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Garth Amundson & Pierre GourWorking independently and as a collaborative team, Garth Amundson and Pierre Gour¹s recent work has explored the perceptions and politics surrounding the home and domestic sphere. Amundson was awarded a Fulbright Foreign Scholarship to teach and conduct research in Mexico in 2007. During this time, he and Gour engaged in a digital correspondence project that was exhibited at Shift in October 2007. Amundson holds an MFA from Syracuse University and Gour from the University of New Mexico. Both are founding members of Shift. |
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Mary CossMary Coss combines organic or figurative imagery with everyday objects to create altered associations. She uses familiar forms and language to create new conceptual connections that cultivate personal interpretation. Mary holds an MFA from Syracuse University in Experimental Studios, lives in Seattle and creates Public Artwork. |
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Jennifer DiamantiI create self portraits painted in oil or acrylic that incorporates collaged imagery and text. My work is a dialogue on how I relate to the world. I am dealing with issues such as self image, women in the media and the daily challenges of motherhood. My paintings are a visual response to life. |
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Terra FineTerra Fine’s work is influenced by the overlooked, ignored, and forgotten elements of life, moments and people taken for granted in our hyper-active society. Using multiple media, from charcoal to photography to installation, Fine provides an intimate atmosphere for reflection, discussion, and ultimately, change. Terra Fine holds a B.A. in Sculpture from Western Washington University. |
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Jo Marie JensenUsing video, sound, and mixed media installations Jo Marie Jensen examines personal identity and the dynamics of social interaction to understand what connects us or causes us to disconnect from each other. Jensen’s recent work explores damage as a vehicle for growth and transformation.
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Davin Kyle KnightIn his current body of work, "Faster, Smaller, Cheaper" - Davin Kyle Knight uses traditional and digital mixed media to explore the idea of globalization and how technology is rapidly changing humankind's relation to space and time. Davin has a background in photography, digital imaging, printing, and graphic design. He holds a B.A. in Photography from Western Washington University.
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Jessie LyleJessie Lyle develops scenarios populated by animate, inanimate, and symbolic forms. The narratives contained within the images are inspired by the documentation of dreams, though the actual creation is an organic response to the objects in a given environment. Using photography, painting, and drawing, Lyle explores an alternative reality in which a cast of characters embodies the emotional expression of daily life in all its mundane and extreme vicissitudes. Lyle holds a BA in Art from the University of NH and a MA in Psychology/Art Therapy from Antioch University Seattle. |
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Claire MackClaire Mack's work ranges from representational to abstract symbolism. Though visually different, each piece contains a similar quality of spirit, be it embodied in an image of a boy, or an ethereal shape or object. It is an exploration of an internal landscape where both personal and collective symbolism are recognized and shared. Her most recent body of work has focused on beings that are at once protected and confined by their physical form. They are representational of both the seeker, isolated and bound in the physical plain, and the spirit world which we strive to connect with. Claire holds a BFA from the California College of Arts. |
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Amanda MaeAmanda Mae’s work spans the media of etched flat glass, film, photography, performance, letters, and silk-screened under garments (thus far). Often drawing attention to the work of curators, as the museum is a philosophically productive space; Mae’s work is combative, cloying and frequently interactive. Overall she is hoping to subvert audiences into conscientious activists and practitioners of nonanthropocentric theory. |
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Christen MattixChristen Mattix creates minimal landscapes in paint and video which serve as breathing spaces; and closeups of humans, birds and butterflies as mirrors of our shared vulnerability and longing for transcendence. Christen Mattix holds an MFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute. |
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June Sekiguchi June Sekiguchi's work explores pattern in a cultural context in a variety of media including wood, plexiglass and metal. She is interested in the transition where universal patterns evolve into an ethnic identity and how that further synthesizes into a significant personal aesthetic. June graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara in Studio Art. www.junesekiguchi.com |
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John SloanJohn Sloan's current series of photographs are a tribute as well as a study of his major artistic influences. Within this context, he has adapted themes from previous eras in an attempt to question the strange world in which we still find ourselves. John holds a BS in Computer Science and a BFA in Studio Art from Western Washington University. |
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