Sylwia Tur
Sylwia Tur has a fascination with language, but not as a means of communication. Instead she treats it as one of the naturally developed systems. One of the components of her work is the awareness of the internal structure of things. She believes that in syntax, the underlying or hidden structure of language is what can give us clues as to what we see on the surface.
Shaun Kardinal
Shaun Kardinal (American, b. 1982) creates, curates and contemplates visual arts, music and websites. His hand-embroidered collages, with their meticulously plotted and carefully rendered shapes, offer a fresh perspective on vintage lithographs and postcards
Katherine Leipper
Katherine Leipper is a web developer/designer who is impelled by the potential of well-designed ideas made real by problem-solving through programming, which she sees as crucial to understanding how our world works and where it's headed.
Alan Hurley
Alan Hurley is a painter from Kitsap County who focuses on the interaction between technology and nature through narrative story telling.
Ian Toms
Ian Toms is a Seattle visual artist (currently represented by SEASON). He rigorously engages ideas with a slacker aesthetic and endeavors toward creating conditions that allows work to happen accidentally while maintaining a process that can be received.
Ryan O'Neill
Ryan O'Neill is a Seattle graphic designer and fabricator who helped found SPACE, an art gallery and event center in Pioneer Square. He believes that the most intriguing work is something you experience, not possess.
Nate Manny
Nate Manny is a Seattle designer, artist, and a guitarist for Seattle band Murder City Devils. He is currently working on an installation that records sonic frequencies produced within nature to answer the question “what might it sound like if you were to connect with the world as a musical instrument?” instrument?”
Troy Gua
Troy Gua produces conceptual work in a wide range of media, marrying the commercial and contemporary. His subject matter deals with the investigation and layering of identities, cultural critique and commentary, and the universal need for recognition through a glossy design aesthetic and a keen sense of humor.
Ryan Elizabeth Feddersen
Ryan Elizabeth Feddersen is a Native American mixed media installation artist residing in Seattle, WA. A love of discovery and problem solving pushes her to explore a vast array of media from traditional to innovative, and humor and social critique are constant components of her work.
Celeste Cooning
Celeste feels working with paper facilitates a particular responsiveness to materiality, shape, light, and physical space. These ideas are an extension of her philosophical beliefs regarding humanity, modern culture, and the eternal need for the human spirit to work.
Julia Freeman
Julia Freeman's work is a continuous blend of printmaking, collaging, painting and drawing. Her experience with textiles and fibers heavily influences her process and material choices.
Shaun Levra
Not only is Shaun Levra known for his endless knowledge of superfoods and the origins of flatware, but for his video work on numerous films and commercials in and around the Seattle area including content for BlackRapid.
Justin Lytle
Justin R Lytle has experimented extensively with altering books, turning their pages from flat printed sheets into waterfalls of gradated paper spilling forth from their covers. He explores the individual vs. collective dichotomy to gain greater insight into nature and place and where one fits.
Chris Buening
Mistake, chance, destruction and change play important roles in the creation of Chris Buening's work. He appreciates the irony of creating a beautiful piece with material generally used for covering one's mistakes and remaining invisible, many he would consider to be portraits.
Allyce Wood
Allyce Wood creates detailed installations, sculpture, and prints based upon her consideration and empathy for the environmental degradation. Subjects such as fleeting populations or awe of natural resources are depicted in handcut paper, textiles, and silkscreens and etchings; the material being as fragile and temporary as the concept.
Chrissy Regan
Chrissy Regan is a photographer from Southern California. When she makes work she likes to think about feelings, chance, studium, and punctum.
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