Art Up
Past Shows
Visitors interacting with the collaborative place setting piece by 9 of the show artists.
Inner gallery space with my Basic Foodstuffs pieces on the wall with works by Gina (wall) and Dawn (pedestals).
My piece from the still life tableau art-making event.
what you bring to the table
A food-themed group show I curated.
Slip Gallery, 2301 1st Ave Seattle, WA 98121
September 13 - October 5, 2024
Artists
Gina Ariko, Lauren Bayer Echevarria, Claire Donaldson, Dawn Hubbard, Yaminee Patel, Marina San Miguel, Rich Stevens, Alaina Stocker, Emily Wamsley, Rya Wu, Alana O. Rogers Dance Company
Curatorial statement
Welcome to an exploration of what artists bring to the table, figuratively and literally. Food is a universal human experience, but it’s also a deeply personal one, which is why I find it fascinating as a focus of artistic scrutiny. In this show you’ll find food-themed art that intersects with topics like basic needs, relationships, memories, culture, ritual, routine, value, and expectations of self and others. The artists have worked together to create an atmosphere that mimics the exchange of meals and the community that surrounds it. Please pull up a chair and join us.
Funded in part by a smART Ventures grant through the city of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
Gallery front window wall featuring my “Piece of Meat I” and works by Yaminee and Marina.
Nikki Flores and Lisa Kwak with Alana O. Rogers Dance Company performing their piece “The Table” during the Belltown Artwalk. In the background is my piece “Interview with a Knife”, and paintings by Gina.
Photo by Elizabeth Stocker.
Inner gallery space with works by Marina, Lauren, and my embroidered poem “The Rest”.
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Environmental Ties
Magnuson Park Gallery, 7448 63rd Ave NE Seattle, WA 98115
July 25 - September 14, 2024
My three endangered butterfly embroideries were included in this group show.
Mojave Dotted Blue, embroidery thread on linen
Mardon Skipper, embroidery thread on linen
Island Marble, embroidery thread on linen
Art Herbarium
A multi media collection of plant art from 14 pnw artists.
Slip Gallery, 2301 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
April 11 - May 4, 2024
Four of my original works were included in this flower and plant-themed show.
“Vanitas”, 2024, 45” x 27”, oil on panel, $2,500
“For Your Lover”, 2023, 16” x 12”, oil on canvas board, SOLD
“Camellias”, 2024, 48” x 36”, oil and embroidery thread on canvas, $2,300
“Pink Tulip”, 2023, 16” x 12”, oil on canvas board, $300
The Wheel
A collaborative show featuring my Pride Skull Series and Claire Donaldson’s chicken tarot card major arcana originals.
Slide Gallery, 2307 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
October 12 - November 3, 2023
Show Statement
October sits at the peak of a well-loved seasonal shift here in Seattle, and it’s particularly well suited to the themes of our show. The Wheel is a representation of life and death. With both of our work we aim to celebrate the connection between those two things, albeit in very different ways.
At the center of my work is the theme of connection. The skulls painted to celebrate Pride month (click to view full series) move through the color wheel. In this way they not only carry with them the symbolic weight behind each hue, but they maintain the heavy reality we all have in common: memento mori, meaning "remember that you will die".
Claire’s work is part of an ongoing chicken tarot card project, with the original paintings of the major arcana cards being included in the show. She aims to illustrate the vibrancy of a chicken's life while honoring its fragility. Tarot readings often prescribe balance and self reflection, making them an ideal pairing with the challenges that come with taking care of chickens.
Wonder Collective Artist Feature
Body of Work: Exploring Nature, Home, and Mortality
Labour Temple (Reading and Card Rooms), 2800 1st Ave Seattle, WA
August 1 - September 10, 2023
Show Statement
All of my pieces begin with a collection of sorts, whether that’s scouring a beach for objects to use in sculpture, deciding which foods pair together in interesting shapes and colors, or sifting through stories to tell. I often choose to depict things that are useful to humans as ritual-building, routine-seeking creatures, and in contemplating these objects I find myself thinking of home. I feel the most at home in rooms like these at the Labour Temple: places where people are meant to gather, with walls that are not stark gallery-white and void of any other personality. I hope that viewers see their own stories in my contemplations of mortality, human relationship, nature, women’s roles, usefulness, etc. And, I hope that my pieces serve to help others make a home, fulfilling their purpose as observer and observed.
