Humaira Abid on the Huffington Post

“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…

Marcio Diaz on Univision

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…

RED: by Humaira Abid Press

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…

2010 Press

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…

Cora Edmonds in Seattle Woman Magazine

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…

ArtXchange show gives a sense of depth, breadth of Latino art in the NW

“!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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Not Your Average Baker’s Dozen…

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…