The Color of Where We Are Not

Pamela Hadley


October 5 - 26, 2024




Opening Reception

Saturday, October 5, 5-8 pm

Open Hours

Sat-Sun 12-5 pm
drop in or by appointment 

Email info@carnationcontemporary.com
to schedule a visit



A collection of immersive perceptual experiences: dark environments housing abstract animations, projection-mapping, found and made objects, video, and sound.

Exhibition Statement

The Color of Where We Are Not is an invitation to create distance from the everyday. In the dark, slow nuance of this work, the embodiedness of deep perceptual judgment presents itself as a strategy for healing and resistance. Taking its title from, The Blue of Distance, by Rebecca Solnit, this show seeks to connect us to the pleasure and comfort of letting go; loving more deeply those things that cannot be grasped.

This show was supported by a RACC Art3Cs grant.

PROGRAMS: Sonar Sessions

Sonar is a technology that uses emitted or reflected sound waves traveling through deep water to reveal the shape of things unseen. Sonar helps us map hidden realms and navigate safely. Please join artist Pamela Hadley and Carnation Contemporary for three evening sessions of perceiving, grounding, voicing, and listening. RSVP Required.

For more information and to RSVP, please visit https://pamelahadley.com/Sonar-Sessions

Sonar Sessions offerings:
  • October 13, 2024 ~ 6:00-7:30 pm
  • October 19, 2024  ~ 6:00-7:30 pm
  • October 25, 2024  ~ 7:00-8:30 pm


Pamela Hadley is a time-based light artist living in Portland, OR where they are a member of Carnation Contemporary, WAVE Contemporary, and Borderline Salon. They will be in residence at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology this November. Hadley earned an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from the Corcoran College of Art + Design.




8371 N Interstate Ave
Portland, OR 97217

Open Hours
12-5 Saturday-Sunday


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