Selected Solo Exhibits

  • Then – Now – Future, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR (October 2024)
  • Whil-Xolik, Oregon Artists Series Foundation, Salem Public Library (June – September 2024)
  • America Replated, Oregon Artists Series Foundation, Salem Convention Center (June – Sept. 2024)
  • Past is Present, Salem Art Association, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR (May-June 2024)
  • Past is Present, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR (June 2023)
  • Native Perspectives: Then and Now, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR (February 2023)
  • America Replated, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR (September 2022)
  • Whil-xolik (Tell Me a Story), Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR (February – March 2022)
  • Identity (with Janice Yang) Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR (November 2021)
  • Spirits Known and Unknown (with Lillian Pitt) Gallery 114 Portland, OR. (March 2020)
  • Whil-xolik (Tell Me a Story), Luke’s Frame Shop, Portland, OR (November 2016)
  • “The Spider and the Bureau”, Portland State University, Native American Community Center (2009-2011)
  • Abstracts, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR (2010)
  • “Everyone’s a Winner: Exploring Icons”, Luke’s Frame Shop, Portland, Oregon (2010)
  • New Work, Northwest by Northwest Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR (2009)
  • “The Spider and the Bureau: The Blanket Series”, Hallie Ford Museum, Salem, Oregon (2007-08)
  • Selected Wars, Corner Gallery, Bush Barn Salem, Oregon (2006)
  • Tambra Gallery, Salem, Oregon (1993)
  • Selected Work, Littman Gallery Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (1992)
  • Selected Work, Corner Gallery Bush Barn, Salem, Oregon (1992)

Selected Group Exhibits

  • Indigenous Northwest, Salem Art Association, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR (2024)
  • Sitka Art Invitational, Portland, OR (2023)
  • Creative Diversity Abides: works by Blackfish artist owners, Newport Arts Center, Newport, OR (April-May 2023)
  • Kablooey: Reimagining the Self, Elisabeth Jones Art Center, Portland, OR (March – June 2022)
  • Celilo – Never Silenced, The Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton, OR (March – June 2022)
  • Don’t Quit Your Day Job, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River OR (November 2021)
  • ArtWorks Northwest, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, OR (May – July 2018)
  • Mother River, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR (July 2021)
  • Around Oregon Annual, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR (July 2021)
  • This IS Kalapuyan Land, Washington County Museum (August 2019 – June 2020)
  • YƏHAW̓: About Us, ARTS at King Street Station, Seattle, WA. (March – August, 2019)
  • Portland Open Studios: Artists at Work, Portland, OR. (October 2019)
  • Everything We Do Is Music, Gallery 114, Portland, OR (June 2018)
  • Artworks Northwest, Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseburg OR (May – July 2018)
  • Emerald Spring Exhibition, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR (May 2018)
  • Express YourSELF in Art, Gallery 114, Portland, OR (Dec 2017)
  • Light and Shadow, Gresham Visual Arts Gallery, Gresham, OR (November 2017 – February 2018)
  • Future Tellers, Gallery 114, Portland, OR (June 2017)
  • Oregon Art Beat Annual Exhibition, Mark Wooley Gallery, Portland, OR (2014)
  • Alumni Art: Remembering Western, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR (2013)
  • Past Winners’ Exhibit, Art on Broadway, Beaverton, OR (2012)
  • “Teaching Art/Making Art”, Chemeketa Community College Art Gallery, Salem, Oregon (2007)
  • Salmon for the Sandy, Portland, Oregon (2007)
  • Selected Works, Corner Gallery, Bush Barn Salem, Oregon (2006)
  • Salmon in the City, Salem, Oregon (2005)
  • Salem Salon (2002)
  • Arts in Oregon Council Millennium Show 2000, Hallie Ford Museum, Salem Oregon (2000)
  • Anderson Gallery, McMinnville, Oregon (1998 – 99)
  • Beaverton Showcase, Beaverton, Oregon — 1st Place, Mixed Media (1996)
  • Oregon Annual, Oregon State Fair (1996)
  • Arts in Oregon Council, State Capitol, Salem, Oregon (1995)
  • AOC Annual, State Capitol, Salem, Oregon (1994)
  • Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon (1994)
  • Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (1994)
  • Sunriver Annual, Bend, Oregon (1992)
  • Sunbird Gallery, Bend. Oregon (1992)
  • Oregon Annual, Oregon State Fair Gallery, Salem, Oregon (1990 – 92)
  • Chemeketa Community College Art Gallery, Salem, Oregon (1990)
  • Salem Public Library, Salem, Oregon (1987)
  • Governor’s Show, State Capitol, Salem, Oregon (1986)

Collaborative Projects

Sculptural Poles Installation, Chemawa Indian School Gallery (2009)

Worked with artist Rick Bartow (Wiyot) and Chemawa students to design and carve two sculptural poles as east and west entrance pieces.

Power of the Purse (2008)

Commissioned by Girls, Inc to work with textile artists to create a purse in honor of Grande Ronde tribal leader Kathryn Harrison.

Eco Earth Globe, Salem Riverfront Park (2003)

Installation commissioned by Department of Parks, Salem, OR

Art in Public Spaces

  • Intertribal: All Are Welcome
    Bus wrap on TriMet (Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of  Oregon) busses celebrating Native American heritage.  Began appearing on busses November 2024
  • Art on Board: Portland Streetcar
    (January – April 2022) – Portland, OR
  • Chemawa Indian School
    Salem, OR
  • Hallie Ford Museum
    Salem, OR
  • Mayor’s Office
    Portland, OR
  • Riverfront Park
    Salem, OR
  • State Library of Oregon
    Salem, OR
  • University of New Mexico
    Albuquerque, NM
  • University of Oregon
    Eugene, OR

Selected Publications and Media Appearances

Art Beat

Oregon Public Broadcasting (PBS affiliate) weekly show featuring artists from across Oregon.  First aired April, 2009.  Replayed on other PBS affiliates.

Native American Artists

Publication of the Sasse Museum of Art.  One of 5 contemporary Native American artists profiled in 70 page catalog. Published 2022.  

InSight

CC Media weekly cultural news show that broadcasts in greater Salem, Oregon region. The 40 minute interview “Don Bailey: America Replated” first aired July 5, 2024 on television and radio and is available on YouTube.