“Quieter Days” by Alan Lau Announcement

Opening September 3, 2020, quieter days, by painter and poet Alan Lau, showcases a master artist’s reflections on solitude and remembrance. This new series of abstract paintings on paper weaves ink, paint, and pastel into layered, rhythmic patterns. Like a jazz musician, Lau’s compositions are often impromptu dances with a brush. These elegant abstractions are…

Press Release: 32 Aspects of Daily Life by Lauren Iida

ArtXchange Gallery is proud to present 32 Aspects of Daily Life, a new series of mixed-media, paper cut-away portraits by Lauren Iida. In this exhibition, Iida pays homage to a series of the same name, created in the 1880s by Japanese woodblock artist, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). Utilizing watercolor and ink, alongside her distinct paper cut-away technique, Iida depicts female-identifying people that she has connected with during her daily life.

Press Release: Contemporary Cambodia

ArtXchange Gallery presents, Contemporary Cambodia, a group exhibition featuring emerging Khmer artists from Cambodia, showing concurrently with Lauren Iida’s solo exhibition, 32 Aspects of Daily Life. Including painting, woodblock printing, photography, and more, this curated selection showcases the diversity of Cambodia’s contemporary art scene.

blue and green spraypainted mural on boarded up gallery windows featuring phoenix and the words Rise Again

Rise Again Mural by Jonathan Wakuda Fischer

“We are like the phoenix… Rising again, with a new life ahead of us.” ~ Pam Muñoz Ryan Thank you so much to Jonathan Wakuda Fischer (Wakuda Studio) for bringing this message of joy and hope to the gallery windows! As difficult as it was to board up our gallery windows during the COVID-19 crisis,…

painting by Hiba Jameel at ArtXchange Gallery for Sense Us 2020, Seattle art

Sense Us 2020|Group Exhibition

March 5th – April 25th, 2020  ArtXchange Gallery is proud to present Sense Us 2020, a juried group exhibition celebrating the rich contributions that immigrants and their descendants have made to the Pacific Northwest and our artistic community. This exhibition will coincide with the United States Census activities in April 2020, which is mobilizing advocates around the…

Martha Shade | Fracking Weld County

March 5th – April 25th, 2020 Martha Shade’s newest body of work, Fracking Weld County, is a contemplation on industrial greed, climate change and environmental justice, seen through the personal lens of Weld County, CO. Referencing the design aesthetic of contemporary Afghan war rugs, with their vivid pictorial scenes and border decorations with images of the machines…