A Matter of Taste: New Work from PNCA Photo Students
A Matter of Taste
New Work from PNCA Photo Students
Apr 3 - 26, 2025
Meal, Noun. - the act or event of eating a portion of food to satisfy one’s appetite.
From the joy of sharing a meal with those you love to the grotesque nature of hunger, food is universal–a practice we all share. But consumption is unique. It’s all a matter of taste. Come explore a smörgåsbord of textures, colors, and the rituals that nourish us.
Participating Artists
• Makayla Aldrich • Morgan Berry • Carter Gubbins •
• Christian Lambert • Gaby Langlois • Faolan “Fae” Lehtonen •
• Sav Mabie • Mackenzie Madriaga • Kelsie Nelsen • Deb Seitz •
This exhibition is curated and facilitated by Teresa Christiansen and Rachel Wolf at PNCA.
Teresa Christiansen (she/her) was born and raised in New York City and currently lives in Portland, OR where she is Head of the Photography Department at Pacific Northwest College of Art. Teresa received her MFA in photographic studies from ICP-Bard in 2008, and worked as an Assistant Photographer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for nine years. She has exhibited her work nationally, including New York, Philadelphia, Seattle and Portland. Recently she has shown work at Aperture Gallery and Chashama in NYC, the Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle, Melanie Flood Projects in Portland, and the Portland Art Museum. She was a 2007 winner of PDN Photo Annual, a 2013 Regional Arts & Culture Council grant recipient and a summer 2014 Wassaic Artist Resident. Her work is in the collection of the Portland Art Museum.
Rachel Wolf (she/her) is a professional photographer who specializes in camera-less photography, alternative/antique processes, and creates immersive environments through light-based installations. Born and raised in Alaska, Wolf’s work is deeply influenced by the profound presence and absence of light in her surroundings. Her direct experience of the aurora borealis instilled in her a deep appreciation for the transcendent and embodied qualities of light, which has since become her muse and the focus of her artistic practice.
Wolf’s artistry goes beyond the confines of a camera; she is a master of camera-less photography, immersing herself in the essence of the photographic process itself. This unique approach, which she fondly calls liminagraphy–a traversing of the threshold where light and alchemy transform into tangible matter. Operating within the boundaries of her darkroom, Wolf engages in an unmediated exploration by exposing photographic materials–paper and film–to an array of objects, light sources, and chemical agents. This liberates Wolf from the constraints of traditional photography, forging a profound and immersive connection with the materials and photographic process.
Beyond her role as an artist, Wolf is also an inspiring professor and speaker. Through her teachings, she imparts her passion for light and photography to others, nurturing a new generation of artists. Wolf firmly believes in the power of art as a collaborative endeavor that builds communities, and this belief led her to co-found FO(u)RT Collective—a multi-disciplinary arts collective that curates exhibitions and events, fostering artistic camaraderie.
As a member of The Guild at LightBox Photographic Gallery, Wolf also curates photographic exhibitions and facilitates workshops in analogue photography processes, sharing her expertise with fellow enthusiasts. Her artistic prowess has gained recognition worldwide, with exhibitions in Germany, Hungary, Canada, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Seattle, and her current home base, Portland, OR.
Wolf’s compelling images have found homes in both public and private collections. Wolf earned her BA from Hampshire College and her MFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art, and can be found playing in her darkroom in Portland, OR.