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Seattle Art Fair 2023

Seattle Art Fair 2023

Jul 27 - Jul 30 | Opening Event: Thursday, July 27: 6—9pm

Traver Gallery is thrilled to be participating in the 2023 Seattle Art Fair. Please join us on July 27th–30th at Lumen Field Event Center in Seattle. We are highlighting works by Marita Dingus, Scott Fife, Jun Kaneko, Cathy McClure, and Jane Rosen. We hope to see you there.

 

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OLD SPIRIT  | 33986
OLD SPIRIT | 33986, 2023
fabric, mixed media
14"h x 10"w x 13"d
$2,000
HEAVY WEIGHT | 33985
HEAVY WEIGHT | 33985, 2023
clay, metal, mixed media
12.5"h x 9"w x 6"d
SOLD
DOUBLE DECKER GOLD | 33980
DOUBLE DECKER GOLD | 33980, 2023
glass, mixed media
16"h x 4.5"w x 4"d
$1,400
WAITING  | 33983
WAITING | 33983, 2023
glass fabric, mixed media
13"h x 6"w x 10"d
$1,400
COLORFUL DOUBLE DECKER | 33990
COLORFUL DOUBLE DECKER | 33990, 2023
glass, mixed media
15.5"h x 9"w x 7"d
$1,400
STEP LIVELY | 33984
STEP LIVELY | 33984, 2023
clay, fabric, mixed media
18"h x 13"w x 4"d
$1,400
A LEG UP | 33987
A LEG UP | 33987, 2023
glass, fabric, mixed media
30"h x 9"w x 5"d
$2,200
ROCK HAND LEGS | 33188
ROCK HAND LEGS | 33188, 2022
rocks, metals, found materials
33"h x 11"w x 11"d
$3,000
ELECTRIC LADY | 33982
ELECTRIC LADY | 33982, 2023
clay mixed media
24"h x 8"w x 6.5"d
$2,000
LEAN INTO IT | 33375
LEAN INTO IT | 33375, 2022
cloth, clay
9"h x 6"w x 8"d
$1400
JAGUAR | 32406
JAGUAR | 32406, 2020
archival cardboard and ink
14"h x 16"w x 24"d
$12,500
WERE WULF | 32407
WERE WULF | 32407, 2007
archival cardboard, ink, and red pencil
25"h x 25"w x 34"d
$15,000
HORSE | 33593
HORSE | 33593, 2012
archival cardboard, dry screws, glue, ink and pencil markings
46”h x 64”w x 15” d
$24,000
RAKU HEAD | 32986
RAKU HEAD | 32986, 2021
glazed raku ceramic
69"h x 24.75"w x 20"h
$52,000
UNTITLED | 33800
UNTITLED | 33800, 2022
glazed ceramics
22h x 26.5"w x 3"d
$9,500
UNTITLED | 33798
UNTITLED | 33798, 2023
glazed ceramics
22.25” h x 26.25” w x 3” d
$9,500
UNTITLED | 33802
UNTITLED | 33802, 2022
glazed ceramics
21.75"h x 26"w x 3"d
$9,500
ROOSTER | 33951
ROOSTER | 33951, 2006
sterling, bronze, battery-operated mechanism, discarded stuffed animal
8"h x 9"w x 6"d
$17,500
SOME PIG | 33954
SOME PIG | 33954, 2023
bronze, plastic, battery operated mechanism, discarded stuffed animal
5.5"h x 4.25"w x 4.25"d
$11,500
ALLIGATOR | 33955
ALLIGATOR | 33955, 2023
bronze, battery operated mechanism, discarded stuffed animal
8.25"h x 10"w x 5.25"d
$11,500
QC-18 | 33957
QC-18 | 33957, 2023
sterling silver, patina, spray foam, broken battery operated mechanisms, discarded found and eviscerated plush toys
13"h x 10"w x 7"d
$13,500
LEO | 33952
LEO | 33952, 2023
sterling, bronze, battery-operated mechanism, discarded stuffed animal
6.5"h x 10"w x 5.25"d
$15,000
MO | 33956
MO | 33956, 2023
bronze, battery operated mechanism, discarded stuffed animal, plush
6.5"h x 10"w x 5.25"d
$11,500
SEAL | 33953
SEAL | 33953, 2006
sterling silver, battery operated mechanism, discarded stuffed animal
6.5"h x 10"w x 5.25"d
$13,500
CELADON POLKA DOT | 33221
CELADON POLKA DOT | 33221, 2022
blown and pigmented glass
16"h x 5"w x 4"d
pricing available upon request
CELADON WINGS WALL BIRD | 32048
CELADON WINGS WALL BIRD | 32048, 2019
handblown pigmented glass
15"h x 5"w x 4"d
pricing available upon request
TOBACCO LACE LARGE BIRD | 31886
TOBACCO LACE LARGE BIRD | 31886, 2018
handblown pigmented glass
16.5"h x 5"w x 4"d
pricing available upon request
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  • OLD SPIRIT | 33986, 2023
    fabric, mixed media
    14"h x 10"w x 13"d
    $2,000
  • HEAVY WEIGHT | 33985, 2023
    clay, metal, mixed media
    12.5"h x 9"w x 6"d
    SOLD
  • DOUBLE DECKER GOLD | 33980, 2023
    glass, mixed media
    16"h x 4.5"w x 4"d
    $1,400
  • WAITING | 33983, 2023
    glass fabric, mixed media
    13"h x 6"w x 10"d
    $1,400
  • COLORFUL DOUBLE DECKER | 33990, 2023
    glass, mixed media
    15.5"h x 9"w x 7"d
    $1,400
  • STEP LIVELY | 33984, 2023
    clay, fabric, mixed media
    18"h x 13"w x 4"d
    $1,400
  • A LEG UP | 33987, 2023
    glass, fabric, mixed media
    30"h x 9"w x 5"d
    $2,200
  • ROCK HAND LEGS | 33188, 2022
    rocks, metals, found materials
    33"h x 11"w x 11"d
    $3,000
  • ELECTRIC LADY | 33982, 2023
    clay mixed media
    24"h x 8"w x 6.5"d
    $2,000
  • LEAN INTO IT | 33375, 2022
    cloth, clay
    9"h x 6"w x 8"d
    $1400
  • JAGUAR | 32406, 2020
    archival cardboard and ink
    14"h x 16"w x 24"d
    $12,500
  • WERE WULF | 32407, 2007
    archival cardboard, ink, and red pencil
    25"h x 25"w x 34"d
    $15,000
  • HORSE | 33593, 2012
    archival cardboard, dry screws, glue, ink and pencil markings
    46”h x 64”w x 15” d
    $24,000
  • RAKU HEAD | 32986, 2021
    glazed raku ceramic
    69"h x 24.75"w x 20"h
    $52,000
  • UNTITLED | 33800, 2022
    glazed ceramics
    22h x 26.5"w x 3"d
    $9,500
  • UNTITLED | 33798, 2023
    glazed ceramics
    22.25” h x 26.25” w x 3” d
    $9,500
  • UNTITLED | 33802, 2022
    glazed ceramics
    21.75"h x 26"w x 3"d
    $9,500
  • ROOSTER | 33951, 2006
    sterling, bronze, battery-operated mechanism, discarded stuffed animal
    8"h x 9"w x 6"d
    $17,500
  • SOME PIG | 33954, 2023
    bronze, plastic, battery operated mechanism, discarded stuffed animal
    5.5"h x 4.25"w x 4.25"d
    $11,500
  • ALLIGATOR | 33955, 2023
    bronze, battery operated mechanism, discarded stuffed animal
    8.25"h x 10"w x 5.25"d
    $11,500
  • QC-18 | 33957, 2023
    sterling silver, patina, spray foam, broken battery operated mechanisms, discarded found and eviscerated plush toys
    13"h x 10"w x 7"d
    $13,500
  • LEO | 33952, 2023
    sterling, bronze, battery-operated mechanism, discarded stuffed animal
    6.5"h x 10"w x 5.25"d
    $15,000
  • MO | 33956, 2023
    bronze, battery operated mechanism, discarded stuffed animal, plush
    6.5"h x 10"w x 5.25"d
    $11,500
  • SEAL | 33953, 2006
    sterling silver, battery operated mechanism, discarded stuffed animal
    6.5"h x 10"w x 5.25"d
    $13,500
  • CELADON POLKA DOT | 33221, 2022
    blown and pigmented glass
    16"h x 5"w x 4"d
    pricing available upon request
  • CELADON WINGS WALL BIRD | 32048, 2019
    handblown pigmented glass
    15"h x 5"w x 4"d
    pricing available upon request
  • TOBACCO LACE LARGE BIRD | 31886, 2018
    handblown pigmented glass
    16.5"h x 5"w x 4"d
    pricing available upon request
  • About
    Jun Kaneko

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Jun Kaneko was born in Nagoya, Japan in 1942. He studied painting with Satoshi Ogawa during his adolescence – working in his studio during the day and attending high school in the evening. He came to the United States in 1963 to continue his studies at Chouinard Institute of Art when his introduction to Fred Marer drew him to sculptural ceramics. He proceeded to study with Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner, and Jerry Rothman in California during the time now defined as The Contemporary Ceramics Movement in America. The following decade, Kaneko taught at some of the nation’s leading art schools, including Scripps College, Rhode Island School of Design and Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Based in Omaha since 1986, Jun Kaneko has worked at several experimental studios including European Ceramic Work Center in The Netherlands, Otsuka Omi Ceramic Company in Japan, Fabric Workshop in Philadelphia PA, Bullseye Glass in Portland OR, Acadia Summer Arts Program in Bar Harbor ME, and Aguacate in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Over the course of his career, he has partnered with industrial facilities to realize large-scale, hand-built sculptures. The first was his 1982-1983 Omaha Project at Omaha Brickworks. Later sculptures include his Fremont Project, completed in 1992-1994 in California, and most recently his Pittsburg Project completed in 2004-2007 in Kansas. Both of these later series of sculptures were created at Mission Clay Products. In April 2013,  his exhibition Myths, Legends and Truths opened at Millennium Park in Chicago featuring thirteen nine-and-a-half foot tall Dangos and twenty-three of his Tanukis. This new body of work by Kaneko draws upon the myths and legends of the tanuki figure.

His artwork appears in numerous international and national solo and group exhibitions annually and is included in more than seventy museum collections. He has realized over thirty public art commissions in the United States and Japan and is the recipient of national, state and organization fellowships. Kaneko holds honorary doctorates from the University of Nebraska, the Massachusetts College of Art & Design and the Royal College of Art in London.

Kaneko is increasingly drawn to installations that promote civic interaction. He has completed over fifty public art commissions, including his two three hundred and fifty foot long Tile Walls at Aquarium Station in Boston, MA (1993-2000), a 3-story high wall in the Biology Library at The University of Connecticut (1997) and at the the Mashima Sports Arena in Osaka Japan (1994); permanent plaza installations in Council Bluffs and Des Moines, IA (2007 and 2013), at Bartle Hall and Convention Center in Kansas City, KS (2006), and at the International Finance Center in Shanghai, China (2012). In 2014 his fifty-six foot tall Glass Tower, Plaza Design, and Tile Wall will be permanently installed in Lincoln, NE.

Jun Kaneko’s new design for San Francisco Opera’s production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute is currently touring the United States. It opened in San Francisco, Omaha, Kansas City. Its final performance will take place at The Washington National Opera at The John F. Kennedy Center. His production of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, which premiered at Opera Omaha in March 2006, opened in June 2014 at the San Francisco Opera.

In 1998, he and his wife Ree Kaneko formed a non-profit cultural organization in Omaha Nebraska called KANEKO that explores and encourages the process of creativity. KANEKO is headquartered in landmark, turn-of-the-century warehouses in the Old Market District of Omaha, Nebraska.  Jun Kaneko continues his dedication to life as an artist and as a cultural catalyst for the region.

  • Marita Dingus

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Born in Seattle in 1956, Dingus attended Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia (BFA, 1980) and San Jose State University (MFA, 1985). She has received a Visual Art Fellowship from Artist Trust (1994), a John S. Guggenheim Fellowship (1999), and the Morrie and Joan Alhadeff PONCHO Artist of the Year Award (2005).

Dingus has had solo shows at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter and The Stenersen Museum, both in Norway (2002, 2006), as well as the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA (2005 – 2006). Her work has been included in Nature/Culture organized by The Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh (2006 – 2008), Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC (2006 – 2007) and 21st Century American Women Artists at the Residence of the United States Ambassador to NATO in Brussels, Belgium (2006 – 2010). Her work is in many regional museums and corporate collections. Dingus currently lives and works in the state of Washington and is represented by Traver Gallery in Seattle.

“I consider myself an African-American Feminist and environmental artist. My approach to producing art is environmentally and politically infused: neither waste humanity nor the gifts of nature. I am primarily a mixed media sculptor who uses discarded materials. My art draws upon relics from the African Diaspora. The discarded materials represent how people of African descent were used during the institution of slavery and colonialism then discarded, but who found ways to repurpose themselves and thrive in a hostile world. I seek to use recovered materials, reconfiguring and incorporating them into pieces of art where possible and appropriate, and to mitigate waste and pollution in all my work. This is a creative challenge, but a commitment I incorporate into my professional and personal activities.”

  • Scott Fife

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Scott Fife follows in the footsteps of Pop artists from the 1960s and 1970s by focusing on the fads and fascinations of American culture and using non-traditional materials to create his sculptures. Beginning with commercial products, he turned to objects from everyday life and also created a series of portraits of celebrities all fashioned using archival cardboard, glue, and screws. To give these simple things greater cachet, Fife often recreates them at an exaggerated scale making them literally larger-than-life.

  • Cathy McClure

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Cathy McClure is an anti-disciplinarian, choosing to work with materials and techniques in radically unconventional ways. With a strong background in metal design and propelled by a boundless curiosity, she explores materials, spaces, and processes that push the boundaries of what art can be. McClure’s enthusiastic approach toward inventive methodologies raises questions about what is considered valuable.

Her sculptures and installations investigate the discrepancy between past perceptions of an imagined utopic techno-future and the future we now inhabit. Often using toys as metaphors, McClure’s works highlight our societal penchant for instant gratification, over-production, and habitually excessive consumption, while simultaneously drawing upon a collective nostalgia for a past we’ve enthusiastically discarded.

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