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INVITATION  | 34652
INVITATION | 34652, 2024
western red cedar
22'h x 12'w x' x 12' d
UNIVERSE AS SELF | 34914
UNIVERSE AS SELF | 34914, 2025
acrylic on fire salvaged western red cedar
120"h x 25"w x 6"d
$22,500
WELLSPRING  | 34913
WELLSPRING | 34913, 2025
acrylic on panel
32h x 40"w x 2"d
$6,800
SLOWLY SHE REVEALS HER SECRETS  | 34921
SLOWLY SHE REVEALS HER SECRETS | 34921, 2025
oil on glass, acrylic on panel
20"h x 27" w x 2"d
$4,000
GOD MOMENT | 34908
GOD MOMENT | 34908, 2025
oil on glass, acrylic on panel
20"h x 27"w x 2"d
$4,000
SWIMMING IN SKY | 34907
SWIMMING IN SKY | 34907, 2025
oil on glass, acrylic on panel
20"h x 27"w x 2"d
$4,000
BEFORE YOU WERE AWAKE | 34906
BEFORE YOU WERE AWAKE | 34906, 2025
oil on glass, acrylic on panel
20"h x 27"w x 2"d
$4,000
THE HERMIT AND THE LOVER | 34904
THE HERMIT AND THE LOVER | 34904, 2025
oil on glass, acrylic on panel
30"h x 32"w x 2"d
$4,200
WHERE WATER BECOMES SKY | 34903
WHERE WATER BECOMES SKY | 34903, 2025
oil on glass, acrylic on panel
25"h x 30"w x 2"d
$4,500
LAUGHING WITH GRAVITY  | 34901
LAUGHING WITH GRAVITY | 34901, 2025
acrylic on panel
40"h x 32"w x 2"d
$6,800
INFINITY | 32218
INFINITY | 32218, 2019
acrylic on board
31.5"h x 60"w
$6,500
SECRET | 33004
SECRET | 33004, 2021
acrylic on reclaimed wood
36"h x 23.5"w x 2.5"d
$4,800
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  • INVITATION | 34652, 2024
    western red cedar
    22'h x 12'w x' x 12' d
  • UNIVERSE AS SELF | 34914, 2025
    acrylic on fire salvaged western red cedar
    120"h x 25"w x 6"d
    $22,500
  • WELLSPRING | 34913, 2025
    acrylic on panel
    32h x 40"w x 2"d
    $6,800
  • SLOWLY SHE REVEALS HER SECRETS | 34921, 2025
    oil on glass, acrylic on panel
    20"h x 27" w x 2"d
    $4,000
  • GOD MOMENT | 34908, 2025
    oil on glass, acrylic on panel
    20"h x 27"w x 2"d
    $4,000
  • SWIMMING IN SKY | 34907, 2025
    oil on glass, acrylic on panel
    20"h x 27"w x 2"d
    $4,000
  • BEFORE YOU WERE AWAKE | 34906, 2025
    oil on glass, acrylic on panel
    20"h x 27"w x 2"d
    $4,000
  • THE HERMIT AND THE LOVER | 34904, 2025
    oil on glass, acrylic on panel
    30"h x 32"w x 2"d
    $4,200
  • WHERE WATER BECOMES SKY | 34903, 2025
    oil on glass, acrylic on panel
    25"h x 30"w x 2"d
    $4,500
  • LAUGHING WITH GRAVITY | 34901, 2025
    acrylic on panel
    40"h x 32"w x 2"d
    $6,800
  • INFINITY | 32218, 2019
    acrylic on board
    31.5"h x 60"w
    $6,500
  • SECRET | 33004, 2021
    acrylic on reclaimed wood
    36"h x 23.5"w x 2.5"d
    $4,800
TK

About
Tori Karpenko

Tori Karpenko is a father and community builder who works in service of place-based healing and environmental stewardship. He graduated cum laude from art school in Iowa and studied painting in Florence, Italy. In 2001 he moved to the Methow Valley, where he continues to contribute to his community as a place-maker, teacher and ambassador for the arts. In 2015 he was awarded a GAP grant from Artist Trust in support of his first solo show at Traver Gallery, followed by an invitation to participate in his first museum exhibit, “The Wild Nearby” at the Burke Museum in 2016. In 2020 he received a fellowship from the McMillan Foundation, which allowed him to expand his practice to include larger sculptures and public art installations. In 2024, he was invited to install a public project at the Seattle Art Fair. For this project he transformed a 22’ tall fire salvaged western red cedar into a sculpture that reconciles with our collective losses while maintaining a delicate thread of hope for salvaging what we have left.

Karpenko continues to contribute to his community of fellow artists across the state through volunteer commitments like serving as a regional ambassador for Artist Trust and as a founding Board Member for Wheelhouse, a statewide trade association supporting the creative economy. For the last fourteen years he has worked as the Director of Campus Operations at TwispWorks, a rural economic revitalization project that has re-purposed a 6.4 former USFS complex into a hub for creative enterprise and community gathering space. In 2025, he is revisiting reverse painting on glass in his fifth solo show at Traver Gallery.

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PRESS RELEASE MAR 2018
Exhibition Catalog: Into the Liminal
Bringing the Mountains into a City Gallery - The Seattle Times
'Wild Nearby' -- the Burke's inspiring, unsettling North Cascades exhibit - Seattle Pi
Solace in Mountain Solitude - The Mountaineers
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