AMcE Creative Arts and Koplin Del Rio are pleased to co-present and co-curate two solo exhibitions by
Seattle artists Tim Cross (Koplin Del Rio) and Robert Hardgrave (AMcE).
The concurrent exhibitions of Tim Cross and Robert Hardgrave offer a meaningful encounter within
Seattle’s contemporary art community. Both artists embrace an expansive, multimedia approach, moving
fluidly among painting, drawing, transfer printing, collage, and unconventional material processes. Yet
their visual languages and conceptual concerns occupy distinctly different territories.
Rather than seeking common ground, the two exhibitions highlight the artists’ unique voices within their
shared city, community, history, and generations of shared experience, as well as their deep mutual
respect. Pairing these two artists offers an opportunity to see not only what connects them, but how their
work fits into the distinctive visual movements and aesthetic conversations of the Pacific Northwest, and
beyond.
