The Hedreen Gallery

The Hedreen Gallery is open to the public Wednesday – Saturday 1:30-6pm.  Admission is always free. 206.296.2244.

COMING SOON:

Meiro Koizumi | My Voice Would Reach You
A survey of the first ten years, 2000-2009
October, 14, 2009 – January 9, 2010

Opening reception: Wednesday, October 14, 5-8pm 

On view will be eleven performance-based video works by Japanese artist Meiro Koizumi in his first major exhibition in the US. An artist talk and special screening in the Lee Center theater will be held at 7pm on October 14, for the opening celebration.

Japanese artist Meiro Koizumi's performance-based video work takes you on a road trip to a sinister world where the physical and psychological play chicken in an unpolished landscape. Speeding, seat belt unfastened, you drive at your own risk. Witnessing Koizumi’s machinations and directorial command of his protagonists – by turns himself, pedestrian participants, or professional actors – results in an awkwardness that affords the viewer little ease. The artist leaves the viewer implicated in the plot – unknowingly, yet not unwillingly. New York Times art critic Roberta Smith aptly noted, "His videos are 'Punk’d' for intellectual sadists."

Meiro Koizumi | My Voice Would Reach You, a survey the artist’s career to date, will feature eleven video works made by Koizumi during the period 2000 – 2009. It is the most in-depth presentation of his work to a US audience and most comprehensive exhibition of his career, covering ten years of production. In his early works Koizumi would both perform in front of and behind the camera. It is here in these solo acts we begin to see how the artist is establishing his role as “director” by introducing a “character” and pushing the boundaries of what can take place in front of the camera with the most economic of means and in the most spare of settings. More Info

Check out Meiro Koizumi at the Mori Art Museum, including a video message from the artist (bottom of page). 


Living Library
Curated by Yoko Ott and Matthew Offenbacher
January 14 – March 20, 2010
Opening reception: Wednesday, October 14, 5-8pm

Inspired by projects such as "Martha Rosler's Library" which seamlessly fuse education and curatorial practice together, artist Matthew Offenbacher and curator Yoko Ott will convert the Hedreen Gallery into a living library. Materials provided by a diverse selection of artists, curators, scholars, scientists, and so forth will exist as a transdisciplinary forum of ideas open for use by students and the community alike.

MFA Exhibition
Curated by Tina Lee, MFA Student
June 10 - August 21

An exhibition of selected artworks by candidates from Seattle University's MFA program which focus on sustainable practices communicating ideas through art.

Past & Future:

For upcoming exhibitions, visit our Exhibitions page.

Check out past exhibits in the Hedreen Gallery Archive.

Artist Submission Policies:

Artist and Exhibition Proposal Submission Guidleines.

Lee Center for the Arts/Hedreen Gallery I 206.296.2244

Yoko Ott I Curator I otty@seattleu.edu I 206.296.2244
Steve Galatro I Events & Outreach Specialist I galatros@seattleu.edu I 206.296.2340