A deliberate opening in the roster.
The invited artist program is not a residency and not a competition. It is a deliberate opening in the roster for work that does not yet have a category here but belongs on these walls. JG Art Gallery invites emerging and regional practitioners to exhibit for a single show or a two-show run — enough context for the work to make its case, not enough to force a relationship before it is ready.
Six artists. Six material languages.
Oil on canvas. Forged iron. Precision hardwood. Acrylic on panel. Watercolor and monotype. Sterling silver and gemstone. The invited program now spans painting, sculpture, and craft — each artist selected on the same standard: does the work hold the room?
Julie Devine
Painting on location with a palette knife. Each mark is a decision — there’s no going back, only forward into the next mark. The North Cascades don’t wait.
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Maria Cristalli
Iron at working temperature is briefly compliant, then closes back into itself. Cristalli reads color, timing, and resistance — and her pieces carry the evidence of every threshold crossed.
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Erica Nordean
Native to the Pacific Northwest, Nordean is an internationally recognized painter whose horse racing canvases — shown from Del Mar to Saratoga Springs — carry the speed and weight of the animal in motion.
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Jill Kyong
What goes first is never gone. Each layer is permanent. The surface of the finished work records every prior state. Kyong’s practice makes that logic explicit.
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Patricia Dalesandro
A native Chicagoan now settled in the Pacific Northwest. Her career as Art Director — Visa, Starbucks, Microsoft — informs a compositional precision in her paintings that is structural without being cold.
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Zuzana Korbaleva
From Prague to Vashon Island. The organic beauty of the Pacific Northwest meets the precision of old-city craft. Sterling silver, gold fill, gemstones — over fifty galleries nationwide.
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The invited program uses the same standard as the permanent roster. Not the artist's statement, not the CV, not the biography — the work on the wall. Specifically:
- Work that operates at exhibition scale — pieces that speak to each other, hold a room, and reward sustained looking.
- A point of view that is present in the paint or the material, not the caption. The work makes the argument; the artist statement may amplify but cannot replace.
- Pacific Northwest connection — based in the region or in sustained dialogue with its landscape, light, and material traditions.
Invited becomes represented over time.
The relationship runs in time. Some invited artists become permanent roster members through subsequent shows and continued collaboration. Some are guests for a single show. The work decides.
How an invitation begins.
Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis. Contact the gallery directly if you would like to discuss your work before submitting.
The submission process is direct: a portfolio of recent work, a statement about the practice rather than the biography, and an understanding of how your work relates to a group show context. The gallery responds to all submissions. Work that does not fit the current program receives specific feedback.
An invitation is the start of a possibility, not a commitment in either direction. The work will tell us how the relationship continues.
Be on the list.
Tell the gallery what you collect, and you'll hear when an invited artist's work — current or future — fits what you're building.