Lauren Iida and Open Studio featured in Travel + Leisure

Excerpt: “Lauren Iida’s love affair with Cambodia began by accident. In 2008, the Japanese American artist was on her way to Bangkok when political unrest rerouted her flight to Phnom Penh. She immediately felt at home. Soon she began dividing her time between her hometown, Seattle, and various parts of the country — drawn in part, she…

Lauren Iida featured in The Phnom Penh Post

Lauren Iida discusses her art practice and Open Studio Cambodia, the artist collective she founded in 2018, with the Phnom Penh Post. Iida says that she really loves using hand-cut paper as her primary medium because the materials are not complicated or expensive and though it can be time consuming the process itself and the…

Lauren Iida | Citizen’s Indefinite Leave

ArtXchange Gallery presents Citizen’s Indefinite Leave, a new series of intricate paper cutaways by Lauren Iida incorporating historical scenes from the unjust incarceration of 126,000 people of Japanese ancestry in the USA during World War II. With the assistance from Seattle-based organization, Densho, Iida was able to dive deeper into her own family’s history and create a narrative…

Fulgencio Lazo feature article in Art Access

A wonderful article about Fulgencio Lazo’s solo exhibition, Estrellas del Norte al Sur, by writer Susan Noyes Platt appears in the latest issue of Art Access! “In the Seattle art community, Fulgencio Lazo stands out for both his dazzling paintings and his commitment to community. Based in both Oaxaca, Mexico, where he was born, and…

Estrellas del Norte al Sur | Paintings by Fulgencio Lazo

Opening August 5th, ArtXchange Gallery is proud to present Estrellas del Norte Al Sur [Stars from North to South], our debut solo exhibition featuring Oaxacan-American artist Fulgencio Lazo. Lazo is an internationally recognized artist whose vibrant abstract paintings and sculptures are an exploration of cultural identity and the power of community. Iconographic motifs and symbolic representations that are characteristic of his Zapotec heritage, like masks, candles, toys, and musical instruments, are symbols for the shared experiences that strengthen and define a culture that celebrates family and community.