ARIANNA GAZCA


SHE/HER | PDX, OR, USA




ABOUT

Arianna Gazca is a multimedia artist specializing in illustration, animation and video. She makes work exploring emotional nuances and extremes through the lens of character study and abstract imagery combined in sequence. She lives and works in Portland, OR.

    ARTIST STATEMENT

    Inspired by my dreams, emotions and psyche, I am primarily interested in how I can express these facets of myself through my work. When drawing, I pay attention to the nuanced or at times extreme emotional expressions my characters are experiencing, juxtaposed against abstract imagery and vivid colors. Using art as a tool of communication, I want to better understand the intricacies of our human nature: our desires and ambitions, our flaws and resistances, and how this affects us emotionally, mentally and physically. My ultimate goal is to make a meaningful impact on the viewer, through a universal language of sorts, where a single image or sequence can say something substantial.

    EDUCATION

    • Pacific Northwest College of Art; Portland, OR: BFA in Animated Arts, 2016
    • Mt. Hood Community College; Gresham, OR: AS in Art, 2011

    AWARDS

    • Originality 2nd Place Award, Mt. Hood Community College Virtual Student Art Showcase Exhibition, 2021
    • Oregon Media Arts Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon Community Foundation in partnership with NW Film Center, 2018

    EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS

    University of Kentucky Singletary Center for the Arts; Lexington, KY: Screening, SCFA Visual Music Festival
    2025

    Building 5; Portland, OR: Screening, On the Wall 2
    2024

    imperfecta gallery; Oregon City, OR: Group Exhibition, Perfectly Imperfect
    2024

    SAMHSA Office of Recovery; Online Exhibit: Gallery of Hope; Artistic Expressions of Recovery Across the Nation
    2024

    PAM CUT Tomorrow Theater; Portland, OR: Local Animation Showcase
    2024

    Anacortes Arts Festival; Anacortes, WA: Juried Fine Art Exhibition 
    2024

    Gresham Area League for the Arts at the Troutdale Art Center; Troutdale, OR: Group Show, Sublime to Ridiculous
    2024

    University of Rochester Medical Center’s Bridge Art Gallery; Rochester, NY: Group Exhibit, Growth in Tough Times
    2024

    Gresham Area League for the Arts; Gresham, OR: Group Show, Art in Motion
    2024

    Galesburg Community Arts Center; Galesburg, IL: GALEX 57 National Competition & Exhibition
    2024

    Gresham Area League for the Arts; Gresham, OR: Group Show, Matters of the Heart
    2024

    The Arts Center; Corvallis, OR: Group Exhibition, On To New Horizons 
    2021 

    Online; Gresham, OR: Group Exhibition, MHCC Student Art Showcase 
    2021 

    Online; Mexico City, Mexico: Screening, Kinam Festival 
    2021 

    Cinema Arena Aurora; San Potito Sannitico, Italy: Screening, Aurora Film Festival 
    2020 

    Cineteca Nuevo León; Monterrey, Mexico: Screening, Esto Es Para Esto 
    2019 

    Theater of the Municipal Cultural multiplex (Palea Sfagia); loannina, Greece: Screening, Photometria International Photography Festival 
    2019 

    Museo C.A.V. La Neomudéjar; Madrid, Spain: Screening, Abstracciones Visuales & Visual Music, FestivalIVAHM 
    2019 

    Online: Screening, 2019 Hazel Eye Film Festival 
    2019 

    Whitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum; Portland, OR: Screening, 45th Northwest Filmmakers' Festival 
    2018 

    CETA Centrum Technologi Audiowizualny; Wroctaw, Poland: Screening, Reel #3: Abstract Art in Motion, Punto y Raya Festival 
    2018 

    Melbourne, Australia: Screening, Melbourne International Animation Festival 
    2017

    Bogota, Colombia: Screening, Bogota Experimental Film Festival / CineAutopsia 
    2017 

    Boathouse Microcinema; Portland, OR: Screening, Portland Unknowns 
    2017 

    Killjoy Collective; Portland, OR: Screening, BROADCAST 
    2017 

    Another Experiment by Women Film Festival; New York, NY: Screening, Where We Are 
    2017 

    North Portland Unknown; Online: Group Exhibition, Unknown Television 
    2017 

    Portland Art Museum's Whitsell Auditorium, 5th Ave Cinema; Portland, OR: Screening, 43rd Northwest Filmmakers' Festival 
    2016 

    Regional Arts & Culture Council; Portland, OR: Solo Screening, Night Lights: My Mind is a Cluster 
    2016 

    Zentrum für Kunst und Medientchnologie (ZKM); Karlsruhe, Germany: Screening, Punto y Raya Festival 
    2016 

    Artists' Television Access; San Francisco, CA: Screening, Chaos and Order, an iotaCenter Salon 
    2016 

    Pacific Northwest College of Art; Portland, OR: Group Exhibition, PNCA BFA Thesis Exhibition 
    2016 

    Regional Arts & Culture Council; Portland, OR: Screening, Night Lights: You Are Here
    2015 

    5th Ave Cinema; Portland, OR: Screening, Visuals Film Festival 
    2015 

    Pacific Northwest College of Art; Portland, OR: Group Exhibition, Expanded Frames; Fears and Fantasies 
    2015 

    Hollywood Theater; Portland, OR: Screening, Stop/Watch Video Festival 
    2015 

    Pacific Northwest College of Art; Portland, OR: Group Exhibition, PNCA Benefactors Gala 
    2015 

    Pacific Northwest College of Art; Portland, OR: Group Exhibition, PNCA Animated Arts; First Thursday March 
    2015