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.
2007 | Boeing Corporation, Tukwila, Washington
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2006 | East & West Merriwether Towers, commissioned by Gerdling/Elden Development, and GBD Architects, Portland, Oregon
Beechwood Place Mall, Cleveland, Ohio
Providence Hospital, Portland, Oregon
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2005 | Hartford Life Company, Hartford, Connecticut
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2004 | Jeppesen DataPlan Corporation, San Jose, California
Linowes & Blocher, Attorneys, Bethesda, Maryland
Quimby Residence, Portland, Oregon
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2003 | Electro Scientific Industries, Portland, Oregon
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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
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2001 | Arthur Andersen Consulting, Portland, Oregon
McDonalds Corporation, Lake Oswego, Oregon
Wildwood Restaurant, Portland, Oregon
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2000 | Inter-Continental Hotel, Miami, Florida
Kaiser Lancaster Clinic, Salem, Oregon
Pope-Beatty Residence, Portland, Oregon
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1999 | Howard Hughes Foundation, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Serratto Restaurant, Portland, Oregon
ETEC Systems, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
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1998 | Heathman Lodge, Vancouver, Washington
Private residence, Portland, Oregon
Gray Campus Center, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
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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
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1996 | Wacker Siltronic Corporation, Portland, Oregon
Hihn Building, Santa Cruz, California
Private residence, Portland, Oregon
Kaiser Glisan Dental Clinic, Portland, Oregon
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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
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1994 | Thompson & Mitchell, Attorneys, St. Louis, Missouri
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1993 | Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Attorneys, Portland, Oregon
Private residence, Vancouver, Washington
Techmatic Corporation, Washington, DC
Private residence, Topeka, Kansas
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1992 | Private residence, Corona Del Mar, California
Xerox Corporation, New York, New York
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1991 | Nissho Iwai American Corporation, Portland, Oregon
Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation, Raritan, New Jersey
Private residence, Scottsdale, Arizona
Delta Airlines, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle, Washington
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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
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1989 | Nissin Foods, Inc., Los Angeles, California
Private residence, Portland, Oregon
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1988 | Cooper, Epstein & Hurewitz, Attorneys, Los Angeles, California
SAFECO Insurance Co., Cincinnati, Ohio
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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
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1986 | NEC America, Hillsboro, Oregon
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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
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1984 | Sheraton Hotel, Tacoma, Washington
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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
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1981 | State of Oregon, Department of Revenue, Salem, Oregon - Oregon Arts Commission, % for Art Project
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1980 | University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon - Oregon Arts Commission, % for Art Project
Ragen, Roberts, Tremaine, Attorneys, Portland, Oregon |
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