Past Art Exhibits

Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center

STARTS JANUARY 8, 2024

AdinaWei_01.jpg Adina Wei, "Whispering Poppies Along the Meadow Path"

ADINA WEI

Artist Statement: My artwork captures my perception of the world's natural beauty and the emotions it stirs in individuals. Whether portraying a somber landscape or an optimistic seascape, I aspire for my art to resonate with viewers, evoking distinct sensations. As I progress in my artistic journey, my aim is to inspire more people to recognize the intricacies and allure of the world that surrounds us.

Biography: My name is Adina Wei. I am a 14-year-old 9th grade student at University Prep in Seattle. I got interested in drawing when I was 4 at Little Anchor Childcare. I went to Thrive Art School for three years when I was 5 to 7. After that, I started learning from my current art teacher, Mr. Long Gao. I mostly work with oil on canvas. I also enjoy doing digital paintings on my iPad.

 

Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall

STARTS JANUARY 16, 2024

gillian-conch.jpg Gillian Duenas, "i kåten kulo’ | the call of the conch"

GILLIAN DUENAS

Artist Statement: Guahu si Gillian Duenas and I tell my stories through visual art. By painting, weaving, carving, and jewelry making, I explore my identity as a mixed-race Indigenous Pacific Islander woman born and raised in the diaspora. My art is an act of reclamation, decolonization, and healing. I take inspiration from traditional motifs, legends, and jewelry and reimagine them in a modern context. Overall, I use my art to amplify my stories as well as the stories of my community.

Biography: Gillian is a mixed-race CHamoru woman who was born and raised in Bremerton, WA. Self-taught, she began acrylic painting when she started college as a means of healing and connecting to her cultural identity. Her art centers her stories and perspectives as an Indigenous woman told through traditional legends, motifs, and aesthetics brought into a modern context. In addition to acrylic painting, Gillian practices traditional artforms of her culture such as weaving with pandanus leaves and jewelry making/carving with clam and spondylus shells. As her art journey progressed, Gillian saw how art could be used to connect with her ancestors and homeland while in the diaspora as well as practice storytelling and relationality with her community.

 

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JOHANNA PORTER

Artist Statement: My art practice mimics the processes of creation and destruction discovered during deep immersion in nature. A repository of color, form, pattern, texture and quality of light are imprinted upon my subconscious and my emotional state drives the artistic journey forward. I make digital and analog mixed-media assemblages combining my drawings, prints and paintings with salvaged fabrics, papers and found objects. No longer deemed useful to their owners, Ireclaim these discards and enter a process where they are re-paired in the present tense as objects of joy and contemplation. The process of re-use connects me with a long legacy of human ancestors who understood that nature never wastes anything.

Biography: Born and raised in Miami, Johanna’s career includes three decades working as a graphic artist, illustrator and art director. In 2019 she moved her studio, PicturesWithin, to the Pacific Northwest. She now creates digital and mixed-media art inspired by the cycles of nature. Her artworks have been exhibited nationally in group shows and published in contemporary art journals. Johanna has received multiple commissions for public art installations, in Washington and Arizona. She is on the ArtsWa 2023 Public Arts Roster and a member of Center on Contemporary Art Seattle.

 

 

Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall

Dec 2023

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VETERANS ART EXHIBIT

Pacific Northwest Veteran Assistance Program (PNW Vet Assist, www.pnwveteranassist.org) is a 501c3 Nonprofit whose purpose is to support Veterans who are in emotional need. PNW Vet Assist is operated by Executive Director, Jim Armstrong, Army Veteran.

PNW Vet Assist collaborated with featured artist Jake Powell Marine Veteran and Jordan Powell Marine Veteran in 2023.. Together they hold monthly painting events for Veterans and Military Families to build a community of healing with art.

The paintings that are being presented were painted by Featured Artist Jake Powell and Micheal Reagan, Veterans and Military Family Members.

Meet the artist at an in-person art reception at City Hall on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, from 5:30-7pm. It is free and open to the public.

 

Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

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KAREN KAHN-RICE, VERA G. KAHN, NOAH RICE

Karen Kahn-Rice (formerly K. Schneider) (1943-present)
BFA from Alfred University in pottery and sculpture. Worked in Baltimore in the arts. Continued pottery at Pottery Northwest in Seattle selling in fairs while raising 2 sons. Spent 1988 in Australia joining an art group working and selling paintings (pastels). After returning to Seattle, studied painting with Ned Mueller and Nana Bagdavadze.

I have shown my work in various venues and have done commissions. Noah and I have painted together since he was seven years old. We showed together in Edmonds at Gallery North’s loft in 2011, 2012, and 2013. My work has strong drawing and composition, free painting style, saturated color, monumental presence and whimsy combine in acrylic canvases. 

Vera G. Kahn (1918-2011) Mother of Karen, great-grandmother of Noah Rice
Degree from Cornell University, then M.F.A. from American University. Vera loved the ocean and did many paintings of Atlantic beaches, as well as figures and portraits. 

Noah Rice
I just graduated from North Seattle College with an AA in art, mainly focused in acrylic painting. I have worked in a number of other art forms including digital, charcoal, and animation. I grew up painting with my grandma (Karen Kahn-Rice) and have shown with her before. 

 

Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall

THROUGH september 16, 2023

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VANGIE ALVAREZ-CUPAT

Artist Statement: My goal is to have photographs that evoke feelings and emotions from the viewers. I derive great satisfaction in a physical product that is meant to grace a big wall of someone else's house. Feel free to contact me and somehow be a part of my wanderings. Website: www.shoestringwanderer.com

Biography: Vangie Alvarez-Cupat is a landscape photographer who grew up in the Philippines and immigrated to the US at 20 years old. She enjoys capturing photos of the mountains, desert and nature sceneries while hiking and exploring both here in the US and abroad. She is also an assistant wedding photographer to her husband, Gerald, who has been her mentor. She has two kids and a dog.

She currently also works as an operating room nurse. Photography allows her to explore her creative side and how she breaks free from the daily grind. Her photography journey started when she won Best in Show three years in a row at the Swedish Art Walk. She also won the People's Choice Award by the City of Lynnwood Arts Commission for her Mount Rainier image in metal print.

 

THROUGH APRIL 30, 2023

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LYNNWOOD ARTISTS SHOW

This exhibit features over a dozen Lynnwood artists, Anase' Frazier, Blythe Harrington, Christina Hanson, Evangeline  Alvarez-Cupat , Jose Castro, Kaiqing Ye, Kyung Lee, Long Gao 髙龍, Michael Lanka, Olga Sanchez, Peg Simmons, Sunny (Margaret)  Brown, Taylor Newman, who work in drawing, painting, photography, collage, and 3D. 

We invite you to visit, and to vote for your favorite pieces. We will give a People’s Choice Award at our Artist Reception.

The Artist Reception is on Wednesday, March 8, from 5:30-7:30pm. It is free and open to the public. Please join us.

 

 

Portraits by 5th graders at Hazelwood Elementary

NOW ON VIEW

 mayor.jpg    "Mayor Christine Frizzell" by Willow Massruha

AT HALLWAY TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS

Portraits of the Mayor and City Council members by 5th grade students of Barbara Bromley at Hazelwood Elementary. They worked with teaching artist Melissa Hudson to hone their art skills. Their project was partially supported by an Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation Community Grant.

 

 

 

Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center

JANUARY 2023

 spirit-speaks.jpg     "Spirit Speaks" by Anastasia Rose

EMPOWERED HeARTS

Artist Statement: This exhibit from Heart Art Healing includes artwork completed by 8 participants in free Art Journaling Workshops. Participants express and process a variety of personal experiences in a meaningful and creative way.

Biography: Heart Art Healing is a non-profit whose mission is to provide a supportive environment for individuals to REFLECT, EXPRESS, and EMPOWER self, while building resilience and exploring the intuitive art process.

 

 

Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall

THROUGH FEB 10, 2023

Fresia-Valdivia-Peruvian-child-and-llama.jpg  PERUVIAN CHILD AND LLAMA

FRESIA VALDIVIA

Artist Statement: My name is Fresia Libertad and “Libertad” is the Spanish word for “freedom” or “liberty”. One day I decided to use my freedom and since then I have expressed myself with the artistic passion that was born within me by writing, painting, modeling, and creating arts and crafts. I realized that the more I learned, the more I dove into the artistic world, the more I became an everlasting fountain of the energy of ideas. I am an Arts and Crafts teacher with more than 30 years of experience giving art classes to children, adults, and the elderly. I also promote recycling by doing artworks, and enjoy my students' quality time creating, innovating and developing their own skills.

Biography: Fresia was born in 1959 in Lima, Peru, where she has grown up. She has been expressing herself with the artistic passion she has born with through writing, painting, modeling and creating artworks.

She has studied journalism and has trained in a wide range of arts specialties in Peru, Chile. Mexico and USA. She is an Arts and Crafts teacher with more than 30 years of experience teaching art classes to children, adults and the elderly. She also has a few books published about cold porcelain and recycling as well as two poem books.

She has been living in Washington state for 10 years and recently moved to Lynnwood and continues to create art while sharing her passion with others.

 

 

Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center

JANUARY 2022 THROUGH DECEMBER 2022

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TORI SHAO

Artist Statement: Pantry items tell us a lot about who we are, and where we come from. They are some of the most accessible everyday items that help us understand our identities from the food we make to the people we feed. They are also some of the most relevant objects for recycling. While we are very adept at reusing packaging, the connection between a packages final use, and disposal can be emphasized. Focusing on culturally relevant pantry items packaged in paper, plastic, metal, and glass we can begin to connect these items to proper recycling processes that Waste Management provides.

This piece was created as a continuation of an existing Waste Management campaign. Utilizing existing conceptual and visual assets of the previous campaign, this painted panel brings them into the 3rd dimension.

Biography: Tori Shao (she/her/hers) is a Seattle-based illustrator and landscape architect. Her work is inspired by our cultural and ecological relationships to objects, plants, and one another. Her identity as a second-generation Chinese American especially informs her creative work.

 

 

Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall

END OF SEPTEMBER THROUGH OCTOBER 2022

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ROBERTO ARTEMIO IGLESIAS GIZ
"EXPRESIONES DEL FOLKLORE GUERRERENSE"

Drawing from Artemio's series "De Tigres y Porrazos", this exhibit celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month 2022, which is from September 15 to October 15. It also celebrates Lynnwood’s friendship city, Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico. Lynnwood has an art wrap on the traffic signal box at Alderwood Mall Parkway and Alderwood Mall Boulevard, which also features the Artemio's artwork. 

 

Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center

AUGUST 2021. REC CENTER IS OPEN.

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UNDER THE MOONLIGHT
NIHALEE PATEL

Artist Statement: Nihalee enjoys making artworks which combine elements of fluid abstract art and traditional representational art. On canvas, she seeks out the beauty in nature and has a keen eye for creating bright and inviting color schemes. Her works explore diverse themes within abstraction, fantasy, nature, and storytelling. Having fun is at the heart of Nihalee’s creative exploration and this continues to be her motivating drive.

Biography: Nihalee Patel is a 9-year old artist based out of Bothell, WA. She loves creating art by herself and with her family. In addition to drawing and painting, she has participated in the Children Business Fair and started a signature booth named creARTivity. She also sells handmade bracelets and teaches others how to make their own fluid abstract art. Nihalee is excited to continue her artistic studies across new mediums and grow her skills as a budding artist.

 

Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center

JUNE 2021.

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DAWN VOYAGE
KATHIE WU

Artist Statement: In my art, I strive to capture the beauty of nature and add vibrance to everyday objects and food. I’ve always loved looking at pictures or drawings of incredible, majestic landscapes and through my art I try to reflect the wonder of such places.

Biography: My name is Kathie Wu. I love writing fiction, and art is something equally unique to me, a way to express things without the use of words or explanation, but still with the same impact. Art is photography from the mind’s eye, one of the most free and creative ways in the world to tell a story, be it your own or the story of someone or something else. The limit is one’s own imagination in both art and writing, in both reality and fiction.

 

Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center

SPRING 2021. REC CENTER IS OPEN.

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SWIRL
ALISHA ROSE MCDOWELL RAUNIYAR

Artist Statement: I wanted to make art so I did.  That's about all.  I used to do all my art on paper or canvas, but over time I've gotten used to digital art, so painting on canvas is kind of a struggle now.  But, I like the results that came out.  These are all new pieces made in March 2021.

Biography: I'm 12 and in 7th grade.  I like doing digital art and am currently writing and illustrating a comic.

 

Spring, 2020

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LONELY TOWN
JINGZHOU (MIKE) MA

Artist Statement: My work records the world that we live in. In everyday, every year, too many joys and sorrows things happen in the world. Therefore, this world is like movies, yet it is more interesting than movies.

Biography: Jingzhou Ma, or Mike Ma is a student in Issaquah High School and the author of Project. Idun. Every time when he shares his finished art work, his friends and family members will enjoy the art work. This is because Ma records his true feelings when he is drawing. Moreover, Ma are never conceited or arrogant; he just want to show the best and true self.

 

Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall

MARCH 24 - MAY 5, 2020

Fresia-Valdivia-Peruvian-child-and-llama.jpg  PERUVIAN CHILD AND LLAMA

FRESIA VALDIVIA

Artist Statement: My name is Fresia Libertad and “Libertad” is the Spanish word for “freedom” or “liberty”. One day I decided to use my freedom and since then I have expressed myself with the artistic passion that was born within me by writing, painting, modeling, and creating arts and crafts. I realized that the more I learned, the more I dove into the artistic world, the more I became an everlasting fountain of the energy of ideas. I am an Arts and Crafts teacher with more than 30 years of experience giving art classes to children, adults, and the elderly. I also promote recycling by doing artworks, and enjoy my students' quality time creating, innovating and developing their own skills.

Biography: Fresia was born in 1959 in Lima, Peru, where she has grown up. She has been expressing herself with the artistic passion she has born with through writing, painting, modeling and creating artworks.

She has studied journalism and has trained in a wide range of arts specialties in Peru, Chile. Mexico and USA. She is an Arts and Crafts teacher with more than 30 years of experience teaching art classes to children, adults and the elderly. She also has a few books published about cold porcelain and recycling as well as two poem books.

She has been living in Washington state for 10 years and recently moved to Lynnwood and continues to create art while sharing her passion with others.

 

Elizabeth-McDowell-Love-in-Las-Vegas.jpg  LOVE IN LAS VEGAS

ELIZABETH MCDOWELL

Artist Statement: For the last few years, I have been working to express story and movement through painting.  My recent work seeks to do that through light, detail, and angle, mainly in portraits.  Some of my work also makes political and social commentary.  

Biography: I have worked in sculpture, writing, painting, and drawing at different times in my life.  Right now, I am focused on acrylic painting.  I was born in and continue to live in Seattle.  My BA is in Creative Writing and Environmental Studies from St Lawrence University and my MS is in Environmentalist Literature from the University of Oregon.  In 2018, I co-created one of the art eggs for the Eggsplore Lynnwood event and auction.  In 1989, I created a welded bronze sculpture, “Sea,” in Hekinan, Japan, which is currently at the aquarium there.  In 1988, a clay sculpture of mine won the Edmonds Art Festival and the Museum Purchase Award.  For the last nineteen years, I have managed the importing business Evergreen Guardian Imports.

 

Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2020 - MARCH 24, 2020

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A GOLDEN BOY
Sandra Pressley

Artist Statement: I have always loved teaching; I knew that I wanted to be a teacher when I was a kid! I used to set up tables in my backyard and invited other kids over to do projects. I started teaching summer classes when I was a teenager. I love seeing how somebody will take what I show them and then makes it personal, melding it with their personal experiences, and sharing it with others in an artistic way. As you get older, you tend to fall back on what you learned when you were little - it stays with you your whole life - and so I love to share my love of learning and discovery with others.

Biography: Sandra Pressley has a Bachelor's of Science in Education with a Minor in Art, and she has been teaching for 30 years -- beginning with Kindergarten in public schools in New Jersey, where she taught for 15 years. Besides that, she has also offered art classes as a volunteer during the summer for both kids and adults.

She comes from a teaching family - my grandmothers, cousins, and sister are all teachers, too. She has been teaching collage painting, watercolor, acrylics, drawing, and mixed media collage art classes. She encourages her students to go outside of the standard paint-and-paint-brush medium and to begin incorporating mixed media into their works of art.

 

Serence by Katerine Wright

SERENE
Katherine Wright

Artist Statement: Every day there is a story to be found. The simplest things can be majestic. When I moved to southern Italy, so much beauty surrounded me: the quite street, the magnificence raging storm, and serenity of the mountains. Then, like today, I set about to connect with my surroundings though painting. No idea in particular guides me other than the joy of expressing how I see the world. My voice for telling these stories is through my observations, sketchpad and watercolors.

Biography: I’m a licensed Architect in Washington State, an architectural illustrator, and an artist. My life changed when our family moved to Italy in 2005. There, I found myself free to explore, my new world through art. I showed my work at a local gallery, and I soon became involved in the Italian art world. By 2011, I was a partner in the same gallery and was teaching watercolors to my local Italian community. I've shown my watercolor works throughout Italy, from Bari and Trani (Puglia) to Florence and Montisi in Tuscany, to Forte de Marme in province of Lucca. 

Since returning to the Pacific Northwest in 2013, I've pursued my Muses of Art, Travel and Skiing with equal passion, striving to interact with community, increase cultural understanding and raise environmental awareness. 

You can see some of my works at www.klwright.com.