Trap

Size: 36 x 42 inches

Acrylic/ mixed medium on wood board Harry T. and Harriette Moore, a Florida couple active in the civil rights movement, paid the ultimate price for the freedoms won for their community when they were brutally killed by Ku Klux Klan members in their own home in 1951. By the time of their death, Florida had the highest number of registered Black voters, far more than any other Southern state.

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Join us at Blackfish Gallery this May for a powerful celebration of storytelling, memory, and identity through visual art. Don’t miss the chance to connect with the artists and experience three compelling exhibitions under one roof.
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Contemporary Northwest Artist

Eddie Reed Blackfish Gallery Portland Oregon 

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The Bravery of Blackfish
& Determined Artists

We March to See
the World

Life Art and
Identity

“Eddie Reed Describes
“Conceptualism

EDDIE REED

SINCE 1966

“The secret sauce of my art making is to convey with honesty the realities of human relations through dialogue using contemporary art practices, but not so full of domesday that it hinders seeing new paths for the future…
“ Eddie Reed

Art is a crucial way of sharing unique perspectives, reminding us of the past, and envisioning future possibilities. Throughout history, art has been used for education, revolution, politics, propaganda, emotions, subversion, and sharing transformative experiences. Art always contains a message and cannot be neutral”. 
 
 
My work has always reflected the deep interest in important but overlooked histories. In particular a longstanding engagement with issues of race, gender identity, social class, poverty.  All often not reflected in America’s art history.

I am painting for a general audience about societal themes effecting us all, issues America continues to face that prevent us from addressing newer and equally insidious threats to humanity—and too our own survival.


I knew I wanted to be recognized as a professional artist when I won a local contest sponsored by my hometown radio station looking for a new logo. I was then in the sixth grade. About that same time my mother enrolled me in a local arts program for kids, the Living Arts Center. 

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Events & Programs

Recent Shows

“The Mission”

Show Opens January 6, 2022
Blackfish Gallery 420 NW 9th Ave Portland OR 97209


503 224.2634

Solo Show

Solo Shows

  • 1978 Plymouth State Gallery, Plymouth New Hampshire
  • 1980 University of Maine, Machias Maine
  • 1982 PACE Gallery, Portsmouth New Hampshire
  • 1980 Saint Stephen’s Cultural Center, Saint Stevens New Brunswick
  • 2020 Salishan Gallery, Gleneden Beach Oregon
Group Shows

Group Shows

  • 1993 Washington State Drawing Exhibition
  • 2011-16 Group Show Greenlake Art Walk, Seattle WA
  • 2016 Lincoln City cultural Center, Lincoln City OR
  • 2018-19 Center on Contemporary Art
  • 2022 Onyx Gallery, Seattle WA
  • 2023 realArt, Agoura Hills, CA
  • 2024 Roseburg Art Center, Roseburg OR
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Who Will Save Me

Size: 40 x 30 inches

Acrylic/ mixed medium on wood board.. commentary on the danger of our ambivalence toward our ocean environment.

Please contact ereed1@mac.com for pricing quotes.
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Size: 38x32x2 acrylic/ mixed medium on boar

Commentary on how history of human conditions tends to repeat its self.

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Size: 32x36x2in  acrylic/ mixed medium on board

Commentary on the First world’s response to the world’s refugee crisis.

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