Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Dubsea Double Feature!


Kelda Martensen is an artist and educator living in Burien WA. Kelda teaches art at Pratt Fine Art Center, Central Washington University-Pierce County, South Seattle Community College, Sev Shoon and Moshier Art Center. Kelda received her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis and her BA from Willamette University. She specializes in print and book arts. Her work has been exhibited across the United States and Europe, including the 5th International Biennial of Artists Books in Vilnius Lithuania. Additional work can be found at www.keldamartensen.com

Michael J. Olsen is a high school teacher, artist and DJ originally from Portland Oregon and now living in Burien, WA. Michael's current work explores the intersection of stream-of-consciousness writing, classic jazz record sleeve aesthetics, and scientific diagrams. His radio show, Freedom Sounds, can be heard at www.freedomsoundsradio.blogspot.com


Saturday, January 16, 2010

Kelda Martensen & Michael J. Olsen showing @ Dubsea Coffee Jan.15-Feb.15

Kelda Martensen, Escape from Cape town 2008 , $3000
This is my first curated show for Dubsea, presenting Burien WA artist Kelda Martensen and Michael J. Olsen. The two of them do phenomenal and complimentary works and offer an eclectic range of words, range of imagery and a range of sizes for the mental/visual feast. They have blessed the walls of Dubsea with Gut rumbling work Giving the Greenbridge community the mental currency it deserves. If you have a chance or are in the area it will be a well worth trip to witness the travel narrative mixed media works and small books of Kelda Martensen. She produces an essential visceral arrangement of fantastical imagery and textures that have the essence to send you off into cerebral wander lust. The trip to Dubsea would be double the pleasure to see Michael J. Olsens text based work all made in response to listing to jazz. He created each of these works individually in a single sitting transcending the spirit of jazz through text each one fluidly rolling of his mental tongue and gaining shape and content through the clicking and clacking of his typewriter. Michael's book " To Listen " Featuring the complete series of his text based work , there is a copy on hand for taking a special gander before purchase. If you make it out to Dubsea your eyes will be as blessed as the walls they temporarily hang upon.