Lia Cook
Berkeley, CA

Big Susan
2005

Big Tera
2007

Big Girl with Elephant
2001

Cotton, woven, Jaquard power loom, doublecloth
All works lent by the artist

Gail Grinnell
Lightly Here
2008/09
Spun polyester, acrylic, coffee/tea stains, sumi ink
Approx. 16' x 12' x 4'

Listen to a conversation between Curator Stefano Catalani and Seattle-based artist Gail Grinnell >

Photo: Richard Nicol

Etsuko Ichikawa
Traces of the Molten State
2008
Glass pyrograph
25' 7" x 51" each
Courtesy of the artist

Christian Burchard
Fragments #9
2005
Pacific madrone, bleached, sandblasted
Lent by the Artist

Fragments #9 exploits the multiples concept with intriguing results. Assembling thin slices of warped madrone timber into a grid like composition, Burchard creates works of variety and visual character. The language of the wood, including knots, color grain, texture, warped surface and contour, along with the relationship of individual pieces to each other and to the whole, offer a provocative visual experience. ---Mark Richard Leach

Peter Pierobon
Chair Stack
Bronze

Peter Pierobon is a sculptor inspired by the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest and the art of the Inuit, African, Northwest Coast Indians, and the Aboriginal Australian cultures. His goal is to create objects that are delightfully functional and at the same time sculptural in focus. The chair literally mimics the human form as it offers support to the human body. The chair also departs from this function through exaggeration (four legs) as it engages it metaphorically.

Meyer Wells benches
Milling About
Bench

Generously loaned to Bellevue Arts Museum by Meyer Wells, Inc., a local furniture company specializing in handmade designs for sustainable living. The Milling About benches have been designed and created specifically for Bellevue Arts Museum.