solo exhibition

Announcing Saya Moriyasu’s exhibition, Ozekitachi 尾石達- Stone Tails, at J. Rinehart Gallery

(Seattle, WA) — January 17, 2024 — J. Rinehart Gallery is delighted to announce exhibition of long- time Seattle artist, Saya Moriyasu. Moriyasu’s exhibition, Ozekitachi 尾石達- Stone Tails, brings together the heightened awareness of Japanese spirits escaping from the depths of oozing hot water, basking in their first daylight, and encountering humans within their thermal wonders.

Ozekitachi 尾石達- Stone Tails will be on view online and in the Gallery March 2 - 27, 2024. Collectors Preview Reception will be held in the gallery Saturday, March 2 from 3-5pm. Public Opening will be held First Thursday, March 7 from 5- 8pm. An Artist Talk will be held Saturday March 16 from 2- 4pm.

The term "Ozekitachi" (尾石達) combines "Ozeki" (尾石), which can be interpreted as "tail of the stone,” and "tachi" (達), a suffix often used to pluralize or indicate a group of individuals. In Japanese, adding "tachi" to a noun or name can suggest a plural form or indicate a group. The family is comprised of Onsen (hot springs), creatures, members of the Ozeki.

The indigenous Japanese Shinto religion, Kami (gods), or spirits inhabit every facet of existence. Moriyasu highlights ancient geology and origin of life through her depictions of thermal creatures. They break through the mineral deposits of the Onsen, imbuing them with unadorned simplicity.

Moriyasu’s creatures communicate by expelling their minerals upon awakening beneath the surface. Using clay sourced from the earth, Moriyasu encapsulates these entities through their mineral dried mouths and eyes.

Of her work Moriyasu states: “During the road trip to my September 2023 residency at Mission Street Arts in New Mexico, a transformative journey unfolded, where the hot springs (onsen ♨ in Japanese) became a profound source of inspiration. I found myself enveloped in the wordless communication of the waters. Though incomprehensible in language, I felt the energy and presence of deities within the depths.”

Working in clay, wood, ink, and many other materials, Moriyasu’s work is often comprised of many small pieces that make up a larger piece. Her work can be found in the collections of the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Wing Luke Museum, Whatcom Museum, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, NW Museum of Arts and Culture, and Washington State University, as well as countless private collections throughout the U.S.

J. Rinehart Gallery 319 Third Avenue S, Seattle, WA 98104 www.jrinehartgallery.com

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About J. Rinehart Gallery

J. Rinehart Gallery is founded on the principle that bringing art into your home enhances your quality of living, connects you to your community and fosters a greater understanding of humanity. Our diverse group of artists allows us to exhibit a variety of artwork suitable for any budget and will complement your personal sense of style. Our mission is to create an environment where anyone can feel comfortable visiting the gallery to explore marvelous works of art and discuss your wants and needs. We deal in the art of falling in love with art.

solo exhibition - starts March 2, 2024

Saya Moriyasu

Ozekitachi

尾石達- Stone Tails

J. Rinehart Gallery

319 Third Ave S,

Seattle, WA

March 2-27, 2024

March 2, 3-5 Collectors' Preview

March 7, 5-8 Opening Reception

March 16, 2-4 Artist Talk

Final Saturday, March 23

Announcing Saya Moriyasu’s exhibition, Ozekitachi 尾石達- Stone Tails, at J. Rinehart Gallery

(Seattle, WA) — January 17, 2024 — J. Rinehart Gallery is delighted to announce exhibition of long- time Seattle artist, Saya Moriyasu. Moriyasu’s exhibition, Ozekitachi 尾石達- Stone Tails, brings together the heightened awareness of Japanese spirits escaping from the depths of oozing hot water, basking in their first daylight, and encountering humans within their thermal wonders.

Ozekitachi 尾石達- Stone Tails will be on view online and in the Gallery March 2 - 27, 2024. Collectors Preview Reception will be held in the gallery Saturday, March 2 from 3-5pm. Public Opening will be held First Thursday, March 7 from 5- 8pm. An Artist Talk will be held Saturday March 16 from 2- 4pm.

The term "Ozekitachi" (尾石達) combines "Ozeki" (尾石), which can be interpreted as "tail of the stone,” and "tachi" (達), a suffix often used to pluralize or indicate a group of individuals. In Japanese, adding "tachi" to a noun or name can suggest a plural form or indicate a group. The family is comprised of Onsen (hot springs), creatures, members of the Ozeki.

The indigenous Japanese Shinto religion, Kami (gods), or spirits inhabit every facet of existence. Moriyasu highlights ancient geology and origin of life through her depictions of thermal creatures. They break through the mineral deposits of the Onsen, imbuing them with unadorned simplicity.

Moriyasu’s creatures communicate by expelling their minerals upon awakening beneath the surface. Using clay sourced from the earth, Moriyasu encapsulates these entities through their mineral dried mouths and eyes.

Of her work Moriyasu states: “During the road trip to my September 2023 residency at Mission Street Arts in New Mexico, a transformative journey unfolded, where the hot springs (onsen ♨ in Japanese) became a profound source of inspiration. I found myself enveloped in the wordless communication of the waters. Though incomprehensible in language, I felt the energy and presence of deities within the depths.”

Working in clay, wood, ink, and many other materials, Moriyasu’s work is often comprised of many small pieces that make up a larger piece. Her work can be found in the collections of the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Wing Luke Museum, Whatcom Museum, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, NW Museum of Arts and Culture, and Washington State University, as well as countless private collections throughout the U.S.

J. Rinehart Gallery 319 Third Avenue S, Seattle, WA 98104 www.jrinehartgallery.com

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About J. Rinehart Gallery

J. Rinehart Gallery is founded on the principle that bringing art into your home enhances your quality of living, connects you to your community and fosters a greater understanding of humanity. Our diverse group of artists allows us to exhibit a variety of artwork suitable for any budget and will complement your personal sense of style. Our mission is to create an environment where anyone can feel comfortable visiting the gallery to explore marvelous works of art and discuss your wants and needs. We deal in the art of falling in love with art.

The hot springs on my road trip and residency at Misson Street Arts in New Mexico are the genesis for my newest works. I mainlined into the ancient geology and beginnings of life on earth via hot springs. 

I love the oozing hot water seeping from the depth. First hearing them talk when I floated on my back at Pagosa Springs in Colorado. The burbling communication that I couldn’t understand but felt the energy and deities in the world below. At Jemez Springs the water oozes out of little mouths in the ground. Their lips are dyed with minerals and form layers.

I’ve been calling the series onsen creatures. Onsen is the word for hot springs in Japanese. And they use this symbol ♨ for them. In the indigenous Shinto religion, kami (spirits or deities) inhabit all aspects of the world. Hot springs awaken my awareness of the kami and made me want to manifest what I feel into the visual world.

I drew the kami in ink on paper at the Jemez Spring residency.  I imagined the spirits seeing the light and encountering humans in the water as they became conscious. Exploring us with their bubbles and trying to communicate. They are energy rising out of the depths with various levels of evolution. Sometimes gods and sometimes just unformed beings. These new creatures are made out of ancient geology. They have the wisdom of old at times and others are simplistic creatures. They aren’t put together “correctly” and can’t talk but spew minerals. Below the earth they are asleep and when they emerge the minerals burble out of their mouth and eyes. 

Upon returning to my ceramic studio in Seattle I furthered my studies. The ceramic process uses clay mined from the earth and minerals to make the glazes. This deepens the art’s connection to our planet and the history of ceramic art. When their mouths are dripping the mineral glazes I’m also thinking about glazing pots and that being a whisper from the earth’s kami.

Simplify: Send Flowers at Railspur

Come and experience the captivating beauty of my onsen creatures at Railspur in Seattle.

Railspur welcomes visitors on Saturdays and Sundays from 1-6 pm.

Be sure to bring some joy to your loved ones by sending them flowers or at least colorful art at Railspur!

This Saturday, Oct. 15th, 2022 Canopy Gallery is pleased to present our second annual Blanchard Mountain Rendezvous, ebb and flow. Curator Chloe Dye Sherpe is thrilled to bring together artists Cynthia Camlin, Christian Carlson, Marceil DeLacy, Meg Holgate, Henry Jackson-Spieker, Saya Moriyasu, and Margot Stroop. "In a place rich with environmental history, the seven artists included in this exhibition explore the changes and consistencies in the environment around them through both careful observation and deep consideration".

Come join us for an evening celebrating this remarkable region through art, community and a changing season. A cauldron of wood-fired soup will be served around 6 pm.

When: The main event is Saturday, Oct 15th from noon to midnight. The exhibit will also be open for viewing Sunday, Oct 16th noon- 4 pm, and by appointment the following week through Sunday, Oct. 23rd.

Where: Canopy Art & Iron: 3273 Blanchard Rd, Bow WA. This is a steep winding driveway up the south slope of Blanchard Mountain.

In honor of wandering minds, wild tangents, and the exquisitely incomplete.

On view Tue-Sun, October 14-30, Orcas Paley, 600 Pine St.

Closing reception Oct 30, 5-7pm

Allison Arth
Linda Beaumont
Ursula Brookbank
Virginia Bunker
Louise Burgess
Bette Burgoyne
Eve Cohen
Joel Colvos
Karen Jo Combs
Nancy Deal
Michael Doyle
Janice Findley
Curtis Frye
Janet Galore
Jurgis Gaučys
Nijole Gaučys
Lauren Grossman
Via Hedera
Jennifer Hough
Serafine Lea
Nate Lippens
Shelli Markee
Rachel Maxi
Gene Gentry McMahon
Jesse Miller
Saya Moriyasu
Bob Nielsen
Sarah Norsworthy
Vinny Pacheco
Robert Peterson
Sonja Peterson
Daniel Riner
Sue Rose
John Shlichta
Coleman Stevenson
Lisa Stewart
Mark Sullo
Angelina Tolentino
Christina Vaule
Alexa Villanueva
Lisa Whitsitt

Welcoming the Year of the Tiger. WUG - Welcome to Beacon Hill Seattle. @thegrocerystudios has a new window gallery. For the year of the tiger I brought out my favorite lion/dogs and some cats. So if you need a stroll walk on by. 無限はあなたの中にあります. That’s the writing on the banner. Meaning “Infinity is in you”. Feel the power of your 🐯 and embrace this lunar new year.

Upcoming group show at Orcas Paley called     W I N D O W

Curated by Michael Doyle & Peter Gaucys

Orcas Paley, Hillman City, October 15-31, 2020

Orcas Paley is located in Hillman City, Seattle on Rainier Avenue S. at Orcas Street, next door to the Slow Boat Tavern. Visit us for an eclectic mix of new and vintage, decorative and useful objects for home and gift-giving, as well as a limited selection of luxurious apothecary and jewelry items that we love.

Open Fridays and Saturdays, 12-6 pm, & by appointment should the need arise

Window explores the threshold between inside and outside, where a view becomes available that wasn’t there before, and intentions get the space they need to manifest themselves in form.

Window magic lies in piercing obstacles and “framing…images resonant with psychic potency” so that new relationships and ways of being can emerge. The works in this intimate, eclectic show come from creative practices — of art and craft and realms resisting definition — that open the “third eye” to expand self-awareness.

“Dreams, memories, fantasies are windows on psyche’s timeless reality and the complexes and potentialities of the dreamer. Alchemy intuited such in Gerhard Dorn’s notion of the spiraculum. This “breathing hole,” or window on eternity, was a spiritual expansion through which the soul engaged in the matter of psyche’s unconscious dimension, the “divine influx” that brought self-knowledge.” — The Book of Symbols

I have work up this month at J. Rinehart Gallery

ADDRESS: 319 THIRD AVE S, SEATTLE WA 98104
HOURS: TUES - SAT 10:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M.
TEL: 206-467-4508

ends March 24, 2019 - see MoNA’s site for hours and details

Come join us for the opening of the Spell of the West and the 2016 Luminary Award-winning artists exhibitions. Luminary artists include Denzil Hurley, George Rodriguez, SuttonBeresCuller, and Saya Moriyasu. 

HOURS
    Sunday & Monday: Noon - 5pm
    Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 5pm

Art installation in the lobby of the boutique hotel.

AC Hotel Bellevue, Washington, Portraits of Ladies and Man Servers, 35 portraits on porcelain, 3 porcelain sculptures, glaze, underglaze and ribbon, 8’ x 20’ x 4”

Seattle Sampling

Laura Brodax's studio 

3410 Woodland Park Ave N

Seattle, WA 98103

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

http://www.seattlesampling.com/studios.html

on view 24/7 

505 Union Station Building, Seattle, Washington (between 4th and 5th and Weller)  It’s in the walkway window just past Starbuck’s as you transition from Chinatown/ID to the street across that leads to the trains that take commuters to Everett and Tacoma. 

The current political situation is awkward in that it seeps into the work via monkeys and lots of shelves that are not functional. This moment of instability in US politics leads to inspirations from moments in history in France and China. Putting all these elements all together is a visual mash-up that comes from my life in a family mixed both in class and culture.

Join me and Mia for fashion and jewelry.

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.  

3320 Beacon Avenue S., Seattle, WA  98104

http://miafioravanti.com/contact/

Gallery One

408 N. Pearl Street
Ellensburg, WA 98926

509-925-2670

November 6 – December 30 , 2015

Opening Reception: November 6, 5-8pm

Main Gallery

Gallery One Annual Holiday Show
Come browse our expanded gift shop during this annual show. With a variety of unique handcrafted items for everyone on your shopping list.

Mezzanine Gallery

Featured Artisans
We’ve hand-selected high-end work by regional artists. Shop for that special gift for the extra special person. Artists on display include:

Nick Bosso
Maria Cristalli
Stephanie Hargrave
Josh Humphrey
Leslie Nan Moon
Saya Moriyasu
Larry Richmond
Jim Wernex

Jeffry Mitchell, Saya Moriyasu, Rebecca Morgan, Brian Murphy, Nicholas Nyland

Project Diana: Susanna Bluhm

Writer-in-residence: Brigdet Stixrood

Saya Moriyasu, Hillbilly Moonshine Dream, 2011, glazed ceramic and wood (courtesy G. Gibson Gallery)

JUGS features the work of five artists who have interpreted the jug form, particularly what’s known as the ugly jug or face jug. Curated by artist Nicholas Nyland, the works in the exhibition share a common sense of playful dialog with historical art and craft traditions including Northern Renaissance allegorical painting, outsider and folk art, contemporary Funk art and underground comix. Like those predecessors, these artists and ceramics dive headfirst into the base materiality and emotive possibilities of their medium and don’t shy from the personal, the sexual or the absurd.

The Alice
6007 12th Avenue South, Seattle, Washington 98108
on the second floor (The Alice is NOT wheelchair accessible.)
The Alice is open Saturdays 12 to 5 and by appointment.  
Each show is 6 weeks and will be open for Georgetown Art Attacks on the 2nd Saturday of every month.
www.thealicegallery.com

Vital 5 Productions proudly presents

A survey of contemporary art in the Pacific Northwest.

Curated by Kirsten Anderson, Sharon Arnold, Greg Lundgren and Sierra Stinson

In tandem with the Seattle Art Fair, Out of Sight presents over 80 visual artists in 24,000 square feet of the historic King Street Station. Join us for this landmark event. 

Thursday July 30th – Preview and Grand Opening Party  7:00 – 11:00

Special Guests and Performances TBA $50 (age 21+) includes one re-entry over the weekend 

July 31 + August 1 - $10 (all ages) - exhibition hours 12:00 – 8:00

(happy hour bar service 5:00 to 8:00)

August 2 - $10 (all ages) -exhibition hours: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm 

(swedish pancake brunch 10:00 to 2:00)

Tickets on sale now at: TICKETS

Exhibiting Artists:

Humaira Abid, Iole Alessandrini, Julie Alexander, Julie Alpert, Megumi Shauna Arai, Rick Araluce, Nola Avienne, JD Banke, Crystal Barbre, Baso Fibonacci, Joey Bates, Justin Beckman, Jared Bender, Gretchen Frances Bennett, Zack Bent, Gala Bent, Evan Blackwell, Colleen RJC Bratton, John Brophy, Jazz Brown, Bette Burgoyne, Max Cleary, Frank Correa, Tim Cross, Casey Curran, Brian Cypher, Sue Danielson, Jack Daws, Patrick “Duffy" De Armas, Jed Dunkerley, Warren Dykeman, Barbara Earl Thomas, Debbie Faas, Leiv Fagereng, Jueqian Fang, Aidan Fitzgerald, Scott Foldesi, Julia Freeman, Erin Frost, Neal Fryett, Justin Gibbens, Damien Gilley, Klara Glosova, Mandy Greer, Francisco Guerrero, Laura Hamje, Robert Hardgrave, Colleen Hayward, Jenny Heishman, Julia Hensley, Jesse Higman, C. Davida Ingram, Jeff Jacobson, Claire Johnson, Sean M. Johnson, Ken Kelly, Patrick Kelly, Izzie Klingles, Kirk Lang, Kat Larson, Mike Leavitt, Rich Lehl, Greg Lewis, Margie Livingston, Francesca Lohmann, Amanda Manitach, Chris McMullen, Jennifer McNeely, Katie Metz, Steven Miller, Ryan Molenkamp, Saya Moriyasu, Scott Musgrove, David Nelson, Matthew Offenbacher, Tyna Ontko, Michael Ottersen, Joe Park, Mary Ann Peters & MKNZ, Eleanor Petry, Jason Puccinelli, Cheyenne Randall, Wendy Red Star, Rob Rhee, Tivon Rice, George Rodriguez, Ashleigh Rose Robb, Joe Rudko, Serrah Russell, Sail, Joe Shlichta, Rafael Soldi, Kellie Talbot, Polina Tereshina, Chris Thompson, Kimberly Trowbridge, Sarita Valdes, Joey Veltkamp, Redd Walitzki, Tariqa Waters, Casey Weldon, Chandler Woodfin, Robert Yoder, Claude Zervas, and Jennifer Zwick 

Follow us on Instagram @outofsightseattle

http://vital5productions.com/CurrentEvents/?p=347

New work in oil, sumi and ceramic.  This sampling of work is based on the idea of the Parlor.

Parlor or Parlour derives from the Old French word parloir or parler ("to speak"), and entered English around the turn of the 13th century.  As the parlour was the room in which the larger world encountered the private sphere of middle class life, the family's face to the world, it was invariably the best room in the home. The parlour frequently displayed a family's best furnishings, works of art and other status symbols. (from Wikipedia)

This new work encounters some of this feeling of a parlor both as a greeting place and the idea of middle class.  My work has always been interested in how art intersects with social class.  The objects in this work reference art history and craft history and myself as maker and translation of seeing and making.

Up now in the N-Gates (North Satellite) of the SeaTac Airport.  

I have four cases of artwork that seem to tell a story of crossing islands searching for exotic animals, light and love.

The end date is to be determined but hopefully into Fall 2015.

Upcoming show with 

Wrappings is the second exhibition at the newly formed contemporary art space The Alice, located in the Seattle neighborhood of Georgetown. This exhibition features 3 artists, Saya Moriyasu, Colleen Hayward and Justyn Hergreberg.  These three artists use materials that are often not seen as art materials, such as seed beads, staples and nylon. Saya will show her newest artistic endeavor of intricately beaded and woven necklaces.  Colleen will be exhibiting new paper rock sculptures that are made from ink paintings and staples. Justyn will be exhibiting a series of collage paintings made from pennies, cardboard and nylon.
 
Saya Moriyasu, Seattle, WA
Colleen Hayward, Seattle, WA
Justyn Hergreberg, Portland, OR

The Alice is located at 6007 12th Avenue South, Seattle, Washington 98108
on the second floor 
(The Alice is NOT wheelchair accessible.)
Hours: Saturday 12 to 5 and by appointment. 
Each show runs for 6 weeks and will be open for Georgetown Art Attacks on the 2nd Saturday of every month.