RE:DEFINITION

CURATOR’S STATEMENT

As we celebrate 5 years of RE:DEFINITION in a city where artists and creatives are being pushed further and further to the margins, redefining historic cultural space has become all the more urgent and necessary. Founded in 2015 by co-curators, Tariqa Waters and the late, Jonathan Moore, the exhibit, located in The Paramount Theatre’s Lobby Bar aims to elevate underrepresented artists and issues of equity in our community. The anniversary exhibit will celebrate some of the artists and works that helped to establish and define Re:definition, while leaving space for new voices and perspectives to ensure the exhibit’s relevance moving forward.

RE:DEFINITION ARTISTS

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Tariqa Waters- curator

Jazz Brown

Romson Regarde Bustillo

Ari Glass

Aramis O. Hamer

Margie Morris

Jessica Rycheal

Angelina Villalobos

Junko Yamamoto

GALLERY

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Renaissance Man, 2017, photography - $2,000
24"x36" archival matte print

Jessica Rycheal
jrycheal.com
IG: @jrycheal

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Praise - $1,000
20"x20" Archival matte print

Jessica Rycheal
jrycheal.com
IG: @jrycheal

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Queen Shit, 2015 - $2,000
24"x36" framed satin luster print

Jessica Rycheal
jrycheal.com
IG: @jrycheal

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Exhale, 2017 - $1,800
24"x36" Satin Luster Print

Jessica Rycheal
jrycheal.com
IG: @jrycheal

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Outer Glow - $300
11x14 Acrylic on Canvas

Angelina Villalobos
onesevennine.myportfolio.com
IG: @onesevennine

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THE SLEEPING LADY - $200
12"x12" Painting on Wood – Acrylic, Gouache + Ink

Angelina Villalobos
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IG: @onesevennine

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FRECKLES - $150
9"x11" Acrylic & Gouache on Wood

Angelina Villalobos
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IG: @onesevennine

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LADY PEARL - $200
11"x14" Acrylic & Watercolor on Wood Panel

Angelina Villalobos
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IG: @onesevennine

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Seattle Pride Commissioned Illustration - $200
11"x14"

Angelina Villalobos
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IG: @onesevennine

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Chain Crown - $2,000.00
Acrylic and spray paint

Aramis O. Hamer
aohamer.com
IG: @aohamer

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Ice on Mars - $1,500
Acrylic and spray paint

Aramis O. Hamer
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IG: @aohamer

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Untitled
Acrylic and spray paint

Aramis O. Hamer
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If God was H.E.R. - $2,000
26"x30" Acrylic and spray paint

Aramis O. Hamer
aohamer.com
IG: @aohamer

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The Baptism
30"x40" NFS

Aramis O. Hamer
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IG: @aohamer

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Dear Self
24"x36" Acrylic and spray paint NFS

Aramis O. Hamer
aohamer.com
IG: @aohamer

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Hanging Up the Phone, 2019 - $999.00
(Courtesy of J.Rinehart Gallery)
20"x16" Acrylic on panel

Jazz Brown
jrinehartgallery.com/jazz-brown
@beingjazzbrown

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am, 2019 - $1,200
24"x18" Acrylic on canvas

Jazz Brown
jrinehartgallery.com/jazz-brown
@beingjazzbrown

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Between fragment
Mixed media sculpture installation

Junko Yamamoto
jrinehartgallery.com/junko-yamamoto
IG: @junkoyamamotostudio

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Juan and Forgiveness, 2018 - $4,500.00
15"x18" Mixed Media – Collagraph, Serigraph, Drypoint, Etching, Pen

Romson Regarde Bustillo
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IG: @romsonbustillo

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Ho sento/ I’m sorry - $1,600
10"x12" Mixed Media –Collagraph, Serigraph, Drypoint, Etching, Pen

Romson Regarde Bustillo
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10" elk hide drum Tlingit Love Bird design painted with acrylic - $250.00

Tlingit artist Margie Morris, Tlingit name Sya Yeik
The two main Tlingit crest are Eagle and Raven and are called the love birds. Tlingit’s follow our mother’s side and other Ravens are considered my relatives so a Raven marries an Eagle.

IG: @tlingitfrog

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Vibrations B-Boy Kamikaze Poster

The estate of Jonathan Moore NFS
Courtesy of the Gwen Jones

Back to the Roots Poster

The estate of Jonathan Moore NFS
Courtesy of the Gwen Jones

Black Star Showbox Poster

The estate of Jonathan Moore NFS
Courtesy of the Gwen Jones

Nacho Picasso Neumos Poster

The estate of Jonathan Moore NFS
Courtesy of the Gwen Jones

RE:DEFINITION 5 Year Anniversary Script

Ari Glass
arimuseum.com
IG: @thesoufender

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Angelina Villalobos Soto

“Jupiter” 2022

Website/Contact: onesevennine.myportfolio.com, IG: @onesevennine, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Aramis Hamer

“Royal Jelly” 2016
“No Turning Back” 2020

Website/Contact: aohamer.com, IG: @aohamer, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ari Glass

“Creation” 2020

Contact: IG: @thesoufender

Tariqa Waters

“No” 2019
“Crowd Pleaser: Kaelau AOAE” 2018
“That’s All Folks: 9 Coleman-Harvey" 2018
“For Harriet” 2020

Website/Contact: Martyrsauce.com, @martyrsauce, contact@martyrsauce

Artist Statement

Greetings From steHuGiA

When I was approached to create a painting to acknowledge the ancestral inhabitants of the Seattle area, I immediately thought of using lashootseed, the language spoken by the Natives of the region. The traditional place name, steHuGiA, refers to an area just south of the Neptune Theatre. The name translates to “carry a canoe.” The place name, described in UW alum Owen Oliver’s (Quinailt/Isleta Pueblo) booklet, “Indigenous Walking Tour at the University of Washington,” tells the story of the area around the theater. When the Montlake cut was made, the water around Lake Washington fell by approximately nine feet and the area where Natives would portage, or carry, their canoes from Lake Washington to Portage Bay dried up, leaving the land open to development. Through this painting, I wanted to acknowledge the people of the area by acknowledging the land. I combined traditional name, steHuGiA, and with words commonly seen on tourist postcards to come up with the wording for this painting: Greetings From steHuGiA. Because this painting commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Neptune Theatre, I wanted this design to have an aesthetic of the period. I researched historical maps of the area and found a map depicting a bird’s eye view of Seattle circa 1925 and immediately fell in love with it. The map, from the Kroll Map Company located in Belltown, became the background in this painting. Once I had the postcard motif with the antique map backdrop, I needed a way to tie everything together. My inspiration came from a song that was given to my drum group from the Makahs in Neah Bay:“Thanking the Creator for the Light of Day.” I placed a giant sun in the upper corner shining down over the city and a female in the bottom corner, basking in the sunlight, thanking her creator for the sunlight and the warmth.

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