Jake Shivery is a portraitist based in St. Johns, Oregon. He has been involved in the photo industry for over twenty years, working in many capacities in many places. In 2001, he co-founded Blue Moon Camera and Machine, where he is now the proprietor. In the past few years, exhibitions of Jake’s large format work have taken place in several notable galleries: Basil Hallward Gallery, the Newspace Center for Photography, the Camerawork Gallery, and the Lightbox Gallery in Astoria. Examples of his work may be found in the Regional Arts and Culture Council’s “Visual Chronicle of Portland” and the Portland Art Museum’s permanent collection of photographs. He lives in St Johns with his dog, Daisy.

Website – Flickr

Jake Shivery will give a Pop-Up Reading at 5pm in the Modern and Contemporary Art Wing (Jubitz Center, 2nd Floor).