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…

SAVE THE DATE: Butoh Performance on Saturday, Jan. 25th, 1-3pm

Join us at ArtXchange gallery on Saturday, January 25th from 1-3 pm for a live Butoh performance by Seattle-based dancers Kaoru Okumura and Vanessa Skantze, with music by Nital Etch. This intimate performance celebrating the eternal cycles of regeneration and rebirth is presented in collaboration with exhibiting artist Yuko Ishii, inspired by Ishii’s newest series, Healing Magick….

The Stranger Recommends “A Circle Around the Sun” at ArtXchange Gallery

If you’re feeling some inter-holiday gloom, your eyes will appreciate the lightness, exuberance, energy, peace, and mystery of these creators’ new pieces.

Lauren Iida, art, cut paper, watercolor, sumi ink

100 Aspects of the Moon by Lauren Iida

Selections from “100 Aspects of the Moon” by Lauren Iida are currently featured in the North Gallery. Each of these intricate hand-cut works references the moon in some way, symbolizing the common thread of humanity through time, distance, and culture. If you’ve ever wanted an affordable, small-scale piece by Lauren Iida, this is the series for you! On view through November 30th.