ARTISTS
2025
Spirit House investigates how contemporary artists of Asian descent challenge the boundary between life and death through art.
The Pacific Northwest is a legendary province for permanently decorated flesh, but it鈥檚 not the only one.
Spirit House investigates how contemporary artists of Asian descent challenge the boundary between life and death through art.
Each time I walk into the Greg Kucera Gallery, I stumble upon a crowd around Humaira Abid鈥檚 wood-carved blouses, oohing and aahing at their delicacy and realism.
The 2025 University of Washington MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition聽features the cumulative thesis work of graduates receiving Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in New Genres, Painting + Drawing, and 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture.
鈥淪anctuary,鈥� Josh Faught鈥檚 current exhibition (on view through August 3, 2025), could not be timelier given ongoing government attacks on free speech, threats to immigrants (including in sanctuary cities like Seattle).
2024
This fall/winter, the Henry at the University of Washington presents a dynamic series of exhibitions featuring contemporary artists who explore themes of identity, perception, and agency.
The Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington will present the first comprehensive Northwest presentation of work by interdisciplinary artist A.K. Burns.
August is a time of reflection for many of us as we savor the last full month of summer and anticipate the changes that fall brings.
This fall, the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington will present two major solo exhibitions by pioneering artists A.K. Burns and Tala Madani, complemented by two focused presentations of works from the Henry鈥檚 extensive collection.
n Seattle鈥檚 Henry Art Gallery,聽an open, oval room is covered wall-to-wall in women, the visuals spanning a full century from 1915 to 2015.
The Henry聽is pleased to present聽Hank Willis Thomas: LOVERULES鈥擣rom the Collections of the Jordan D. Schnitzer Family Foundation, an expansive exhibition of some of the artist鈥檚 most iconic works in photography, sculpture, and installation.
Hank Willis Thomas never expected to meet Jordan Schnitzer.
The neon sign outside of the Henry Art Gallery reveals different words as they illuminate in a cycle: LOVE. RULES. LOVE. OVER. RULES.
Compared with painting, the history of photography is a mere blip on the timeline.