Things to Do in June: Visual Art

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Lars Bergquist: Recognize Me in Everything
June 4
Lars Bergquist grew up here, and his relationship to the city is informed by how he’s moved through both its seen and unseen underbelly as a street artist. For years, he worked with wheat paste, pasting up large-scale, hand-painted watercolors across both high-visibility structures and out-of-sight corners. Recognize Me in Everything is an evolution in Bergquist’s work—and his first solo exhibition in a decade—that features oil paintings and installation elements in his exquisite, hyperrealistic trompe l’oeil style. Like a flock of 40 hand-painted, life-size pigeons (each individually mounted and suspended in space), old payphone boxes overtaken with flowers and graffiti, construction signs printed with poetry, and decommissioned newspaper boxes, busted, paneless, and somehow sublime. Bergquist makes us look closer at the things we often filter out. Note: Shows at Europa are usually one-night-only, so don’t miss it on art walk. (Europa,
6 pm) AMANDA MANITACH

Ancestral Future: Taino Archives
June 4–Aug 8
Born to Puerto Rican parents in London, raised in New Jersey, and relocated to Seattle as an adult, Gabriel-Bello Diaz is an artist who bridges cultures, people, art, fashion, and tech. In his case, the art-tech thing isn’t hypothetical: Diaz (or GABO, as he is known) holds degrees in architectural engineering, civil engineering with sustainability, and robotics. For the summer, he’s taken over the exhibition space at King Street Station with an exhibit that showcases his exceptional range—one can get lost in his Mi Gente paintings as mere two-dimensional objects, but some will come alive with augmented reality—as well as his visionary clothing designs, made of reclaimed materials and repurposed clothes. (ARTS at King Street Station) AMANDA MANITACH

ONCE REMOVED 02
June 13
It’s the second installment of ONCE REMOVED, a curatorial stroke of genius that softens the blow of gentrification, just a little. The first event happened in February in a little bungalow in Greenwood, where a group of artists were given the keys to a house slated for demolition and had five days to race the excavators and transform the place into a piece of temporary poetry. This time, the artists (Julia Monté, Michael Higgins, Chloe King, Hannah Simmons, Isabella Rinald, and Beni McAllister) have a longer runway and an even bigger house to fill with installation, sculpture, video, music, and DJs. Sofiiak will be on decks for the night, with a performance by atm/overdraft. For the address, message ONCE REMOVED on Instagram or email them at hello@onceremoved.org. (A House in West Seattle) AMANDA MANITACH

The Children of Shelly’s Leg: And Her Children Sang
June 13–July 17
It’s a Hot Rat Summer in Pioneer Square! Trans/queer joy is poised to take over the neighborhood that was once home to Seattle’s first (openly gay) disco, Shelly’s Leg. Honoring this heritage (and in defiance of the 778 anti-trans bills that have been introduced in 43 states), the Children of Shelly’s Leg and Living Dream Lab are organizing visual art and performance activations throughout Occidental Park and Pioneer Square. The program, which runs through July 7, includes film screenings, drag shows, workshops, a rooftop party, and performances by Marco Farroni and Miss Texas 1986. And Her Children Sang, a group art exhibit curated by Molly Jae Vaughan (and featuring a huge new mosaic by the iconic Hot Rat Summer), anchors the program at Actualize Space, where there will be an opening reception and party June 13. Outside the gallery, peep the Hot Rat Summer outdoor arts festival, featuring hundreds of rats from dozens of trans artists. (Actualize AiR) AMANDA MANITACH

Andy DeLapp: Hang in There, Baby!
June 5–28
Andy DeLapp is one of the most exciting painters today. Named a Neddy Artist Award finalist fresh out of art school last year, DeLapp is a trans artist who takes representational oil painting to a place of unforced freshness by queering the classical and infusing scenes plucked from antiquity with contemporary pops. Trompe-l’oeil stickers of cartoon characters and imagery from video games look like they’re taped to the surface of the canvas, except they’re oil paint, too. Hang in There, Baby! is DeLapp’s first solo show, and it riffs on the 1970s inspirational poster and ur-meme featuring a kitten who’s hangin’ in there. Each of the pieces in the show feature something hanging in some sort of trompe-l’oeil way, and over half the work features cats! Geheim Gallery is in Bellingham, but it’s worth the trip. Also, buy up his work now while you can! (Geheim Gallery, Bellingham) AMANDA MANITACH

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Sarah Winkler: Folded Earth, Open Sky June 4–20, with opening reception June 4, Foster/White Gallery

Cut/Construct: Jordan Clark & Joey Bates June 4–28, with opening reception June 4, Dirkse/Prim Gallery

Carry On: A Portfolio of Small Works June 4–July 11, with opening reception June 4, J. Rinehart Gallery

Koplin Del Rio Presents Eirik Johnson: Pine June 4–July 25, with opening reception June 4, Foster/White Gallery

Perri Lynch Howard: Mapping the Invisible June 4–July 25, with opening reception June 4, ArtX Contemporary

Curtis Steiner: A Queer Light June 6–27, Traver Gallery

Soo Hong: Iluminate June 6–27, Vestibule

Sum of Its Parts June 6–26, with public reception Jun 7, AMcE Creative Arts

Artists’ Choice with Guest Curators June 6–Oct 11, Frye Art Museum

Cyril Hatt: Domestic Glitch June 7–27, Greg Kucera Gallery

Timothy White Eagle June 11, the Stranger, 5–8 pm

Queer for All June 11, with opening reception June 11, the Factory

Chase the Light June 13–14 and June 20, Photographic Center Northwest

Ongoing

The Prehistoric Group Show Through June 6, Roq la Rue

Haunted Through June 7, Tacoma Art Museum

Brittne Lunniss: Seattle Music Now Through June 7, Grunge Mart

You’ve Had It in You All Along Through June 7, Avery Barnes Gallery

In Practice: Work by PCNW Faculty Through June 7, Photographic Center Northwest

Modern American Masculinity Through June 12, Base Camp Studios 2

River Coello: HAMPI Through June 13, Jack Straw New Media Gallery

Claire Partington: The Small Things Through June 13 with artist reception May 9, Winston Wächter

Crafting Futures: Emerging Artists Invitational Through June 13, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

2026 University of Washington MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition Through June 14, Henry Art Gallery

Aimee Lee: Tethered Through June 14, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

Claire Johnson: A Life in Sticky Notes Through June 18, Gallery 4Culture

Sharon Shapiro: Tender Wild Opening Through June 20, Spectrum Fine Art

Ann Gardner: The Color of Light Through June 20, Winston Wächter

Samantha Yun Wall Through June 20, ArtX Contemporary

Timothy White Eagle: Once Wild River Through June 21, Mini Mart City Park

Drie Chapek: Then Is Now Through June 27, Greg Kucera Gallery

Orders of Nearness: Erin Milez, Emily Counts, and Matt Jones Through June 27, studio e

TADAIMA: I’m Home Through July 12, Museum of History & Industry

Beyond Mysticism: The Modern Northwest Through Aug 2, Seattle Art Museum

Black. Power. Black Panthers. Through Aug 3, Arte Noir

Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving Through Aug 30, Burke Museum

Chloë Bass: Soft Services Through Aug 2026, Volunteer Park

Moomins’ Sea Adventures & Tove and the Sea Through Sept 6, National Nordic Museum

Lost & Found: Searching for Home Through Sept 14, Wing Luke Museum

Tom Lloyd Through Sept 20, Frye Art Museum

Let There Be Light Through Sept 30, Cannonball Arts

Samantha Yun Wall: What We Leave Behind Through Oct 4, Seattle Art Museum

Jonathan Lasker: Drawings and Studies Through Oct 11, Frye Art Museum, free

Boren Banner Series: Chloe King Through Oct 11, Frye Art Museum, free

Eric-Paul Riege: ojo|-|ól Through Oct 25, Henry Art Museum

Monochrome: Calder and Tara Donovan Through Jan 17, 2027, Seattle Art Museum

A Room for Animal Intelligence Through Jan 2027, Seattle Art Museum

Ten Thousand Things Through May 2, 2027, Wing Luke Museum

Pioneer Square Art Walk Every first Thursday

Capitol Hill Art Walk Every second Thursday

Georgetown Art Attack! Every second Saturday

Chris Kallmyer: Song Cycle Ongoing, Seattle Art Museum

Gossip: Between Us Ongoing, Tacoma Art Museum

Legacy: Highlights from the Permanent Collection Ongoing, Tacoma Art Museum

Qiu Zhijie: Map of the History of Science and Technology Ongoing, Olympic Sculpture Park, free

Ash-Glazed Ceramics from Korea and Japan Ongoing, Seattle Art Museum

Rebels + Icons: The Photography of Janette Beckman Ongoing, MoPOP

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