KOBO Gallery Simple Cup Show

by | Nov 10, 2016 | Uncategorized

November 12 – December 2016Sale by lottery begins at opening, Sat Nov 12
Draw a lottery number as early as 6:30; sale starts at 7:00
at KOBO Gallery (at Higo)
604 South Jackson Street Seattle, WA 98104 (map)

North America

Matt Allison / Edmonds, WA
Mary Barringer / Shelburne Falls, MA
Rob Beishline / Bellingham, WA
Birdie Boone / Helena, MT
Eric Botbyl / Humboldt, TN
Richard Brandt / Portland, OR
Laura Brodax / Seattle, WA
Chris Chaney / Naperville, IL
Linda Christianson / Lindstrom, MN
Stephanie Craig / Berea, OH
Joe Davis / Portland, OR
Charity Davis-Woodard / Edwardsville, IL
Andrew Deem / Tacoma, WA
Marc Digeros / North Hill, CA
Carole Epp / Saskatoon, SK
Dan Finnigan / Fredericksburg, VA
Jil Franke / St.Paul, MN
Stephanie Galli / Mt.Pleasant, MI
Anthony Gaudino / Gig Harbor, WA
Carol Gouthro / Seattle, WA
Bianka Grove / Minneapolis, MN
Adam Gruetzmacher / Saint Paul, MN
Jason Hartsoe / Vale, NC
Zak Helenske / Seattle, WA
Chuck Hines / Seattle, WA
David Hollander / Longmont, CO
Isaac Howard / Seattle, WA
Matt Krousey / Harris, MN
Joshua Kuensting / Missoula, MT
Todd Leech / Berea, OH
Dick Lehman / Goshen, IN
Harrison Levenstein / Index, WA
Jeffrey Lipton / Litchfield, ME
Beth Lo / Mizzoula, MT
Jim Lorio / Boulder, CO
Coleton Lunt / Seattle, WA
Kirk Lyttle / St.Paul, MN
Rick Mahaffey / Tacoma, WA
Michael McCarthy / Williamsburg, MA
Stephen Mickey / Brush Prairie, WA

Ernest Miller / Minneapolis, MN
Takuma Murakoshi / Kyoto, Japan
Farraday Newsome / Mesa, AZ
Lucy Nilan / Tacoma, WA
Deb Oliva / Okemos, MI
Peter Olsen / Seattle, WA
Reid Ozaki / Tacoma, WA
Chris Pate / Pineville, LA
Mariko Paterson / Halifax, NS Canada
Claire Prenton / Cincinnati, OH
Inge Roberts / Langley, WA
Akira Satake / Asheville, NC
Mark Shapiro / Worthington, MA
Grace Sheese / Bloomington, IL
Juliane Shibata / Northfield, MN
Mark Strom / Seattle, WA
Miles Struxness / Gig Harbor, WA
Deborah Schwartzkopf / Seattle, WA
Dave Tarulo / La Guna Niguel, CA
Sam Taylor / Westhampton, MA
Al Tennant / Coupeville, WA
Ben Waterman / Newport Beach, CA
Betsy Williams / Dixon, NM
Shumpei Yamaki / West branch, IA
Dave Zdrazil / Eureka, CA

JAPAN

Ken Aoki / Shigaraki, Japan
Sumiko Aoki / Shigaraki, Japan
Isao Ashida / Shigaraki, Japan
Taro Ashida / Shigaraki, Japan
Kanae Imai / Chiba, Japan
Ayako Komaki / Shigaraki, Japan
Teppei Komaki / Shigaraki, Japan
Ken Matsuda / Gifu city, Japan
Takuma Murakoshi / Kyoto, Japan
Tetsuya Otani / Shigaraki, Japan
Yuriko Poulin / Tokyo, Japan
Hiroe Yamada / Shigaraki, Japan
Shigeki Yamada / Shigaraki, Japan
Yoji Yamada / Shigaraki, Japan
Takashi Yamashita / Tokyo, Japan

koboseattle.com/blogs/news/10th-annual-simple-cup-show-2016
Find out more about the history of the show here.

emerging artist: Stephanie Dukat

by | Jun 13, 2016 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, technical tuesday

Growing up in the suburbs, I saw the effects of the sprawling suburban landscape; I observed a shift from open and natural spaces to engineered environments. Land, which I once knew as forest, a place for retreat from the fenced in backyard was transformed into subdivisions, parking lots, and infrastructure. This observation raises the question: How has the perception our natural world shifted? I marvel at the beauty of the natural landscape and feel compelled share my viewpoint on issues regarding overdevelopment through my ceramics and mixed media sculptures. In using these materials there is duality in the origins of the material and content, and through them I build artificial versions of already artificial landscape.

With the end of WWII, 1950’s suburban dreams littered the surface of American communities in the form of small, quaint, and well-made houses. Ensuing generations expanded upon the aura of the “American Dream” on a much larger scale. Rapidly the market desired newer and bigger, creating an unstable infrastructure and housing with ephemeral qualities. This development deplete farmland and forests vital to the both natural world and human existence.

Along with these expanding communities, it has become necessary to carve out additional highways for transportation. The stretch of winding access roads and ramps connect suburbs with metropolitan hubs. At the same time creating divisions, effectively carving up the parts of daily life into drive-only destinations: work, home, school, shopping. These highways with their advertisements lure residents to the next current consumerist American lifestyle. A balancing act is created within an already delicate system of nature, causing the network to degrade and expose the complex issues of the substructure.

www.stephaniedukat.com
Instagram- @sdukat