Art exhibits across Seattle this fall Art exhibits across Seattle this fall Art exhibits across Seattle this fall

Above: Carletta Carrington Wilson, ’75, displayed art in a solo show at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art earlier this fall. Photo by Nikki Womac, courtesy Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.

This fall, you can find art by UW alumni and faculty in public spaces, group shows and solo shows across Seattle and beyond. We’ve rounded up a few for your consideration.

Various artists – New Commissions

Location: SEA Airport
Dates: Ongoing

Anna Mlasowski, ’16, Saya Moriyasu, ’91, and Henry Jackson-Spieker, assistant professor of art, were commissioned to create new artworks for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Art is sited in various locations throughout the airport, including arrival gates and parking lots.

Eirik Johnson – “Leviathan Rising”

Location: Tacoma Art Museum
Dates: Oct. 29, 2026 – Jan. 4, 2027

From his kayak, Seattle photographic artist Eirik Johnson, ’97, captures the massive hulls of trans-oceanic barges as they idle in the polluted waters of Seattle’s Duwamish River. “Leviathan Rising” is an exploration of oceanic trade, environmental fragility and the hulking machinery that carries cargo through uncertain waters. Beneath these abstracted hulls, new architectural spaces emerge and a quiet vertigo sets in. The project also includes a series of luminous, silver-plated daguerreotype photograms of Japanese fishing floats, created in ongoing collaboration with artist Daniel Carrillo.

“Pythia Embodied” explores voice, wearable electronics and ritual through an interactive sound installation by Afroditi Psarra, an artist and associate professor of Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at the UW.

DXFEST: A festival of artworks and music by DXARTS artists

Location: 4Culture, Meany Center
Dates: Nov. 5–7

DXFEST is a free three-day festival showcasing artworks and music by artists in the UW’s DXARTS program. The festival opens Nov. 5 at Gallery 4Culture with a lecture-performance by associate professor Afroditi Psarra as part of her exhibition “Pythia Embodied.” The festival moves to Meany Center for the Performing Arts on Nov. 6 and 7, where there will be a digital art exhibition and electronic music performances. The music works will be presented using the DXARTS Ambisonics Audio System, a state-of-the-art multi-channel system designed to provide immersive spatial audio experiences. Artworks by DXARTS artists will be on display in the theater’s lobby prior to the concerts and during intermissions.

Yáñez-Lazcano says “Ibidem” emerged from his “growing awareness of the direct impacts social conditioning had on his self-advocacy and his experiences with intimacy.”

victor yáñez-lazcano – “Ibidem”

Location: The Vestibule
Dates: Nov. 7 through Dec. 12

Assistant professor of photo/media and new genres victor yáñez-lazcano exhibits a series of minimal photographic assemblages comprising discarded images whose primary content has been removed, leaving behind a collection of disparate images. “Ibidem” centers around a durational performance that takes place inside a room within a room for the entirety of the exhibition that will be activated by yáñez-lazcano and BIPOC guest performance artists, including Arshia Batra, ’26 and Eric Acosta, ’20.

Photos appear courtesy of the artists and venues.