List of public art in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon, has an extensive public art collection. Displayed artworks undergo an approval process. Many of the artworks are administered by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

Several statues were toppled during the 2020s, including ones depicting Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt. The Promised Land, the Thompson Elk Fountain, and a statue of Harvey W. Scott were also removed.

Mosaics, murals, and paintings

Black Lives Matter street mural (2020)

Mosaics, mural, and paintings have included:

• Black Lives Matter street mural (2020)
• Capax Infiniti (2014), Faith47
• Conduit (2009–2010), Emily Ginsburg
• George Floyd mural (2020)
• Lovejoy Columns
• Never Look Away (2021)
• Oregon History (1989–1990), Richard Haas
• Packy mural (1990, destroyed in 2008), Eric Larsen
• Portland Memorial Mausoleum Mural (2009), Dan Cohen and Shane Bennett
• The Continuity of Life Forms, Willard Martin
• The Knowledge (2010), Harrell Fletcher and Avalon Kalin
• Tri It (2015), Blaine Fontana
• We Stand with You (2021)
• Women Making History in Portland (2007), Robin Corbo
• Woodstock Mural (2013, original, 2015 reproduction), Mike Lawrence

Sculpture

Sculptures have included:

• Garden Wreath (1997), Larry Kirkland, Central Library
• Mago Hermano (Brother Wizard or Magician) (2003), Antoinette Hatfield Hall
• Solar Wreath (1997), Larry Kirkland, Central Library

Outdoor sculptures

Statue of Abraham Lincoln (1928 — 2020), George Fite Waters

Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc

Fountain for Company H

Liberty Bell

Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste (1905)

Skidmore Fountain

Statue of Paul Bunyan (1959)

The Quest (1970), Alexander von Svoboda

Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider (1922), Alexander Phimister Proctor

• 118 Modules (1979), John Rogers
• Ainu and Native American power boards
• Allow Me (1983), John Seward Johnson II
• Alluvial Wall (2001), Peter Nylen
• Along These Lines (2005), Anne Storrs
• Animals in Pools (1986), Georgia Gerber
• Artwall (2005), Herbert Dreiseitl
• Ascension (1996), Robert Calvo
• Awning (1976), Douglas Senft
• Bell Circles II
• Broken Wall Memorial
• Brushstrokes (1996), Roy Lichtenstein
• Burls Will Be Burls (2009), Bruce Conkle
• The Burnside Nest (2014), Hannes Wingate
• Bust of York (2021)
• Cairns (2008), Christine Bourdette
• Capitalism (1991), Larry Kirkland
• Captain William Clark Monument (1988)
• Cat in Repose (1997), Kathleen McCullough (née Conchuratt)
• Charles Frederic Swigert Jr. Memorial Fountain (1983), Richard Beyer
• Chiming Fountain (1891), John "Hans" Staehli
• Chinatown Gateway (1986)
• City Reflections (2009), Patti Warashina
• Coming of the White Man (1904), Hermon Atkins MacNeil
• Constellation (2000), Tad Savinar
• Contact II (1972), Alexander Liberman
• Continuation (2009), Michihiro Kosuge
• Da Tung and Xi'an Bao Bao (2002)
• Daddy Long Legs (2006), Mel Katz
• Dog Bowl (2002), William Wegman
• The Dream (1998), Michael Florin Dente
• The Dreamer (1979), Manuel Izquierdo
• Driver's Seat (1994), Don Merkt
• Echo Gate (2001), Ean Eldred
• Electronic Poet (1984), Keith Jellum
• Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc, Emmanuel Frémiet
• Facing the Crowd (2001), Michael Stutz
• Farewell to Orpheus (1968–1973), Frederic Littman
• Festival Lanterns (2006), Brian Goldbloom
• Floribunda (1998), Mark Calderon
• Folly Bollards (1998), Valerie Otani
• Fountain for Company H (1914), John H. Beaver
• Fountain to a Rose (1973)
• Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain (1975), Lee Kelly
• Friendship Circle (1990), Lee Kelly and Michael Stirling
• From Within Shalom (1984), Steve Gillman
• Ghost Ship (2001), James Harrison
• The Green Man of Portland (2009), Daniel Duford
• Heart Beacon (2013), Blessing Hancock and Joe O'Connell
• Holon (1978–1979, re-carved 2003–2004), Donald Wilson
• Host Analog (1991), Buster Simpson
• Howard's Way (2007), Lee Kelly
• Ideals (1992), Muriel Castanis
• In Honor of a Lifetime of Sexual Assault (2024)
• In the Shadow of the Elm (1984), Paul Sutinen
• Interlocking Forms (1977), Donald Wilson
• Inversion: Plus Minus (2012), Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial (1965)
• Kerf (2015), Thomas Sayre
• Korean Temple Bell (1989)
• Kvinneakt (1973–1975), Norman J. Taylor
• Leland I (1975), Lee Kelly and Bonnie Bronson
• Lewis and Clark Memorial Column (1908), Otto Schumann
• Liberty Bell (1963, destroyed in 1970; replaced in 1972)
• Little Prince (1995), Ilan Averbuch
• Loyal B. Stearns Memorial Fountain (1941), A. E. Doyle and Associates
• Memorial Fountain, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
• Memory 99, Lee Kelly
• Mimir (1980), Keith Jellum
• Nash (1978–1979), Lee Kelly
• Nepenthes (2013), Dan Corson
• O Cruceiro (1986)
• Oddo Memorial
• Oregon Landscape (1962), Thomas Hardy
• Oregon Holocaust Memorial (2004)
• Oregon Irish Famine Memorial
• Passage (2014), Bill Will
• Peace Chant (1984), Steve Gillman
• People's Bike Library of Portland (2009), Brian Borrello and Rankin Renwick
• Perpetuity (1970), Alexander von Svoboda
• Pioneer Woman (1956), Frederic Littman
• Pod (2002), Pete Beeman
• Portland Immigrant Statue (2011), Jim Gion
• Portlandia (1985), Raymond Kaskey
• The Promised Land (1993), David Manuel
• The Quest (1970), Alexander von Svoboda
• The Responsibility of Raising a Child (2004), Rick Bartow
• Ring of Time (1965–1967), Hilda Grossman Morris
• The Rippling Wall (2014), David Franklin
• River Legend (1976), Dimitri Hadzi
• Royal Rosarian (2011), Bill Bane
• Running Horses (1986), Tom Hardy
• Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste (1905), Alice Cooper
• Salmon Cycle Marker (2005)
• The Scout
• Sculpture Stage (1976), Bruce West
• Shemanski Fountain (1926), Carl L. Linde, and Rebecca at the Well (1928), Oliver L. Barrett
• Silicon Forest (2003), Brian Borrello
• Silver Dawn (1980), Manuel Izquierdo
• Skidmore Fountain (1888), Olin Levi Warner
• Soaring Stones (1990), John T. Young
• Spanish–American War Soldier's Monument (1906), Douglas Tilden
• Spanish–American War Veterans Memorial
• Stack Stalk (2001), Ean Eldred
• Statue of Abraham Lincoln (1928), George Fite Waters
• Statue of Benjamin Franklin (1942), George Berry
• Statue of George Washington (1926–1927), Pompeo Coppini
• Statue of Harvey W. Scott (1933), Gutzon Borglum
• Statue of Paul Bunyan (1959)
• Statue of Vera Katz (2006), Bill Bane
• Stratum (2016), Mikyoung Kim
• Streetcar Stop for Portland (2013), Jorge Pardo
• Talos No. 2 (1959–1977), James Lee Hansen
• Tecotosh (2005–2006), Ed Carpenter
• Terra Incognita (1995), Ilan Averbuch
• Theodore Roosevelt Memorial (1939)
• Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider (1922), Alexander Phimister Proctor
• This All Happened More or Less (2014), Crystal Schenk and Shelby Davis
• Thomas Jefferson (1915), Karl Bitter
• Thompson Elk Fountain (1900), Roland Hinton Perry
• Thor (1977), Melvin Schuler
• Three Figures (1991–1992), Mark Bulwinkle
• Tikitotmoniki Totems (2001), Kenny Scharf
• Transcendence, Keith Jellum
• Tree of Life (1964), Lee Kelly and Bonnie Bronson
• Triad (1980, remade 2003), Evelyn Franz
• Trigger 4 (1979), Lee Kelly
• Trio (2013), Elizabeth Conner
• Unfolding Rhythms (1987), Manuel Izquierdo
• Untitled (1977), John Killmaster
• Untitled (1977), Ivan Morrison
• Untitled (1977), Bruce West
• Upstream Downtown (1992), Gary Hirsch
• Urban Hydrology (2009), Fernanda D'Agostino
• Uroboros (1979), Charles Kibby
• Velosaurus (2015), Horatio Law
• Ventana al Pacifico (1989), Manuel Neri
• Victory Bell
• Voices of Remembrance
• Water, Please (1997), Don Merkt
• We Have Always Lived Here (2015), Greg A. Robinson
• Weather Machine (1988), Omen Design Group Inc.
• Whistlestop for an Organ Teacher (2009), Cris Bruch
• Wind Gate, Hilda Grossman Morris
• Winter Rider No. 2 (2003), James Lee Hansen
• Yankee Champion (1985), Thomas Morandi
• York: Terra Incognita (2010), Alison Saar
• You Are Here (2012), Ron Baron

See also

• Coraline's Curious Cat Trail (2024), temporary art trail
• Fathom (art installation)
• Robot Alley

External links

• Media related to Public art in Portland, Oregon at Wikimedia Commons