Global Icons, Local Spotlight: Contemporary Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer
Portland Art Museum
September 6, 2025 – January 11, 2026
Gazing Ball (da Vinci Mona Lisa), edition 38/40, 2016
Archival pigment print with inlaid mirrored glass
40 11/16 x 27 3/4 in. Overall
Published by Two Palms, New York, NY
Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer
© Jeff Koons
Photography Courtesy of the artist and Two Palms, NY
I am Large, I Contain Multitudes, edition AP 1/1, 2009
Bicycle, steel, mirrors, wood, plastic, rubber, and metal lock
72 x 90 x 40 in. Overall, 90 x 106 1/2 x 57 in. Crate
Published by the artist
Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
© Courtesy of Elizabeth Leach Gallery and the Dinh Q. Lê Estate
Photography Aaron Wessling
As Soft as She Is..., edition 2/35, 2024
70-color screenprint on Lana Aquarelle 600 gsm
50 5/8 x 42 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. Frame,
45 1/4 x 37 in. Sheet, 40 1/4 x 32 in. Image
Published by Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY
Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
© Amy Sherald. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
Photography Aaron Wessling
Portland Art Museum (PAM) presents Global Icons, Local Spotlight: Contemporary Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer, an exhibition that shares works from Oregon’s foremost fine art collector by some of today’s leading artists with local Portland audiences.
Highlighting recent acquisitions from the collections of Jordan Schnitzer and his Family Foundation, the exhibition includes more than 75 works—some of which have never previously been exhibited—by celebrated artists of the 20th century, such as Louise Bourgeois, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, and Robert Rauschenberg, in addition to contemporary luminaries such as Nick Cave, Jenny Holzer, Mickalene Thomas, and Hank Willis Thomas.
Jordan Schnitzer, who has been named an ARTnews Top 200 art collector globally, is a lifelong Portland resident and local business owner. His collaboration with PAM to exhibit these collections is an extension of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation’s mission to share art with audiences across the globe.
“Instead of having to travel to New York City to go to the Museum of Modern Art or the Whitney, all you have to do is visit the Portland Art Museum to see exceptional artwork by some of today’s biggest artists," said Jordan Schnitzer. “Each year, when I collect new works, I think about how to share them with museums across the country through the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation exhibition program. My hope is that they will inspire audiences who might not otherwise have the opportunity to see works by these amazing artists.”
Native American, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
and Cherokee, (b. 1972)
SPIRIT AND MATTER, 2023
Acrylic paint on elk hide inset in custom wood frame
90 x 72 1/2 x 5 in. Frame
Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
© Jeffrey Gibson
Photography Aaron Wessling
Untitled (Bodega Run), 2023
Unique cast and pigmented paper in artist designed frame
40 1/4 x 49 1/4 in. Sheet, 45 3/4 x 54 3/4 x 6 7/16 in. Frame
Published by Two Palms, New York, NY
Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
Courtesy of the artist and Two Palms, NY
Photography Aaron Wessling
Untitled, 2024
Monotype in watercolor and crayon
100 3/4 x 52 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. Frame, 96 x 48 in. Sheet
Published by Two Palms, New York, NY
Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
Courtesy of the artist and Two Palms, NY
Photography Aaron Wessling
The exhibition features works across various media including paintings, textiles and tapestries, sculpture, photography, glass, ceramics, mixed media, and more, many of which will be shown publicly for the first time. Additional artists in the exhibition include Roy Lichtenstein, Jeff Koons, Helen Frankenthaler, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Dinh Q. Lê, Julie Mehretu, and Tschabalala Self. The wide array of artists represented in this presentation includes numerous women, Native American and Black artists, and other artists of color, building on PAM’s own work to spotlight underrepresented artists who represent the myriad communities that comprise Oregon.
“Portland Art Museum is a vital cultural resource for the region, which is why we are thrilled to partner with the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation collection to provide our community more opportunities to access and find inspiration in the art that brings the world to Portland,” said Brian Ferriso, Director. “Jordan and his family have long been ardent supporters of the Museum and our city, and we are grateful for his collaboration with PAM to further our mission to engage and enrich Portland’s diverse communities through art.”
Rescue, 2014
Mixed media including ceramic birds, metal flowers,
ceramic Basset Hound, and vintage settee
70 x 50 x 40 in. Overall
Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
© Nick Cave. Photo by James Prinz Photography
Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Plucked, 2022
Charcoal and acrylic on vintage cotton picking bag,
found hooks and chain, 93 x 28 in. Overall
Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
© Alison Saar. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA.
Photography Aaron Wessling
Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me, 2022
Stained glass lightboxes and tent
42 3/4 x 42 3/4 x 5 in. Frame
Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
© Christopher Myers 2022
Courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York
Photo by Dan Bradica
Other notable works in the exhibition include Christopher Myers' immersive and mesmerizing installation Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me, on view for only the second time since debuting at Art Basel Miami in 2022. Featured in the Museum’s grand Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Sculpture Court, the installation is a suite of stained glass paintings in lightboxes installed within a freestanding octagonal architectural structure, creating a chapel for contemplation of the illuminated compositions.
Several of the artists featured in the exhibition have previously exhibited works at PAM or are represented within PAM’s encyclopedic collection, including Hank Willis Thomas, with whom PAM organized a traveling solo exhibition in 2019, and Jeffrey Gibson, whose work PAM commissioned and exhibited at the Museum in 2023 before serving as co-commissioner for his exhibition for the U.S. Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (the Venice Biennale).
PAM has also previously featured works from the collections of Jordan Schnitzer in its exhibitions including En Suite: Contemporary Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and The Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation (2001), Location/Dislocation: Recent Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and The Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation (2003), Minimalism/Postminimalism: Selections from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation (2007), Ellsworth Kelly Prints (and Paintings) (2012), Anish Kapoor: Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer (2015), Andy Warhol Prints (2016), Josiah McElheny’s Cosmic Love (2018), and Jeffrey Gibson: To Name An Other (2022).
This exhibition is organized by the Portland Art Museum in partnership with The Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.
ABOUT THE JORDAN SCHNITZER FAMILY FOUNDATION
Courtesy of Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
The Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation’s contemporary art collection is one of the most notable in North America. The Foundation has shared its art with millions across the U.S. and internationally through groundbreaking exhibitions, publications, and programs. Founded by ARTnews Top 200 Collector Jordan D. Schnitzer—whose passion for art began in his mother’s contemporary art gallery in Portland, Ore.—the Foundation has organized over 180 exhibitions from its collection and additionally loaned thousands of artworks to over 120 museums at no cost to the institutions. Jordan Schnitzer began collecting contemporary prints and multiples in 1988 and today is North America’s largest print collector. His Foundation’s collection consists of more than 22,000 works of art, including a wide variety of prints, sculptures, paintings, glass, and mixed media works.
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