Portland’s Landdd Is Both A Gallery And A Gathering Place

Founded by Javier Reyes and Lillian Hardy, Portland’s Landdd is more than a gallery; it is a gathering place for ideas. Hailing from the Dominican Republic and Alabama, respectively, the duo founded Landdd in 2022 as a meeting ground for Hardy’s art direction work and Reyes’ Oaxaca-based design studio, but it has become much more. Here, Hardy discusses the many facets of Landdd.

Why did you found Landdd?

We imagined Landdd as an island—a neutral terrain where our creative practices could meet. The intention was to create a space that could hold both privacy and community: a site for production, gathering and exchange.

Tell us about your textile and ceramic designs.

The objects emerge from experiences—fragments of memory, encounters in landscape and moments in culture translated into form. Through Javier’s process, material becomes narrative, and function becomes a vessel for meaning. The resulting objects inhabit the space between the everyday and the symbolic—works that are at once tactile and conceptual.

What kind of events does Landdd host?

Landdd is as much a gathering place as it is a studio. Our events move between indoor and outdoor settings—ranging from workshops in the gallery to field-based experiences. We also invite artists, designers and educators from around the world to lead workshops. This community aspect is our foundation: it reflects our belief that design is most alive when it becomes a shared encounter—something that connects people to each other, to culture and to the living world.