Looking Back: 10 Years of Pier 24 Photography
Pier 24 Photography Pier 24, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CAWith its other thematic galleries, Looking Back reconsiders subjects explored previously in some of the ten exhibitions since Pier 24 opened.
The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection
Tacoma Art Museum 1701 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WAThe collection includes masterful paintings and sculpture, photographs, rare books, letters, manuscripts and more that offer a well-rounded look at the African American experience and provide new perspectives on the nation’s history and culture.
APEX: Sharita Towne & A Black Art Ecology of Portland
Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Avenue, Porland, ORAPEX series is a culmination of this work that takes her to the most recent projects reflected in the city of Portland now.
Vanessa German: W E
Wa Na Wari 911 24th Ave, Seattle, WAUpholding artmaking as an act of restorative justice, German confronts and begins to dismantle the emotional and spiritual weight imposed by the multi-generational oppression of African American communities.
Nathan Paul Rice ‘Mini Parc’
Stephanie Chefas Projects 305 SE 3RD AVE STE. 202, Portland, ORHis designs invite a playful and participatory experience that brings attention to the spaces existing between objects, their uses, and their meanings.
The Missing Circle, curated by Magalí Arriola
Kadist 3295 20th Street, San Francisco, CAThe group exhibition revisits particular episodes in Latin America's political history to explore the role that counted corpses and unaccounted souls play in the world of the living.
Carrie Mae Weems: Witness
Fraenkel Gallery 49 Geary Street, San Francisco, CAWeems’s inaugural show at the gallery includes early documentary-style photographs of family, and her iconic Kitchen Table series.
Bodies of Discovery – Naomi Fisher: Thermodynamic Flower
Henry Art Gallery 15th Ave NE &, NE 41st St, Seattle, WACreated specifically for this public space, her thermodynamic sculptures made from galvanized steel invites participation.
Tiempo suspendido | Suspended Time: Myrna Báez and Norma Vila Rivero
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art 1430 Johnson Lane, Eugene, ORImages of stillness and solitude explore the psychological significance of the island’s natural environment and its imprint on the body.
Maia Cruz Palileo: Long Kwento
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts 360 Kansas Street, San Francisco, CAPalileo recontextualizes these stories, portraits, and images in an attempt to resuscitate these figures from the exploitative gaze of these ethnographic images.
Mya Kerner: These Whispers, These Tellings
Winston Wächter Fine Art 203 Dexter Ave N, Seattle, WAThe exhibit suggests a way forward from grief and loss through the literal paths she paints, into the whispering, resilient landscapes that surround us.
Amoako Boafo | SINGULARITY DUALITY: ME CAN MAKE WE
Roberts Projects 5801 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CAAt once connected yet separated, Boafo’s characters are enigmatically coupled with their shadows.
TABITHA SOREN: SURFACE TENSION
Mills College Art Museum 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CAThe images she chooses are drawn from web searches, text messages, social media content, and personal pictures, raising questions about authenticity and exploring the difficulty and lack of desire to distinguish between reality and fiction.
THE ART OF THE NEWS: COMICS JOURNALISM
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art 1430 Johnson Lane, Eugene, ORThe best works of comics journalism stand as compelling examples of how the news might be reimagined as an artistic practice.
Molly Vaughan: Project 42
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art 550 Winslow Way E., Bainbridge Island, WAThrough the creation of garments and diverse collaborative memorial actions, Vaughan raises awareness of the violence that transgender and gender non-conforming individuals, particularly trans women of color, face in contemporary American society with “42” referencing the average lifespan of someone in this community.
Diana Al-Hadid: Archive of Longings
Henry Art Gallery 15th Ave NE &, NE 41st St, Seattle, WADiana Al-Hadid’s work explores the interplay between the female body and the European art canon; Syrian, Muslim, and immigrant histories and mythologies; and architectural icons and the natural world.
Packaged Black: Derrick Adams and Barbara Earl Thomas
Henry Art Gallery 15th Ave NE &, NE 41st St, Seattle, WAThomas draws upon the role of media and fairytales in shaping social expectations and her own conception of self.
Bruce Burris: A Shrine for a Shrine
A selection of recent work will be installed in the museum’s Main and Heiter galleries.
In Crystalized Time
Museum of Museums 900 Boylston Ave, Seattle, WAThe pursuits of the works reach beyond a trivial goal like mimicking digital gestures, though that tactic is a common component in the works
manuel arturo abreu: Salomon
Veronica 2915 Rainier Avenue South, Suite 12b, Seattle, WAThe spirit of your ancestor who lost her parents very young had stepped in.
Ceramics: Mingei to Modern
Blunk Space 11101 highway 1, #105, Pt. Reyes Station, CABoth functional and decorative works from the 1950s to today will describe the significant impact the mingei movement has had on the practice of JB Blunk, many of his peers and contemporary artists working with clay.
tierra de GIGANTES | Iván Carmona
PDX CONTEMPORARY ART 925 NW Flanders, Portland, ORThe works are representative of his own personal experiences, which come together to reconstruct the landscape and culture of his homeland, manifesting a synesthetic fantasy of shape and color.