ArtXchange Gallery is proud to announce that we are a 2016 Friends of Folklife Program Partner! ArtXchange Gallery is an intercultural art space that brings the community together to experience artwork, learn, and be inspired by diverse local and international artists. Northwest Folklife, well known for the annual Northwest Folklife Festival every summer, creates opportunities…
Seattle’s celebrated restaurant, the Dahlia Lounge, kicked off their anniversary in 2016 with a revamped interior featuring ten brand new lighted fish by ArtXchange Gallery artist Elaine Hanowell. Elaine Hanowell’s fish have been a signature part of the popular restaurant since 1989, when restaurateur Tom Douglas commissioned Hanowell to create a series of custom fish…
North Gallery Featured Artist: Lauren Iida Opening Reception: First Thursday, April 7, 5-8pm Artist will be in attendance Life with Dogface features new works created in Cambodia and Seattle by local artist Lauren Iida, a Seattle-based cut paper artist and Cornish College of the Arts graduate (’14). Iida teaches her paper cut-away techniques to homeless…
North Gallery Featured Artist: Lauren Iida Opening Reception: First Thursday, April 7, 5-8pm Artist will be in attendance Life with Dogface features new works created in Cambodia and Seattle by local artist Lauren Iida, a Seattle-based cut paper artist and Cornish College of the Arts graduate (’14). Iida teaches her paper cut-away techniques to homeless…
The International Examiner Roxanne Ray, March 4, 2016 After celebrating its 20th anniversary last year, ArtXchange Gallery continues its active schedule of six to eight exhibitions per year of artists’ work from around the world, plus numerous special events including workshops, networking events, and poetry readings. Founder Cora Edmonds created ArtXchange Gallery in Seattle after…
The International Examiner Justine Chan, March 15, 2016 Encountering one of Seattle-based, Japanese American artist Lauren Iida’s paper cut pieces is like emerging from a darkroom into a day blinding bright and stark with outline and shadow. The paper cuts tell stories in singular scenes from a life both familiar and strange: a woman selling…
The International Examiner March 2, 2016 Opening First Thursday, March 3, ArtXchange Gallery welcomes esteemed artist Alan Lau to the gallery roster with his latest solo exhibition, Beauty in the Decay. Supported in part by a $25,000 grant from the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Alan Lau’s new series of paintings reveal a mature artist,…
The International Examiner Alia Marsha March 7, 2016 I entered through the front door of Humaira Abid’s Renton residence and saw hundreds of red pacifiers, red little girl’s shoes, and luggages and backpacks immediately. Her family must be home, I thought. I hope they would be OK with a stranger asking invasive questions to Abid…
The International Examiner Mayumi Tsutakawa, March 5, 2016 Seattle arts activist and writer Mayumi Tsutakawa has worked on art projects with Alan Lau for many years. In the following letter, she recommended Alan for the Mayor’s Arts Award, which he received in 2014. Mayumi recently left the Washington State Arts Commission as manager of grants…
The sculpture itself is emblematic of Sekiguchi’s work and career, a generative struggle between the borders and connections of humanity, spirit, and science.
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