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Chefas Projects is thrilled to introduce Madonna, Madonna, the solo debut of Portland-based painter Nicole Williford. Trained in traditional portraiture, Williford’s work spans from tight realism to abstract color fields. Painting is a practice of meditation for the artist as well as a method of processing the overwhelming stimulation present in day-to-day life, her work revolving around personal narratives, nostalgia, and identity.

In Madonna, Madonna, Williford explores the cyclical nature of motherhood through paintings of personal family photographs. These paintings follow subjects from …