Past Exhibitions

Diálogos mines the JSMA’s growing collection of Latin American and Latino art to encourage dialogue around themes relevant to contemporary life. The exhibition features fourteen prints, photographs, kinetic sculptures, and mixed media installations by artists from Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and the United States.

This rotation features a selection of works by Pacific Northwest artist Mark Tobey (1890–1976) from the JSMA’s collection, including new acquisitions from the Elizabeth Cole Butler Estate. The paintings and lithographs on view demonstrate how Tobey’s signature “white writing,” calligraphic marks that conveyed energy and light, appears in different media.

Taking over a decade to complete (in summer 2014), American Qur’an is Birk’s most ambitious project to date. Every verse of the holy book of Islam is hard-transcribed and illustrated, using the calligraphy of the individual verses to frame scenes of contemporary American life.

This exhibition highlights artist Lucinda Parker's highly abstract representations of nature and the biological diversity of this region.

This exhibition features contemporary Cuban art that responds to the volatile political, economic, and cultural climate of Cuba today.

This exhibition features artistic responses to Ta-Nehisi Coates' book "Between the World and Me"

This exhibition features Chinese propaganda art created before, during and after China's Cultural Revolution (1966-76).