March 2008 - Robert Burden; Opening April 11, 2008- Femke Hiemstra and Travis Louie.
Roq La Rue Gallery, 2312 2nd Avenue, Seattle WA 98121.
Roq La Rue Gallery, 2312 2nd Avenue, Seattle WA 98121.
Winston Wachter Fine Art, 203 Dexter Avenue
North, Seattle 98109.
Susan Dory’s abstract paintings investigate themes of
repetition, variation, and time. Flowing shapes, which are
simultaneously linear and biomorphic, are organized within
complex, structured patterns. By overlapping these translucent
forms, Dory creates a layered effect that serves as a visual
document of time. This effect not only allows viewers to see
through one field and into another, it also creates a distinct,
tactile quality upon the surfaces of her paintings. Most
North, Seattle 98109.
Susan Dory’s abstract paintings investigate themes of
repetition, variation, and time. Flowing shapes, which are
simultaneously linear and biomorphic, are organized within
complex, structured patterns. By overlapping these translucent
forms, Dory creates a layered effect that serves as a visual
document of time. This effect not only allows viewers to see
through one field and into another, it also creates a distinct,
tactile quality upon the surfaces of her paintings. Most
March, 2008: Laura Sharp Wilson, Enrico Embroli & Kathleen Kinkopf; April,
2008:Jeff Fontaine: mixed media on steel. Friesen Gallery, Washington Mutual Tower,
1200 and 1210 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101.
Laura Sharp Wilson makes her Seattle debut at Friesen Gallery. Twenty Five Answers to One
Question has 14 mixed media, unryu paper on panel paintings and mixed media sculptures. In a bounty
of knots Wilson creates morphing botanicals and trunk forms that are linked together through an elegant
maze.
2008:Jeff Fontaine: mixed media on steel. Friesen Gallery, Washington Mutual Tower,
1200 and 1210 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101.
Laura Sharp Wilson makes her Seattle debut at Friesen Gallery. Twenty Five Answers to One
Question has 14 mixed media, unryu paper on panel paintings and mixed media sculptures. In a bounty
of knots Wilson creates morphing botanicals and trunk forms that are linked together through an elegant
maze.
Joel Brock: Paintings and Works on Paper, March 6 through March 29, 2008; Kim Osgood,
Monotypes, April 3 through April 26, 2008. Lisa Haris Gallery,1922 Pike Place
Seattle, WA 98101.
Monotypes, April 3 through April 26, 2008. Lisa Haris Gallery,1922 Pike Place
Seattle, WA 98101.
Paul Brigham: Oil on panel and canvas - March 6 - March 31; Tom Anderson: Mixed media
on aluminum, March 13 - April 7; Marlene Rose: Sand cast glass sculpture - April 3 - April 29; Anne Martin
McCool: Mixed media on panel and canvas - April 10 - May 5.
Patricia Rovzar Galleries: Seattle: 1225 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101.
Kirkland: 118 Central Way, Kirkland, WA 98033.
on aluminum, March 13 - April 7; Marlene Rose: Sand cast glass sculpture - April 3 - April 29; Anne Martin
McCool: Mixed media on panel and canvas - April 10 - May 5.
Patricia Rovzar Galleries: Seattle: 1225 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101.
Kirkland: 118 Central Way, Kirkland, WA 98033.
The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece - January
26–April 6, 2008; Roman Art from the Louvre - February 21–May 11, 2008. Su-Mei
Tse, April 5 – October 2008.
Luxembourg based artist Su-Mei Tse will present an installation that includes recent
works in video, which feature music, and resonate with SAAM’s holdings of Chinese
landscape paintings. Tse was the winner of the Golden Lion Award at the Venice
Biennale in 2003
Seattle Art Museum Downtown, 1300 First Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101-2003.
26–April 6, 2008; Roman Art from the Louvre - February 21–May 11, 2008. Su-Mei
Tse, April 5 – October 2008.
Luxembourg based artist Su-Mei Tse will present an installation that includes recent
works in video, which feature music, and resonate with SAAM’s holdings of Chinese
landscape paintings. Tse was the winner of the Golden Lion Award at the Venice
Biennale in 2003
Seattle Art Museum Downtown, 1300 First Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101-2003.
March - Fabulous Affiliate Member Exhibit; April - Mikela Naylor and Gordon
Nealy. Gallery 110, 110 S. Washington Street (Just off 1st Ave. in Pioneer Square, 1 block N. of
Elliott Bay Bookstore), Seattle, WA 98104.
Nealy. Gallery 110, 110 S. Washington Street (Just off 1st Ave. in Pioneer Square, 1 block N. of
Elliott Bay Bookstore), Seattle, WA 98104.
Laura McPee: River of No Return - February 21 - March 29; Nealy Blau + Justin
Gibbens: Unnatural History - April 3 - May 10. G. Gibson Gallery, 300 South Washington
Street, Seattle, WA 98104.
Gibbens: Unnatural History - April 3 - May 10. G. Gibson Gallery, 300 South Washington
Street, Seattle, WA 98104.
Anne Appleby: Paintings - February 14 - March 29; Jeffrey Simmons: Nebulae - April 3
- May 10. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104.
- May 10. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104.
March 27 to May 3: Kelly Mark. Platform Gallery, 114 Third Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104.
February 22 – March 30 Ben Moss Ben Moss Students; April 4 – May 11: Maysey
Craddock Pat De Caro. Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA
98103.
Craddock Pat De Caro. Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA
98103.
Message in a Bottle, Now to March 15, 2008. James
Harris Gallery, 309-A Third Ave S., Seattle, WA 98104.
The show focuses on how artists transform the expected visual
utility of an object to multiple pictorial possibilities.
These are artists who inherently investigate the origins of their
subjects, creating fictive spaces and new relationships by placing
disparate or unusual objects together in dynamic ways.
Harris Gallery, 309-A Third Ave S., Seattle, WA 98104.
The show focuses on how artists transform the expected visual
utility of an object to multiple pictorial possibilities.
These are artists who inherently investigate the origins of their
subjects, creating fictive spaces and new relationships by placing
disparate or unusual objects together in dynamic ways.
Alden Mason, March 6 – 22, 2008. Foster/White Gallery, Pioneer Square at the corner of
Third Avenue South and South Main Street, Seattle, WA 98104.
Third Avenue South and South Main Street, Seattle, WA 98104.
Alden Mason, Tulip Totem, 2005, Mixed Media on Paper, 26 X 35 inches
This show is a combination of new works and recently recovered pieces never before shown in Seattle. The “lost”
works date from the early 1990’s, a highly acclaimed period in Mason’s career. They exemplify Mason’s signature
style: quirky, symbolic figures outlined by thin ribbons of black paint on single-color backgrounds. At once playful,
provocative, and wise, these works will delight viewers already familiar with Mason’s work, and inspire those who are
not. Mason’s paint application allows his subjects to vibrate with tactile energy, compelling the viewer’s eye to dance
around the canvas. The inclusion of older paintings in this show is an unexpected boon for the painter, who ceased
using the acrylic paint of his earlier work after falling ill from overexposure to toxins in his medium. Now in his late
Eighties, Mason’s new accompanying works are limited in size but not imagination, and certainly not in style.
Alden Mason was born in Everett and received a BFA from the University of Washington . He began showing publicly
from the mid 1950’s and has since shown at galleries and museums nationwide, including the San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art, the Portland Art Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Henry Art Gallery. Mason has received
numerous honors in his long and distinguished career, including the Northwest Legacy Mayor’s Arts Award in Visual
Arts and the King County Honors Commission Award.
Mason states: “My paintings are a private world of improvisation, spontaneity, humor and pathos, exaggeration and
abandon. The images and shapes are often figurative, organic personal totems which in closer view become highly
abstract. They reflect my travels and interest in tribal art and children’s’ art. Old-fashioned emotional involvement is
still my main priority in painting.”
works date from the early 1990’s, a highly acclaimed period in Mason’s career. They exemplify Mason’s signature
style: quirky, symbolic figures outlined by thin ribbons of black paint on single-color backgrounds. At once playful,
provocative, and wise, these works will delight viewers already familiar with Mason’s work, and inspire those who are
not. Mason’s paint application allows his subjects to vibrate with tactile energy, compelling the viewer’s eye to dance
around the canvas. The inclusion of older paintings in this show is an unexpected boon for the painter, who ceased
using the acrylic paint of his earlier work after falling ill from overexposure to toxins in his medium. Now in his late
Eighties, Mason’s new accompanying works are limited in size but not imagination, and certainly not in style.
Alden Mason was born in Everett and received a BFA from the University of Washington . He began showing publicly
from the mid 1950’s and has since shown at galleries and museums nationwide, including the San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art, the Portland Art Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Henry Art Gallery. Mason has received
numerous honors in his long and distinguished career, including the Northwest Legacy Mayor’s Arts Award in Visual
Arts and the King County Honors Commission Award.
Mason states: “My paintings are a private world of improvisation, spontaneity, humor and pathos, exaggeration and
abandon. The images and shapes are often figurative, organic personal totems which in closer view become highly
abstract. They reflect my travels and interest in tribal art and children’s’ art. Old-fashioned emotional involvement is
still my main priority in painting.”
Susan Dory, Nobuhito Nishigawara - February / March 2008; Peter Waite: Glass
Group Show - April / May 2008.
Group Show - April / May 2008.
By balancing unexpected juxtapositions with fluid
transitions, the sculptures of Japanese-born artist
Nobuhito Nishigawara depict images relating to
America’s multifarious pop culture. His works, which
are executed in ceramic or clay and epoxy, contain
an equal-parts melding of humor and power.
Nishigawara’s art explores human and social
relationships while investigating personal thoughts
of the inner-self. A toy donkey image is portrayed in
several of his works, symbolizing our culture’s
transitions, the sculptures of Japanese-born artist
Nobuhito Nishigawara depict images relating to
America’s multifarious pop culture. His works, which
are executed in ceramic or clay and epoxy, contain
an equal-parts melding of humor and power.
Nishigawara’s art explores human and social
relationships while investigating personal thoughts
of the inner-self. A toy donkey image is portrayed in
several of his works, symbolizing our culture’s
Epicene by Susan Dory
Semaphore by Susan Dory
prominent in Dory’s work is her use of lush, vibrant color. Says Dory: “Through color, I continue to investigate
memory, the history of private life, and the notion of sentimentality.”
memory, the history of private life, and the notion of sentimentality.”
malleability as a result of commercialization. We are easily influenced, Nishigawara suggests.
Giddyup by Nobuhito
Nishigawara
Nishigawara
Onnbu by Nobuhito Nishigawara
Works by Kim Kopp & Dorothy Rissman.
Fetherston Gallery, 818 East Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122.
Fetherston Gallery, 818 East Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122.
Snack Pack Dress by Dorothy Rissman
Helga Steppan, See Through Series, All my
things /white/ 2004. Message in a Bottle artist
things /white/ 2004. Message in a Bottle artist
Anne Greenwell Collett: paintings on paper, quilts and prints. Jeffrey Moose Gallery,
1333 5th Ave, Suite 511, Seattle, Washington 98101.
Now to March 29, 2008. Ms. Collett studied painting at the University of Texas at Austin while also earning
a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She then studied further on a full scholarship to the Skowhegan School
of Art in Maine. Later she attended the Penland School of Arts and Crafts where she studied
block theory and double weave techniques on the floor loom. An important influence in the art of Ms. Collett
has been the tradition of quilt making that was taught to her by mother and grandmother. Many of her
paintings reflect her strong interest in textiles as they are composed in patterns with thread-like
components.
1333 5th Ave, Suite 511, Seattle, Washington 98101.
Now to March 29, 2008. Ms. Collett studied painting at the University of Texas at Austin while also earning
a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She then studied further on a full scholarship to the Skowhegan School
of Art in Maine. Later she attended the Penland School of Arts and Crafts where she studied
block theory and double weave techniques on the floor loom. An important influence in the art of Ms. Collett
has been the tradition of quilt making that was taught to her by mother and grandmother. Many of her
paintings reflect her strong interest in textiles as they are composed in patterns with thread-like
components.
Collett: Areolae, paint and ink on paper, 30 x 30
inches, 2005
inches, 2005
Collett: paint and ink on paper, 15 x
12 inches, 2006
12 inches, 2006
The Yellow Mountain,
by Su-Mei Tse
by Su-Mei Tse
Jeff Fontaine, image provided by the artist: BAN4, 38 x 24
inches, mixed media on steel, 2007
inches, mixed media on steel, 2007
Image Attached:courtesy of the artist: BUNDLE
OF DUO, 17 x 13 inches. mixed media, unryu
paper on pane.
OF DUO, 17 x 13 inches. mixed media, unryu
paper on pane.
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| News of the Visual Arts/USA March-April 2008 |
Seattle edition
March 2008 - PARSKID and CHIP7; April 2008 - GHOST and EWOK. BLVD Gallery, 2316
2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121.
2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121.
James Curtis: Recent Work. March - April 2008
Curtis is the artist in residence at the Edge of Glass
Gallery in the Fremont Neighborhood of Seattle. He learned his
craft under the tutelage of renowned local legends: Bob Rigg and
John Bennett.
513 N. 36th Street, Ste. H, Seattle, WA 98103.
Curtis is the artist in residence at the Edge of Glass
Gallery in the Fremont Neighborhood of Seattle. He learned his
craft under the tutelage of renowned local legends: Bob Rigg and
John Bennett.
513 N. 36th Street, Ste. H, Seattle, WA 98103.
| Dragon's Tooth, by James Curtis |
March 2008 - Alla Goniodsky; April 2008: Group Show.
D'Adamo/Woltz Gallery, Pioneer Square, 307 Occidental Ave S,
Seattle 98104.
"My artwork reflects my mornings and my nights, my joy and my sorrow,
my life experience and my memories, my dreams and my uncertainties.
It is just myself." - Alla Goniodsky.
Alla is a theatrical artist captured by the magic of theatre. Her work is
viewed on many levels; playful and whimsical at the same time evocative.
For her exhibit she will have some larger than life-size puppets/mannequins.
The exhibition opens for First Thursday Artwalk, March 7 – April 1, 2008.
The artist will be present at her opening which is from 5:00 – 8:00 PM.
D'Adamo/Woltz Gallery, Pioneer Square, 307 Occidental Ave S,
Seattle 98104.
"My artwork reflects my mornings and my nights, my joy and my sorrow,
my life experience and my memories, my dreams and my uncertainties.
It is just myself." - Alla Goniodsky.
Alla is a theatrical artist captured by the magic of theatre. Her work is
viewed on many levels; playful and whimsical at the same time evocative.
For her exhibit she will have some larger than life-size puppets/mannequins.
The exhibition opens for First Thursday Artwalk, March 7 – April 1, 2008.
The artist will be present at her opening which is from 5:00 – 8:00 PM.
Alla Goniodsky: Great Puppeteer, oil
on board
on board
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Oscar Adrián Centeno aims to produce photography that embraces the core of human emotions. His
photos reflect the struggles of humanity and how they coincide with cultural diversity. "Humana Naturo"
examines symbolism with raw elements and vivid colors, which conveys the so-called "axial element" of
composition in his photography.
photos reflect the struggles of humanity and how they coincide with cultural diversity. "Humana Naturo"
examines symbolism with raw elements and vivid colors, which conveys the so-called "axial element" of
composition in his photography.
Humana Naturo” (Human Nature in
Esperanto)
Esperanto)
Glass artist/ photograph model Tomoko Yoshitake creates the whimsical art world with glass sculptures
and photographs. Collaborated with eight local photographers/painters/illustrators, this is a showcase of
her functional glass art, and furthermore an experienced modeling career.
and photographs. Collaborated with eight local photographers/painters/illustrators, this is a showcase of
her functional glass art, and furthermore an experienced modeling career.
Tomoko Yoshitake- Subterranean
Room -April: “ALL ABOUT ME.”
Room -April: “ALL ABOUT ME.”
March: Oscar Adrián Centeno; April: Tomoko Yoshitake. Art/Not Terminal
Gallery, 2045 Westlake Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121,
Gallery, 2045 Westlake Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121,
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Karen Lorene knows how to host an art show. Now in her 36th year of retail, all openings
are preceded by lectures by the artists and followed by champagne openings in an
accommodating lobby that often draws a crowd of one-hundred clients or more. Karen is
the author of Buying Antique Jewelry, Skipping the Mistakes and is the publisher of Signs
of Life, a literary magazine featuring jewelry art.
Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, City Center, 1420 Fifth Ave #108, Seattle, WA 98101.
are preceded by lectures by the artists and followed by champagne openings in an
accommodating lobby that often draws a crowd of one-hundred clients or more. Karen is
the author of Buying Antique Jewelry, Skipping the Mistakes and is the publisher of Signs
of Life, a literary magazine featuring jewelry art.
Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, City Center, 1420 Fifth Ave #108, Seattle, WA 98101.
Karen Lorene
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Animales, Signs of Life 2008, For the Love of Italy, and Games Girls Play
highlight 2008 schedule at Facere Jewelry Art Gallery
highlight 2008 schedule at Facere Jewelry Art Gallery
Dixie Parker-Fairbanks: The Grief Series. March 5-29, 2008. Marni Muir Gallery, 112 S.
Washington St. (Just off 1st Ave. in Pioneer Square, 1 block N. of Elliott Bay Bookstore) Seattle, WA
98104.
Widow of renowned ceramicist Richard Fairbanks, Parker-Fairbanks created this body of work in the last
decade in response to her husband’s tragic death in 1989. This exhibit will also include select major
pieces by Richard, whose works have been exhibited internationally.
Washington St. (Just off 1st Ave. in Pioneer Square, 1 block N. of Elliott Bay Bookstore) Seattle, WA
98104.
Widow of renowned ceramicist Richard Fairbanks, Parker-Fairbanks created this body of work in the last
decade in response to her husband’s tragic death in 1989. This exhibit will also include select major
pieces by Richard, whose works have been exhibited internationally.
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Dixie Parker Fairbanks: Untitled
March Glass Exhibition at Art by Fire, A Shared Aesthetic.
This is an an exhibition by owners and artists: Renée Pound and Lenoard
Whitfield. Both artists take a unique contradictory approach to the
seductiveness of glass.
Lenoard Whitfield's sculptures and vessels marry the fluidity of glass with the
rigid textures of metal. Lenoard, the studio gaffer, is one of a very small
number of artists nationally, who creates glass forms with copper
electroforming.
Taking from Northwest imagery, Renée creates paradoxical glass forms. All
about contrast and texture… and certainly never dainty, Renee harvests pulled
glass branches, binding and wrapping them with brushed steel. She calls
glassblowing "an instant gratification," she says, "because there's an
immediacy to making each piece.
5465 Leary Ave, NW, Seattle, WA 98107
This is an an exhibition by owners and artists: Renée Pound and Lenoard
Whitfield. Both artists take a unique contradictory approach to the
seductiveness of glass.
Lenoard Whitfield's sculptures and vessels marry the fluidity of glass with the
rigid textures of metal. Lenoard, the studio gaffer, is one of a very small
number of artists nationally, who creates glass forms with copper
electroforming.
Taking from Northwest imagery, Renée creates paradoxical glass forms. All
about contrast and texture… and certainly never dainty, Renee harvests pulled
glass branches, binding and wrapping them with brushed steel. She calls
glassblowing "an instant gratification," she says, "because there's an
immediacy to making each piece.
5465 Leary Ave, NW, Seattle, WA 98107
March – Color / Texture / Form; April: Laura Ross Paul - Patterns of Light. Pacini
Lubel Gallery, 207 2nd Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104
Lubel Gallery, 207 2nd Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104
Laura Ross Paul: Spur,
Oil and Wax on Canvas,
60” x 50”
Oil and Wax on Canvas,
60” x 50”
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The March exhibition features paintings and sculptures unified by three of art’s purest concepts; Color /
Texture / Form. This diverse group show brings together a mix of artists and mediums; from Dennis Mitchell’
s welded clay “Branches”, and Adelaide Paul’s leather bound dogs, to the dream like sculptures of Lisa
Clague, and Andree Carter’s thickly worked canvases. Also featured will be work from Ruth Borgenicht,
Danielle Bodine, Joseph Chiarello, KeKe Cribbs, Ann Duffy, Donald Fritz, Martin Fromm, Kathleen Holmes,
Mattie Iverson, Gregory Roberts, Shirley Scheier, Keith Schneider, Karen Shapiro, and Sara Zin.
In April, painter Laura Ross Paul brings her vibrantly colored oil and wax paintings to the East Gallery.
More than just landscapes in color and design, these latest works capture an investigation of light and
pattern. Laura writes, I “layer fractal patterns found in nature to depict foliage elements…depicting where
patterns of light have their own mystery and power”. Laura Ross Paul creates paintings that are both
luminous and enigmatic, evoking place and emotion.
Texture / Form. This diverse group show brings together a mix of artists and mediums; from Dennis Mitchell’
s welded clay “Branches”, and Adelaide Paul’s leather bound dogs, to the dream like sculptures of Lisa
Clague, and Andree Carter’s thickly worked canvases. Also featured will be work from Ruth Borgenicht,
Danielle Bodine, Joseph Chiarello, KeKe Cribbs, Ann Duffy, Donald Fritz, Martin Fromm, Kathleen Holmes,
Mattie Iverson, Gregory Roberts, Shirley Scheier, Keith Schneider, Karen Shapiro, and Sara Zin.
In April, painter Laura Ross Paul brings her vibrantly colored oil and wax paintings to the East Gallery.
More than just landscapes in color and design, these latest works capture an investigation of light and
pattern. Laura writes, I “layer fractal patterns found in nature to depict foliage elements…depicting where
patterns of light have their own mystery and power”. Laura Ross Paul creates paintings that are both
luminous and enigmatic, evoking place and emotion.
Adelaide Paul: Blue Sophia.
Leather, Taxidermist’s manikin,
Silk. 12” x 17” x 14”
Leather, Taxidermist’s manikin,
Silk. 12” x 17” x 14”
Dennis Lee Mitchell:
Under My Skin VIII,
Welded Clay.
15” x 16” x 6”
Under My Skin VIII,
Welded Clay.
15” x 16” x 6”
Kathleen Holmes:
Fishmonger Frock.
Ceramic, Mixed Medi
17” x 10” x 9”
Fishmonger Frock.
Ceramic, Mixed Medi
17” x 10” x 9”