What Was Lost In The Fire

Cyrcle — 2019

Marble, Slate, Quartz, Terrazzo, Gold Leaf, and Wood

CYRCLE. is a two-man collective made up of American artists David Leavitt (Davey Detail) and David Torres (Rabi), whose artwork focuses on life, duality, and the human condition combined with the aesthetic consideration of form, typeface, color, and balance, which is what creates their “signature” style. Their works can be seen all over the world and are in public and private collections including that of Shepard Fairey, Ari Emanuel, Sean Combs, and the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Navy

Katy Ann Gilmore — 2019

Acrylic on Dibond

Black

Katy Ann Gilmore — 2019

Acrylic on Dibond

Blue

Katy Ann Gilmore — 2019

Acrylic on Dibond

Katy Ann Gilmore lives and works in Los Angeles. Gilmore has devised a drawing-based practice to articulate the world through intersecting line and concise planar geometries, creating spatial impressions far larger than the sum of their minimal parts. Inspired by both natural topographies and architectural constructs, Gilmore distills the plasticity of lived form into linear, two-dimensional strata, taking the most complex experiential impressions of time and space and reducing them to graphic, optical phenomena. Gilmore continues to consider how the interaction of these two-dimensional planes can create immersive three-dimensional readings of space and explores new phenomenological possibilities through experimental shifts in scale and installation.

Gilmore brings a unique interdisciplinary approach to her practice that is informed by various media including painting, sculpture, installation and wall paintings. Working with acrylic ink pens on Dibond, or directly on walls when creating large scale, site-specific murals, and pen and ink on paper, Gilmore is ultimately drafting space, literally drawing it into existence through line, grid, and small intersecting parts, allowing tangential relationships to emerge and resolve through process.

Bill Gates

John Keatley — 2014

Archival Pigment Print on Legacy Byrata

Howard Schultz

John Keatley — 2011

Archival Pigment Print on Legacy Byrata

Bill Gates reading his favorite business book “Business Adventures” by John Brooks. This book was lent to him by Warren Buffett in 1991, and was never returned.

This portrait of Howard Schultz, founder of Starbucks, was taken for The Sunday Times Magazine to reflect his quote “I worry about everybody. I’m paranoid. You have to be.”

John Keatley channels his need for control, individuality, and human connection into photographs that leave the viewer with a sense of wonder and intrigue. Responding to
his own personal strengths and insecurities, the subjects in his portraits often appear confident without taking themselves too seriously. On a journey of self-discovery, Keatley’s work often delves into topics of identity, individuality, and perception of others, leaving the viewer to question how they view others as well as themselves. Ever interested in forging deep bonds in his relationships, Keatley imbues the bold, graphic imagery he creates with authenticity and intentionality. Keatley’s series Uniform led to his first solo exhibition in 2017 at Treason Gallery, and his first book, titled Uniform, is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2019.

Victory

Lance Mercer — 2019

Archival Pigment Print on Legacy Byrata

Lance Mercer, born and raised in Seattle, started photographing at 13. Through his involvement with the local music scene in Seattle, Washington specifically portraits of the late Andrew Wood, Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone, he was invited to tour with Pearl Jam (1991-95) as their official photographer. This endeavor quickly established him as a sought after photographer for a host of other well-known bands including Alice In Chains, Beck, and The Presidents of the United States to name a few. Other music clients then followed including projects for Epic, Columbia, Capitol, Warner Brothers, Geffen, A&M, Sony, Microsoft, Redbull, VH1, MTV. Lance’s work quickly appeared in publications like Rolling Stone, Spin, Time, Vanity Fair, and Alternative Press among others.

In 1997, he collaborated on a retrospective book of Pearl Jam photographs called Place/Date, with Seattle photographer Charles Peterson. In 2007, 5X1 Pearl Jam Through the Eye of Lance Mercer was published, further chronicling Lance’s experiences with the early 90’s grunge rock era.

Presently, Lance continues to create striking photographic work with a special focus on documentary, editorial, commercial and music photography.

Three Views Inscribing An Octogram

James Nizam — 2016

Duratrans Print in Lightbox

James Nizam works with light – it is both his theme and material for his photographs. Artificial studio light or natural daylight directs the lines, shapes and surfaces while suggesting physicality and movement in his works. Without any tricky perceptions, Nizam is able to challenge the view of the virtuoso imaginations of objects. He can easily ignore the visual habit of only being able to capture light on the surface and transform immateriality into objectivity.

Sculptures with sunlight, drawings with flashlights, and the architectural structures of the light rays and alienated objects illuminate the beginnings of photographic art. The topics of concrete photography and the current technical possibilities of optical physics are also present. For example, Nizam installs light sources that emanate radiated light from different points of a confined space. Just like a choreographer, he is able to combine all of the beams into constellations, so that the luminous spatial lines complement each other and form geometric bodies.

Glad Rags

Brian Sanchez — 2019

Vinyl Emulsion on Canvas

Brian Sanchez is a Visual Artist currently working in Seattle Washington. His work explores abstraction through line, shape, form, and color by means of painting, design, sculpture, and installation. Brian’s work has been exhibited in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Virginia, and Tokyo.

Rumblings Pt. 1

Drew Young — 2020

Mixed Media

Drew Young currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He studied at The Victoria College of Art and received his diploma in Illustration and Applied Arts (IDEA) at Capilano University. His painting accolades have brought him many curatorial and creative director opportunities in recent years. He’s acted as the Visual Arts curator for TedX Vancouver 2014/2015 as well as Curator/Coordinator for Snag — a weekly live-painting exhibition focused on illuminating Vancouver’s alternative arts culture. He currently acts as Curator and Artistic Director for the Vancouver Mural Festival as well as Visual Arts Director for Skookum Festival 2018.