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Twisted Love 02.15.2020

An art show dedicated to the Broken-Hearted
February 15th 6-9 pm

Don’t miss this one-night event with work from 7 local artists that explore love through the eyes of the scorned, mad, hungry and obsessed. Appropriately timed on Feb 15th 2020, this heartbreak fest is a perfect antidote to chocolate hearts, snuggling couples and sickeningly-sweet sentiments typically associated with love. From gore to satire, participating artists are exploring themes and expressions of love through various mediums, including illustrations, ceramics, painting, music and photography.

Featured Artists:
Ando Ehlers, Broken Calliope, Dan Infecto, Elisha Marie Brilhante, Gabrielle Denby, Heather Cornelius and TJ DeMots.
Acoustic Musical Guests: Kelsey Crow and Stoned Evergreen Travelers.
$7 suggested donation. 6-9pm

  • Ando Ehlers is an RN by day and mixed media creative by night. In his series titled “The Garden of Ruin” Ehlers explores the emotions that ruin our relationships through a series of portraits. These creatures are the plants that are grown from such things as anger, jealousy, lust, and more. https://www.curseofthedemontree.com
  • Heather Cornelius: Pears – This figurative fruit depicts the sensuality of the female body in its raw form. The flesh of the fruit which houses the seed. She is mysterious and delicious. Heather Cornelius is a Tacoma artist working primarily in ceramics. She exhibits her work nationally and locally. https://www.instagram.com/hcceramics/
  • Dan Infecto: Local Seattle Artist and Musician. www.daninfecto.com
  • Gabrielle Denby: Monstrous Love – A collection of illustrations of monsters in cliche scenarios of romance, but with a touch of sincere affection. Playing with hackneyed romantic themes through monsters in love. https://www.instagram.com/gabsdenby/
  • Elisha Brilhante or El Marie Catastrophe, photographer and editor of Catastrophe Photography. I enjoy dark, sensual and weird because the everyday normal can get boring. I’m also co-partner of PNW Mythical Muses, a collaboration team who supports local performing artists around the South Sound. A Tacoma native, I love everything about our gritty city and the creative humans it. www.facebook.com/pg/CatastrophePhotography1/about/
  • Mary Brown: Taking command of, becoming numb to, or reflecting back on love and its twisted nature, this work is my catharsis. The anatomical heart outside the body is both symbolic of love and life, and its presence here expresses love’s pain. The exaggerated features and vivid colors used reflect the child in me who desperately seeks emotional nourishment and affection, and the dull, doll-like faces are indicative of a sort of anesthetic mask.
  • TJ DeMots: Bloody Valentine – Inspired by the loss of a “dream-come-true,” I use sweet hallmark sentiments to express how love can lead to acts of madness, rage, and self-destruction. www.tjdemots.com – Makeup by Nightshade Artistry
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Artist Talk, Mixed Media, Painting, Posts

The Massification Project

Final Viewing & Critical Presentation

Join us Saturday June 15th 6-9 pm for a closing presentation on Mark Tracy’s Massification Project, a study in Mixed Media and Painting. Additionally Jaden Adams Ph. D. will be presenting a paper on this exhibitions theme entitled “The Zero and the One” an observation on the logic of bifurcation.

All are welcome.

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Plants Animals & Demons

Spencer Grey

June 20th – July 13th

Public Reception: June 20th 6 – 9pm

We all have our demons and Spencer Grey like us battles with his own. The unique thing about his particular struggle is the side effect renders his demons into physical form, often in pen and ink. “Plants Animals & Demons” chronicles Spencer’s experiences and growth since his arrival in Tacoma Washington one year ago. Originally from Portland Oregon Spencer is a self-taught illustrator and painter with pen and ink being his medium of preference. Plants and animals tend to be his subject matter, completed in a brooding aesthetic style reminiscent of the occult. Spencer is our observer and witness to the natural world. Inspired with the mathematical grace of fractal patterned plant life. Calmed by the exquisite beauty of decay, reclaimed abandoned spaces, and the oxidization of weathered materials. These elements speak of history, growth, and a natural order.

Spencer produces a range of artworks, intimate pieces small enough to fit in your pocket, and some site-specific work large enough to skateboard through. “Serenity Occult” is such a piece, an interactive mural located in the Hilltop neighborhood not far from Fulcrum Gallery. This multi level composition incorporates an old stairwell, pass-through into his composition of cloud forms, symbolic geometry, and suggestive meditations.

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Generational Retrospective Pt.2

The Massification Project:

A study in Painting and Mixed Media.
May 16th – June10th
Public Reception: May 16th 6 – 8pm

At the intersection of societal norms, technologic saturation, and human naïveté is where the “Massification Project” thrives. Mark Tracy is our guide as we explore these ephemeral relationships through his bold and futuristic paintings. A motif of technologic infrastructure is threaded throughout Marks compositions. Often presented under the gaze of our friend the ubiquitous security camera. Rendered primarily in oils with accents of pastel and graphite this collection of large format canvasses is presented alongside smaller more intimate works. The resulting exhibition captures a frenetic spectrum of influences, mirroring our modern American experience.

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Generation Retrospective Pt. 1

April 18th – May 10th

Public Reception: April 18th 6 – 9pm

Generational Retrospective is a two-part exhibition showcasing two different trajectories one of father and one of son. Part one features outsider artist Richard Tracy, more affectionately known as “RichArt”. Both a teacher and artist Richard spent a varied career in eastern and central Washington slowly becoming an icon in the folk art world. In the late 1980’s Richard settled in Centralia Washington and began transforming his home through installational collage based art, ultimately developing the work he is best known for called “Art Yard”.

Generational Retrospective Pt. 1 features recent works from Richard Tracy. Although “Art Yard” no longer exists he has translated the same spontaneous dynamic to his low relief multi-media works that will be featured in Fulcrum Gallery.

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