Since the shows are new, we haven't seen them, and since we haven't seen them, all we can say is, well, these are some of the shows we want to see this month...

You might also want to check out our more comprehensive show listings for Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver.

In any case, following are the monthly top picks of our listings editor, Chris Crites.

Vancouver BC

Jennifer Kleinsteuber, "Portraits on the Edge"
Kleinsteuber Gallery // Jul.22 - Aug.25

Group Show, "A Show of Heads"
Marion Scott Gallery // Aug.12 - Sep.03

Cameron Kerr, "Marble Infrastructure Project"
(Public Sites in and around the main Library Precinct)
Other Sights // Jun.28 - Sep.09

Seattle WA

Christian French, "Buried Treasures"
CoCA // Jul.15 - Sep.03

Group Show, "Junctions"
James Harris Gallery // Aug.03 - Aug.25

Group Show, "This Is Gallery"
Lawrimore Project // Aug.03 - Aug.25

Portland OR

Liz Harris, "Wind Inside"
Motel // Aug.03 - Aug.19

Group show, "Black & White"
Pulliam Deffenbaugh // Aug.01 - Sep.02

Group Show, "Saturation"
(In Collaboration with Portland Modern)
Disjecta // Jul.14 - Aug.26

Posted on 01:01 AM | Permalink

Since the shows are new, we haven't seen them, and since we haven't seen them, all we can say is, well, these are some of the shows we want to see this month...

You might also want to check out our more comprehensive show listings for Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver.

In any case, following are the monthly top picks of our listings editor, Chris Crites.

Vancouver BC

Group Show Emergency Biennale in Chechnya at Centre A
http://www.centrea.org

Taiga Chiba and Miuh Yang's Plants, Creatures and Other Animals at Art Beatus
http://www.artbeatus.com

Thierry Feuz's Psychotropical Technicolour at Jacana Gallery
http://www.jacanagallery.com

Seattle WA

Brad Biancardi's Piss President at Crawl Space
http://crawlspacegallery.com

Amanda Coleman's Look Both Ways at Patricia Cameron Gallery
http://www.patriciacamerongallery.com

Group Show of New Sculptures at Howard House
http://www.howardhouse.net

Portland OR

Mike Smith's Photographs from Southern Appalachia at Blue Sky
http://www.blueskygallery.org

Michael Endo's Lines of Communication at Rake Art Gallery
http://www.rakeart.org

Craig Payne and Sarah Boss' Photographic Works at Brian Marki Fine Art
http://www.brianmarki.com

Posted on 01:01 AM | Permalink

Since the shows are new, we haven't seen them, and since we haven't seen them, all we can say is, well, these are some of the shows we want to see this month...

You might also want to check out our more comprehensive show listings for Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver.

In any case, following are our top picks for this month.

Vancouver BC

Laura Bell at Jennifer Kostuik
www.kostuikgallery.com

Core Dump at Bjornson Kajiwara
http://www.tag.bc.ca

Art of the North West Coast at Equinox
http://www.equinoxgallery.com

Seattle WA

Hardline Organics Part Two at SOIL
http://www.soilart.org

A Great Big Stillness at Bluebottle
http://www.bluebottleart.com

Peter Waite at Winston Wachter
http://www.winstonwachter.com

Portland OR

Blue Frontier at Portland Modern (the Window Project)
http://www.portlandmodern.org

Bestiary at Froelick
http://www.froelickgallery.com

i love you at compound
http://www.justbedesign.com/JBD03/main.html

Posted on 01:01 AM | Permalink

Since the shows are new, we haven't seen them, and since we haven't seen them, all we can say is, well, these are some of the shows we want to see this month...

You might also want to check out our more comprehensive show listings for Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver.

In any case, following are our top picks for this month.

Vancouver BC

Colleen Flynn-Lawson at Jennifer Kostuik
www.kostuikgallery.com

Mining the Archive at Centre A
www.centrea.org

Diminutive Disposition at Helen Pitt
www.helenpittgallery.org

Seattle WA

Shirin Neshat at SAAM (Yes, still.)
www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/visitSAAM.asp

Round Two at Punch Gallery
www.punchgallery.org

Boys and Flowers at Western Bridge (Yes, still.)
www.westernbridge.org

Portland OR

Richard Ross at Blue Sky
www.blueskygallery.org

Uneasy Marriage at Motel
www.motelgallery.com

Mø at Genuine Imitation
www.genuineimitation.com

Posted on 01:01 AM | Permalink

Since the shows are new, we haven't seen them, and since we haven't seen them, all we can say is, well, these are some of the shows we want to see this month...

You might also want to check out our more comprehensive show listings for Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver.

In any case, following are our top picks for this month.

Vancouver BC

Christian Kliegel at Access
http://www.vaarc.ca

Heyday at Artspeak
http://www.artspeak.ca

Sonny Assu at The Belkin Satellite
http://www.belkin-gallery.ubc.ca/satellite/index.html

Deleted Scenes at CAG
http://www.contemporaryartgallery.ca

Sasha Rogers at Jennifer Kostuik
http://www.kostuikgallery.com

Adventure Playground at Or
http://www.orgallery.org

Allison Hrabluik at Western Front
http://www.front.bc.ca

Seattle WA

Boys and Flowers at Western Bridge
www.westernbridge.org

Shirin Neshat at SAAM
www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/visitSAAM.asp

Grand Opening at Punch Gallery
www.punchgallery.org

Kelly Mark at The Henry
www.henryart.org

Jasmine Valadini at the WA Convention Center
(in Palate & Palette)
www.wsctc.com

Eric Olson at Viveza
www.viveza.com

Swallow Harder at the Frye
www.fryeart.org

Portland OR

Fresh at Elizabeth Leach
www.elizabethleach.com

Introductions at Pulliam Deffenbaugh
www.pulliamdeffenbaugh.com

Gregory Crewdson at The Cooley Gallery
web.reed.edu/gallery

Todd Johnson at Augen Gallery
www.augengallery.com

Roxy Paine at the Portland Art Museum
www.portlandartmuseum.org

Jason Lee Parry at Sugar
www.sugargallery.org

Richard Glenn at Brian Marki
www.brianmarki.com

Posted on 01:01 AM | Permalink

Since the shows are new, we haven't seen them, and since we haven't seen them, all we can say is, well, these are some of the shows we want to see this month (focusing a bit on Seattle this month since we'll be roaming around on First Thursday in the second installment of our three-part roadtrip).

You might also want to check out our longer-winded (and hopefully something like approaching comprehensive) show listings for Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver.

In any case, following are our top picks for this month:

Bradley Biacardi at Crawl Space
http://crawlspacegallery.com/
Seattle, Washington

Swallow Harder at the Frye
http://www.fryeart.org/
Seattle, Washington

Lichtenstein (!) at the Henry
http://www.henryart.org/
Seattle, Washington

John O'Brien at Suyama Space
http://www.suyamapetersondeguchi.com/
Seattle, Washington

Mat Bushell at Blanket Gallery
http://www.blanketgallery.com/
Vancouver, British Columbia

Stan Douglas at the (main) Belkin Gallery
http://www.belkin-gallery.ubc.ca/
Vancouver, British Columbia

Amy Ross at Motel
http://www.motelgallery.com/
Portland, Oregon

Gregg Renfrow at Elizabeth Leach
http://www.elizabethleach.com/
Portland, Oregon

Posted on 01:01 AM | Permalink

Since the shows are new, we haven't seen them, and since we haven't seen them, all we can say is, well, these are some of the shows we want to see this month (focusing a bit on Portland this month since we'll be down there for First Thursday):

Chas Bowie + LeAnne Hitchcock at Chambers Gallery
http://www.chambersgallery.org/
Portland Oregon

Jay Steensma at Pulliam Deffenbaugh
http://www.pulliamdeffenbaugh.com/
Portland Oregon

Kristen Miller + Jeff Jahn at PDX Contemporary
http://www.pdxcontemporaryart.com
Portland Oregon

Josh Arseneau at Sugar Gallery
www.sugargallery.org
Portland Oregon

Roy Lichtenstein (late in the month) at The Henry
http://www.henryart.org/
Seattle Washington

The Inagural Show (Collecting Drama) at The Lee Center for the Arts
http://www.seattleu.edu/
Seattle Washington

Myfanwy MacLeod at The Contemporary Art Gallery
http://www.contemporaryartgallery.ca/
Vancouver British Columbia

Peng Liu at Jacana Gallery
http://www.jacanagallery.com/
Vancouver British Columbia

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