WORK // WORDS // CV                                 



CURRICULUM VITAE

Portland, OR

EDUCATION
MFA
Film/Video/New Media/Animation2019, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
BFA
Fine Art2012, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC


EXHIBITIONS
2026
Holding Me, Holding You, Solo Exhibition, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR

2025
UnderPressure, Gagallery, Portland, OR
Terrain Land Art,
Site-Specific Installation and Residency, Building 5, Portland, OR
The 50/50 Art Sale, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR

2024
The Color of Where We Are Not, Solo Exhibition, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
En Motion, 
WAVE Contemporary at Well Well Projects, Portland, OR
Composition/Decomposition,
SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Sleepless Nights,
SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Vertical Hold,
PUNCH Projects, Thorpe, WA

2023
Going Steady, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Friends of Friends, WAVE Contemporary at Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR

2022
After/Image 01: The Third Terrain, after/time collective & gallery, Portland, OR (catalog)
Past is Prologue, Two Person Show, Bush House Museum, Salem, OR
Museum as Muse II, 1122 Outside, Portland, OR
Open Door Policy, Re-occurring Public Program, Civilian Studios, Portland, OR


2020
That Nagging Voice in the Back of Your Mind, Solo Show, Prairie Ronde Artist Gallery, Vicksburg, MI
LOSS, A Virtual Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art-in-PlaceTerrain Exhibitions and CNL Projects, Chicago, IL
Perspectives 2020, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, KR (catalog)


2019
Moving_Image_00:06, Dfbrl8r, Chicago, IL
MFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Streetlight, Wedge Projects, Chicago, IL


2018
20/20 Double Vision, Dupont Underground, Washington, DC
Streetlight, Roman Susan Art Foundation, Chicago, IL


2016
13th Annual Transformer Silent Auction, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC

2015
12th Annual Transformer Silent AuctionKatzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
Enveloped, CulturalDC, Washington, DC
Virtue by Proxy, The Dupont Circle Hotel, Washington, DC


2014
Shiver, Two Person Show, Delicious Spectacle, Washington, DC

2013
Stasis, The Dupont Circle Hotel, Washington, DC

2012
14,000 ft., Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC
Créme de la Corcoran, Gallery 405, Baltimore, MD
NEXT at the Corcoran, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC


2011
Attention, Caos on F, Washington, DC
Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Corcoran College of Art & Design, WDC


2005
Prospect/Introspect, Orchard Gallery, Bethesda, MD
*expected



CURATORIAL

2024
2023
Lead Curator, Cuts Across: Artists Respond to Lived Intersections, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR Co-Curator, Friends of Friends, WAVE Contemporary at Carnation Contemporary


AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2025
Artist-in-Residence, Terrain Land Art, Portland, OR
Juror, Work Trade Artist Residency, High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA
Portland Arts Project Grant, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR 
2024
Artist-in-Residence, The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR
Ford Family Foundation Golden Spot Award
Arts3C Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR

2023
Featured Artist, Cultivate, Grand Rapids, MI
Artist-in-Residence, High Desert Test Sites at AZ-West, Joshua Tree, CA
2022
Artist-in-Residence, The Zymoglyphic Museum, Portland, OR
Juror, Prairie Ronde Artist Residency, Vicksburg, MI

2020
Artist-in-Residence, Prairie Ronde Artist Residency, Vicksburg, MI
2018
Summer Merit Scholarship, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists, Saugatuck, MI
2008 - 2012
President's Award, Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington, DC
2008 - 2010  
Dean’s List, Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington, DC


BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
“After/Image 01: The Third Terrain,” after/time collective & gallery, Portland, OR [catalog] “Nirvanamatopoeia,” Exploring Crossover, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR [interviewer
2020

“Pamela Hadley,” Prairie Ronde Artist Residency, Vicksburg, MI [video]
“Art-in-Place,” CNL Projects, Chicago, IL [project  page]
“LOSS, A Virtual Exhibition,” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL [online exhibition]
Zinta Aistars, “Art Beat,” WMUK Radio, Kalamazoo, MI [interview]

Perspectives 2020,” CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, KR [catalog]

2019
“MFA 2019,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago [profile]
2012
Mark Jenkins, “At Civilian Art Projects show, signposts to urbanity’s beauty,” The Washington Post Online, May 31, 2012. [review]

MEMBERSHIPS
2025 - Present
2023 - Present
2023 - Present
2023 - Present
2021 - 2022
2019 - 2020
2010 - 2017
Art in Oregon, Board of Directors, Portland, OR
Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR 
WAVE Contemporary, Portland, OR
Borderline Salon, Portland, OR
Art Group, Portland, OR
Basic Studios, Chicago, IL
Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC



© 2026 Pamela Hadley