June 21 - July 19, 2008

opening reception for the artists:
Saturday, June 21, 2008  5:00 to 8:00PM

 

James Michael Starr

Little Victims

By relying on found objects he considers beautiful and aged by time, James Michael Starr creates assemblages that invite hours of reflection and introspection. Beautiful, lyrical, dripping with dense iconography and melancholic stories, James Michael Starr’s assemblages explore philosophic pursuits and humanistic endeavors.

images:
James Michael Starr, Special Case, 2008, wood box & steel rods, 26x20x7"
James Michael Starr, Against My Own Nature , 2007, glove mold & illustrations,
                                        16x3x3"             




Carrie Marill

Resident Birds

Carrie Marill’s disarming artworks explore the artist’s fascination with the medium of goauche on paper. These works represent a variety of approaches to the curiosities of urban life in the context of the natural world.

Most projects involve intricate representations of birds and plant life that transcend the mundane and become striking portraits. Resident Birds is comprised of several representations of the birds she witnessed while at a recent artist residency in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. 

Carrie Marill earned an MFA from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and a BA from San Francisco State University in San Francisco, CA/. She has since exhibited widely including; sixspace, Culver City, CA; Art LA 2006, Santa Monica, CA; PULSE, New York, NY; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ and Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ. Carrie Marill lives and works in Goodyear, Arizona and Seattle, Washington.

Carrie Marill, Lazuli Bunting, 2008, gouache on paper, 12x9"
Carrie Marill, Yellow Headed Blackbird , 2008, gouache on paper, 12x9"

Takashi Iwasaki

Embroidered Memories

Takashi Iwasaki’s small-scale embroidered works are experiments in modern abstraction created in pursuit of his own aesthetic language. In them, ebullient figures collide and
marry to create a pleasing and affirming visual experience.

Born in 1983 in Japan, Takashi Iwasaki earned his BFA from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. He has exhibited throughout Japan and Canada and has had solo exhibitions in Portland, OR, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY. In 2004, he opened Semai Gallery in Winnipeg. Meaning “narrow” in Japanese, the gallery showcases contemporary art projects in a narrow hallway thirty-eight feet long by three and a half feet wide. 

Takashi Iwasaki , Aruhinosra, 2008, embroidery floss on canvas, 12x12"
Takashi Iwasaki, Fish Bon Bon, 2008, embroidery floss on canvas, 12x12"
Takashi Iwasaki, Pachipachihitomejackie, 2008, embroidery floss on fabric,12x12"