1973), Frederic Littman
• Festival Lanterns (2006), Brian Goldbloom
• Floribunda (1998), Mark Calderon
• Folly Bollards (1998), Valerie Otani
• Fountain for Company H (1914), John H. Beaver
• Fountain to a Rose (1973)
• Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain (1975), Lee Kelly
• Friendship Circle (1990), Lee Kelly and Michael Stirling
• From Within Shalom (1984), Steve Gillman
• Ghost Ship (2001), James Harrison
• The Green Man of Portland (2009), Daniel Duford
• Heart Beacon (2013), Blessing Hancock and Joe O'Connell
• Holon (1978–1979, re-carved 2003–2004), Donald Wilson
• Host Analog (1991), Buster Simpson
• Howard's Way (2007), Lee Kelly
• Ideals (1992), Muriel Castanis
• In the Shadow of the Elm (1984), Paul Sutinen
• Interlocking Forms (1977), Donald Wilson
• (2012), Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial (1965)
• Kerf (2015), Thomas Sayre
• Korean Temple Bell (1989)
• Kvinneakt (1973–1975), Norman J. Taylor
• Leland I (1975), Lee Kelly and Bonnie Bronson
• Lewis and Clark Memorial Column (1908), Otto Schumann
• Liberty Bell (1963, destroyed in 1970; replaced in 1972)
• Little Prince (1995), Ilan Averbuch
• Loyal B. Stearns Memorial Fountain (1941), A. E. Doyle and Associates
• Memorial Fountain, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
• Memory 99, Lee Kelly
• Mimir (1980), Keith Jellum
• Nash (1978–1979), Lee Kelly
• Nepenthes (2013), Dan Corson
• O Cruceiro (1986)
• Oddo Memorial
• Oregon Landscape (1962), Thomas Hardy
• Oregon Holocaust Memorial (2004)
• Oregon Irish Famine Memorial
• Passage (2014), Bill Will
• Peace Chant (1984), Steve Gillman
• People's Bike Library of Portland (2009), Brian Borrello and Rankin Renwick
• Perpetuity (1970), Alexander von Svoboda
• Pioneer Woman (1956), Frederic Littman
• Pod (2002), Pete Beeman
• Portland Immigrant Statue (2011), Jim Gion
• Portlandia (1985), Raymond Kaskey
• The Promised Land (1993), David Manuel
• The Quest (1970), Alexander von Svoboda
• The Responsibility of Raising a Child (2004), Rick Bartow
• Ring of Time (1965–1967), Hilda Grossman Morris
• The Rippling Wall (2014), David Franklin
• River Legend (1976), Dimitri Hadzi
• Royal Rosarian (2011), Bill Bane
• Running Horses (1986), Tom Hardy
• Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste (1905), Alice Cooper
• Salmon Cycle Marker (2005)
• The Scout
• Sculpture Stage (1976), Bruce West
• Shemanski Fountain (1926), Carl L. Linde, and Rebecca at the Well (1928), Oliver L. Barrett
• Silicon Forest (2003), Brian Borrello
• Silver Dawn (1980), Manuel Izquierdo
• Skidmore Fountain (1888), Olin Levi Warner
• Soaring Stones (1990), John T. Young
• Spanish–American War Soldier's Monument (1906), Douglas Tilden
• Spanish–American War Veterans Memorial
• Stack Stalk (2001), Ean Eldred
• Statue of Abraham Lincoln (1928), George Fite Waters
• Statue of Benjamin Franklin (1942), George Berry
• Statue of George Washington (1926–1927), Pompeo Coppini
• Statue of Harvey W. Scott (1933), Gutzon Borglum
• Statue of Paul Bunyan (1959)
• Statue of Vera Katz (2006), Bill Bane
• Stratum (2016), Mikyoung Kim
• Streetcar Stop for Portland (2013), Jorge Pardo
• Talos No. 2 (1959–1977), James Lee Hansen
• Tecotosh (2005–2006), Ed Carpenter
• Terra Incognita (1995), Ilan Averbuch
• Theodore Roosevelt Memorial (1939)
• Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider (1922), Alexander Phimister Proctor
• This All Happened More or Less (2014), Crystal Schenk and Shelby Davis
• Thomas Jefferson (1915), Karl Bitter
• Thompson Elk Fountain (1900), Roland Hinton Perry
• Thor (1977), Melvin Schuler
• Three Figures (1991–1992), Mark Bulwinkle
• Tikitotmoniki Totems (2001), Kenny Scharf
• Transcendence, Keith Jellum
• Tree of Life (1964), Lee Kelly and Bonnie Bronson
• Triad (1980, remade 2003), Evelyn Franz
• Trigger 4 (1979), Lee Kelly
• Trio (2013), Elizabeth Conner
• Unfolding Rhythms (1987), Manuel Izquierdo
• Untitled (1977), John Killmaster
• Untitled (1977), Ivan Morrison
• Untitled (1977), Bruce West
• Upstream Downtown (1992), Gary Hirsch
• Urban Hydrology (2009), Fernanda D'Agostino
• Uroboros (1979), Charles Kibby
• Velosaurus (2015), Horatio Law
• Ventana al Pacifico (1989), Manuel Neri
• Victory Bell
• Voices of Remembrance
• Water, Please (1997), Don Merkt
• We Have Always Lived Here (2015), Greg A. Robinson
• Weather Machine (1988), Omen Design Group Inc.
• Whistlestop for an Organ Teacher (2009), Cris Bruch
• Wind Gate, Hilda Grossman Morris
• Winter Rider No. 2 (2003), James Lee Hansen
• Yankee Champion (1985), Thomas Morandi
• (2010), Alison Saar
• You Are Here (2012), Ron Baron

Notes and References

1. Web site: Streckert . Joe . Experts Critique Portland's Most Famous Public Art . 2022-09-06 . Portland Mercury . en . 2022-09-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220906131501/https://www.portlandmercury.com/Arts/2015/12/09/17134890/experts-critique-portlands-most-famous-public-art . live .
2. Web site: Some of Portland's most prominent public art tumbled this year. Which ones should come back? . 2022-09-06 . opb . en . 2022-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220614005734/https://www.opb.org/article/2020/12/28/portland-oregon-statues-protest-black-lives-matter-elk/ . live .
3. Web site: September 29, 2021 . Arts board says statues toppled during Portland protests should not return to original sites . 2022-09-06 . KGW . en-US . 2022-06-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220601042652/https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-toppled-statues/283-322173ca-87c9-4951-9db3-6842172d1895 . live .