Scared? Jonathan Wakuda Fischer’s Shape-Shifting Digital Superstitions by Jen Graves THE OLD PLUM AND THE NEW ROBOT Jonathan Wakuda Fischer’s homage to 16th-century painter Kano Sansetsu. In Digital Superstitions, his newest series, Seattle artist Jonathan Wakuda Fischer responds to the unexplainable with engineering. On one wall of ArtXchange Gallery, there are a handful of simple paintings….
“Art Award Winner Humaira Abid Illuminates a Global Issue” on Huffington Post Why is it that, in a world where almost every aspect of motherhood is discussed and dissected, the incredibly common reality of miscarriage is still so hidden? Why is the pain that so many women experience intensified by the sense that their experience…
Miya Ando interviewed in Ibuki Magazine “The diminutive artist wields heavy machinery to bring out a Zenlike quality in the steel. Her art transforms steel in ways never seen before, whether she’s dipping aluminum blocks into big vats of dye for her Chado exhibit at Gallery ArtXchange in Pioneer Square this fall or polishing and…
Marcio Diaz interviewed by Jaime Mendez on Univision (KUNS) Diario de Inmigrantes: Marcio Diaz Este talentoso y amable artista nació y creció en Nicaragua, donde estudió pintura en el Instituto de Bellas Artes de Managua… “Me vine a Seattle buscando el amor y buscando también como obtener nuevos conocimientos, obtener nuevas visiones de otros artistas…
Read the Seattle Times review of RED by Michael Upchurch “The tour de force of craft on display in “Red,” Abid’s new show of sculptures and drawings, would be more than enough to warrant a trip to ArtXchange Gallery. But Abid, a Pakistani artist who divides her time between Seattle and Lahore, also packs a…
The Light! exhibit reviewed in Seattle’s International Examiner newspaper. Brooklyn-based artist Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn (of Studio 1thousand) is also inspired by the subtlety of light. Born and raised in Seattle, he draws inspiration from the natural low light of the Northwest. “Lighting in the Northwest and sunlight in the Northwest is a very challenging subject,” he…
Read Art as Cultural Exchange by Shelley Seale in Seattle Woman Magazine. Seattle’s diverse, multicultural population provides the ideal setting for an international gallery such as ArtXchange. “Art is a reflection of culture and I believe as a city, the arts are still catching up to reflect our cultural diversity,” says Edmonds. “Traditional fine art…
“!Sense Us!” group show at Seattle’s ArtXchange, includes Latino and Latina painters and photographers whose work ranges from photorealism to shadowy abstraction.
The punning title of “!Sense Us!” — ArtXchange and La Sala’s new group show — refers to the upcoming 2010 census and the need for Latino and Latina artists to register their presence in our local arts scene.
But the show itself, far from presenting a unified voice, has a 10-fold resonance. The quality of the work generally is high. Preferences for one artist over another will depend entirely on whether your taste inclines toward reportage or reverie, the colorful or the somber, the mysterious or the whimsical.
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Photo exhibit in Swirl sheds light on remote Nepali villages and the people who live there By Jessica Van Gilder It’s not always easy to follow your passion, particularly if it means trekking into the Himalayas to visit remote villages. But that didn’t stop Cora Edmonds – whose photography captures a slice of the lives…
Not Your Average Baker’s Dozen, by Judith Van Pragg for the International Examiner Last year the five dedicated curators of the ArtXchange Gallery sent a call out for artists whose work exemplified the theme of Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Out of hundreds of responses thirteen artists were chosen. The words American/Asian seem to jump…
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