![]() I create whimsical and fun works that can be humorous, quirky, engaging, thought-provoking, and philosophical, often all at the same time. Through my work I hope to rekindle our lost sense of innocence and make the world a better place one smile at a time..
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Selected Shows:
2023 • Solo Art Show 'Out of My Mind', Blakely Hall Galler, Issaquah WA Jul-Sept 2022 • 'Homegrown', Gallery Mack, Seattle WA Jan 2020 • Solo Art Show 'Gallimaufry: Small Works', Confluence Gallery, Twisp WA Dec 2019 • 'Brighter Future: To be heard. To be seen. To be free',ARTS at King Street Station, Seattle WA Nov-Jan • Solo Art Show: 'An Utterance Inseffable' , Down Under Gallery, Seattle WA Jun-July • Monthly Solo Art Shows at ArtByVikram Gallery, Pioneer Square, Seattle 2018 • 'Blab!' - Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Sept • 'Robots Are People Too' - Tentacle Art Gallery, Seattle, WA Sept • 'An Utterance Ineffable' - Tentacle Art Gallery, Seattle, WA Aug • 'The Journey is the Adventure' - Tentacle Art Gallery, Seattle, WA Jul • 'Found' - Statix Gallery, Seattle, WA Jun • 'Centers of Gravity' - Shoreline City Gallery, Shoreline, WA Jul-Sept • 'Natural Instinct' - Aljoya Gallery, Mercer Island, WA Jun-Aug • 'Valentines' - Valise Gallery, Vashon Island, WA Feb • 'LA Art Show Littleopia' - with Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Jan • 'Tarot' - artEast Gallery, Issaquah WA Jan 2017 • 'Underworld': Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Dec. • Solo Art Show: 'ArtByVikram: 2017 Annual Show' - EAC Gallery, Bellevue WA Dec • '11th Annual Miniature Show' - Ghost Gallery, Seattle WA Nov-Dec • 'the Vault' - artEast Gallery, Issaquah WA Nov-Dec • 'SCBWI Illustrator's Show' - Seattle City Hall Gallery, Seattle WA Nov • Two Person Show: Centennial Center Gallery, Kent WA Nov-Dec • 'Tarot' - Ghost Gallery, Seattle WA Sept • 'Fantastical Worlds' - Blakely Hall Gallery, Issaquah Highlands WA Sept-Nov • '12th Annual BLAB Show': Copro Nason Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Sept. • Solo Art Show: City of Seattle Mayor's Gallery, Seattle WA Aug-Oct • 'On A Whim' - Three-Person Group Show at Mercer Island City Gallery, Mercer Island WA July-Sept • 'Insectarium', Eight and Sand Gallery, Georgetown Seattle WA July • Purchase Award: 'Kent Summer Art Exhibit' - Centennial Center Gallery, Kent WA June-Aug • Solo Art Show: Gallery One Retail Gallery, Ellensburg WA May-June • 'Processing: Artists Face Administration Change' - Ethnic Heritage Gallery, Seattle WA April-June • 'Make America Create Again' - Center on Contemporary Art Gallery, Seattle WA April • 'Dis*Connected', Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA Mar-April • 'Still Life in the Modern World', The Landing, Renton WA Jan-Apr • Solo Art Show: 'An Utterance Ineffable', City of Seattle's Ethnic Heritage Gallery, Seattle WA Jan-Mar 2016 • Solo Art Show: 'ArtByVikram: 2016 Recap Show', EAC Gallery, Bellevue WA Dec • 'EAC Holiday Show', EAC Gallery, Bellevue WA Dec • 'Anything Goes', Blakely Hall Gallery, Issaquah WA Nov-Dec • 'Monster Art Presents', Urban Light Studios Gallery, Seattle WA Aug • 'Tarot', Eight & Sand Gallery, Seattle WA Sept • 'The Great Outdoors', Eight & Sand Gallery, Seattle WA Aug • SCBWI Illustrator Show, WA State Convention Center, Seattle WA July-Sept • Exhibition Award: Kent Summer Art Exhibit, Centennial Center Gallery, Kent WA June-Aug • Honorable Mention: 'Columbia Winery & COCA Seattle Celebrate NW Artists' - Columbia Winery Gallery, Woodinville, WA April-June * COCA: 35 Live Members Show, Rubix Gallery, Seattle WA Mar • 'Search for Meaning' - Vachon Gallery, Seattle U., Seattle WA Feb-Mar • 'Hair' Tiny Dodo Gallery, Seattle WA Mar • Petite Works Group Show Eight & Sand Gallery, Seattle WA Mar • Two-person Pop-up Art Show: artEast Gallery, Issaquah Feb • Solo Art Show: Auburn City Gallery, Auburn, Jan - Feb 2015 • Holiday Art Show - Ghost Gallery, Seattle WA Nov. - Jan. • Holiday Art Show - Gage Academy, Seattle WA Dec. • Solo Art Show: 'ArtByVikram: 2015 Recap Show', EAC Gallery, Bellevue WA Dec. • 'Anything Goes' - Blakely Hall Gallery, Issaquah WA Nov. - Dec. • Featured Artist: Tinkerville Gallery, Long Beach, WA Oct. • Solo Art Show: Flying Apron Cafe, Fremont, Oct. • Solo Art Show: 'Happiness is... A Cup of Coffee' - Hotwire Coffee, West Seattle, Sept. • Featured Artist: Monster Art & Clothing, Ballard, Seattle, Sept. • 'Lifeblood' - Eight & Sand Gallery, Georgetown, Sept. • Solo Art Show: 'Journey of a Thousand sMiles' - Blakely Hall Gallery, Issaquah Highlands, May-July • Solo Art Show: Spooked in Seattle, Seattle, WA June-July • Best of Gage, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle , Jun-Jul • 'Face Value' - The Lakeshore, Seattle, May-Sept • 'I Want to Believe' - Eight & Sand Gallery, Georgetown, May • "cARTography" - Ryan James Fine Arts Gallery, Kirkland, April-May • Solo Art Show: Fremont Jewelry & Design, Fremont Seattle May • Solo Art Show: 'Happiness is a Cup of Coffee', Fuel Coffee, Montlake, Seattle April • Solo Art Show: Spooked in Seattle, Seattle, WA Feb • '9th Annual Spitting Image Show', Steele Gallery, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle WA Feb-Mar • 'Imagination Northwest' - Permanent Art Installation at Redmond Town Center, Redmond WA. Unveiled Jan 2014 • 'Wood', Eight & Sand, Georgetown, Seattle WA Dec 2014 - Jan • Solo Art Show: 'Happiness is a Cup of Coffee', Eleven Winery, Bainbridge Island, WA Dec • Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (Western Washington) - Illustrator Exhibit, WA State History Museum, Tacoma, WA Nov. 2014 - Jan 2015 • Solo Art Show: 'Monsters, Robots, and More', Monsters Art & Clothing, Ballard, Seattle WA Nov • 'Artist-In-Residence' VALA Eastside, Redmond WA Oct 2014 • 'All Hallows'. Eight & Sand Gallery, Georgetown, Seattle, WA Oct • 'Pain'. Krab Jab Studios, Georgetown, Seattle, WA Sept • 'Pianos in the Parks'. Public Art Installation @ Green Lake Park, Seattle, WA July-August. • 'Pain'. A/NT Gallery, Seattle, WA August • 'Fantasy In The City'. LTD. Art Gallery, Seattle, WA July • Solo Art Show: 'Happiness Is ... A Cup of Coffee'. Page 2 Books, Burien, WA July • Best of Gage, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle , Jun-Jul • 'Funny Bone: Humor in Art', University House Wallingford, Seattle , Jun-Oct • 'Crows/Ravens: Magic & Mystery', ArtEast Issaquah, May-July • Solo Art Show: 'Happiness Is ... A Cup of Coffee', Flying Squirrel Pizza Co., Seattle WA, May • Solo Art Show: 'Chasing the Dream...' Stylus, Seattle, WA May - July. Presented by Ghost Gallery • 'Whoa... Gnarly! A 90's Themed Show', LTD. Gallery, Seattle, May • 'Stardust', Eight and Sand Gallery, Georgetown, Seattle WA. April • 'To Dance in a Meadow: A Celebration of Life and Love', Urban Light Studios, Seattle WA. April • Kang O'Higgins Atelier Show, Rosen Gallery, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, April • 'MINT Condition #3', Third Annual Comic-Book Inspired Art at the LTD. Gallery, Seattle in conjunction with the Emerald City Comicon, April • 'Sun Tilt', Group show celebrating spring at Stylus, Seattle, WA Mar • 'George R. R. Martin Presents WINTER IS COMING - Art Inspired by A Song of Ice and Fire', LTD. Gallery, Seattle, WA and Emerald City Comicon, Mar • Third Prize Winner '8th Annual Spitting Image Self Portrait Competition' - Rosen Gallery, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA Feb • '[ <3 ]' - A Heart-Shaped Show, Trabant Coffee and Chai, Seattle, WA Feb • Sorta Solo Art Show: "Happiness Is ... A Cup Of Coffee", Local Color Gallery, Seattle, Feb-Mar • Kang O'Higgins Atelier Show, Axis Gallery, Pioneer Square, Seattle, Feb • Solo Art Show: "Winging it with Whim & Whimsy", Otherworlds, Edmonds WA , Feb • 'Still Life and Trompe L'Oeil', Entry Gallery, Gage Academy, Seattle, Jan • 'A Child's Heart (Tribute to the Works of Hayao Miyazaki)', Urban Light Studios, Seattle WA. Jan • 'Monsters' Art Show, Otherworlds, Edmonds WA. Jan • "Nightmare After Christmas" - a Tim-Burton-themed show at Trabant Coffee and Chai, Seattle WA, Jan 2013 • Solo Art Show: "On the Wings of Whim & Whimsy", Essential Baking Company, Seattle WA, Dec - Jan • Holiday Art Show, ArtEast Gallery, Issaquah WA, Nov • Mini Art Holiday Extravaganza Show, Ghost Gallery, Seattle WA, Nov • 'Hunched Bodies, Flushed Cheeks' Figurative Show, Rosen Gallery, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle WA, Oct • BallardWorks Atelier Show, BallardWorks Studios, Seattle WA, Oct • 'Around The Block' Juried Show, ParkLane Gallery, Kirkland WA, Oct • 'Haunting + Dreamy + Ethereal' Halloween Art Show, Majestic Arts Presents Gallery, Seattle WA, Oct • 'Wondrous Stories: A Narrative Exhibition, ArtEast, Issaquah WA - Sept. • Petite Works, Ghost Gallery, Seattle WA, June • Best of Gage, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle WA June • Kang O'Higgins Atelier Show, Rosen Gallery, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle WA April • Spitting Image: Self-Portrait Competition, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle WA, March • Lay of the Landscape, Rosen Gallery, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA Jan Collections: * City of Seattle * City of Kent Rosters: * Washington State, Public Artist Roster * City of Seattle, Public Artist Roster * City of Seattle, Ethnic Artist Roster Community: * Arts Commissioner, City of Belleuve, 2015-2017 * Artist Selection Panelist for Sound Transit and City of Bellevue |
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