The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University is pleased to present Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, on view from August 26 to December 6, 2025.
Multimedia artist Marie Watt (b. 1967) is a storyteller. As a member of the Seneca Nation (one of six Indigenous nations that form the Haudenosaunee Confederacy) with German-Scots ancestry, she tells stories that draw from both Native and non-Native traditions: Greco-Roman myth, pop music and Pop art, Indigenous oral narratives, Star Wars and Star Trek. Over the course of her career, Watt has told these stories through prints. The collaborative printmaking process is consistent with Watt’s desire to build communities through art and storytelling. This exhibition showcases over 60 prints, sculptures, and textiles that highlight the artist’s career from 1996 to the present.
Conversation with Marie Watt and Jordan Schnitzer
Thursday, September 18, 4:00pm, with reception to follow at museum
Location: Lincoln Hall, Room 75
The exhibition was organized by University Galleries, University of San Diego, and curated by John Murphy, PhD, Philip and Lynn Straus Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, and former Hoehn Curatorial Fellow for Prints at the University of San Diego.
Support for this exhibition is provided by Jordan Schnitzer and the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation, JSMA at PSU Exhibition Circle, and the Richard and Helen Phillips Charitable Fund.
JSMA at PSU Hours:
Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 11 AM–5 PM
Wednesday: 11 AM–5 PM
Thursday: 11 AM–7 PM
Friday: 11 AM–5 PM
Saturday: 11 AM–5 PM
Image Credit: Marie Watt, Blankets, edition 2/15, 2003, lithograph and photo transfer, 19 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches, Published by Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts, Pendleton, OR, Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer, Image Credit: Aaron Wessling.