Tacoma Art Museum Announces Artist Line-Up for Ninth Northwest Biennial
Posted Sep. 29, 2008 at 7:34 pm by Adriana GrantThe most striking thing about this list is how few artists you might recognize.
As the press release reads:
Rick Araluce, SeattleGala Bent, Seattle
Michael Brophy, Portland
Jack Daws, Seattle
Eric Elliott, Seattle
Tannaz Farsi, Eugene
Sarah Hood, Seattle
Denzil Hurley, Seattle
Linda Hutchins, Portland
Robert Jones, Seattle
Michael Kenna, Seattle
Doug Keyes, Seattle
Isaac Layman, Seattle
Zhi Lin, Sammamish
Micki Lippe, Seattle
Margie Livingston, Seattle
Victor Maldonado, Portland
Debora Moore, Seattle
Susan Robb, Seattle
Stephanie Robison, Portland
Ross Sawyers, Seattle
Susan Seubert, Portland
Chang-Ae Song, Eugene
Scott Trimble, Seattle
Rock Hushka, Director of Curatorial Administration and Curator of Contemporary and Northwest Art for Tacoma Art Museum, and Alison de Lima Greene, Curator of Contemporary Art and Special Projects at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, selected 24 artists from the 543 entries.
The regional breakdown for entries was 358 from Washington (203 from Seattle), 155 from Oregon (123 from Portland), 20 from Idaho, and 10 from Montana.
Just a few quick notes in response to this just-released list.
Both Susan Robb and Isaac Layman are affiliated with Lawrimore Project.
Painter Margie Livingston and sculptor Jack Daws are both represented by Greg Kucera.
Ross Sawyers’ photographs have been seen at Platform.
Both Michael Kenna’s photography and Doug Keyes pigment prints have been seen at G. Gibson.
Eric Elliot’s monochrome paintings were shown at James Harris Gallery.
Denzil Hurley’s work has been shown at Francine Seders Gallery.
And Scott Trimble’s work (a collaborative installation with John Fleming) is closing out Drop City Gallery – on view until November 29.
This biennial is based on artist-submitted applications, not on curators selecting what they might consider the best artists of the region — so there might have been some self-selecting happening here.
The exhibit will be on view January 31-May 25, 2009. I’m looking forward to seeing how these disparate artists' work hangs together, and what works they choose to show (or create) for this exhibit.
I’m especially intrigued to see what Portland artists Linda Hutchins and Stephanie Robison will come up with. I’m curious to see Rick Araluce’s “Miniature constructions,” as well as Gala Bent’s work, which was last seen at Crawl Space, as part of a residency with her husband Zack.
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