Commissions

Pagen Studio brings over 30 years of experience, with projects ranging from 40 inches to over 40 feet. His work has been recognized and supported by fellowships by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Oregon Arts Commission.

The studio’s credits span a global context, having completed projects throughout the United States and abroad. He brings a high standard of creative problem solving to each commission, and understands that a fulfillment of sound strategy and solid objectives are the keys to a successful project.

The studio offers, on site consultation, site specific proposal, concept development and proposed drawings, complete budget information, crating and shipping, installation and documentation at the site.


Material Time 2013 Fired enamel on steel 7.5 ft. x 14 ft. x 1.5in. Permanent Collection of the US Embassy, Bujumbura, Burundi.	Untitled 30 x 60 2 in. Private Collection Seattle, WA

Ridgeline #417 48 x 49 x 2 in. Collection of Beechwood Place Mall, Cleveland, Ohio. 2006	Alchemy 84 x 60 x 2 in. Collection of Wacker Siltronic Portland OR 1996

Untitled 120 x 168 x 2 in. Arthur Anderson Consulting Portland, OR	Tailpiece 84x 84 x 2 in. Collection of ETEC Systems, Inc. Hilsboro, OR 1999

Untitled 36 x 120 x 2 in. Arthur Anderson Consulting Portland OR	Contingent 48 x 168 x 2 in. Collection of Hewlett Packard Vancouver, WA 1990

EK 34 x 41 x 2 in. Collection of Metal Exchange Corp. St. Louis, MO 1991	Fracture 15 x 64 x 2 in. Collection of US Bank Portland, OR 1990

Muso 68 x 40 x 2 in. Collection of Tokyo International Forum Tokyo, Japan 1997	Untitled 36 x 144 x 2 in. Collection of Mentor Graphics Wilsonville, OR 1990

Matrix 48 x 96 x 2 in. Collection of 13th Street Lofts Portland, OR 1996	Untitled 31 x 85 x 2 in. Pacificorp Portland, OR 1996

Shift 60 x 204 x 2 in. Collection of Liberty Centre Portland, OR 1997	Stock 45 x 54 x 2 in. Collection of Intercontinental Hotel Miami, FL 2000

Shifting 60 x 55 x 2 in. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America Washington, DC	Stella 53 x 24 x 2 in. Collection of Xerox Corp. New York, NY 1991

Decker 120 x 480 x 2 in. Portland State University Millar Library Portland, OR

Complete List of Commissioned Ceramic Projects

2007	Boeing Corporation, Tukwila, Washington
2006	East & West Merriwether Towers, commissioned by Gerdling/Elden Development, and GBD Architects, Portland, Oregon Beechwood Place Mall, Cleveland, Ohio Providence Hospital, Portland, Oregon
2005	Hartford Life Company, Hartford, Connecticut
2004	Jeppesen DataPlan Corporation, San Jose, California Linowes & Blocher, Attorneys, Bethesda, Maryland Quimby Residence, Portland, Oregon
2003	Electro Scientific Industries, Portland, Oregon Isabelle & Jeff Louis residence, La Quinta, California
2002	Carpenters Union Building, The United Brotherhood of Woodworkers, Washington, DC Health One Hospital, Denver, Colorado Jeppessen Co., Denver, Colorado NERVE, Advertising Agency, Portland, Oregon St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, Oregon C.Z. Sterling, Atlanta, Georgia 13th St. Lofts, Portland, Oregon Washington Mutual Bank, Alderbrook Lodge, SeaTac, Washington
2001	Arthur Andersen Consulting, Portland, Oregon McDonalds Corporation, Lake Oswego, Oregon Wildwood Restaurant, Portland, Oregon
2000	Inter-Continental Hotel, Miami, Florida Kaiser Lancaster Clinic, Salem, Oregon Pope-Beatty Residence, Portland, Oregon
1999	Howard Hughes Foundation, Chevy Chase, Maryland Serratto Restaurant, Portland, Oregon ETEC Systems, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
1998	Heathman Lodge, Vancouver, Washington Private residence, Portland, Oregon Gray Campus Center, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
1997	Tokyo Forum Restaurant, Tokyo, Japan PacifiCorp, Portland, Oregon Colling, Swift & Hynes, Washington, DC Private residence, McLean, Virginia Liberty Centre, Portland, Oregon, commissioned by Ashforth Pacific, Inc., Portland, Oregon
1996	Wacker Siltronic Corporation, Portland, Oregon Hihn Building, Santa Cruz, California Private residence, Portland, Oregon Kaiser Glisan Dental Clinic, Portland, Oregon
1995	Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Oslo, Norway Private residence, Chicago, Illinois Perkins Coie, Attorneys, Portland, Oregon ATIS, Alliance of Telecommunications Industries, Washington, DC Hewlett-Packard, Atlanta, Georgia
1994	Thompson & Mitchell, Attorneys, St. Louis, Missouri
1993	Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Attorneys, Portland, Oregon Private residence, Vancouver, Washington Techmatic Corporation, Washington, DC Private residence, Topeka, Kansas
1992	Private residence, Corona Del Mar, California Xerox Corporation, New York, New York
1991	Nissho Iwai American Corporation, Portland, Oregon Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation, Raritan, New Jersey Private residence, Scottsdale, Arizona Delta Airlines, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle, Washington
1990	Millar Library, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon - Oregon Arts Commission, % for Art Project TIMET Corporation, Denver, Colorado Mentor Graphics, Wilsonville, Oregon Hewlett-Packard, Vancouver, Washington Eastmoreland Golf Clubhouse, Portland, Oregon - Metropolitan Arts Commission, % for Art Project Private residence, Chicago, Illinois Raddison Hotel, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1989	Nissin Foods, Inc., Los Angeles, California Private residence, Portland, Oregon
1988	Cooper, Epstein & Hurewitz, Attorneys, Los Angeles, California SAFECO Insurance Co., Cincinnati, Ohio
1987	Potomac Community Center, Rockville, Maryland Department of Transportation, Materials Testing Lab, State of Oregon, Salem, Oregon, Oregon Arts Commission, % for Art Project Private residence, Portland, Oregon Private residence, Portland, Oregon Hyatt Hotel, Scottsdale, Arizona
1986	NEC America, Hillsboro, Oregon
1985	G.I. Joes Corporate Offices, Wilsonville, Oregon Mackenzie/Saito Architects, Portland, Oregon Rocky Ridge Elementary School, Graham, Washington - Washington State Arts Commission, % for Art Project Fabric Art, Portland, Oregon
1984	Sheraton Hotel, Tacoma, Washington
1983	South Whidbey High School, Langley, Washington - Washington State Arts Commission, % for Art Project Department of General Services, Salem, Oregon - Oregon Arts Commission, % for Art Project
1981	State of Oregon, Department of Revenue, Salem, Oregon - Oregon Arts Commission, % for Art Project
1980	University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon - Oregon Arts Commission, % for Art Project Ragen, Roberts, Tremaine, Attorneys, Portland, Oregon

Observations

Geoffrey Pagen’s ceramic wall pieces are thickly made constructions that use contemporary hieroglyphic symbols to convey meaning through color intensities, graphical mark making, and richly glazed textures. Pagen’s work reference a great deal from antiquity, such as the blue tiled grand entryways of Babylon, found in the Louvre in Paris. Pagen uses a grid structure as a means to allow the abstract nature of his designs to exist in a meaning filled cultural context dialoguing the ancient with the present. The modular nature of Pagen’s ceramic encourages the viewer to make the leap beyond the domain formerly held by abstract painting into a grand ceramic vision. Interestingly enough this ceramic leap creates a visual resonance that would be easily understood far beyond the borders of our contemporary culture, into a much wider global and ethnic aesthetic. Pagen’s ceramics bring together many intriguing art relationships within the calibrations of both interior and exterior environments, natural and man-made.

- Jody Somerset
Stellar Somerset Gallery