Up Next! "Otherworld" Group Invitational

 Our new space and the Stacey Rozich show continues to be a popular destination, and you have until June 1st to see it! Stacey's show was recently review in New American Paintings and you can read it here</>.

Our next show opens on Thursday, June 6th and features and incredible roster of artists who were invited to participate using the theme of "Otherworld", whatever that term meant to them. We hope you'll join us for this fantastic show, and as always, contact us to be placed on a preview list.

Seen here: Martin Wittfooth "Nocturne 2" oil on canvas

Stacey Rozich and New Gallery Opening

Thursday May 2nd we opened our brand new gallery space with a solo exhibition by Stacey Rozich. The opening was packed all night long and was a wonderful "warming" of the new space.

the space finally ready!

The crowd opening night

Stacey in front of her beautiful mural painting on the gallery wall

Up Next! ~ Stacey Rozich

We are really excited for our upcoming show with red hot Northwest artist Stacey Rozich. Her work is a bit different than our usual offering, but we are absolutely enchanted by her luminous and darkly moving works than contain a provocative energy. We think she's pretty important and she is really bringing it for her upcoming solo show at the gallery, with some incredible larger works and a series of smaller pieces. We hope you will join us for this truly exciting show in our brand spanking new gallery!

Stacey Rozich
"Within Without Me"
THURSDAY May 2nd 6-9pm
Everyone is welcome. Contact us for a preview as Stacey's work tends to sell quickly.

Stacey Rozich "Bad Dudes" detail

Big Roq La Rue News!

Roq La Rue is moving!
We were informed we were losing our gallery space last Sunday, and by an amazing turn of events found a FANTASTIC new place Monday. This week has been lease wrangling but we signed the papers yesterday! We will be moving to Seattle's historic pioneer square neighborhood, home of Seattle largest art walk every first Thursday. Our new space is gorgeous and elegant with a main floor gallery and a loft "project room" space. We will post pics as we build it out for optimum gorgeousness. As bummed out as we are to lose our space and leave Belltown, we are ultra excited about this new beginning in this fabulous new space. We will be hosting new shows in the new space this summer! Stay tuned for more info...

UPDATE!! 

It's official! We will be opening our brand spanking new space in Pioneer Square on May 2nd with our Stacey Rozich show (First Thursday). The Travis Louie show on Friday is our LAST BELLTOWN SHOW so come join us give the old Roq a fond farewell (we will have a guest performance by Vin Voleur as well!) 

Our new address as of May 2nd will be:

532  1st Ave S   Seattle WA 98104  ( Near King St and 1st. )

work in progress!

 

Travis Louie Sneak Peek!

Here is a detail look at one of Travis Louie's upcoming pieces entitled "The Duelist", which will debut at his upcoming show April 12th!

Up Next!

Up Next! Travis Louie solo exhibition " Monsters On Their Day Off ". Opens on Friday April 12th 6-9pm!

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Peter Ferguson/Seamus Conley opening! The show is up and runs through April 6th!

Up Next! Peter Ferguson and Seamus Conley

Up Next! We have an amazing show coming up, in the true sense of the word! Peter Ferguson and Seamus Conley. Keep your eyes peeled for sneak peeks over the next few days!

Sail Book Available

When we exhibited a piece by NW artist Sail in our group show, "I'll Love You 'Til The End Of The World" it attracted a lot of interest! We are letting everyone know he know has a book available through Bambaland. You can order it here....

Up Next! Sam Wolfe Connelly and Casey Curran

We have a gorgeous show coming up on February 8th, featuring Sam Wolfe Connelly and Casey Curran. Check out this great interview with Sam about his upcoming show courtesy of Supersonic Electronic! Also, our friends at This Is So Contemporary posted an other article about Sam here....

Casey Curran

We are thrilled to announce we are showing a variety of NW artists Casey Curran's wall mounted kinetic sculptures this February alongside the artwork of Sam Wolfe Connelly. Curran's work has a hyper-opulent, darkly organic feel and we could not be more thrilled to be welcoming him to Roq La Rue.

Environment #1 from casey curran on Vimeo.

Peter Ferguson Sneak Peek

In March we will be exhibiting Seamus Conley and Peter Ferguson. Check out this new painting by Peter Ferguson for his upcoming show!

Peter Ferguson "The Duck War" oil on panel

Interview With Ryan Heshka

Our friends at This Is So Contemporary have posted a nice interview with artist Ryan Heshka!

Sneak Peek~ Martin Wittfooth

This gorgeous painting is entitled "Escaton" and will be on exhibit at Roq La Rue's "I'll Love You Til The End Of The World" show opening January 11th!

Martin says: "Eschaton" means "end times". It is a term that author/lecturer/philosopher Terence McKenna referred to often in his talks and so forth, however his angle on it was that the end of history as we know it could simply mean a collective change in consciousness, with a great deal of people "waking up" primarily with the help of such tools as psychedelics. Or if we don't all begin to wake up and soon, then there really is cause to worry about this term. The painting is a bit of an homage to him and these rants in particular, considering the theme of the show."

New Interview with Kirsten Anderson

The lovely folks at This Is So Contemporary posted an interview with Roq owner Kirsten Anderson. Check it out if your interested in the origins and future of Roq La Rue!

Handiedan available

We have a gorgeous Handiedan piece currently in stock. Her work tends to sell quickly and as she is in the Netherlands it's not always easy to acquire a piece! Please contact us for more info and additional images for this beautiful piece.

Handiedan "Flux #3" mixed media approx 9" x 12" 2012

Up Next!

January 11th we will be opening a new group show entitled "I'll Love You 'Til The End Of The World", themed around the idea of evaded apocalypse and the hope for the future and melancholy for what mankind has already wrought. The idea for the show came from musician Nick Cave's song of the same title, which was also offered to the artists as an inspiration jump off point.

 We have an incredible line up! Contact us to be placed on a preview.
Artists: Camille Rose Garcia, Chris Berens, John Brophy, Martin Wittfooth, Jean-Pierre Roy, Marco Mazzoni, Scott Musgrove, Eric Fortune, Sail, Laurie Lee Brom, Sarah Dolby, Jane Kenoyer, John Brosio, and Nicola Verlato.

(image above by Jean-Pierre Roy)

Femke Hiemstra and Ryan Heshka Opening

If you missed the last Roq opening with Femke Hiemstra and Ryan Heshka you can enjoy it vicariously through Hi Fructose's coverage!

Interview with Kirsten Anderson

British art magazine Rooms just posted an interview with Roq boss Kirsten Anderson about the start of Roq La Rue and the subsequent trials and tribulations about running a gallery. You can read it here.

Coming up!

We are getting ready for our big Femke Hiemstra/ Ryan Heshka show this Friday, and Ryan Heshka really pulled up to the bumper with this show, including some really gorgeous large scale works!

Up Next! Femke Hiemstra and Ryan Heshka

We are getting very excited for our last show of the year, featuring solo shows by Femke Hiemstra and Ryan Heshka. Here's a quick sneak peek- and stay tuned as we will be posting more over the next few days...

Femke Hiemstra
"Let The Devil Wear Black"
new paintings

Ryan Heshka
"Disasterama"
new paintings

Opening Friday December 7th 6-9pm. All are welcome. Both artists in attendance.

a quick snap of an upcoming painting in Femke Hiemstra's show

Ryan Heshka work in progress

Exodus 1

Josh Keyes signs copies of "Exodus 1", on sale Friday November 9th at Roq La Rue to raise money for Big Life Foundation!

Update: This print is now sold out.

Friday!

We are getting ready for the big opening this Friday for Josh Keyes and John Brophy. We hope you will join us!

John Brophy in the studio

Josh Keyes - detail from "Calliope"

New John Brophy Print!

We will have this beautiful new print by John Brophy available at his opening (and onwards) on November 9th. Entitled "The Oracle" it is giclee on thick stock and the image is 11"x 14". $250 each.

New Josh Keyes Print!

 NOTE: We have updated this post as the sale will now be cash only. The print will cost $275.00 all inclusive.

Roq La Rue Gallery and Josh Keyes are pleased to announce the release of a very limited edition new print by Josh Keyes entitled "Exodus 1".

This print will be released on November 9th at 5pm and will be available to walk in clientele only. First come first serve, one per family. We will be taking CASH ONLY. Any left over prints will be released the following week on Roq La Rue's website.We are not maintaining a wait list for the prints.

Josh Keyes
"Exodus 1"
giclee on watercolor paper with hand deckled edges
18" x 24"  signed and numbered
edition of 50
$275.

All profit goes to Big Life Foundation, a organization that is actively combating wildlife poaching in east Africa. The image was graciously donated by Josh Keyes, and the print run was donated by Roq La Rue Gallery. This means every cent of the print goes direct to help wildlife. You can learn more about Big Life HERE

That's a lot of cheddar for the animals and we thank Josh endlessly for donating his image for this very worthy cause.