We met at an art event in 2013 and got married in 2017. We maintain both individual and collaborative studio practices.
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Ben Gannon makes paintings, weavings, and sculptures. He also writes sci-fi, fiction and essays about art. Ben's paintings have been shown Tacoma Art Museum, Joe Bar, Out of Sight, and SOIL.
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Joey Veltkamp makes soft paintings/fabric works. He has shown at Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Bellevue Arts Museum, Vignettes, SOIL, and Greg Kucera Gallery.
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Image via NEPO House 5k
Collaborative Energy:
We have joked that everything we make now after meeting is collaborative. But that's actually pretty true! Thoughts, ideas, and writings are constantly supported, critiqued, and fleshed out by each other.
Our first collaboration was RAINBOW POWER SPIRIT GATE (2014) - a spiritual energy-recharging station for NEPO 5k. Participants could enter a pavilion of balloons, which had pink crystals hanging from the ceiling. As people entered, the energy would change and balloons would pop from time to time recharging you.
We have joked that everything we make now after meeting is collaborative. But that's actually pretty true! Thoughts, ideas, and writings are constantly supported, critiqued, and fleshed out by each other.
Our first collaboration was RAINBOW POWER SPIRIT GATE (2014) - a spiritual energy-recharging station for NEPO 5k. Participants could enter a pavilion of balloons, which had pink crystals hanging from the ceiling. As people entered, the energy would change and balloons would pop from time to time recharging you.
