Discover Local Art at Kirkland Urban: Introducing Our Quarterly Pop-Up Artist Series
We’re thrilled to announce an exciting new initiative at Kirkland Urban – a quarterly rotating art installation showcasing the vibrant works of local artists! In partnership with Ryan James Fine Arts, we’re transforming our spaces into dynamic galleries that celebrate creativity and community.
Every three months, new artwork will grace the walls of our lobbies, bringing fresh energy and inspiration to our urban environment. You’ll find these captivating installations in three key locations:
- 425 Kirkland Urban – Central 1st floor, Elevator Lobby
- 425 Kirkland Urban – Central 2nd floor
- 400 Kirkland Urban – North Lobby
This innovative program not only beautifies our shared spaces but also provides a platform for talented local artists to display their work. As you move through Kirkland Urban, take a moment to immerse yourself in the diverse styles and perspectives on display.
Fallen in love with a piece? Good news – all artworks are available for purchase through Ryan James Fine Arts. By supporting these artists, you’re not just acquiring a stunning piece for your home or office; you’re also investing in our local creative community.
Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the ever-changing landscape of Pacific Northwest art right here at Kirkland Urban. Stop by today and discover your new favorite artist!
Stay tuned for updates on our featured artists and upcoming installations. Art has the power to transform spaces and inspire minds – let’s celebrate it together at Kirkland Urban.
Information from the artist about the art in our lobbies:
400 Kirkland Urban – North Lobby: Sharon D’Amico
Passionate about our natural world and so often astonished by its beauty, Sharon D’Amico creates photographs that capture that fleeting moment in time where light falls a certain way, color explodes over the land, sea and sky or form and texture are strikingly revealed. Capturing moments, we often miss. With precision and painterly sensibility many of her images coney a peace that nature can bring.
425 Kirkland Urban – Central 1st floor Lobby: Angela Wales Instagram
Angela Wales creates moments of beauty, peace, and inspiration. She doesn’t express specific physical landscapes in her work, but rather mystical geography, reminiscent of the seas, stars, and desert expanses, and the stillness of these depths. Like time spent on the water’s edge her work invites a response in kind- a deep breath and a renewed look through into your own vision. Take your time, look closely, breathe slowly, and let yourself be drawn into your depths.
425 Kirkland Urban – Central 2nd floor- Right Side of Lobby: Carrie Ann Plank Instagram
Carrie Ann’s work explores the intersection of science, data, and transformation. Drawing on visualizations of scientific phenomena, she investigates the hidden structures of the microcosm through layered systems of geometry and interference. Each composition reveals strata of concealed order, inviting reflection on the underlying harmonies that shape our world.
Sources such as electron microscopy imagery, moiré patterns, and mathematical order theory provide the foundation for works that concretize universal substructures. Through rigorous calculation paired with artistic intuition, Carrie Ann constructs intersecting patterns that generate new forms, unfolding into intricate visual compositions.
Collaboration is part of her practice. Partnerships with academic institutions, scientific organizations, and research labs provide access to imaging technologies and intellectual property, offering a wealth of material for translation into visual language. This exchange allows Carrie Ann to probe latent structures embedded in both macro and micro systems.
Carrie Ann’s process adapts traditional printmaking matrices, woodcut and serigraphy, where works evolve from drawings into carved blocks and layered transparent inks transferred through the press. This labor-intensive method yields distinctive marks that cannot be replicated by brush, emphasizing repetition, iteration, and fine detail.
425 Kirkland Urban – Central 2nd floor-Left Side of Lobby: Kerry Itami Instagram
The warm music from the musical instruments to our ears, the key changes within a symphonic movement, the unexpected breeze while listening to a live performance. Stepping away for a moment, I bring light into the deeper work on canvas.
We live in a fast-changing world. We run and chase, pivot, and reform; sometimes we lose sense of the ground and who we truly are. Setting time for ourselves, away from the busy world is crucial.
Textures and layers of my abstract composition provide a place for you to let go of your busy day; contemplate with the profound thoughts you have deep within. While different untouchable emotions surface and release, clarity and answer can unfold before you. These paintings offer lights and hold space; it radiates to you. It’s best viewing the original in person.
The inspirations of my abstract paintings come from a newfound place after my recovering from a medical wakeup call years ago … traveling into a deep authentic place within. With long time discipline, I bring you my hard learned lesson and journey. The work you see here, I composed them based on Neuroscience focusing on Bottom-up visual processing. My paintings capture the unseen and translate it into a visual form. I invite you to interpret my paintings in your own authentic ways.
These abstract work offers you dynamic content. On a different day, new perspectives may unfold before you. Allow your imagination and interpretation to run free. Let go and be. Tap into the true self you have deep within you, your intrinsic potential. Enjoy the same abstract piece differently. Enjoy!
