Gallery4Culture
2010-2011 Season

Ben Waterman
The Grand Rooms
September 2 - 30, 2010

reception September 2, 2010, 6 – 8 p.m.

Gallery4Culture is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Seattle based sculptor Ben Waterman. The Grand Rooms consists primarily of sculpture composed of divergent materials: clay (both raw and fired), paint, drywall, and wood. Waterman, still early in his career, has exhibited extensively; his projects, noteworthy in scale and scope, have consistently garnered attention. Having spent many years studying wood fire ceramics in Japan and the US, Waterman's material conscious installations maintain a profound connection to his roots in ceramics.

Ben Waterman graduated from the University of Washington with an MFA in ceramics in 2009. His projects are influenced by his work as an organic farmer in Olympia, his travels abroad and domestic, and the study of political philosophy at Whitman College. Waterman teaches ceramics at Pottery Northwest and Seward Park Clay Studio. He will be curating an exhibition for the NCECA conference (National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts) to be held in Seattle in early spring, 2012.

Gallery4Culture is located within 4Culture offices at 101 Prefontaine PL S, Seattle WA 98104 at the corner of Third and Prefontaine, in the Tashiro/Kaplan Building. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.

The Gallery will be closed during government holidays as well as nine furlough days in 2010: January 4, February 12, May 28, July 2, September 10, October 1, November 26, December 27.

The gallery is open and free to the public. For more information about this program call 206 296.8674.