Connected brings together the work of three Pacific Northwest artists [Sherry Ying Ruden, James M. Lilly, and Don Wesley] and Neda Tavallaee from Iran focused on interpreting and conversing about our shared experiences. 

PREVIEW Highlights by Matthew Kangas [Issue: Nov. 2022 - Feb 2023]:

Shanghai born and educated Sherry Ying Ruden is the featured artist in Connected, the winter group show at GalleryW. Her innovative technical exploration of reversed Chinese ink painting becomes the vehicle for ambiguous imagery that reflects nature as a liquid floating world of impermanence and uncertainty. That is, instead of imagery traditionally following the flow of the ink, Ruden’s imagery emerges out of irregularities in the rice paper, with results that are often magical and subtle.