Paint Fight PDX

What is Paint Fight PDX?

Our goal is to connect the community with amazing local artists!

We PAY (that’s right), artists to come and show off a sample of their skills on stage with all supplies provided and a limited time to create!

This event is meant to introduce YOU to artists that you may not have seen before! You can even BUY THE ART you saw get created! 100% of that money goes right to the artists.

In a world that aims to charge artists to showcase, we flip that and pay them to show off for you. We add a lightly competitive element to add some fun, but it’s more important that we uplift and share these artists with you.

Want to come check it out? Guess what? It’s also FREE to attend! Our whole schedule is posted in a previous post and is also on Eventbrite, Facebook Events, the link in our bio, and probably some more places!

We are proudly sponsored by a local amazing business PDXchange - fair & square.®

Professional photos by Tommy Kelson

Our fourth awesome artist for July 26th is Sel Tasteme (taste me Art) Sel Tastéme

Artist bio:

Sel is a multi-disciplined Portland based artist who expresses elation, anguish, and inner power through colorful paintings, dance, community projects, and sculpture. Using paint, fabric, colored pencils, clay, ink, and movement, she creates a world of whimsical horror. She focuses heavily on the q***r experience, girl and womanhood, and the inner worlds of dancers. Each of those groups face persecution, over-sexualization, and harsh judgement, and Sel wishes to show the reality, dreams, love, ambition, and struggle. Everything she creates is deeply personal from her own experiences, fantasies, nightmares, or prophesies. Her work is meant to induce empathy through playful coloring, body horror, and magical whimsy. Deeply dramatic, horrifying, and fun, Sel hopes to leave you with something on your mind, maybe you will find some empathy or find yourself, and a place to relate.

Don’t miss out on this event! It’s FREE to attend! More details vis link in our bio, Facebook Events and Eventbrite

We are sponsored by PDXchange - fair & square.®

We are excited to bring to the stage Aventine 𝒜𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝒱𝑒𝑒 !

Artist bio:

An artist of form and process. From clowning and acting to painting and makeup. My style in all forms is a mix of ethereal elegance refined out of chaos.

We are so excited to see what becomes of Aventines blank canvas! You can watch the magic at the The High Water Mark Lounge on July 26th

Our event is sponsored by an awesome local business PDXchange - fair & square.®

Behold our champion from April Big Chroma Studio !

All artists that create are paid to play, but our champ gets a little extra scrilla and a handmade belt made by us!

Sponsored by PDXchange - fair & square.®

Photography by Tommy Kelson