In spite of never getting her pictures on the bulletin board as a child, Char Breshgold has been a working and exhibiting visual artist for 40 years. She paints, often from photos, using her art to tell stories. During the 1980s, she was a member of The Girl Artists. A five-woman, feminist collaborative group whose archives have recently been acquired by The Smithsonian Archive of American Art. She began creating hybrid flash memoir pieces with words & images in 2020 and had her first published pieces in Prism International in 2024. She is at work on a graphic memoir about the AIDS crisis years.
View as a Designer
Char wants to make quality design accessible. Working collaboratively with clients–no matter how small or grand their projects–she helps them define their vision and in turn, creates beautiful and successful designs.
Beginning her design career in 1998, she discovered a love of branding, type, and telling stories visually. Fast on her feet, she is often asked to provide headlines and short copy in her design work. She worked in newspapers and as Creative Services Manager for New Seasons Market for 6 years before starting CB Art & Design in 2015. Her long history in Portland has connected her to many communities; from farmers and chefs who grow and sell their food to artists, dancers, and hunger relief non-profits. She loves helping people make their stories visible and is passionate about the power of connecting with an audience both through design and her work as an artist. When not working, she loves to hike and spend time in the garden growing too many vegetables and then figuring out what to cook.
