Jasmine Valandani | Andrew Vallee November 2015

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Jasmine Valandani presents a series of material investigations of form and formlessness, making and unmaking. Delicate drawings on silk tissue and found paper, collections of mirrors transformed by fire, and ink-soaked paper constructions address the temporal, peripheral, and uncontrollable. Individual works explore the limits of the visible and the margins of experience. These margins include the over-looked or under-valued, asking for subtle shifts in perception that reward contemplation and a slow approach to looking.

Jasmine Valandani has exhibited in the U.S., Canada, and South Korea. She holds a BFA degree from the University of San Francisco and MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. A Skagit resident since 2010, she lives on Samish Island, works in a studio on the Edison Slough, and is the Education Director for the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner.


Andrew Vallee will be presenting his geometric and organic wood sculptures made from salvaged wood. Vallee looks for unique and exceptional raw material for his sculptures. Using his knowledge of woodworking, he seeks to bring out the beauty inherent in the wood by keeping the forms simple, allowing the wood to have a voice of its own – in addition to that of the sculpture.

Andrew grew up in New Hope, PA, near the studios of renowned furniture maker George Nakashima, and at a young age was greatly influenced by Nakashima’s work and philosophy. Graduating from WWU in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in Fine Art, Andrew continued his education apprenticing for noted master furniture maker Alan Rosen of Lummi Island. In 1997, he joined with Wes Smith and has been building furniture and cabinetry ever since. They founded Smith and Vallee Gallery in 2007. Vallee’s work has been exhibited in Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art and Museum of Northwest Art. Andrew lives in Edison, WA, with his wife and daughters.