Feb 3, 2010
“New Year/Fresh Eyes” features artwork by nine artists from around the world. The First Thursday reception takes place at the ArtXchange Gallery, 512 1st Ave S., from 5-8pm.
Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Avenue S., opens from 6-8pm with “Contemporary Mezzotints” featuring works by six artists new to Davidson Galleries in addition to recent works by artists currently represented by the gallery including: Art Werger, Carol Wax, Frederick Mershimer and Daniel Carrillo, all from the U.S. New artists include Michel Estebe (France), James Groleau (U.S.), Pekka Hokkanen (Finland), Julie Niskanen (U.S.), Cleo Wilkinson (Australia) and Malgorzata Zurakowska (Poland/U.S.).
“MadArt Redox” exhibits new works by seventeen emerging Seattle artists at Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Avenue South #100. Co-curated by Bryan Ohno and Phen Huang, the exhibit represents a number of local artists who have a variety of experiences and levels of contributions using different materials and construction methods to demonstrate what emerging, contemporary artists are doing in the Seattle area. The show ends February 27.
Gallery 110, now located at 110 3rd. Avenue S., opens from 6-8pm with “Inner Mind” featuring Mistie, Erickson, Ann Maki and Jim Matthew who attempt to explore the hidden pathways of their minds. Also on view is Patrice Colvin in “Journeys.” Shown at the left is Every Scrap Matters by Ann Maki.
Gallery IMA, 123 S. Jackson St., opens from 6-8pm with Bill Baber’s latest series of steel and glass wall scultpure and Karen Hibbard’s recent works on paper examining the visually poetic paths, patterns and gestures found in daily ritual This is Hibbard’s first show with the gallery. The exhibition ends on February 28. Shown at the right: Bill Baber, Dress Rehearsal.
Gallery4Culture, 101 Prefontaine Place S., presents, “Object History Awareness,” a solo exhibition of photographs by Seattle-based artist Sol Hashemi. Opening from 6-8pm, the show runs through February 26.
Landscape paintings by Emily Wood open in an exhibition from 6-8pm at the Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, Wood’s oils depict the rural character of Washington, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming through color and a perspective on familiar views. Wood has been included in important regional survey shows at The Tacoma Art Museum and the Whatcom Museum of History and Art. Her paintings may be found in the collections of Seattle University Sullivan Law Center, Merrill Lynch, Seattle Cancer Alliance, UW Medical Center, and Tacoma Art Museum as well as in private collections on the East and West Coasts.The artist will be present at the opening Thursday, February 4 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.Shown at the left: Emily Wood, Trees Near Virginia Peak.
Northwest Fine Woodworking, 101 S. Jackson, opens for the First Thursday Art Walk by showcasing gallery artists in celebration of their 30 years in Pioneer Square. Shown at the right is one of the gallery artist’s creations.
Opening from 6-10pm for First Thursday, OHGE Ltd., 831 Airport Way S., is Mandy Greer’s “Zuster Sweostor Systir.” (Frankly, I’d like to tell you more about this exhibit, but the press release was so convoluted I gave up trying to understand it)
“Invasive Beauty” new works by Northwest painter Joyce Gehl, opens at the Patricia Rovzar Gallery, 1225 Second Avenue, in a reception from 6-8pm and continues through March 2. Working in encaustic, Gehl's body of work is informed by the natural world where flowers and plants are rendered. Shown at the left: Gehl’s Urban Density.
“De Kooning's Women & Other Collages” opens in a reception from 5-8pm at the Punch Gallery, 119 Prefontaine Place South. Joanna Thomas offers an installment of her pointed collage work with her wit and unapologetically feminist slant, while she takes jabs at the art establishment.
Rock|Dement, 306 S. Washington, opens from 6-9pm with a new exhibit, “ What: Holy #$%@… When the #$#% did that happen?” featuring six new studio partners: Therese Buchmiller, Chris Crites, Jeff Mihalyo, Jen T. Mills, Cheri O’Brien and David Robinson. The show will be up through March 1.
Traver Gallery, 110 Union Street #200, opens from 5-8pm with exhibitions featuring Ethan Stern’s “Zoom,” and Mark Bennion’s “Amhairghin.” Stern has been a summer staff member at Pilchuck Glass School for almost a decade and in the summer of 2009 he taught a course there called "The Unexpected Object". Bennion is a painter and sculptor who has shown his work across the United States, Canada and Europe since 1968. Shown at the right: Bennion’s “untitled (Fresco 6)”.
