Category Archives: Current Exhibitions

Gallery 110 at the Seattle Convention Center

From September 11, 2024, to January 14, 2025 at the Seattle Convention Center, Gallery 110 proudly presents a vibrant and diverse exhibition showcasing the talents of 26 member artists through 59 compelling paintings, evocative photographs, and vibrant mixed media works. All works are for sale—browse through the exhibition online and submit inquires here. 

This dynamic display reflects Gallery 110’s commitment to fostering creative expression, experimentation, and collaboration among both its established and emerging artist members. Explore this engaging public showcase any time in the Phyllis Lamphere Gallery on Level 2 of the Convention Center’s Arch Building, where rotating exhibitions are booked approximately two years in advance, following a screening process with the SCC’s Art Advisors.

Gallery 110 has offered a platform for innovative contemporary art for over two decades, and has been a nonprofit organization since 2010. Since 2018, we have provided free memberships through our Emerging Artist Program because while talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. Tax-deductible donations may be made to support emerging artists here. 

 


Echoes of Yesterday by Sanjida Mity

September 5-28, 2024

Opening: 1st Thursday Art Walk, September 5, 5-8pm
Reception: Saturday, September 7th, 2-5pm

Gallery 110 presents Echoes of Yesterday, a vibrant exhibition capturing the essence of dreams and memories through mesmerizing, luminous artworks on glass by mixed media artist Sanjida Mity.

Her work often features human figures and faces against surreal backdrops. Working on the distinctive media of glass, Mity merges the colors and rhythms of life into a harmonious symphony of “beaming yellows, oranges, and rusts of hope; the tranquil beauty of coexistence between humans and nature in white, green, and blue; and the bravery and spirit of life in red.” These elements combine to form a bright and dreamy concoction that flows like the ragas of classical music, with patterns, lines, and shapes moving in a rhythmic dance across the glass surface.

For Mity, the blueprint for a rewarding and fulfilling life lies in the quotidian minutiae, the spirituality of a humble mind, and the innocence that comes from authenticity and connection with one’s roots. Born in Bangladesh, her art is deeply inspired by her South East Asian heritage, reflecting the earthiness, spirituality, Sufism, and celebration of nature that are central to Bangladeshi culture.

A testament to optimism, her art captures the grandeur in the ordinary, the warmth and shelter provided by Mother Nature, and the tenderness of the human heart. Echoes of Yesterday embodies the unstoppable human spirit and the harmonious living of communities, bringing to life the beauty and resilience of her homeland.

Sanjida Mity is an acclaimed artist whose work reflects her deep connection with her cultural roots and passion for exploring the beauty and harmony of life through art. Born in Bangladesh and currently a resident of Washington, USA, her unique glass paintings have been exhibited in galleries and art shows in Dhaka, Bangladesh, as well as in Washington, Oregon, and California in the USA.


In Vivo by Sarah Barnett

September 5-28, 2024

Opening: 1st Thursday Art Walk, September 5, 5-8pm
Reception: Saturday, September 7th, 2-5pm

Gallery 110 presents an exhibition by Sarah Barnett entitled In Vivo—a biological term used to describe processes or experiments conducted within a living organism.

Despite signifying organic life, in vivo processes also reveal a paradoxical relationship between flesh and the technology that surrounds, probes, and changes it. On one hand, technology enhances our understanding and enables life-saving medical advancements. On the other hand, it disrupts natural states of life and, sometimes, life itself.

Showcasing recent oil paintings by Barnett, this exhibition reflects on the implications of developing biotechnologies through a surreal and emotionally charged lens. The works explore themes of life preservation, mortality, augmentation, and the uncanny blurring of the natural and artificial.

Through intimate close-ups, viewers encounter highly rendered yet ambiguous forms, including plastic-wrapped humans and animals, gloved hands at work and looming from out of frame, fabricated medical devices, machines that mimic bodily organs, and disorienting perspectives of the body both inside and out.

Vivid in detail, richly colored, heavily layered, and distorted, the works emerge from the artist’s conflicting feelings about the body and an uncertain future. The exhibition aims to ask questions, stir thoughts, unsettle slightly, and resonate emotionally with the viewer.

Sarah Barnett has exhibited both regionally and nationally, including the 2021 AXA Art Prize Exhibition at NYAA, MANIFEST in Cincinnati, OH, the Women’s Museum in Fair Park, Dallas, TX, and the Chase Gallery in Spokane, WA. After earning a BFA from the University of North Texas in 2018 and attending a Summer Undergraduate Residency Program at the New York Academy of Art, she received her MFA in 2022 from Washington State University. She is also a 2023 recipient of the Artist Trust Fellowship Award.

In Vivo will be on display at Gallery 110 from September 5-28, 2024. Gallery hours are Thursday through Saturday from 12–5pm and by appointment.