Wendy Wagner, Gloss-la-luscious, mixed media painting on birch: acrylic & oil paint, tinted gesso, pencil, wax varnish, 2007

Wayne Gilbert, Stars and Stripes, cremated human remains and gel, 2000

Texas Twang
January 8 thru 31, 2009 
First Thursday Opening Reception: January 8, 2009 5-8pm
Shift  Tashiro-Kaplan Arts Complex, 306 S Washington St. #105, Seattle WA 98104  

Shift Hours: Friday & Saturday 12-5pm 
Or by Appointment: info@shiftstudio.org 

Shift  is very pleased to present Texas Twang, a group exhibition of Texas based artists organized by Magdalen Celestino of Shift and Wayne Gilbert of G Gallery, Houston.

Houston is the famous home of NASA, Exxon and stifling summer heat.  Less famous is Houston’s lively and thriving arts scene, home to one of the largest artist populations in the country.  Texas Twang promises a sampling of what's been happening in and around the Space City with this diverse group of artists representing a variety of backgrounds, approaches and points of view.  

Artists include:  Kelly Alison, J. T. Allison, Katy Anderson, Michael Roque Collins, Tara Conley, Garland Fielder, Dixie Friend Gay, Ryan Geiger, Bill Hailey, Linda Hofheinz, Daniel Kayne, Brent Kollock, Sharon Kopriva, Patrick Medrano, Neva Mikulicz, Hans Molzberger, Kelly Moran, McKay Otto, Wendy Wagner, and Lillian Warren. 

Houston's G Gallery will host a group exhibition of Shift artists in June 2009. Texas Twang is part of a series of Shift initiated exchange shows. 

Shift is located at 306 S. Washington St, #105 in the Tashiro Kaplan Building in Pioneer Square. Regular gallery hours are Friday and Saturday 12pm-5pm. 

Shift Collaborative Studio is a Seattle artist-run exhibition space that opened in the fall of 2004 in the renovated Tashiro Kaplan Arts Complex.  Shift was established with the primary goal of supporting practicing Northwest artists.