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11.18.2011 Amy Rueffert: The Devil is in the Details
The Traver Gallery is pleased to present The Devil is in the Details, a solo exhibition featuring a selection of new glass sculptures by Amy Rueffert. Through this new body of work, the artist explores our relationship to the objects that surround us in our everyday lives while also commenting on our society’s beliefs about domesticity and femininity.
11.18.2011 Paul Stankard: Kingdom of Plants
The Traver Gallery in Tacoma is pleased to present Kingdom of Plants, a solo exhibition featuring over thirty works spanning the career of internationally renowned east coast artist Paul Stankard. Known for his unparalleled technical skill, Stankard’s meticulously detailed, intricately flameworked flowers, insects and natural elements, are encased in clear crystal, creating fascinating, perfectly preserved worlds suspended in a permanent state of beauty.
11.15.2011 Paul Marioni: All Over the Place
The Traver Gallery is pleased to present All Over the Place, a solo exhibition featuring new work by Seattle artist Paul Marioni. Because the work to be presented in the show spans a fairly long period of time, Paul describes the subject matter of the work as “all over the place.” The exhibition includes work created using a range of techniques as well – cast sculptures, blown work, and paintings on glass and drawings.
09.17.2011 Randy Walker: Revolve on display at Tacoma Gallery through October 31
The Traver Gallery in Tacoma is proud to present Revolve, solo exhibition featuring new work by Washington glass artist Randy Walker. The show features a selection of sculpted forms inspired by the colors, textures, and patterns found in the forests of the Pacific Northwest.
08.25.2011 Dave Walters: The Other Side of the Looking Glass on display in Seattle through October 2
The Traver Gallery is pleased to present The Other Side of the Looking Glass, a solo exhibition featuring new work by Seattle artist David Walters. The show includes a selection of blown glass sculpture, fused glass panels and vitreograph prints, all of which incorporate the complex and often melancholy narrative imagery for which the artist is known.
08.25.2011 Dick Weiss: Good Fences at Traver Gallery Seattle August 25 - October 2
The Traver Gallery in Seattle is pleased to present Good Fences, a solo exhibition featuring fifteen new leaded glass screens by longtime gallery artist Dick Weiss. The abstract compositions of the Weiss’s screens are at once masculine and delicate: wide fields of colors barely touch; a heavy red heart rests gingerly atop a field of green, both suspended in empty space; and white circles float like a constellation of moons, graphically tied together by the thin black lead lines that connect them.
08.25.2011 Shea Bajaj: Facets of Light at Traver Gallery Seattle August 25 - October 2
The Traver Gallery in Seattle is pleased to present Facets of Light, a solo exhibition featuring a selection of abstract paintings by Seattle artist Shea Bajaj. In this new series of work, Bajaj continues his ongoing quest to capture of the mutable qualities of light, shadow, and color while exploring how perspective affects our perception of spatial relationships.
07.30.2011 Mark Bennion at Traver Gallery Tacoma - July 30 - September 11, 2011
Traver Gallery-Tacoma is pleased to present Kalevala, a solo exhibition featuring a selection of new fresco paintings and steel sculptures by Vashon Island artist Mark Bennion. Minimalist in appearance, the shapes and markings in Bennion's work are more archetypical than abstract – they are instinctual and emotional, conveying what the artist refers to as a “ancient innocence.”
07.30.2011 Pilchuck Glass School: Celebrating 40 Years on display at Traver Gallery Tacoma July 30 - September
School's 40th Anniversary. Pilchuck has played a crucial role in the creative development of many of the world's most prominent glass artists since it was established by glass artist Dale Chihuly and patrons Anne Gould Hauberg and John H. Hauberg in 1971. This celebratory exhibition will present a combination of new and historical works by world-renowned artists, all of whom have been deeply affected by their experiences with Pilchuck throughout the years.
07.12.2011 Carmen Vetter at Traver Gallery Seattle July 14 - Aug 21
Traver Gallery is pleased to present Fill, a solo exhibiton featuring new work by Portland artist Carmen Vetter. The show includes a selection of the artist’s signature fused glass, bas-relief wall panels, the neo-geometric compositions of which are designed to explore the interplay between opposites, highlighting the relationship between positive and negative space and exploring the subtle shifts in tone as light gives way to shadow across their textured surfaces.