Resilience & Resistance

Anatomical heart branching off like a compass with text reading "go your own way

Zipporah Vannata // Murmur Creative

Screen Print | 18x24 Go One’s Own Way” was inspired by the notion that becoming the person we’re intended to be is only possible if we listen to our own internal compass. Like veins branching from a heart, our individual pathways are complex, vital and unique to every one of us.

Type reading "Our Existence is Resilience. Our Existence is Resistance."

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Screen Print | 18x24 Credits // Poster design by Kyle Vsetecka. Kyle Vsetecka is a multi-disciplinary graphic designer who lives and works in Portland, Oregon. His work includes logo design, brand identity, illustration and animation. Outside of work Kyle spends his time playing sports, growing plants and hanging out with his wife and two cats.

Type treatment reading “Resilience" and "Resistance”

Ani // Swift Agency

Digital Print | 18x24 Credits // Poster design by @ani.djaferian. I'm an Armenian-American art director / demolition enthusiast from the midwest.

Abstract illustration of faces and hands. Imagery created with line work with color details and embellishments.

Awake PDX

Screen Print | 18x24 Printed on Pink, Purple, or Blue Paper. Be Honest.

Abstract shapes in blue and pink with the word "Love".

Bologna Sandwich

Block Print | 17.5x24 Julianna and Kate have been collaborating for a decade and have been in business as Bologna Sandwich for seven years. They bring strategy, joy, and dedication to each creative challenge. In addition to their client work, Julianna and Kate teach graphic design and illustration at Portland State University.

Two-toned Collage of imagery and messaging by Casey Hoke.

Designed in Honor of Casey Hoke

Digital offset print of physical collage made from the artwork, writings, collections, & interests of Casey Hoke | 24x18 Eli Dowens is a transmasc political science student, and Jake McManus is a transmasc graphic design student, both at Cal Poly Pomona. Jake and Eli lost their partner, Casey Hoke, also transmasc, last year to suicide. Although Eli is not primarily an artist, he collaborated with Jake and Anthony on this poster to share Casey’s memory and message of resilience. The piece is composed of art, writing, and collections of Casey Hoke, including his trademark glasses, featured prominently in the center. Once complete, the collage was photographed and colorized. Anthony Acock is a graphic design professor at Cal Poly Pomona, who had the pleasure of having Casey both as a student, and colleague through Casey´s role as a TEDx speaker, and transgender activist within the department of art, where Mr. Hoke´s sizeable presence will forever be greatly missed. Credits // Curated by Eli Dowens, Jake McManus, and Anthony Acock. Printing donated by Typecraft, in Pasadena California.

Warped pink and blue shape on top of a warped black and white background.

Cinco Design

Screen Print | 18x24 We’re a team of artists and designers who believe that multiple perspectives make us stronger. Our poster is designed to celebrate the beauty of an individual who is true to themself even in the face of oppression.

Child holding a torch that illuminates 3 tigers. Type at bottom reads " Protect Trans Kids"

Colin Laurel

Digital | 20x14 Growing up black and trans, I sought assurance that I could be myself while navigating through a world that told me otherwise. This poster is dedicated to the kids who need our love and support.

Large hand making a peace sign. Hand has stars and strip details. Type at bottom reads "Peace".

Aaron James Draplin // Draplin Design Co.

Screen Print | 18x24 Aaron James Draplin is a graphic designer, representing the good people of the Draplin Design Co. He works out of his backyard on logos, records, Field Notes memo books, teaching kids through Skillshare classes, delivering speaking fiascos all over the world, and, spends an inordinate amount of time pantless.

Two dragonflies mirroring each other with a geometric background created of a line work and ornamental detail.

Erin Shorthill // Murmur Creative

Digital | 13x19 "To fly we have to have resistance." - Maya Lin The dragonfly moves with grace. It is one of the most resilient creatures, evolving and adapting for millions of years.

Vines of berries with type on top reading "my existence is an act of resistance."

Ethan Parker

Digital | 18x24 printed with a gray, blue, or purple background Ethan Parker a freelance graphic designer who identifies as queer, trans, and non-binary. This poster is a representation of the empowerment that comes from the realization that by simply existing with oppressed identities is an act of resistance. It's ok to be thorny, floral, and sweet at the same time.

Color gradient from pink into blue with type treatment reading "The future is non-binary".

Happylucky

Digital | 12.5x18.5 To evoke the sentiment of gender fluidity, we used a dynamic-transparent type with morphing color palette to create a dreamlike vision of what a new identity can feel like. At Happylucky, we believe in brands that have bold truths to tell in the name of positive change. Fear Less.

Drawing of Greek figure Hermaphroditus holding a shield. With a thorny vine with roses and leaf border.

Hattie MacLeod

Linocut | 18x24 I’m a designer and illustrator. I enjoy analog print methods and my work focuses on the intersection between the natural work and the human experience. Inspired by the Greek figure Hermaphroditus, “Strength in Transition” is a celebration of non-binary identities existing since the dawn of civilization.

wo hands in the center in a vertical orientation holing each other by the forearm. Text in top left corner reads "Together we rise".

Raina Jung & Aidan Jung

Digital Print | 18x24 Together we rise when we find resilience and resistance within ourselves and our communities. Raina Jung and Aidan Jung are siblings, collaborators, and multidisciplinary artists. Credits // Swift Agency: Raina Jung. Joint Editorial: Aidan Jung.

Cropped in view of a person wearing shorts and their back pocket with a slingshot in it.

Kate Digilio // Swift Agency

Digital Print | 18x24 I'm a multidisciplinary artist and art director from New York City. This poster is called "Eat My Shorts." Resistance and resilience come together in anyone willing to take a slingshot to The Man.

Black and white collage with text written in lipstick reading "Born to love".

Robert Jabra Khasho

Digital Print of Collage | 11x17 They say every landfill has its flower. You can take the hinges off of a heavy door but never know it’s true weight until you’ve carried it on your back. That’s what I’ve done for the last sixteen months. All in fear that the seventeen year old in your documentary would die. I’ve written you a hundred poems you’ve never seen, and only mentioned your name a dozen times. I’ve had more matches than a smoking bar. More scars than the decimal system allows. I’ve wondered if you were alive more times than I’d like to admit. I could have retired by now with enough metals to live in the Bronze Age. I just wanted to be your contender. I just wanted to wear one feather in my hair. Now I am a war chief, and the war is over. I’ve been non-binary since the day you blocked my number. Nothing has changed. I still love you. Please come back home to me. Nothing will be more precious, than to see that flower in the landfill again. Full Metal Jacket Collage Jeni Khashoggi

Plant and floral elements infused with faces, hands, and eyes. Text reads "Queer Resilience is Magic".

Leland Vaughan // Outlet

Risograph | 11x17 Leland is a queer non-binary designer, illustrator, and community organizer. They are currently studio manager of Outlet, a print, workshop, and event space where they specialize in risograph printing. Leland is passionate about social justice, intersectionality, and the ways creative/educational spaces can offset oppression, process trauma, and elevate marginalized voices. Their poster is called “Queer Resilience is Magic.”

Brush and textured color gradient from blue into pink. Text in center reads "I see you".

Maia Buzbee // PSU

Risograph | 11x17 Maia is a queer, nonbinary artist, designer, and PSU student. Their piece "I See You" is inspired by the love and support trans people have for one another. It is an affirmation for all of us, including you!

Background of repeating text reading the different pronouns "he/him she/her they/them". Outlined and colored in roses in the center with a banner reading "All pronouns are valid!"

Dfrntpigeon / New Avenues for Youth

Digital | 24x18 “All pronouns are valid!” is about resisting social expectations to conform to the gender binary. By validating others we show them the respect and human dignity they deserve. This piece was created in collaboration with dfrntpigeon, a social enterprise apparel brand run entirely by Portland’s marginalized youth. Ask about purchasing this poster with custom text!

Textured drawing of a yellow bloom with a stem and leaves. Little people figures are silhouetted on the leaves. Text reads "A weed or a flower? Love is all."

Ridan Arellano // OMFGCO

Digital on Newsprint | 19.5x27.5 A weed or a flower? Dandelions are perceived as bad weeds but only in the context of highly manicured lawns. They’re beautiful resilient plants and they don’t care whether you like them or not, they’re gonna grow either way. At the end of the day we're all just like this plant, trying to grow to be the best plant it can be.

Type treatment reading "Trans Rights are human Rights" in black with pink and blue line details.

Rae Senarighi AKA Transpainter

Linocut print + hand embellished color using oil pastel | 20x20 Rae Senarighi is a nonbinary artist whose work focuses on celebrating trans / nonbinary identity through vivid painted portraiture and typographic messages of love and acceptance. With a belief that respect comes from understanding, telling our stories becomes the path to understanding ourselves and each other. Trans rights are human rights.

Mushrooms growing from a log in a whimsy illustration style. Text reads “Nine of Wands”.

C.Renee Dimalla // Murmur Creative

Digital | 8.5x17 In traditional tarot, the “Nine of Wands” is symbolic of persistence and courage in the face of great challenges and trials. Here, the card has been reinterpreted to illustrate the remarkable ability of fungi (for whom the terms “male” and “female” do not apply) to thrive in formidable environments.

Large infinity sign made out of Trans flag colors (blue, white, pink). Background looks like space with specs representing stars scattered throughout. Text reads " Welcome to the radically accelerated expanding genderverse."

Roundhouse

Screen Print | 18x24 Roundhouse Agency is a creative company Built By Heart in Portland, OR. As binary ways fade and the cistem wakes up to the trans community, our poster is a declaration that embraces infinite gender as the future. Credits // Jessica Jones Senior Designer, Clay Nowak Senior Art Director, Paul Glazier Copywriter, & Rita Badalamenti Project Manager

Comic book style cover. Title reads "Trans Lifeline". Text in center of design reads "Resilience & Resistance Issue 001". Illustration of figure in center holding a floating sphere in each hand.

Ruune

Digital | 14x19 Ruune is a multi media artist and musician from the east coast living in PDX who practices gender magick and is heavily inspired by things that are both cute and powerful.

Block imagery of a house and home elements onto of textures printed on coral paper. Text in lower left corner reads "I am here. where are you?"

Ryan Swedenborg

Risograph | 11x17 Ryan Swedenborg is based out of Stockholm, Sweden where she works as a product designer for Spotify. After hours she keeps it analog as a weekend printmaker and illustrator. Her poster is a "thank you" to Trans activists throughout history who have made huge strides for the LGBTQIA community.

Large text reading "thrive" with vines and plant life rooting below type, wrapping around the letter forms and branching off above the type.

Sasquatch Advertising

Screen Print | 18x24 We were inspired by the intrinsic resilience found in plants, to rise out of the darkness and find life's light.

Three birds breaking free from individual boxes. Text in lower left corner reads a quote "But still, like air, I'll rise. - Maya Angelou".

Tory Cunningham // Murmur Creative

Digital | 14x18.6 The trans community’s astounding level of resilience is captured in the metaphor of bird’s refusing to be caged, all the while breaking through their barriers. The gynandromorphic abilities of the cardinal represent the unique spectrum of human representation.

Thin lines spanning all across in different directions. Text reads "In the end I was the truest self I could have been."

Anna Vo

Digital | 20x14 "In The End" is for folks with complex trauma, oppressed by varying forces each day, who survive through it; for queers who are coming out, and/or transitioning is not an option due to financial or cultural reasons; for people who end each day tired but a step closer to being their selves.

Illustrations of figures in all shapes and sizes. Test reads "Everybody. Anybody. Somebody. All Bodies!"

Xtine Tinoso

Digital | 14x25 Hello! I'm Xtine Tinoso, a non-binary designer/illustrator fresh to Portland! The concept for the poster is that all bodies are valid no matter who you identify as and you should be proud of who you are and stand up and support those around you.

Zipporah Vannata // Murmur Creative

Screen Print | 18x24 Go One’s Own Way” was inspired by the notion that becoming the person we’re intended to be is only possible if we listen to our own internal compass. Like veins branching from a heart, our individual pathways are complex, vital and unique to every one of us.

Airtype

Screen Print | 18x24 Credits // Poster design by Kyle Vsetecka. Kyle Vsetecka is a multi-disciplinary graphic designer who lives and works in Portland, Oregon. His work includes logo design, brand identity, illustration and animation. Outside of work Kyle spends his time playing sports, growing plants and hanging out with his wife and two cats.

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