stephen rock: exaggeration of data
pigmented inkjet images

Artist’s reception Thursday 12/15/11, 6-8pm
CoCA Ballard, Shilshole Bay Beach Club
6413 Seaview Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107
On view December 15, 2011 – January 15, 2012

Stephen Rock exposes the volume of data streaming past us and investigates the transient nature of the medium by compiling visual remnants of our virtual experience.

Excessive amounts of information are now easily accessed through a vast array of personal technological devices. Individual statistics and patterns are gathered and disseminated with reckless abandon and access to Museum and University archives is countered by the drone of the blogosphere. Revolutions, celebrations, disasters... the fabric of society flows by without cessation giving fleeting "importance" to any given moment.

Read Jen Graves' review in The Stranger.
Read Michael Upchurch's review in the Seattle Times.

Stephen Rock lives in Seattle with his creative/life partner Nichole DeMent. Together they own Rock|DeMent visual art space in Pioneer Square where they have exhibited contemporary artwork since 2006. His 2 and 3D work is collected widely and he has received numerous awards including a 2006 Poncho Merit Award and a 2005 residency at the Morris Graves Foundation. His large installation works with the Rock Brothers have been exhibited with CoCA at Carkeek Park and with MadArt Seattle and his work is represented at the Seattle Art Museum Gallery.

David Francis & John Brodie

at Willamette Cultural Resources
623 SE Mill St, Portland 97214

CoCA's partner for the project, Willamette Cultural Resources Associates ( http://willamettecra.com/), hosted a preliminary opening on January 14, 2012, with the work of John Brodie of Portland and David Francis of Seattle.

The exhibit is on view M-F, 10am - 4pm.( http://willamettecra.com/). Additional shows are planned for 2012, with the next opening in late April / early May. Interested artists may submit at http://www.cocaseattle.org/submission.php (specify Kunstkammer PDX).

22nd Coca Annual Juried by Gary Hill on Display through March 18, 2012

At the Dec. 29 opening of CoCA's Annual Juried Exhibition, in front of a near-capacity crowd, guest-juror Gary Hill announced his selections from the group of 16 international finalists, focusing on work that he felt was especially challenging to view:

First prize went to Swedish new media artist Conny Blom for a sound piece capturing four minutes and 33 seconds of studio silence both before and after recording sessions.

Second prize went to Sara Overton, a visual artist from Olympia currently living in New York, for a 5" x 7" oil pastel on wood and board.

Three honorable mentions included two local artists (installations by Sean Johnson, mixed media work by Sabe Lewellyn) and Erin Endicott, a fiber artist from the east coast working with antique baby clothes. The exhibit also features five video works from Greece, Germany, Oregon, and Texas among other fascinating artworks that represent Hill's 16 selections from a submission pool of over 150. Gallery hours are M-F, 9-5, at CoCA's Georgetown Gallery in Seattle Design Center's Atrium Building, Suite 229, 5701 6th Avenue South, Seattle WA 98108.

Read Gayle Clemans' review in the Seattle Times, January 13, 2012.

Artists include:
Sara Overton, New York City; Julia Oldham, Eugene; Sean Johnson, Seattle; Christopher Steadman, Berlin; George Drivas, Athens; Cheryl Yun, Wilton (CT), Erin Endicott, Port Republic (NJ), Bjoern Drenkwitz, Frankfurt; Jérémie Baldocchi, Le Bourget (FR); Conny Blom, Landskrona (Sweden); Ida Rödén; Inguna Gremzde, Ogre (Latvia), Sabe Lewellyn; Alyson Ogasian, Culver City (CA); Bean Gilsdorf, San Francisco; Barna Kantor, Austin (TX).

More on guest juror Gary Hill:
Internationally recognized for the broad scope of his work, ranging from media arts to sculpture, from installation to poetics, Gary Hill has explored the ineffable relationship between text, sound, and image for nearly 40 years.

New CoCA Showroom at Seattle Design Center
presenting
Limb from Limb: The Arboreal Art of Peppé

"Meet The Artist" October 8, 2011, 3pm-10pm
Arts Crush Art GALLERIES @sdc Gallery Walk
CoCA Seattle Design Center Showroom
Seattle Design Center, Suite 268a, 5701 6th Avenue South, Seattle WA 98108

Following up on this summer's show at the CoCA Georgetown Gallery, we have opened a showroom at Seattle Design Center for Peppé's Sculpture Collection. Two pieces are installed in the fountain in the Plaza Building, and another in the lobby of the Atrium Building. An amazing collection of fifteen major pieces and a number of smaller ones fill this showroom as only Peppé can. Catalog available at our bookstore and at the showroom.

On display through February at CoCA Seattle Design Center Showroom, Georgetown.