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- Published by Roq la Rue on Wednesday August 25th, 2010
Chris Berens is working on his new show for Roq la Rue, which is opening October 22nd. Here's just a quick look at one of his new works, more to come! - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday August 10th, 2010
Our pals at Arrested Motion just posted a teaser of a new piece Yoskay is working on for his Roq show next month! Check it out here. - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday August 3rd, 2010
This September we will be hosting shows by Edwin Ushiro and Yoskay Yamamoto. Edwin just sent us this little teaser he recently shipped up for the show - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday August 3rd, 2010
If you are in the area be sure you swing by the gallery to catch the last week of Glenn Barr's "epic" show of paintings! Last day of the show [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday August 3rd, 2010
Femke Hiemstra has created a new website, you can see it here!Also- she just completed a new painting for the Blab! show coming up at Copro [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Wednesday July 28th, 2010
We are getting very excited for our fantastic new show coming up on August 13th, featuring painter Edward Walton Wilcox. Above is a sneak peek [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Thursday June 10th, 2010
Hi Fructose Vol 2 will be out this fall! We'll have them for you at the gallery.The Hi-Fructose Collected 2 Hardcover Book A thick 300+ page [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Thursday June 10th, 2010
"Tiger Tiger Burning Bright" will be running through the end of June. Thanks to the generosity of Audrey Kawasaki and all the collectors who [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday May 29th, 2010
We just saw this nice little article about the art of Chris Berens...captures the dream quality of Chris' work quite nicely! - Published by Roq la Rue on Wednesday May 12th, 2010
We are thrilled to announce our third Roq La Rue Artist Print to benefit wildlife conservation. We teamed up with Audrey Kawasaki who [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Sunday May 9th, 2010
Femke Hiemstra is part of a wonderful group show (including gallery favorite Ryan Heshka!) in Hamburg, Germany entitled "Neo-Fabulists". Here [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday May 4th, 2010
Glenn BarrThis June we are thrilled to be presenting two great shows, a solo exhibition of Glenn Barr's new work, and a mini show by rising [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Wednesday April 14th, 2010
While the "Lush Life" show is running through the end of April, that doesn't mean we aren't having a party this month! This Saturday, April [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Monday April 12th, 2010
Have a little peek for you of the new Blondie album cover, painted by Chris Berens! - Published by Roq la Rue on Monday March 29th, 2010
Our next show opens on May 14th and is a group show centered around the theme of tigers. We have a great roster of artists participating (seen [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday March 16th, 2010
If you attended the "Lush Life 2" opening last week you saw Mandy Greer's amazing giant "chandeliers" made from fabric, glass, and beads. Mandy [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday February 20th, 2010
We finally got our new Femke Hiemstra designed T-shirts in, as modeled by gallery assistant Robert above. Let us know if you'd like one and [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday February 20th, 2010
Madeline Von Foerster "Invasive Species" oil on panelWe are gearing up for our huge group show "Lush Life 2" opening Friday March 12th 6-9pm. [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday February 9th, 2010
Sarah JoncasThis Friday Feb. 12th we open our first show in over two months and our first show for 2010, featuring Canadian painter Sarah [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Monday January 25th, 2010
We will be hosting a book signing with Camille Rose Garcia for the hotly anticipated new edition of "Alice In Wonderland", featuring her [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Friday January 22nd, 2010
On February 12th we will be kicking off our first show for 2010, featuring Canadian painter Sarah Joncas and French artist Ciou. We will be [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Thursday December 31st, 2009
Happy New Year! We are excited for 2010 and thought we'd share some of what we have coming up. We are taking a bit of a break in January to [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday December 19th, 2009The gallery will be closed December 24th through January 1st for the holidays. We will be open January 2nd. We will have very limited hours in [...]
- Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday December 12th, 2009
We had a great opening last night for Femke and Junko, with Femke's show selling out and all but one of Junko's painting sold as well. Here are [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Sunday December 6th, 2009
We are getting ready for Femke Hiemstra and Junko Mizuno's shows opening this Friday. Here is another sneak peek at Femke's show...Femke [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Sunday December 6th, 2009
Amsterdam based artist Chris Berens has his second US show after his hugely successful debut last year at the Roq, this time in New York at [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday November 24th, 2009We will be closed on Thursday Nov 26th for Thanksgiving Day. We will be open regular hours the 25th, 27th and 28th!
- Published by Roq la Rue on Monday November 23rd, 2009
Our final show for 2009 brings our gal Femke Hiemstra back to the gallery with a whole new show of her richly magical, old world style, [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Thursday November 5th, 2009
We are gearing up for a new show opening next Friday featuring two solo shows, by Brian Despain "Requiarium", and John Brophy "Saints and [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday October 27th, 2009
Femke Hiemstra will be opening her very anticipated new show at the gallery December 10th (she will be exhibiting alongside Junko Mizuno). [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Thursday October 22nd, 2009
Opening on November 13th, we will be hosting two solo exhibitions by Seattle based painters Brian Despain and John Brophy. We'll be posting [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Thursday October 22nd, 2009
If you find yourself in Amsterdam over Halloween you can stop by and see this cool window display of Femke's inspirations and get Femke's new [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday October 10th, 2009
Last night's opening for Ana Bagayan, Ryan Heshka, and Tin went great, with a majority of work sold before doors opened and a lively flow of [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Wednesday October 7th, 2009
We are getting ready for the big opening this Friday. Ana's work just arrived and it's very impressive! There will be five very large scale [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Monday October 5th, 2009
The good folks at Pressure Printing, who create some of the most beautiful and quality laden prints on the market, are just releasing a new [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday September 19th, 2009
Ryan is in his studio busily creating a fantastic show with some larger works featuring his trademark "Golden Age of Sci Fi" style and amazing [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Friday September 18th, 2009We will be closed on September 23rd and 24th. We will be open regular hours after that!
- Published by Roq la Rue on Friday September 18th, 2009
We are gearing up for our next exhibition on October 9th with Ana Bagayan, Ryden Heshka, and Tin. We have a few sneak peeks of Ana's work for [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Friday September 11th, 2009
We are just finishing up install on Jim Blanchard's great new show. Swing by and join us for tonight's Belltown Art Walk. - Published by Roq la Rue on Friday September 11th, 2009
Painter Joe Sorren stopped by the gallery last week to check out the Travis Louie show - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday September 1st, 2009
Jim working on Pam Grier.We will be opening a new show on September 11th by artist Jim Blanchard. Jim is probably one of artists we have shown [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday August 29th, 2009
Femke Hiemstra's wonderful new book "Rock Candy", a survey of her art to date, has just been released. I will have a stack at the gallery next [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday August 29th, 2009
Kozik gives big ups to Chris Crites' paintings.It's been an art star week here at the Roq with visits from Mark Ryden, Marion Peck, and today, [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Wednesday August 26th, 2009
Here's a look at a the latest Travis Louie painting! Contact us if you are interested in this piece."Stan Struck By Lightning"graphite, acrylic [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday August 25th, 2009
The Travis Louie opening/book signing was a great success, with the show selling wonderfully and the books selling out. We had a nice flow of [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Thursday August 20th, 2009
We are getting ready for Travis Louie's new show and book signing tomorrow night (Friday Aug 21st 6-9pm). You can also check out a profile on [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Monday August 3rd, 2009
We are excited to host Travis Louie's next solo show at Roq la Rue, "Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Monster", which will open Friday August 21st! - Published by Roq la Rue on Thursday July 23rd, 2009
Arrested Motion have posted up an interview with Eric Fortune on their blog...you can read it here. - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday July 21st, 2009
We just got in a batch of prints and will be contacting everyone on the list who pre-ordered one. We still have some so hit us up and we'll [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday July 21st, 2009
Oh boy- just in time for his new show at Roq la Rue (Opening Friday August 21st), Travis Louie's new book "Curiosities" is being released! I [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday July 21st, 2009
From publisher and curator Mark Murphy's blog:"Visit Booth 4833 at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego where original artwork by Jeff Soto and [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Friday July 3rd, 2009We will be closed July 3rd and 4th for the holiday weekend. Happy 4th of July!
- Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009
Art book publisher and enthusiast Mark Murphy has just posted a little interview with Travis Lampe here! - Published by Roq la Rue on Friday June 19th, 2009
Please note- we've moved the opening night date for the Nicoletta Ceccoli and Eric Fortune shows to July 24th! Not the 17th. Please contact us [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Friday June 19th, 2009
Chris Berens opens a stellar exhibit in his hometown of Amsterdam this week, at Jaski Gallery. Entitled " The White Ones", the majority of [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Friday June 19th, 2009
A little late- but here are some pics of the festive opening we had last week. The gallery was packed all night with a flow of viewers taking [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Thursday June 18th, 2009
Our pals Beau and Rebecca from Halogen Gallery next door just got hitched! I snapped this picture when they popped into Roq La Rue for a [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Thursday June 11th, 2009
We are getting ready for the Chris Crites/Travis Lampe show that opens tomorrow. I snapped some fast install pics....You can see Travis' work [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday June 9th, 2009
We are now officially announcing the release of a new print by Camille Rose Garcia, entitled 'Lil Elorphant". Published by Roq la Rue, the [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday May 9th, 2009Please note if you are heading to the gallery we will be open limited hours in May. We are closed Saturday May 16th for a private event, and [...]
- Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday May 9th, 2009
Last night we opened the wildly successful "Lush Life" show. A lively crowd filtered through the gallery on a warm summery feeling evening and [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Wednesday May 6th, 2009
We are working overtime to get the "Lush Life" group show up and ready for Friday night. Hope you will join us- to see the whole scope of the [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Wednesday April 29th, 2009The gallery will be closed on Saturday May 2nd. Back to work as usual on the 6th, with our "Lush Life" show opening on the 8th!
- Published by Roq la Rue on Sunday April 26th, 2009
Chris Berens will have two paintings available in the upcoming "Lush Life" show at the Roq...and he will be having a show this June at Jaski [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Sunday April 26th, 2009
Roq La Rue is a supporter of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya. The Trust is an amazing organization that saves and fosters orphaned [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday April 25th, 2009
Thanks to all who came out for Lisa Petrucci's booksigning! - Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday April 18th, 2009
Join us on April 24th 6-8 pm for the release of Lisa Petrucci's brand new book! Lisa will be at the gallery signing copies and there's sure to [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday April 18th, 2009
Last week we opened our April show featuring Nathan Ota and Anthony Pontius- here are just a few quick shots we took early in the [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Friday April 3rd, 2009
Jane Kenyoer was our fabulous intern last summer, and she is also a painter. She has just made some beautiful pendants featuring on of her [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday March 31st, 2009
The fine folks at Paper Tiger have released a gorgeous new print of Brian Despain's "The Exiles" (from his R la R show late last year). You can [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday March 31st, 2009
Femke Hiemstra will be opening a new exhibition this weekend at Copro Gallery in LA. Featuring an array of brand spanking new paintings, it's a [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Monday March 23rd, 2009
We are really excited for April's show coming up- featuring two incredible talents in two separate solo shows. Contact us to be on the preview [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Monday March 23rd, 2009
Melissa Forman "Rabbit mask"We are starting to see glimpses of some of the work coming in for May's "Lush Life" group show, which will be our [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Friday March 20th, 2009
OG Lowbrow artist Lisa Petrucci will be at the gallery signing copies of her new art book "Kickass Kuties" on April 24th 6-8pm! Come and meet [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Thursday March 19th, 2009
We got a sneak peek at Chris Berens new pieces for the Hi Fructose show in LA this April at Copro Nason. Incredible! Contact Copro Nason if [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday March 3rd, 2009
Christian in his studioChristian van Minnen"Neo- Grotesque"Opening this Friday the Thirteenth!Roq La Rue is pleased to present a solo show by [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Wednesday February 18th, 2009We did a quick n' dirty interview with artist Brian Despain, who discusses the thoughts behind his 100 Robots series...enjoy!
- Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday February 17th, 2009
Andrew Hem and Stella HultbergWe had a great opening for the new Stella Hultberg/Andrew Hem exhibitions. You can see the full show here! - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday February 17th, 2009
We just returned from a quick trip to Tokyo to see Mark Ryden's "Snow Yak" show. While there we were joined by artist Chris Berens, his [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday February 17th, 2009
While we are getting ready for the Christian van Minnen show, we thought we'd show you these sneak peeks up upcoming works from April's Nathan [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday February 10th, 2009
In March we are opening a new show featuring the neo-grotesque work of painter Christian van Minnen. Like a strange cross between Giuseppe [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Monday February 2nd, 2009Amanda Erlandson (aka Commandax) just posted a great interview with Andrew Hem on her blog Erratic Phenomena. Read it here.
- Published by Roq la Rue on Friday January 30th, 2009The gallery will be closed to the public while we are between exhibitions from Feb 4th- Feb 11th. We will be open on the 11th- however we will [...]
- Published by Roq la Rue on Saturday January 24th, 2009
Stella's studioOur next show opens on February 13th after a short gallery break and features two solo shows by artists Andrew Hem (profiled in [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Wednesday January 14th, 2009
Mark Ryden's long awaited Tree Show book is finally out and we will have some at the gallery. Stop by the gallery or email us to get one!"This [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Friday January 9th, 2009
Our gal Femke just launched a gorgeous new website! Check it out here! - Published by Roq la Rue on Friday December 26th, 2008
Andrew Hem (along with Stella Hultberg) will be exhibiting in February. We got a sneak peek of the works and we're very excited for the show. [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday December 23rd, 2008The gallery will be closed from December 25th- January 2nd. If you missed seeing the Chris Berens exhibition because of the snow- the show is [...]
- Published by Roq la Rue on Thursday December 18th, 2008The gallery is closed today (December 18th) as we are snowed in at home! Yikes! You can reach us by email if you need to contact us.
- Published by Roq la Rue on Wednesday December 17th, 2008
Our gal Jane just sent over a few snaps from the opening night of Chris Berens "Go West" exhibit...Chris spent most of the evening happily [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Monday December 15th, 2008
An obvious fan of Brian Despain's artwork just sent Brian a few images of a huge tattoo he is working on, with images taken from Despain's [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Thursday December 11th, 2008
We are in overdrive getting ready for the Chris Berens opening Friday 12/12... Jane snapped a few shots of us finishing up the installation. - Published by Roq la Rue on Wednesday December 3rd, 2008
Our artists Brian Despain and Femke Hiemstra are working on a few projects, Brian Despain will have a new painting in Mark Murphy's booth at [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Sunday November 30th, 2008
Femke Hiemstra"Marie Antoinette"hand embellished giclee print(white gold leaf border)10" x 10"edition of 100signed and numbered$115. eachWe are [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Thursday November 27th, 2008
Our next exhibition is a solo show by Amsterdam painter Chris Berens. Opening on Friday, December 12th- this show will feature over 30 [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday November 25th, 2008
Arrested Motion Blog has a nice little interview with Travis Louie (he'll be showing with us in August 09) - check it out and see what's up [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Monday November 24th, 2008We will be closed November 26th and 27th and back to regular hours Friday the 28th and Saturday the 29th!
- Published by Roq la Rue on Friday November 14th, 2008
We just have a couple of these EXTREMELY limited, hand embellished silkscreens by Tessar Lo left. Email us to get one or find out more..." Fit [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Friday November 14th, 2008Artist Robert Burden sent over a time lapse video showing the creation of a giant painting of Voltron from the Transformers. Robert's large [...]
- Published by Roq la Rue on Tuesday November 11th, 2008
We recently collaborated with artist Mark Ryden to do an amazing, under-the-radar print to raise money for The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Friday November 7th, 2008
Tonight we are opening the new show for November featuring Tessar Lo, Moira Hahn and Bill Blair. Tessar came up a few days early to do an [...] - Published by Roq la Rue on Sunday October 19th, 2008When we were in Amsterdam we filmed a few little segments with Chris for Hi Fructose...here is the first segment.
Belltown
News
- Published by Flatcolor Gallery on Tuesday September 7th, 2010
We've been nominated in the King5 Best of Western Washington Awards for Best Art Gallery!Please vote for Flatcolor Gallery if you have a [...] - Published by Flatcolor Gallery on Thursday September 2nd, 2010
Show opens tomorrow, hope to see you there! Flatcolor Gallery 5-9PM.Joe Vollan Preview Jose Rodriguez III Preview - Published by La Familia Gallery on Wednesday September 1st, 2010
Don't miss this exciting month at the gallery; we are showing the work of:Doug Mandt: Watery Brood presents surreal aquatic creatures that [...] - Published by Flatcolor Gallery on Saturday August 28th, 2010
Opening Reception: September 2nd 5-9PM (Artists will be in attendance)In September, Seattle artist Joe Vollan will be exhibiting a new series [...]
Seattle
News
- Published by Bherd on Wednesday September 8th, 2010
For our piece of the week (POW) feature we wanted to highlight Redd Walitzki's "Specimen 1 - monstrum couturea" which is in our "You're So [...] - Published by Bherd on Tuesday September 7th, 2010
If you know us, you probably have been hearing some rumblings about this project for a couple months now. We are proud to say that we have put [...] - Published by Flatcolor Gallery on Tuesday September 7th, 2010
We've been nominated in the King5 Best of Western Washington Awards for Best Art Gallery!Please vote for Flatcolor Gallery if you have a [...]
- Published by Twilight Artist Collective on Monday September 6th, 2010We're observing. See you tomorrow 11-7. Have a great holiday!!
Scene
News
- Published by arts blog - REDEFINE magazine on Thursday September 9th, 2010
The Time-Based Art Festival (TBA) 2010 is beginning next week, on September 9th! We’ve gone through the schedule and picked out some really [...]
