Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair

August 2020

We are excited to announce we will be participating in the inaugural Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair this August! 40+ regional galleries are offering special shows in their physical spaces or online. In additional to Debra Baxter's solo show "For Dear Life" we will be exhibiting works by Electric Coffin, Ben Ashton, and Travis Louie. 

In an innovative show of collective effort, a group of over 40 Seattle art galleries, nonprofits and art institutions have come together to reconstruct the traditional art fair with a community-led effort. We did this not just for the support of our small businesses, but also for the artists in our community who have worked hard create artwork for the official Seattle Art Fair that was cancelled due to the pandemic. Its closure left a palpable void in the visual arts world, whose support is crucial to the vibrant cultural capital of our region.

Within 24 hours of the topic of creating and alternative Art Fair being conceived, there was an overwhelmingly positive response; a democratic approach to the naming of the event; and committees formed to assist with information gathering and promotions. Word spread quickly and through cooperative efforts of all involved, the Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair was created.

This idiosyncratic and iconoclastic take on an art fair dismantles the traditional “central warehouse” design, in favor of participating venues hosting exhibitions - both in person and online. With no application process, no costly booth fees, no jurying panel- the participant just has to run a Seattle area art gallery, art non-profit, or art institution- and say, “Yes.” The Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair inclusively highlights the breadth of our regional arts and gallery communitie

To view the show: Please click on a thumbnail to see each work. Information about each piece will appear when you hover over the image. On mobile, click the white dot in the bottom right corner to view the information. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions!