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The Big Dig in September Light + World/City

September 10, 2013 by Iskra Leave a Comment

“Sidewalk Conversation,” © Iskra Johnson

Construction Worker On Bridge — “Man in Orange,” © Iskra Johnson

This morning I went for a bracing walk in the fog along the edge of The Big Dig. I love wandering in that thick industrial hum where no one can listen into your thoughts, not even yourself. All you can do is look, and try not to get run over by a truck.

I’m getting back in Architecture mode for the opening of World/City, the Seattle Architecture Foundation exhibit opening on September 19th. I am excited to have three pieces on display. There will be a reminder posted here next week, but here is the basic information:

World/City: Exploring the Architecture of Global Relationships

September 19 – October 13, 2013 1201 2nd Avenue at Seneca Street
11AM – 2PM, Tues – Sun. Special extended hours till 3PM during the Seattle Design Festival
Experience architecture models, 2D renderings, digital imagery and visual art which represents how local design and architecture are linked to global issues and contexts.

Stay tuned for more information next week.

Last Week to See Painters Under Pressure at Phinney Gallery

April 24, 2013 by Iskra Leave a Comment

"Bird," Archival Pigment Print © Iskra Johnson — “Bird,” Archival Pigment Print © Iskra Johnson

This is the last week to see “Painters Under Pressure” at Phinney Gallery. The show comes down May 1. “Bird” is one of a dozen prints I have in the show. I do hope you will come by and see the work!

First formed as a Seattle Print Arts Salon Group, Painters Under Pressure has met for over 10 years to discuss and support the development of each others’ artwork. Each of us approach our printmaking from a painterly background and use the pressure of printmaking techniques to produce our varied styles of work. This exhibition brings together works resulting from the last 10 years of critique and camaraderie from these 6 artists: Ruth Hesse, Stephen MacFarlane, Tracy Simpson, Jon Taylor, Iskra Johnson, and David Owen Hastings.

Phinney Center Gallery Hours:
Monday – Friday 9am – 9pm
Saturday, 9am – 2pm

The Phinney Gallery
6532 Phinney Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103

Opening tonight, “Digital Art: A New Generation” at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts

April 5, 2013 by Iskra Leave a Comment

Tonight is the opening for “Digital Art: A New Generation” at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts. I will be showing two transfer prints from the Natural World series and two prints from Construction/Reconstruction. Above is the image used for the postcard, which is the largest print I have done to date. It is inspired by the idea of walls, and the drama of inner and outer space that construction sites evoke before they become completed buildings. The University of Washington dormitory project has been a subject of fascination for me for months. This image was developed from photographs taken on the University Bridge while the scaffolding was up and the building was draped. Gotta love a multi-story building with a veil.

Prographica’s “Bleak Beauty” Reviewed in the Seattle Times

February 22, 2013 by Iskra Leave a Comment

Well this is exciting! It is a rare and wonderful thing to have work reviewed in a real live paper newspaper. Check out Michael Upchurch’s piece here. It is good to see Norman Lundin’s Prographica get the appreciation it deserves, and I am pleased to be mentioned. Here are two of the pieces he discusses, from my Construction/Reconstruction series. The show continues through March 9th, open Wednesday – Saturday 11-5.

Construction_Site_With_Baroque_Sky — Brooklyn With Baroque Sky, Digital Mixed Media Collage

The_Blue_Stair_Mixed_Media_Collage — The Blue Stair, Digital Mixed Media Collage, 18″ x 24″

Postscript: I had some time today to visit Dianne Kornberg’s work online. Her pieces in “Bleak Beauty” are all gelatin silver print photography, but she has a an entirely different body of work on her website. It is intense, adventurous, and technically brilliant. I love her printmakerly sense of surface and color. Take a look at Dianne Kornberg’s body of work here.

I also am very drawn to Steve Costie’s fine graphite drawings and have been enjoying seeing his work in exhibits around town. His work is very rigorous and at the same time poetic within its constraints. His sensibility and interest in structure feels very congruent with my own. His work inspires me to keep following the architectural muse.

Additional artist website links: Sandow Birk, David Bailin. Both of these artists draw like angels, with a deep and highly skilled apocalyptic vision. Very real, very reflective of the darker sides of the world today.

“Bleak Beauty” at Prographica Opening this Week

January 31, 2013 by Iskra Leave a Comment

Invitation courtesy of Prographica

January and February can be harsh times in the turning of the year. The New York Times just had an article titled “January is the Cruelest Month” about our internal clocks and the moon and how we can blame it on the world, the moon and the weather, and it’s all real and not just human weakness. (What a relief. I thought it was just me…..) This exhibit takes bleakness and turns it on its head to show you its stark, resilient and imaginative beauty. As well as a work in charcoal, above, I will be showing five prints in various degrees of contemplative and exuberant color. Hope to see you there!

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