Slideshow: Bilinear Art with Krista Kelly
SLIDESHOW: Style Counselor Krista Kelly at work with Bilinear Art. Here, she commissioned a New York-based street artist to create work for a client’s residential game room.
The master bedroom of a residential client; Bilinear placed a diptych pyrograph by Japan-born Seattle-based artist Etsuko Ichikawa. The use of blown glass and cotton paper in Ichikawa’s work adds to the natural elements of the national award-winning residence. “My inspiration for the placement came from the idea of the couple dreaming beside each other,” says Kelly.
In the Spring of 2010, Luxe Magazine featured downtown’s Escala building in Downtown Seattle and highlighted the work of five interior designers within the spaces. Bilinear consulted with Jeffrey Lamb of J Lamb Studio; shown here is a triptych and artwork positioned inside the wall and a sleek, minimalist bar.
For another condo in the Luxe spread, Bilinear selected a piece titled “In the Dream” by a Korean artist for the ceiling of the master bedroom. A portion of the graphic design was blurred to create a triptych which softened the attached master bath and created a unity between the two rooms. In order to activate the color palette and shapes, Kelly commissioned custom-made light boxes for the bathroom.
Using whale vertebrae and rib found on shore off the coast of Alaska, native Eskimo artists carved the sculpture here, positioned next to floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Seattle skyline. “The juxtaposition of the city and whale’s architecture signifies the beauty of the Pacific Northwest,” states Kelly.
Acting as part of a consulting member of Columbia Tower Club’s arts committee, Kelly organized an exhibition in order to create an opportunity for Seattle’s galleries, curators, and art enthusiasts to gather. The participating galleries in the resulting "Sky Tour" were R E Welch, Cullom, and Woodside/Braseth. The exhibition featured artwork from the first SAM curator, 1800s Japanese woodblock prints, and contemporary European oil paintings.
In 2009, Bilinear created an exhibition called "Innovative Design: Seattle Architects for the Port of Seattle." Twelve of Seattle’s top architecture firms were showcased in display cases throughout Sea-Tac International Airport. Some of the firms included: Olsen Kundig, Miller|Hull, Weber Thompson, Sclater, LMN, Ankrom Moisan, Hinthorne Mott, and VIA. Pictured is Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership’s proposed 5th and Columbia building.
